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Numerous discussions in thread507-438708 and thread507-161349 on this topic, initiated with IBC 2000/2003, well, a quarter century later and ICC has finally made a statement on this in IBC 2024.
1607.5 Partition loads. In office buildings and in other buildings where partition locations are subject to change, provisions for partition weight shall be made, whether or not partitions are shown on the construction documents. The partition load shall be not less than a live load of 15 pounds per square foot (0.72 kN/m2) and live load reductions in accordance with Section 1607.13 are not permitted to be applied to the partition loads.
Exception: A partition live load is not required where the minimum specified live load is 80 pounds per square foot (3.83 kN/m2) or greater.
The attached image is from the ICC IBC 2024 tracked changes version of the IBC.
1607.5 Partition loads. In office buildings and in other buildings where partition locations are subject to change, provisions for partition weight shall be made, whether or not partitions are shown on the construction documents. The partition load shall be not less than a live load of 15 pounds per square foot (0.72 kN/m2) and live load reductions in accordance with Section 1607.13 are not permitted to be applied to the partition loads.
Exception: A partition live load is not required where the minimum specified live load is 80 pounds per square foot (3.83 kN/m2) or greater.
The attached image is from the ICC IBC 2024 tracked changes version of the IBC.
