Attachment 4 - Site Investigation and Slab Report

                                                                  of the building. AS 2870 simplifies this issue by
                                                                  equating different external and internal wall types to
                                                                  an ‘equivalent’ type of construction which may then
                                                                  be used for the entire footing system, thus allowing
                                                                  standard details to be used throughout.

                                                                  5        SPACING OF ARTICULATION JOINTS
                                                                  If footings appropriate for articulated masonry have
                                                                  been selected from the standard designs within
                                                                  AS 2870, then the recommended maximum spacing
                                                                  of articulation joints in straight, continuous masonry
                                                                  walls having no openings should be in accordance
                                                                  with Table 2. If walls have openings larger than
                                                                  900 x 900 mm, the maximum joint spacing should
                                                                  be 5.0 m.
                                                                       The spacing from corners or ends of walls
                                                                  should be in the range of 2 m to 4.5 m for all
                                                                  finishes and masonry wall types. Control joints less
                                                                  than 2 m from the corner or end of a wall may be
                                                                  necessary for other reasons. However, they should
                                                                  not be regarded as effective articulation joints
                                                                  Figure 3. For single-storey construction, if there are
                                                                  windows present near corners or ends of walls then
Figure 3 Control joints less than 2 m from the                    the articulation joint should generally be located
corner do not function as articulation joints                     near or at the furthest side of the window from the
                                                                  corner or end of wall Figure 4.




                              ≤ 4.5 m                      ≤ 5.0 m                  ≤ 4.5 m
                            from corner             (openings > 900 x 900)        from corner




 ≤ 4.5 m
 from corner
                          Lounge                       Bed room                  Bed room            ≤ 4.5 m
                          room                                                                       from corner




≤ 6.0 m
(no openings)             Dinning         Kitchen      Laundry        Bath            Bed room       ≤ 4.5 m
                          room                                                                       from corner




 ≤ 4.5 m                  Family room
 from corner
                                                                               ≤ 4.5 m
                                                                             from corner
                                                                                                    Articulation joints


Figure 4 Typical location of articulation joints for brick veneer building
on Class M site with face finished masonry




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