NSCP

National Structural Code of the Philippines

Building System Design

 CHAPTER 5

STRUCTURAL
STEEL
SECTION 501
501.1: Scope
501.2: Referenced Specifications,
Codes and Standards
501.3: Materials
501.4: Structural Design Drawings
and Specifications
SECTION
501.1
Section 501 states the scope of
the specification, summarizes
referenced specification, code,
and standard documents, and
provides requirements for
materials and contract
documents.
501.2 REFERENCED SPECIFICATIONS,
CODES AND STANDARDS

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

American Institute of Steel
Construction, Inc. (AISC)
American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE)
American Society ofMechanical
Engineers (ASME)
ASTM International (ASTM)
SECTION DESIGN
502 REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 502
502.1: General Provisions
502.2: Loads and Load Combinations
502.3: Design Basis
502.4: Member Properties
502.1
The design of members
and connections shall be
consistent with the
intended behavior of the
framing system and the
assumptions made in the
structural analysis.
 DESIGN FOR STRENGTH
USING LOAD AND
RESISTANCE FACTOR
502.3 DESIGN (LRFD)

DESIGN
BASIS
Designs shall be made DESIGN FOR STRENGTH
according to the USING ALLOWABLE
STRENGTH DESIGN (ASD)
provisions for Load and
Resistance Factor
Design (LRFD) or to the
provisions for Allowable
Strength Design (ASD).
SECTION 503
STABILITY
ANALYSIS AND
DESIGN
SECTION 503
503.1: Stability Design Requirements
503.2: Calculation of Required
Strengths
SECTION
503.1
Stability shall be provided for the structure as a whole
and for each of its elements. Any method that
considers the influence of second-order effects
(including P — A and P — S effects), flexural, shear
and axial deformations, geometric imperfections, and
member stiffness reduction due to residual stresses on
the stability ofthe structure and its elements is
permitted.
SECTION
503.2
The required compressive strengths of all members
whose flexural stiffnesses are considered to contribute
to the lateral stability of the structure satisfy the
following limitation:

where a = 1.0 (LRFD) a = 1.6 (ASD)

SECTION DESIGN OF MEMBERS
504 FOR TENSION
SECTION 503
504.1: Slenderness Limitations
503.2: Tensile Strength
504.3: Area Determination
504.5: Pin-Connected Members
504.6: Dimensional Requirements
504.1
There is no maximum
slenderness limit for design
of members in tension.

504.2
For tensile yielding:

For tensile rupture:

504.3
GROSS AREA:
The gross area, Ag, of a
member is the total cross
sectional area

NET AREA:
The net area, An, of a member
is the sum of the products of
the thickness and the net width
of each element computed
504.4
EFFECTIVE NET AREA:

The effective area of tension

members shall be determined
as follows:
504.5
For tensile rupture on the
net effective area:

where:

For shear rupture on the net

effective area:

where:
SECTION
505
DESIGN OF
MEMBERS FOR
COMPRESSION
CAÑETE & CORMINAL

SECTION 505
505.1: General Provisions
505.2: Slenderness Limitations and
Effective Length
505.3: Compressive Strength for
Flexural Buckling of Members Without
Slender Elements
505.4: Compressive Strength for
Torsional and Flexural-Torsional
Buckling of Members without Slender
Elements
Building System Design
CAÑETE & CORMINAL

SECTION 505
505.5: Single Angle
Compression Members
505.6: Built-up Members
505.6.1: Compressive
Strength
505.7: Members with
Slender Elements

Building System Design

505.1 DESIGN
= COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH
ALLOWABLE
= COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH
Where:
nominal compressive
=
strength
GENERAL PROVISIONS
505.2: Slenderness Limitations
and Effective Length
EFFECTIVE
=
LENGTH FACTOR
COLUMN
=
SLENDERNESS
Where:
= laterally unbraced length
of the member, mm
= governing radius of gyration, mm
= the effective length factor
505.3:Compressive Strength for
Flexural Buckling of Members
Without Slender Elements
The flexural buckling stress, Fcr , is
The nominal compressive determined as follows: 4
strength, 1 Pn , shall be 3

determined based on the

limit state of flexural
buckling:
505.3:Compressive Strength for
Flexural Buckling of Members
Without Slender Elements
The flexural buckling stress, Fcr , is
The nominal compressive determined as follows: 4
strength, 1 Pn , shall be 3

determined based on the

limit state of flexural
buckling:
505.3:Compressive Strength for
Flexural Buckling of Members
Without Slender Elements
1 3 4
505.4: The nominal
strength, Pn ,
compressive
shall be
Compressive determined based on the limit
states of flexural-torsional and
Strength for torsional buckling, as follows:

