Ice loads on exterior mechanical equipment

[thoughtofthis]

Do you consider ice loads on large mechanical equipment like cooling towers? If so, how? ASCE 7 Ch 10 doesn't seem to address it very well. SPX has a white paper on icing, but doesn't indicate how to consider it.

 

[RPMG]

We usually consider snow loads on large equipment and consider ice loads where there is little snow accumulation, such as pipe trestles/racks.