<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_076a332b-104d-4079-9510-c6fbeb7bdf70" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 4"/><facet building="Class 5"/><facet building="Class 6"/><facet building="Class 7a"/><facet building="Class 7b"/><facet building="Class 8"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9b"/><facet building="Class 9c"/><facet climate="Climate zone 8"/></meta><sptc>4.2.7</sptc><title id="_8fababcc-d087-422c-b57a-b82c2c4c6fd6">Stepped footings</title><archive-num>2019: 3.2.2.5</archive-num><subclause id="_a6beb675-dc58-44e1-912f-d36f254db601" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_9b634a77-099d-4870-b0df-6da29090b0eb">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Stepped strip footings must—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_f8ad41f1-5d3f-474b-bb7e-53335c2326e1">have a base that is horizontal or be sloped at not more than 1:10; or</li><li id="_5cf72e66-2a7d-45c5-9ce4-12a839e2a92f">be stepped in accordance with one of the methods shown in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/541_0.10.0.xml#_1c2b11d7-4722-4db1-96c1-e902e5cae0dc" id="_80976cd4-95ec-415d-b9f4-89f5a9edc0b4" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="image-reference">Figure 4.2.7</xref>.</li></ol></subclause><image-reference conref="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/541_0.10.0.xml" id="_1c2b11d7-4722-4db1-96c1-e902e5cae0dc"><num>4.2.7</num><title id="_50e64f97-999b-453b-95d5-36ea621efeb2">Stepped strip footings</title><image alt="Stepped strip footings" height="663" heightdpi="200" href="ERROR_IN_RESOLVING_URI:4-2-7-stepped-strip-footings.eps" width="1200" widthdpi="200"><image height="663" heightdpi="200" href="C:\Users\bkiem\AppData\Roaming\Quark\XML Author\Temp\media1_8e488a56-6154-4915-bb92-aeb4a647385a.jpg" width="1200" widthdpi="200"/></image><desc-note id="_5196422e-0450-43b1-9ce1-f5d73b0ffaa2"><p>All dimensions in millimetres.</p></desc-note></image-reference></clause>