NZS 4431:2022 Engineered fill construction for lightweight structures - SPONSORED
- Abbreviation
- NZS 4431:2022
- Valid from
- 27/05/2022
- Information provider
- Standards New Zealand
- Author
- Standards New Zealand
- Information type
- New Zealand Standard
Description
NZS 4431 provides the process for the geotechnical investigation, design, construction, quality assurance testing, and certification of engineered fill as foundation support for lightweight residential and commercial buildings and associated infrastructure. Evidence of adherence to this standard, alongside appropriate professional review and certification, can be used to demonstrate compliance with the relevant sections of the New Zealand Building Code for these projects.
This revision reflects changes in geotechnical investigation, design and construction practice, test methods. And environmental, consenting, and health and safety obligations since the original publication in 1989. The layout of this revision reflects the iterative processes used by the geotechnical designer, certifier, and contractor to enable engineered fill construction to deliver safe and stable foundation support for lightweight residential and commercial buildings and associated infrastructure.
NZS 4431 is not a specification. An earthworks specification needs to be developed for each development in accordance with the requirements of this standard. The earthworks specification will provide the site and contract-specific requirements in addition to those presented in this standard. To comply with this standard, certified engineered fill construction shall meet the requirements of the project - and site-specific earthworks specification, as well as the design documentation, engineering drawings, quality assurance and testing requirements, and building and consent conditions.
The New Zealand earthworks specification (NZGS, 2022) is an example of a generic specification developed to be compatible with this standard. It is appropriate for use on most residential (and many other) development projects with common soil and rock types found in New Zealand and comes in both a long and a short form to suit larger and smaller projects respectively. Because of the variability of the natural materials used in earthworks, specialist geotechnical input is needed to ensure that the specified soil and rock materials are suitable for the intended use and that the proposed testing regime is appropriate for the selected materials.
The primary intended users of this standard are the geotechnical designer and the certifier. In the context of this standard, the geotechnical designer is responsible for the design of the engineered fill and the preparation of the earthwork’s specification. The certifier is responsible for confirming that the engineered fill has been constructed in accordance with the design, consent conditions, and earthworks specification. In many smaller projects, the geotechnical designer will also take the role of the certifier. The contractor responsible for placing the engineered fill should have a good understanding of this standard. It is expected that they will use this standard to direct any filling operations in conjunction with the earthwork’s specification created by the geotechnical designer in accordance with this standard.
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New Zealand Standards
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NZS 1900.11.1:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.11.1:1986 Model building bylaw - Chapter 11: Special structures. Division 11.1 Structures for the storage of liquids
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NZS 1900.11.2:1985
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.11.2:1985 Model building bylaw - Chapter 11: Special structures. Division 11.2 Farm buildings
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NZS 1900.1:1985
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.1:1985 Model building bylaw - Chapter 1: Preliminary
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NZS 1900.2:1984
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.2:1984 Model building bylaw - Chapter 2: Building permits
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NZS 1900.3:1985
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.3:1985 Model building bylaw - Chapter 3: General requirements
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NZS 1900.4:1985
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.4:1985 Model building bylaw - Chapter 4: Residential buildings
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NZS 1900.5:1988
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.5:1988 Model building bylaw - Chapter 5: Fire resisting construction and means of egress
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NZS 1900.6:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.6:1986 Model building bylaw - Chapter 6: Construction requirements for buildings not requiring specific design - timber and masonry
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NZS 1900.7:1985
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.7:1985 Model building bylaw - Chapter 7: Small chimneys and appliance installation
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NZS 1900.8:1976
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 1900.8:1976 Model building bylaw - Chapter 8: General structural design and design loadings
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NZS 4203:1984
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4203:1984 Code of practice for general structural design and design loadings for buildings - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.2.1:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.1:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 2: Soil classification tests - Test 2.1 Determination of the water content
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NZS 4402.2.2:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.2:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Soil classification tests - Determination of the liquid limit - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.2.3:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.3:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 2: Soil classification tests - Test 2.3 Determination of the plastic limit
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NZS 4402.2.4:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.4:1986 Methods of testing soils for civic engineering purposes - Soil classification tests - Test 2.4 Determination of the plasticity index - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.2.7.1:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.7.1:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 2: Soil classification tests - Test 2.7.1 Method for coarse, medium and fine soils
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NZS 4402.2.7.2:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.7.2:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 2: Soil classification tests - Test 2.7.2 Method for medium and fine soils
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NZS 4402.2.8.1:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.8.1:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Soil classification tests - Test 2.8.1 Standard method by wet sieving - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.2.8.2:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.8.2:1986 Methods of testing soils for civic engineering purposes - Soil classification tests - Test 2.8.2 Standard method by dry sieving - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.2.8.3:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.8.3:1986 Methods of testing soils for civic engineering purposes - Soil classification tests - Test 2.8.3 Standard method for fine soils (pipette method) - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.2.8.4:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.2.8.4:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Soil classification tests - Test 2.8.4 Standard method for fine soils (hydrometer method) - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.4.1.1:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.4.1.1:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 4: Soil compaction tests - Determination of the dry density/water content relationship - Test 4.1.1 New Zealand standard compaction test - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.4.1.3:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.4.1.3:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 4: Soil compaction tests - Determination of the dry density/water content relationship - Test 4.1.3 New Zealand vibrating hammer compaction test
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NZS 4402.4.2.3:1988
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.4.2.3:1988 Methods of testing soils for civic engineering purposes - Soil compaction tests - Determination of the minimum and maximum dry densities and relative density of a cohesionless soil - Test 4.2.3 Relative density - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.5.1.1:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.5.1.1:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Soil density tests - Determination of the density of soil - Test 5.1.1 Sand replacement method for the determination of in situ density - SPONSORED
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NZS 4402.5.1.2:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.5.1.2:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 5: Soil density tests - Determination of the density of soil - Test 5.1.2 Balloon densometer method for the determination of the in situ density
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NZS 4402.5.1.3:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.5.1.3:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 5: Soil density tests - Determination of the density of soil - Test 5.1.3 Sampling tube method for the determination of the in situ density
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NZS 4402.5.1.4:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.5.1.4:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Part 5: Soil density tests - Determination of the density of soil - Test 5.1.4 Immersion in water method
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NZS 4402.5.1.5:1986
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZS 4402.5.1.5:1986 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes - Soil density tests - Determination of the density of soil - Test 5.1.5 Water displacement method
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NZSS 1900.10:1964
NZS 4431:2022 cites NZSS 1900.10:1964 Model building bylaw - Chapter 10: Non-structural external wallings
Other
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Engineers Registration Act 1924
NZS 4431:2022 cites Engineers Registration Act 1924
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Factors that influence field compaction of soils
NZS 4431:2022 cites Factors that influence field compaction of soils
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Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 (1967 No 135)
NZS 4431:2022 cites Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 (1967 No 135)