cladding is wind load.

As mentioned earlier, one of the three

factors in the assessment of serviceability is load.
For the evaluation of frame drift, ten-year recurrence
interval winds are recommended due to the non-catastrophic
nature of serviceability issues and because of the
need to provide a standard consistent with day-to-day
behavior and average perceptions. The 50-year recurrence
interval winds that strength design wind loads are based
upon are special events. In lieu of using the precision of a
map with ten-year wind speed isobars, the authors recommend
using 75 percent of 50-year wind pressure as a reasonable
(plus or minus 5 percent) approximation of the
ten-year wind pressures. The Commentary to Appendix B
of ASCE 7-02 recommends 70 percent.
For further discussion of suggested recurrence intervals
for loads in serviceability designs, see Davenport (1975),
Ellingwood (1989), Galambos and Ellingwood (1986), ISO
Standard 6897 (1984), Hansen, Reed and Vanmarcke
(1973), Irwin (1978), Irwin (1986) and the Commentary to
Appendix B of ASCE 7-02.
Foundation-Supported Cladding for Gravity Loads
When vertical support along the foundation supports the
cladding, there is no connection between frame and
cladding for vertical loads and the limits on vertical deflection
are:
1. Roof and floor beams must have deflections compatible
with the type of vertical slip connections detailed to laterally
support the cladding.
2. Roof beams must have deflections compatible with the
perimeter termination of the roofing membrane to
cladding.
3. Floor beams must have deflection compatible with the
detailing between wall and floor finish.
4. Floor and roof members must have deflection compatible
with the detail of ceilings and cladding.
Because this method of vertical support is only useful for
relatively short buildings (one or two stories), the shortening
of columns is not a concern. However, it is possible that
differential thermal expansion could be a concern and this
requires care in detailing the joint between interior partitions
and the cladding, requiring an isolation joint.