Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 3: Actions 3 - 1 1 INTRODUCTION This guide provides essential information on the determination of the design actions on a multi-storey building. It describes the basis of design with reference to the limit state concept in conjunction with the partial factor method, according to the following parts of the Eurocodes:  EN 1990: Basis of structural design [1]  EN 1991: Actions on structures - Part 1-1: General actions – Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings [2] - Part 1-3: General actions – Snow loads [3] - Part 1-4: General actions – Wind actions [4] - Part 1-5: General actions – Thermal actions [5] - Part 1-6: General actions – Actions during execution. [6]