<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_4312fb02-a13a-4da5-b56a-b3021c27da44" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>B1V2</sptc><title id="_fb9f683d-e358-46c5-b43a-7a6ab4c89fa1">Structural robustness</title><archive-num>2019: BV2</archive-num><subclause id="_77a6cbb8-14f6-4aa2-b76f-10b2795645ee" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_f2ce4e03-e286-438d-b6a9-033195f90804">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Compliance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/269_1.66.0.xml#_78817a5e-c543-41b9-9817-e18961f237c2" id="_e7015685-0c2c-439b-a432-d05afef9cfcd" scope="local" type="subclause">B1P1(1)(c)</xref> is verified for structural robustness if (2) and (3) are complied with.</p></subclause><subclause id="_ae92b7e5-9ded-4c52-932d-7a6e93dcaeb4" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_ebc837a7-3fe7-48d6-a236-2a474018e36b">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The structure is assessed such that the building remains stable and the resulting collapse does not extend further than the immediately adjacent <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1483_25.0.0.xml#_181ff05e-d915-446a-8429-988fe84f0883" id="_68c96f0b-ba31-4fe8-8e99-3ed75f38deae" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="glossterm">storeys</xref> upon the notional removal in isolation of—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_9e225fe4-b389-404d-9380-6fc1c77e777c">any supporting column; or</li><li id="_143830af-016f-45b1-a075-91084dfa3576">any beam supporting one or more columns; or</li><li id="_d812626d-f130-44f9-ada0-d287e6d23b85">any segment of a load bearing wall of length equal to the height of the wall.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_3fae2c6f-4c09-48b3-933a-47dc1a6858c8" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_fb60c3ec-8d2e-48e8-bac5-ba7afbcf76ea">SubClause</title><num>3</num><p>It is demonstrated that if a supporting structural component is relied upon to carry more than 25% of the total structure, a systematic risk assessment of the building is undertaken and critical high risk components are identified and designed to cope with the identified hazard or protective measures chosen to minimise the risk.</p></subclause></clause>