Torsional and
Flexural-
Torsional 1. For double-angle and tee-shaped
Buckling of compression members:

Members
without Slender
Elements
505.4:
2. For all other cases, F cr shall be determined
according to Eq. 505.3-2 or 505.3-3, using the

Compressive
torsional or flexural-torsional elastic buckling
stress, F e , determined as follows:

Strength for a. For doubly symmetric members:

Torsional and
Flexural-
Torsional
Buckling of
b. For singly symmetric members
where y is the axis of symmetry:

Members
without Slender
Elements
505.4: c. For unsymmetric members, Fe is the
lowest root of the cubic equation:

Compressive
Strength for
Torsional and
Flexural-
Torsional Where:

Buckling of
Members
without Slender
Elements
505.4:
Compressive
Strength for
Torsional and
Flexural-
Torsional
Buckling of
Members
without Slender 2

Elements 6
505.6: Built-up Members
505.6.1: Compressive Strength
1. The nominal compressive
strength of built-up members
composed of two or more
shapes that are
interconnected by bolts or
welds shall be determined in
accordance with Sections
505.3, 505.4, or 505.7 subject
to the following modification.
In lieu of more accurate
analysis, if the buckling mode
involves relative deformations
that produce shear forces in
the connectors between
individual shapes, KL/r is
replaced by ( KL/r) m
determined as follows:
505.6: Built-up Members
505.6.1: Compressive Strength
1. The nominal compressive
strength of built-up members
composed of two or more
shapes that are
interconnected by bolts or
welds shall be determined in
accordance with Sections
505.3, 505.4, or 505.7 subject
to the following modification.
In lieu of more accurate
analysis, if the buckling mode
involves relative deformations
that produce shear forces in
the connectors between
individual shapes, KL/r is
replaced by ( KL/r) m
determined as follows:
505.6: Built-up Members
505.6.1: Compressive Strength
SECTION
506
DESIGN OF
MEMBERS FOR
FLEXURE
 SECTION 506
506.1: General Provisions
506.2: Doubly Symmetric
Compact I-Shaped Members
and Channels Bent about their
Major Axis
506.3: Doubly Symmetric I-
Shaped Members with Compact
Webs and Noncompact or
Slender Flanges Bent about their
Major Axis
506.4: Other I-Shaped Members
with Compact or Noncompact
Webs Bent about their Major
Axis
 SECTION 506
506.5: Doubly Symmetric and
Singly Symmetric I-Shaped
Members with Slender Webs
Bent about their Major Axis
506.6: I-Shaped Members and
Channels Bent about their Minor
Axis
506.7: Square and Rectangular
HSS and Box-shaped Members
 SECTION 506
506.6: I-Shaped Members and
Channels Bent about their Minor
Axis
506.7: Square and Rectangular
HSS and Box-shaped Members
506.8: Round HSS
506.9: Tees and Double Angles
Loaded in the Plane of
Symmetry
506.10: Single Angles
506.11: Rectangular Bars and
Rounds
506.12: Unsymmetrical Shapes
506.13: Proportions of Beams
and Girders
 SECTION 506
506.11: Rectangular Bars and
Rounds
506.12: Unsymmetrical Shapes
506.13: Proportions of Beams
and Girders
506.1: General
Provisions
506.2 - 506.13
The nominal flexural strength,
Mn, shall be the lower value
obtained according to the limit
states of yielding, lateral-
torsional buckling and tensile
rupture.
SECTION
507:
DESIGN OF
MEMBERS FOR
SHEAR
SECTION 507:
507.1 General Provisions
507.2.1 Nominal Shear
Strength
507.3 Tension Field
Action
507.4 Single Angles
507.1: General
Provisions
507.1: General
Provisions
507.2 Nominal
Shear Strength
507.4 Single Angles
507.4 Single Angles
SECTION
508: DESIGN OF
MEMBERS FOR
COMBINED FORCES
AND TORSION
 508.1.1 Doubly and Singly
Symmetric Members in
Flexure and
SECTION 508: Compression
DESIGN OF 508.2 Unsymmetric and
other Members Subject
MEMBERS FOR to Flexure and Axial
COMBINED Force
508.3.1 Torsional
FORCES AND Strength of Round and
Rectangular HSS
TORSION
SECTION 508: 508.3.2 HSS Subject to

