Code of Practice - Buildings Department

code of Practice for Structural Use of Glass 2018. FOREWORD. This code of Practice for the Structural Use of Glass (the code ) provides guidelines on the design, construction, testing and quality assurance of structural glass in Buildings . Although the code is not a statutory document, compliance with the requirements of the code is deemed to satisfy the relevant provisions of the Buildings Ordinance and related regulations. The code was prepared by the Buildings Department on the basis of a consultancy study on the structural use of glass commissioned by the Buildings Department and overseen by a Steering Committee with members from the academia, professional institutions and relevant government departments. The contribution and effort given by the members of the Steering Committee are sincerely acknowledged. The code will be reviewed regularly. The Buildings Department welcomes suggestions for improving the code . The code is available for viewing in the Buildings Department website at The document may be downloaded subject to terms and conditions stipulated in the website.

3.2 Dead, Imposed and Wind Loads 7 3.3 Load Effects from Movements 7 ... 5 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF GLASS PANE 5.1 General 14 ... Figure B1.1 Test set-up 53 Figure B1.2 Typical load-deflection plot 54 Figure C1 Notation for beams with intermediate buckling restraints 58

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