The understanding of SEI/ASCE37-02:design loads on structures during construction

To design and analyze the incomplete structure during construction and ensure construction safety, it is necessary to clarify all kinds of external actions (loads) and their effects during construction. This paper presented the load types, design values of the loads and load combinations in the Design Loads on Structures During Construction in the construction stage, and emphatically focused on the determining procedure of construction loads and load factor, the combination method of construction load and dead load, live load, environmental load and lateral earth pressure, then compared them with Chinese current standards. It is proposed to compile the codes for construction loads in China systematically using the concept of ASCE construction specification, investigating the uncertainty of load in the construction stage, and introducing the proposed values of construction load and load factors.