Minimum ground snow loads clarified
- Valid from
- 1/03/2009
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Information type
- Section 175 guidance
- Format
- Website
Description
The impact of heavy snowfalls on buildings at low altitudes in the central and southern South Island led to us setting a minimum ground snow load in the Verification Methods for Structure (B1). The following technical guidance on how this minimum ground snow load should be applied is for engineers and designers.