<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_59c883a6-55d6-4826-87d2-0f91090eb81d" outputclass="ncc-clause"><sptc>S2C21</sptc><title id="_63929a91-8777-42b9-9267-0b9a84122b37">Filling of column spaces</title><archive-num>2019: Sch. 5 (Annex): 9</archive-num><subclause id="_6239152d-98cb-4572-9be3-b029374f8cdc" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_68f8d70d-d10f-4164-a930-bb94119d2fef">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>The spaces between the fire-protective material and the steel (and any re-entrant parts of the column itself) must be filled solid with a fire-protective material like concrete, gypsum or grout.</p></subclause><subclause id="_1b683f6c-7876-450c-8fc5-e0cdcc890308" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_014ab1aa-ef19-40b5-987f-434afab734d8">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The insides of hollow sections, including pipes, need not be filled.</p></subclause></clause>