<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_3ff4479a-933a-4cc3-b9e5-aa8e45b34196" outputclass="ncc-clause"><sptc>S2C23</sptc><title id="_7d117dfb-aadf-4cec-9d27-77aad84a001f">Reinforcing for column and beam protection — masonry</title><archive-num>2019: Sch. 5 (Annex): 11.1</archive-num><subclause id="_c830692b-e713-45d1-bf77-13f18d73a8e9" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_9768e482-d537-4f1b-9726-8200cbf57e9e">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Masonry of calcium-silicate, fired clay and concrete for the protection of steel columns must have steel-wire or mesh reinforcement in every second course and lapped at the corners.</p></subclause></clause>