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To purchase PDF or hard copy Australian Standards, please email or call 0800 782 632 during business hours. AS 2870-2011 Residential slabs and footings Sets out the criteria for the classification of a site and the design and construction of a footing system for a single dwelling house, townhouse or similar structure which may be detached or separated by a party wall or common wall, but not situated vertically above or below another dwelling, including buildings classified as Class 1 and Class 10a in the Building Code of Australia.

D)Australian Standard AS 2. Coincidentally with the introduction of AS 2. I started a consulting engineering practice in and around Brisbane, specializing in residential slab and footing design.

The Standard may also be used for other forms of construction, including some light industrial, commercial and institutional buildings if they are similar to houses in size, loading and superstructure flexibility. The footing systems for which designs are given include slab on ground, stiffened rafts, waffle rafts, strip footings, pad footings and piled footings. Supersedes AS 2870-1996 and AS 2870 Supp 1-1996. AS 2896-2011 Medical gas systems – Installation and testing of non-flammable medical gas pipeline systems Sets out requirements for the safety aspects, construction, testing and certification, operation and maintenance of non-flammable medical gas pipeline systems used for patient care, therapeutic, diagnostic and for operating surgical tools. Non-flammable medical gas pipeline systems include suction pipeline systems. The Standard is intended to apply to suction systems for day care centres and clinical situations. It does not apply to suction systems for laboratories or hospital dental units.

Supersedes AS 2896-1998. AS 4558-2011 Decorative gas log and other fuel effect appliances Specifies design, construction and marking requirements and test methods for decorative gas log, coal or other fuel effect fires with gas consumptions not exceeding 72 MJ/h. Two types of appliances are covered as defined in Clause 1.2. This Standard is limited to appliances that are designed primarily to have a decorative appearance.

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Supersedes AS 4558-2000 (AG 108-2000). AS 4773.2-2010 Masonry in small buildings – Construction Sets out construction practices for masonry in small buildings, such as houses, garages, small warehouses and the like. Supersedes AS 3700-2001 (in part). AS 4825-2011 Tunnel fire safety Provides a generic framework for establishing the fire safety systems that are required in new road, rail or bus tunnels to provide an acceptable level of safety in case of fire; provides guidance in the development of a fire safety strategy, the design and documentation of fire safety systems for tunnels.