DESIGN OF
Combined Torsion,
Shear, Flexure and Axial
MEMBERS FOR Force
508.3.3 Strength of Non-
COMBINED HSS Members under
Torsion and Combined
FORCES AND Stress

TORSION
508.1.1 Doubly and Singly
Symmetric Members in
Flexure and Compression
508.1.1 Doubly and Singly
Symmetric Members in
Flexure and Compression
508.2 Unsymmetric and
other Members Subject
to Flexure and Axial Force
508.3.1
Torsional
Strength
of Round
and
Rectangul
ar HSS
508.3.2 HSS Subject to
Combined Torsion,
Shear, Flexure and
Axial Force
508.3.3 Strength of
Non-HSS Members
under Torsion and
Combined Stress
508.3.3 Strength of Non-
HSS Members under
Torsion and Combined
Stress
SECTION
509:
DESIGN OF
COMPOSITE
MEMBERS
SECTION 509: DESIGN
OF COMPOSITE
MEMBERS
509.1 General Provisions
509.2 Axial Members
509.3 Flexural Members
509.4 Flexural Strength of
Concrete-Encased and Filled
Members
509.1
General
Provisions
In determining load effects in members and
connections of a structure that includes composite
members, consideration shall be given to the
effective sections at the time each increment of
load is applied.
509.2 Axial
Members
Limitations
Compressive Strength
Tensile Strength
Shear Strength
Load Transfer
509.3
Flexural
Members
Effective Width
Shear Strength
Strength During
Construction
509.4 Flexural Strength
of Concrete-Encased
and Filled Members
509.4 Flexural Strength
of Concrete-Encased
and Filled Members
SECTION 510:

DESIGN OF
CONNECTIONS
SECTION 510: DESIGN
OF CONNECTIONS

Design Basis
Simple Connections
Moment Connections
Placement of Welds and Bolts
Bolts in Combination with
Welds
Welds
Strength
SECTION 510: DESIGN
OF CONNECTIONS
SECTION 510: DESIGN
OF CONNECTIONS
SECTION 511:
DESIGN OF
HSS AND BOX
MEMBER
CONNECTIONS
SECTION 511: DESIGN OF
HSS AND BOX MEMBER
CONNECTIONS
511.1.2 Limits of Applicability
511.1.3.1 Criterion for Round HSS
511.1.3.2 Criteria for Rectangular
HSS
511.1.4.1 Criterion for Round HSS
511.1.4.2 Criterion for Rectangular
HSS
511.1.2 Limits of
Applicability
511.1.3.1 Criterion
for Round HSS
511.1.3.1 Criterion
for Round HSS
511.1.3.2 Criteria for Rectangular
HSS
511.1.3.2 Criteria for Rectangular
HSS
511.1.4.1 Criterion for Round HSS
511.1.4.2 Criterion for Rectangular
HSS
SECTION 512:

DESIGN FOR
SERVICEABILITY
SECTION 512: DESIGN FOR
SERVICEABILITY
General Provisions
Camber
Deflections
Drift
Vibration
Wind-Induced Motion
Expansion and Contraction
Connection Slip
SECTION 513:

FABRICATION,
ERECTION AND
QUALITY CONTROL
SECTION 513: FABRICATION,
ERECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL
Fabrication
Cambering, Curving and Straightening
Thermal Cutting
Planing of Edges
Welded Construction
Bolted Construction
Dimensional Tolerances
Finish of Column Bases
Drain Holes
Shop Painting
SECTION 513: FABRICATION,
ERECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL

Erection
Alignment
Quality Control
Cooperation
Rejections
Inspection of Welding
Identification of Steel
SECTION 514:
STRUCTURAL STEEL BUILDING
PROVISIONS
SECTION 514: STRUCTURAL STEEL
BUILDING PROVISIONS

The Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, hereinafter

referred to as these Provisions, shall govern the design, fabrication
and erection of structural steel members and connections in the
seismic load resisting systems (SLRS) and splices in columns that
are not part of the SLRS, in buildings and other structures, where
other structures are defined as those structures designed,
fabricated and erected in a manner similar to buildings, with
building-like vertical and lateral load-resisting-elements.
SECTION 515:

