<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_0a0089fd-6baa-44de-8603-3a9dfcfa3fa5" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>C4D13</sptc><title id="_0dbd6c0f-29e1-4c5c-9ffa-fd5572ddce46">Openings in floors and ceilings for services</title><archive-num>2019: C3.12</archive-num><subclause id="_1477113f-e5b2-4b28-892f-aaae932168b2" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_29082281-8005-4c43-88a7-52844ce7805b">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Where a service passes through—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3cb7319e-ff67-42b6-a6c4-5f66af96b712">a floor that is <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_a951a326-cca7-44b0-a3d3-706b29bde267" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> to have an FRL with respect to <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1351_0.4.0.xml#_4f47ab4d-35df-47b0-ba07-b167e4a56bd0" id="_7756bfb6-04a0-4b53-b33d-24c2fd63282c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">integrity</xref> and <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1350_0.5.0.xml#_b82f78d0-4656-4aa6-a223-7e52301ea308" id="_3d208325-fb7d-47e5-8d4b-26e2321b5aa0" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">insulation</xref>; or</li><li id="_c08e0318-af55-42e3-abc0-c6d235826bb0">a ceiling <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_c176fa19-a634-4d4d-9aad-c397d2a544ff" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> to have a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1438_5.3.0.xml#_617607ac-6215-49ef-8171-c069d7620b95" id="_49a0ff20-e8f7-450c-ae84-ec12d88f8c38" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">resistance to the incipient spread of fire</xref>,</li></ol><p>the service must be installed in accordance with (2).</p></subclause><subclause id="_1e3abf3b-6842-4aea-a005-dc822ef49d2d" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_e7f67ca6-bf3e-4912-9c54-0e78cae4f40f">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>A service must be protected—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_9d98f3e5-c5d0-413c-995c-5867a7591ad4">in a building of Type A construction, by a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1459_26.0.0.xml#_99391afe-5794-47e4-94ab-7e9e7a83740a" id="_9fdc89bf-26b5-4b3d-8aef-c158c20981d1" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shaft</xref> complying with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/131_0.13.0.xml#_da7623e4-c88a-410a-a7e4-377555216c73" id="_4493fad1-c821-49c6-b099-c710816fbbe7" scope="local" type="specification">Specification 5</xref>; or</li><li id="_31f5df6b-eab3-4c9b-bbd6-797ad549d2cc">in a building of Type B or C construction, by a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1459_26.0.0.xml#_99391afe-5794-47e4-94ab-7e9e7a83740a" id="_826045e4-f3ab-47bf-83d0-f4759329ce78" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shaft</xref> that will not reduce the fire performance of the building elements it penetrates; or</li><li id="_ffc33b73-f76d-43f3-99ee-f6d15384c304">in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1444_1.13.0.xml#_8c7949f1-69f1-414a-a196-3ea506f20999" id="_edde1006-4fdd-49b5-8e22-c0ba592e7437" scope="local" type="clause">C4D15</xref>.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_0fbbf1b2-233a-45dd-912f-42822e056cdf" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_eb7fdca3-faf0-4f24-98ba-665ce2d53055">SubClause</title><num>3</num><p>Where a service passes through a floor which is <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_ff3d6621-4ab0-416c-8251-cc2592957e11" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> to be protected by a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1289_0.6.0.xml#_e18489e8-9038-4b37-a28f-401776a4aff5" id="_2e6c54fc-7112-401e-bc79-96c55a2e7916" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-protective covering</xref>, the penetration must not reduce the fire performance of the covering.</p></subclause></clause>