Anchor capacity at concrete slab floor edges
- Abbreviation
- Anchor capacity at concrete slab floor edges
- Valid from
- 1/02/2016
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Information type
- Guidelines
- Format
- Website
Description
Care is needed to ensure appropriate anchors are used when they are located close to the edge of slabs, particularly when the edge of the slab is formed by using masonry header blocks.
Designers should check that minimum edge distances required can be achieved and that loads do not exceed the recommendations provided below.
Scope
This Guideline includes:
- Anchors, boxed concrete edges and masonry header blocks
- Non-bracing applications (Clause 7.5.12 of NZS 3604)
- Bracing applications (proprietary system)
- Internal bracing walls