Section 58 of 105
56. Structural Capacity, Stability and Serviceability
Stable section ID: S05-CON-014-SECTION-58 · 18 content blocks
Every structural asset and assembly shall satisfy applicable requirements for capacity, stability, and serviceability throughout all relevant lifecycle states.
Evaluation shall include:
- Normal use.
- Manufacturing and handling.
- Transportation.
- Lifting and positioning.
- Partial assembly.
- Temporary support.
- Completed construction.
- Maintenance and replacement.
- Degraded or damaged conditions.
- Applicable environmental and accidental events.
- Controlled disassembly.
- Capacity shall address all applicable failure modes and load combinations.
Stability shall consider local, member, connection, assembly, and global behavior. Temporary construction instability shall not be accepted merely because the completed building is stable.
Serviceability shall address deformation, vibration, movement, settlement, leakage-sensitive displacement, functional alignment, finish interaction, occupant comfort, and Interface performance.
Structural safety shall remain independent of continuous power, communications, cloud services, AI, or active digital control unless an explicitly authorized and independently protected structural system requires such capability.
The applicable design assumptions, models, safety factors, uncertainties, test evidence, and acceptance limits shall remain traceable.