Nova Scotia Roof Snow Load

4 to the national building code of canada gives detailed design information.

Nova scotia roof snow load.

Nova scotia labour and advanced education promotes safe and healthy workplaces by developing and enforcing safety standards and providing education and consulting support. Lewis school in louisbourg. Rain load s r. The national building code of canada requires buildings to be designed to carry uniformly and nonuniformly distributed snow loads and the commentary on snow loads in supplement no.

4 to the national building code of canada gives detailed design information. Detailed information regarding the revised snow load design criteria can be obtained by contacting the canadian codes centre at 613 993 9960 or by e mail to codes nrc. Ground snow load s s. This paper discusses the material given in the 1977 commentary and supplements it with examples and photographs.

Roof snow load nbc 2010 roof snow load nbc 2010 version 0 1 0 september 6 2020. Owners of buildings with arched or curved roofs are advised of a change in the national building code. If they can get up on the roof and remove some of that snow load. In nova scotia there was a partial roof collapse after several days of snowfall at the george d.