| Floor usage | Distributed load (kN/m²) | Concentrated load (kN) |
| Type 1: self contained dwellings | 1.5 | 1.4 |
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Type 2: Apartment houses, boarding houses, hotels, residential clubs, block of flats .
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| Boiler rooms, motor rooms, fan rooms and the like. | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| Communial kitchens, laundries | 3 | 4.5 |
| Dinning, lounges, billiard rooms | 2 | 2.7 |
| Toilet rooms | 2 | |
| Bedroom, dormitories | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Corridors, stairs, landings, foor bridges, balconies | 3 | 4.5 |
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| Type 3: Hotels & Motels | | |
| Boiler rooms, motor rooms, fan rooms and the like. Including weight of machinery | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| Assembly areas without fixed sitting, dancehall bars | 5 | 3.6 |
| Assembly areas with fixed sitting | 4 | |
| Corridors, stairs, hallways, landings, footbridges etc | 4 | 4.5 |
| Kitchens, laundries | 3 | 4.5 |
| Dinning, lounges, billiard rooms | 2 | 2.7 |
| Bedrooms | 2 | 1.8 |
| Toilet rooms | 2 | |
| Balconies | 4 | |
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