<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><image-reference author="Kieran O'Donnell" dateTime="2021-02-24T13:51:26" id="_81f89e28-4a43-4639-bcb8-61cf3c1bb6a7" type="insert"><num>4.2.16</num><title id="_b88fc70c-aba8-4a14-8252-5a8d08c52d0f">Footing slabs for Class A sites suitable for clad frame, articulated masonry veneer, masonry veneer, articulated full masonry and full masonry</title><image alt="footing slabs for class a sites suitable for clad frame, articulated masonry veneer, masonry veneer, articulated full masonry and full masonry" height="575" heightdpi="200" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4-2-16-footing-slabs-class-a-sites-clad-frame-masonry.svg" width="1200" widthdpi="200"/><desc-note id="_66e77c97-30c6-4e5c-8edd-11580be6676c"><ol outputclass="numbered"><li id="_7cfae862-ec32-439e-a9b0-538c9284721c">Use SL63 when slab length is less than 12 m.</li><li id="_d717beb5-056f-4f46-be86-343940d64a00">Use SL62 when slab length is less than 18 m.</li><li id="_7446cc26-4cb4-4a7a-9d62-d73f74f1f3fd">In parts of Western Australia (around Perth) and other locations where the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1463_0.4.0.xml#_fb3536f6-7ee5-4a29-a4da-402a8e1168dc" id="_54877e2c-b33a-4a60-948e-568f3b7e03db" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">site</xref> consists of extremely stable sands, and where specified by a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1418_0.6.0.xml#_f2188149-a0d6-45f9-88bf-945014ab6d7e" id="_9b51fa3e-f09b-4ace-b735-5257c2d211d8" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">professional engineer</xref>, the slab thickness may be reduced to 85 mm and reinforced as follows:<ol><li>Use SL53 when slab length is less than or equal to 12 m.</li></ol></li><li id="_fb5def5b-ba6f-4015-a5c6-35297ef6d754">Dune sands may require compaction.</li></ol></desc-note></image-reference>