<p>This document specifies the design loads and the design procedures for the structural design of stages and components of stages.</p>
<p>The loads specified in this document are not applicable for the design of stage ropes or sheaves. Rope sizes are determined in accordance with other standards.</p>
<p>This document does not cover matters of operational safety, or layout of the sinking stage.</p>
<p>This document adopts a limit states design philosophy.</p>
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Scope
<p>This document specifies the design loads and the design procedures for the structural design of stages and components of stages.</p>
<p>The loads specified in this document are not applicable for the design of stage ropes or sheaves. Rope sizes are determined in accordance with other standards.</p>
<p>This document does not cover matters of operational safety, or layout of the sinking stage.</p>
<p>This document adopts a limit states design philosophy.</p>
