Material amounts were found through the building’s website, as well as additional resources. The floor areas were taken from the Architectural Calculation page of this site. The stadium seats 90000 people during events. Assuming an additional 5000 people for support, the total occupancy of the stadium can be taken as 95000 persons. Wind and Snow loads are taken directly from UK design codes. All reference locations can be found in the reference page.
Some numbers are assumed, based on extensive research and comparisons with other like structures.
Dead Loads:
Materials – Steel = 103000CF * 4PCF = 50706kips
Concrete = 3178320CF * 145PCF = 460856 kips
Partition – (150600SF * 5PSF *5 Floors) + (5545000SF * 5PSF) = 9310 kips
Equipment – Same as Partition = 9310 kips
Ceiling – (150600SF * 2PSF *5 Floors) + (5545000SF * 2PSF) = 3724 kips
Structure weight = Materials + Partition + Equipment + Ceiling = 533906 kips
Load from seats – 90000 seats * 5 lbs per seat (assumed for plastic seating) = 450 kips
Total weight = 534356 kips
Live Load:
People – (90000(spectators) + 5000(support)) * 190 lbs(average) = 18050 kips
Snow – (600N/m2) – 12.5PSF * 430556SF = 5380 kips
Wind – 20m/s is 40.74mph = 5.12 psf using 0.00256(mph)2 – 5.12PSF * 156000SF (largest elevation) = 800 kips
Total Load:
Dead Load – 534356 kips
Live Load – 18050 kips + 5380kips = 23430 kips
Lateral Load – 800 kips
Total Vertical Load – (Dead Load + Live Load)/Footprint – (534356 kips + 23430 kips)* (1000 lbs/kip)/(5545000SF) = 5.01 PSF
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