Sets out requirements for the design and construction of subterranean termite management systems for new buildings and ground level extensions and renovations. It includes provisions for both physical and chemical termite barriers throughout mainland Australia. It is intended for builders, building designers, regulatory authorities, termite management system manufacturers and installers, and those people requiring termite management systems, This Standard is the 1st part in a series of 3 Standards on termite management.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and application
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.2.1 General
1.2.2 Building Code of Australia
1.3 Unspecified systems and materials
1.4 Interface between new and existing work
1.5 Construction at or near boundary
1.6 Referenced documents
1.7 Definitions
2 Performance criteria
2.1 Scope of section
2.2 General
2.2.1 Barrier systems
2.2.2 Attachments to buildings
2.2.3 Bridging and breaching of termite barrier systems
2.3 Specific
2.3.1 Concrete slabs as termite barriers
2.3.2 Sheet material barriers
2.3.3 Graded particle barriers
2.3.4 Chemical barriers
3 Deemed-to-satisfy requirements—General
3.1 Scope of section
3.2 Building site management
3.3 Structural elements below termite barriers
3.4 Mixed construction
3.5 Attachments to buildings
3.6 Bridging and breaching
3.7 Requirements for suspended floors
3.7.1 General
3.7.2 Access for visual inspection
3.7.3 Clearance from masonry components
3.7.4 Drainage
3.8 Documentation
4 Deemed-to-satisfy requirements—Concrete slabs
4.1 Scope of section
4.2 General
4.3 Slab-on-ground
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Joints and penetrations
4.3.2.1 Vertical construction joints
4.3.2.2 Footing/slab construction joints
4.3.2.3 Unplanned construction joints (cold joints)
4.3.2.4 Isolation, sawn or other movement control joints
