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Australian Standard AS1170.1: 2002

Section 3.6 Barriers

Barriers, including parapets, balustrades and railings, together with members and connections that provide structural support, shall be designed to sustain the imposed actions given in table 3.3. The top edge or handrail shall also be designed for the case where a concentrated load of 0.6 kN, positioned for the worst effect, acts inward, outward or downward.

The uniformly distributed line load and the uniformly distributed and concentrated loads applicable to the infill are not additive. They shall be considered as three separate load cases.

Actions due to wind or earthquake need not be assumed to act concurrently with the loads given in table 3.3

Compliance testing for both of our standard balustrade systems has been carried out by Bellmont Façade Engineering Pty Ltd, located at 126 New Canterbury Road Petersham NSW 2049 on the 9th July 2003. These tests conclude that both our Trimline Aluminium & glass balustrades and our Viewmaster balustrades conform to and exceed the governing requirement for load testing on barriers as per AS 1170.1 2002.

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