<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><table-reference author="Kieran O'Donnell" dateTime="2021-02-24T13:40:07" graph="None" id="_75575434-2836-4467-bf13-59d19cde4f81" type="insert"><num>4.2.15a</num><title id="_90bcbeff-3b4a-43fc-9fa3-f1b2deda7da5">Dimensions and reinforcement for strip footing systems for Class A sites</title><table id="_a67288b5-d822-4c0d-8f5a-8432691b8011" keycol="1"><tgroup cols="4"><colspec colname="001" colnum="1" colwidth="108.00*"/><colspec colname="002" colnum="2" colwidth="108.00*"/><colspec colname="003" colnum="3" colwidth="108.00*"/><colspec colname="004" colnum="4" colwidth="108.00*"/><thead><row><entry>Type of construction</entry><entry>D (mm)</entry><entry>B (mm)</entry><entry>Reinforcement (top and bottom)</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1220_0.6.0.xml#_80de9a18-766e-4b0d-a65d-b3873d72f4b2" id="_86ac41e6-f55f-44ca-999a-4926b10d5ddd" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Clad frame</xref></entry><entry>300</entry><entry>300</entry><entry>3–L8TM</entry></row><row><entry><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1194_0.6.0.xml#_70407bc9-3de1-449e-828f-62763926b912" id="_64f7ee0b-61a5-4e36-82d7-53ebe16137b9" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Articulated masonry</xref> veneer</entry><entry>300</entry><entry>300</entry><entry>3–L8TM</entry></row><row><entry>Masonry veneer</entry><entry>300</entry><entry>300</entry><entry>3–L8TM</entry></row><row><entry>Articulated full masonry</entry><entry>300</entry><entry>400</entry><entry>4–L8TM</entry></row><row><entry>Full masonry</entry><entry>300</entry><entry>400</entry><entry>4–L8TM</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><desc-note id="_ba08f1b1-a237-4bea-b909-3fd833870f24"><ol outputclass="numbered"><li id="_aeb654e5-f8ad-4b29-a2aa-8e41038ca87d">All masonry walls must be supported on strip footings.</li><li id="_e034bb4d-0cfa-41e7-b0a5-e5126edd9315">Internal strip footings must be of the same proportions as the external footings and run from external footing to external footing. ‘Side slip joints’ consisting of a double layer of polyethylene must be provided at the sides of the footing only.</li><li id="_dc139439-16df-486a-8609-7161b3252218">Infill floors may be concrete slabs, brick paving, stone flags or compacted and stabilised earth. For concrete slab infill panels, mesh may be required to control shrinkage in slab panels and around openings or restrained regions. Concrete infill slabs must use a minimum of SL62 mesh to control shrinkage (see also <xref xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1050_0.17.0.xml#_07249b3f-17ce-4870-8c94-6911dc5338dc" id="_61a364b5-4e50-4f6d-9796-398f618bb2cc" inv:access="external" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="ncc-clause">4.2.19</xref>).</li><li id="_efff7e46-7e8d-4284-b123-0e1b32ae7e58">Where footings are wider than the specified width, an extra bottom bar or equivalent of the same bar size is <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_02217f8e-3da6-4bee-afb9-897bc6eea899" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> for each 100 mm additional width. If strip footings deeper than those <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_570ddfae-0dc8-4783-a74a-4f05684bdd58" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> are used, the reinforcement must be increased to match that specified for the deepened proportions.</li><li id="_cef9da86-43f4-4f29-851e-cb6d193c3aef">The measurement of D<sub xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" id="_6a707575-2296-4484-85aa-46b55a0fdc73" inv:access="external">f</sub> is greater or equal to D plus 75 mm.</li><li id="_2146ff14-fd2a-4f50-b2fc-287d5dc92f5f">Alternative reinforcing sizes must comply with AS 2870.</li></ol></desc-note></table-reference>