REFERENCED
SPECIFICATIONS, CODES AND
STANDARDS
SECTION 515: REFFERENCED SPECIFICATIONS
CODES AND STANDARDS.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION (AISC)

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING (ASNT)
AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY (AWS)
- Standard methods for Mechanical Testing of welds
- Standard for the Qualification of welding Inspectors
- Standard Methods for Mechanical Testing of Welds
Metric Only
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
SECTION 516:

GENERAL SEISMIC DESIGN

REQUIREMENTS
 SECTION 516: GENERAL SEISMIC
DESIGN REQUIREMNTS
The required strength and other seismic provisions for
seismic Zones 2 and 4 including limitations on height and
irregularity shall be as specified in the NSCP code.
The design story drift shall be determined as required in
the NSCP code.
SECTION 517:
LOADS, LOAD
COMBINATIONS,
AND NOMINAL
STRENGTHS
SECTION 517: LOADS,
LOAD
COMBINATIONS,AND
NOMINAL STRENGTHS

517.1 Loads and Load

Combinations
517.2 Nominal Strength
517.1 Loads and Load
Combinations
The loads and load combinations shall be as stipulated
by the NSCP code.

517.2 Nominal Strength

The nominal strength of systems, members and connections shall
comply with the Specification, except as modified throughout these
Section.
SECTION STRUCTURAL DESIGN
518: DRAWINGS AND
SPECIFICATIONS,
SHOP DRAWINGS,
AND ERECTION
DRAWINGS
SECTION 518:
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
DRAWINGS AND
SPECIFICATIONS,
518.1 Structural Design
SHOP DRAWINGS, Drawings and
AND ERECTION Specifications
DRAWINGS 518.2 Shop Drawings
518.3 Erection Drawings
 518.1 Structural Design Drawings and
Specifications
Designation of the seismic load resisting system (SLRS)
Designation of the members and connections that are part of the SLRS
Configuration of the connections
Connection material specifications and sizes
Locations of demand critical welds
Lowest anticipated service temperature (LAST) of the steel structure,
if the structure is not enclosed and maintained at a temperature of 10
°C .
 518.2 Shop Drawings
Shop drawings shall include items required by the
Specification and the following, as applicable:

1. Designation of the members and connections

that are part of the SLRS
2. Connection material specifications
3. Locations of demand critical shop welds
4. Locations and dimensions of protected zones
5. Gusset plates drawn to scale when they are
detailed to accommodate inelastic rotation
 518.3 Erection Drawings
Erection drawings shall include items required by the Specification
and the following, as applicable:

1. Designation of the members and connections that are part of the

SLRS
2. Field connection material specifications and sizes
3. Locations of demand critical field welds
4. Locations and dimensions of protected zones
5. Locations of pretensioned bolts
SECTION
519:
MATERIALS
SECTION 519:
MATERIALS
519.2 Material Properties for
Determination of Required
Strength of Members and
Connections
519.3 Heavy Section CVN
Requirements
519.2 Material Properties for Determination of Required
Strength of Members and Connections
1. The required strength is based on the expected yield stress (Ry * Fy) of an
adjoining member
2. Fy is the specified minimum yield stress for the grade of steel used in the adjoining
members.
3. Ry is the ratio of the expected yield stress to the specified minimum yield stress
(Fy) for that steel material.

519.3 Heavy Section CVN Requirements

For hot-rolled shapes with flange thicknesses 38 mm (1.5 inches) and greater, a minimum
Charpy V-Notch toughness of 20 ft-lbs at 70°F (21°C) is required.
For plates 50 mm (2 inches) thick and greater, a minimum Charpy V-Notch toughness of
20 ft-lbs at 70°F (21°C) is required.
SECTION 520:

CONNECTIONS,
JOINTS, AND
FASTENERS
 SECTION 520:
CONNECTIONS,
JOINTS, AND
FASTENERS 520.2 Bolted Joints
520.3 Welded Joints
520.3.3 Recommended Joint
520.4 Protected Zone
520.5 Continuity Plates and
Stiffeners
520.2 Bolted Joints

Bolts shall be installed in standard

holes or in short-slotted holes
perpendicular to the applied load.
But nominal bearing strength at bolt
holes is limited to 2.4dtFu.
520.3 WELDED JOINTS
Welding shall be
performed in
accordance with a
welding procedure
specification and should
approved by the
engineer of record.
Examples of Demand
critical Welds
Welds of beam flanges to columns
Welds of single plate shear
connections to columns
Welds of beam webs to columns
Column splice welds, including
column bases
 520.4 Protected Zone
It mandates that any imperfections in the protected zone during
manufacturing or assembly processes must be properly repaired per the
engineer's instructions . ( enhance quality requirements)`

