BUILDING AREA COMPLEXITY CHART

Customer Name : C.O. No.:

Job No.: Total Area Complexity :
Building No.: Total Building Complexity :
Number of Areas : Filled out by & Date :
Area No. : Checked by & Date :
Item Complexity Description Complexity Factor Actual Complexity
1 Standard 2.0
2 Width greater than 45 M or less than 10 M 1.1
3 Non standard slope (more than 2:10) or sag rods 0.5
4 Each additional main frame (e.g. Frame with mezzanine, catwalk, jack beam, crane beam etc.) 0.6
5 By-pass endwall girts 0.3
6 Special connections* 0.4
7 Multi-Gable condition 0.4
8 Unsymmetrical about the ridge 0.8
9 Different wind column spacing per endwall* 0.2
10 Length of wind column exceeding 9M* 0.2
11 Skewed walls* 1.2
12 Curved eaves* 0.4
13 Portal bracing* 0.3
14 Strut members* 0.3
15 Each different pair of angle bracing 0.4
16 Jack beams* 0.6
17 Fascia* (Upto 2.0 M high, wind speed up to 130 KPH, eave height up to 7.5 M) 0.3
18 Non-standard fascia, parapet & inverted fascia* 0.8
19 Roof extension (up to 1.5M) 0.4
20 Roof extension* (Greater than 1.5M but not exceeding 5M) 0.6
21 Cantilevered Canopy* 1.5
22 Framed openings* (Rectangular shape) (Non-uniformly distributed framed openings of same size are considered different) 0.2
23 Framed openings* (Irregular shape) 0.4
24 Roof or wall transition* 0.5
25 Wall liner per different wall 0.4
26 Roof liner (Under purlin or as a soffit) 0.5
27 False ceiling 1.2
28 Staircase up to 1.2 M width 0.3
29 Staircase wider than 1.2 M 1.8
30 Staircase : Double flight with top landing, L-shape, multiple flights (Multiply by no. of different flights) 0.5
31 Expansion joint or building area longer than 100 M 0.6
32 Partitions* 0.8
33 Cage ladder* 0.6
34 Catwalk* (Multiply by no. of different beams, joists & stub columns) 0.3
35 Roof Platform* (Multiply by no. of different beams, joists & stub columns) 0.3
36 Jib cranes connections* (Beams not included) 0.3
37 Monorails connections* (Beams not included) 0.5
38 Top running crane 0.4
39 Crane tower*, under hung crane (Multiply by no. of different run ways) 0.6
40 Mezzanine (Multiply by no. of different beams, joists & columns) 0.2
41 Roof Monitor - standard (Throat width < 3 M, bay spacing < 7.5 M, wind speed < 130 KPH, eave height < 8 M) 0.3
42 Roof Monitor - special 1.8
43 Handrails* (Other than staircase applications) 0.3
44 Sliding Door* - standard 0.2
45 Sliding Door* - non standard (Double track, wind speed greater than 130 KPH or size > 6Mx8M) 1.0
46 Ridge Vents (600 mm throat) 0.3
47 Gratings* / checkered plates* (Other than staircase applications) 0.2
TOTAL ENGINEERING COMPLEXITY FOR THIS BUILDING AREA 27.8

* The individual engineering complexity for an item that is marked with an asterisk(*) should be multiplied by the no. of its different occurences.

Form No. EN-02 Rev No.06 Date : 03-Mar-99

Notes : 1. Complexities have been adjusted to reflect 10 hours per complexity point.
2. A mirror image building shall have an overall complexity representing 20% of that given to the original building.
3. Add 0.5 complexity points for each occurrence of roof or wall transition at interfaces between building areas.
4. Add 0.6 complexity points for each occurrence of an expansion joint at interfaces between building areas.
5. Add 1.2 complexity points for special drawing format (once for the whole building).
6. Add 0.6 complexity points for special design requirements (once for the whole building).
7. Add 0.2 complexity points for each additional identical building.
8. In the event that an item listed above occurs in more than one area with exactly the same details and same conditions, its complexity
shall be counted only once.
9. The complexity of identical areas shall be counted only once.

03-03-99