<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause author="Brandon Kiem" dateTime="2021-03-12T08:28:21" id="_5878cd7a-05cc-4f5f-b1d8-9d62bf807dcf" outputclass="ncc-clause" type="insert"><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>4.2.6</sptc><title id="_b487f39c-b89b-40d8-86e4-f438720e2996">Slab edge support on sloping sites</title><archive-num>2019: 3.2.2.4</archive-num><subclause id="_92b470da-02c0-437a-aa68-4202d89400e3" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_4303d9e1-a26e-41c6-9a64-675664d7959c">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Footings and slabs installed on the low side of sloping <xref xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1463_0.4.0.xml#_fb3536f6-7ee5-4a29-a4da-402a8e1168dc" id="_6397d2e9-1ca6-4b0e-b417-c75bf3eeaf7d" inv:access="external" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">sites</xref> must be as follows:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_1e9f7dcf-655f-48f4-9495-9716b324542b">Slab panels — in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1004_1.9.0.xml#_eb10a6f5-2aee-4082-b59d-5fd13730edf1" id="_2f4dfcbd-e7c2-41e4-a588-18a14f4e7eca" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="ncc-clause">4.2.5(a)</xref>.</li><li id="_b851da3c-f4f5-43b8-ab51-02533ca97535">Edge beams—<ol><li>supported by <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1230_0.7.0.xml#_1f98b7e6-c1c3-4502-aa14-29cd7f1f4314" id="_a00d88fa-2d61-4766-b904-3aa703a915b2" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">controlled fill</xref> in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1004_1.9.0.xml#_eb10a6f5-2aee-4082-b59d-5fd13730edf1" id="_6e426cc7-099a-4cca-bcb5-66b24ae3ce2f" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="ncc-clause">4.2.5(b)</xref> (see <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/540_0.15.0.xml#_8826e5d1-bac9-4f2d-961f-4658e717e083" id="_3ee1862d-d041-4b7b-939b-64068bc4f4e4" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="image-reference">Figure 4.2.5</xref>, Option 1); or</li><li>supported by deepened edge beams or bulk piers designed in accordance with AS 3600 (see <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/540_0.15.0.xml#_8826e5d1-bac9-4f2d-961f-4658e717e083" id="_c5ba944c-609d-43f6-8ad1-b49fda2653e3" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="image-reference">Figure 4.2.5</xref>, Option 2); or</li><li>deepened (as per AS 2870) to extend into the natural soil level with a bearing capacity in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1004_1.9.0.xml#_eb10a6f5-2aee-4082-b59d-5fd13730edf1" id="_621f1802-458b-4e29-be3e-33dba69bdfcc" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="ncc-clause">4.2.5(b)</xref> (see <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/540_0.15.0.xml#_8826e5d1-bac9-4f2d-961f-4658e717e083" id="_19a5de2c-3e3e-4d60-afa5-db071d184482" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="image-reference">Figure 4.2.5</xref>, Option 3); or</li><li>stepped in accordance with AS 2870.</li></ol></li><li id="_434aac11-b9a7-4a10-a71a-ce19a11b8c83">Edge beams not connected to the slab, pad footings and strip footings — founded in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1004_1.9.0.xml#_eb10a6f5-2aee-4082-b59d-5fd13730edf1" id="_0fb1760f-7945-4b9e-9440-fc4c174226fe" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="ncc-clause">4.2.5(c)</xref>.</li><li id="_7694b6c7-5b97-4968-ae30-095ee3b89b3b">Where an excavation (cut) of the natural ground is used it must be in accordance with <xref xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4177_0.6.0.xml#_cbce8ccd-222d-4370-a372-b3c3e9384f1a" id="_907c81d8-9339-4193-a4be-809effd5a85d" inv:access="external" scope="local" type="part">Part 3.2</xref>.</li></ol></subclause></clause>