520.5 Continuity Plates and Stiffeners

Along the web, the clip must extend at least 38 mm (1.5 in) beyond the
published k detail dimension for the rolled shape.
Along the flange, the clip must not extend more than 12 mm (0.47 in)
beyond the published k1 detail dimension.
Weld tabs for continuity plates shall not be used, except when permitted
by the engineer-of-record.
SECTION
521:
MEMBERS
SECTION 521:
MEMBERS
521.4 Column Splices
521.6.1 Design of H-Piles
521.6.2 Battered H-Piles
521.6.3 Tension in H-Pile
521.4 Column Splices
Splices shall be located 1.2 m or
more away from the beam-to-
column connections. When the
column clear height between
beam-to-column connections is
less than 2.4 m, splices shall be at
half the clear height.
 521.6.2 Battered H-Piles
Vertical piles in sloped pile groups must support all loads without help
from sloped piles.

521.6.3 Tension in H-Pile

For pile to pile cap connections: use mechanical tension transfers,
keep pile ends free of attachments below cap.
SECTION
522:
SPECIAL MOMENT
FRAMES (SMF)
 522.2 Beam to Column Connections

The structural connections that join beams to columns in steel frame

buildings and other steel structures.

The measured flexural resistance of the connection, determined at the

column face, shall equal at least 0.80 Mp of the connected beam at an
interstory drift angle of 0.04 radians.
 522.7 Lateral Bracing at Beam-to-Column
Connections
The column flanges shall be laterally braced at the levels of both the top
and bottom beam flanges. Lateral bracing shall be either direct or
indirect.
Column transverse flexural strength must include beam flange force
moment plus second-order effects from column displacement.
SECTION 523:

INTERMEDIATE
MOMENT FRAMES
(IMF)
 SECTION 523:
INTERMEDIATE MOMENT FRAMES (IMF)
Intermediate moment frames (IMF) are structural systems
designed to undergo some inelastic deformation during a design-
level earthquake event. This section outlines the requirements
that IMFs must meet regarding their ability to resist seismic forces
through controlled yielding while maintaining overall stability.
The required interstory drift angle shall be a minimum of 0.02
radian.
SECTION 524:
ORDINARY
MOMENT FRAMES
(OMF)
 524.1 Scope
Ordinary moment frames (OMF) are structural systems designed to
experience only minimal inelastic deformations in their members and
connections during a design-level earthquake event. They have very
limited ability to undergo inelastic behavior or energy dissipation
when subjected to seismic forces from the design earthquake
motions.
 524.5 Continuity Plates
For one-sided connections, continuity plate thickness shall be at least one
half of the thickness of the beam flange.

For two-sided connections the continuity plates shall be at least equal in

thickness to the thicker of the beam flanges.
SECTION 525:
LARANA, INC.

SPECIAL TRUSS
MOMENT FRAMES
(STMF)
 CONTENT
SECTION 525.1 SCOPE
SECTION 525.2 SPECIAL SEGMENT
SECTION 525.3 STRENGTH OF SPECIAL SEGMENT MEMBERS
SECTION 525.4 STRENGTH OF THE NON-SPECIAL SEGMENT

SECTION 525.5 WIDTH-THICKNESS LIMITATION

SECTION 525.6 LATERAL BRACING
 SECTION 525.1
Scope
Special Truss Moment Frames (STMF)
Requirements
• Withstand significant inelastic deformation
• Span lengths between columns: not exceed 20m,
overall depth: not exceed 1.8m.
 SPECIAL SEGMENT
SEISMIC LOAD RESISTING SYSTEM
(SLRS) SPECIFICATIONS
• Special segment located between quarter

SECTION
points of truss span.
• Length of special segment between 0.1
and 0.5 times truss span length.

525.2
• Required axial strength of diagonal web
members not exceed 0.03F,Ag (LRFD) or
(0.03/ 1.5) FyAg (ASD).
• Interconnection must have a required
strength equal to 0.25 times nominal
tensile strength of diagonal member.
SECTION 526:
SPECIAL
CONCENTRICALLY
BRACED FRAMES
(SCBF)
SECTION 526: SPECIAL
CONCENTRICALLY
BRACED FRAMES
(SCBF)

526.1 Scope
526.2.1 Slenderness
 Special concentrically braced frames (SCBF)
are expected to withstand significant inelastic

526.1 deformations when subjected to the forces

resulting from the motions of the design

SCOPE earthquake. SCBF shall meet the requirements

in this Section
526.2.1
SLENDER
NESS
SECTION 527:
LARANA, INC.

ORDINARY
CONCENTRICALLY
BRACED FRAMES (OCBF)
SECTION ORDINARY LARANA, INC.

527:
CONCENTRICALLY
BRACED FRAMES (OCBF)

527.1 Scope
527.3 Special Bracing Configuration
527.4 Bracing Connections
527.5.1 Bracing Members
527.5.2 K-Type Bracing
 527.1
SCOPE
Ordinary concentrically braced frames (OCBF)
are expected to withstand limited inelastic
deformations in their members and connections
when subjected to the forces resulting from the
motions of the design earthquake. OCBF shall
meet the requirements in this section. OCBF
above the isolation system in seismically isolated
structures shah meet the requirements of
Sections 527.4and 5 27 ,5 and need not meet the
requirements of Sections 527.2and 5273,
 Requirements Beams in V-type
527.3 SPECIAL and inverted V-type OCBF and
BRACING columns in K-type OCBF shall be
CONFIGURATION continuous at bracing
connections away from the
beam-to-column connection
527.5.1 BRACING
MEMBERS

527.5.2 K-TYPE
BRACING
K-type braced frames are
not permitted.
SECTION 528:
ECCENTRICALLY BRACED
FRAMES (EBF)
SECTION
528:
ECCENTRICALLY
BRACED FRAMES (EBF)
528.1 Scope
528.1 Scope
Eccentrically braced frames
(EBFs) are expected to
withstand significant inelastic
deformations in the links
when subjected to the forces
resulting from the motions of
the design earthquake.
SECTION
529:STRAINED BRACED
BUCKLING-RE

FRAMES (BRBF)
 SECTION
529:
BUCKLING-RE
STRAINED BRACED
FRAMES (BRBF)
529.1 Scope
529.2 Bracing Members
 529.1 Scope
Buckling-restrained braced
frames (BRBF) are expected
to withstand significant
inelastic deformations when
subjected to the forces
resulting from the motions of
the design earthquake.
 529.2 Bracing Members
Bracing members
shall be composed of
a structural steel core
and a system that
restrains the steel
core from buckling.
SECTION
530:
SPECIAL PLATE
SHEAR WALLS
(SPSW)
530.1 Scope
530.2.1 Shear Strength
 530.1 Scope
Special plate shear waits (SPSW) arc
expected to withstand significant
inelastic deformations in the webs when
subjected to the forces resulting from
the motions of the design earthquake.

530.2.1 Shear Strength

SECTION
531: QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN

531.1 Scope
When required by the NSCP code or the engineer-
of-record, a quality assurance plan shall be
provided. The quality assurance plan shall include
the requirements of Section B-2.
SECTION
532: SCOPE
These Provisions shall govern the design, fabrication,
and erection of composite structural steel and
reinforced concrete members and connections in the
Seismic Load Resisting Systems (SLRS) in buildings and
other structures, where other structures are defined as
those designed, fabricated, and erected in a manner
similar to buildings, with building-like vertical and lateral
load-resisting systems.
SECTION 533:
REFERENCED
SPECIFICATIONS,
CODES, AND STANDARDS
American Society of
Civil Engineers
Standard for the
Structural Design of
Composite Slabs,
ASCE 3-91 American Welding
Society Structural
Welding
CodeReinforcing Steel,
AWS Dl.4-98
SECTION
534: DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL SEISMIC

The required strength and other

provisions for Seismic Design
Categories (SDCs) and seismic
use groups and the limitations on
height and irregularity shall be as
specified in the NSCP code.
 SECTION 535:
LOADS, LOAD
COMBINATIONS,
AND NOMINAL STRENGTHS
535.1 Loads and
Load
Combinations
Where amplified seismic toads are
required by these Provisions, the
horizontal portion of the earthquake
load L (as defined in the NSCP code)
shall be multiplied by the
overstrength factor H 0 prescribed by
the NSCP code.
 The nominal strength of
systems, members, and
connections shall he
determined in accordance

535.2 Nominal with the requirements of the

Specification, except as

Strength modified throughout these

Provisions.