1 - AS/NZS 1576.1:1995 SCAFFOLDING - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.3.1 Access platform
7 - 1.3.2 Baseplate
7 - 1.3.3 Bay
7 - 1.3.4 Brace
7 - 1.3.5 Castor
7 - 1.3.6 Catch platform
8 - 1.3.7 Cradle
8 - 1.3.8 Guardrailing
8 - 1.3.9 Landing
8 - 1.3.10 Ledger
8 - 1.3.11 Lift
8 - 1.3.12 Loading bay
8 - 1.3.13 Platform
8 - 1.3.14 Platform bracket
8 - 1.3.15 Putlog
8 - 1.3.16 Scaffold
8 - 1.3.17 Scaffold plank
8 - 1.3.18 Soleplate
8 - 1.3.19 Spur
8 - 1.3.20 Standard
8 - 1.3.21 Strut
8 - 1.3.22 Supporting structure
8 - 1.3.23 Tie
8 - 1.3.24 Transom
8 - 1.3.25 Working load limit
8 - 1.3.26 Working platform
8 - 1.4 TYPES OF SCAFFOLD
10 - SECTION 2 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
10 - 2.1 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
10 - 2.2 BASIS OF DESIGN
10 - 2.3 LOAD COMBINATIONS
10 - 2.3.1 General
10 - 2.3.2 Tube mix
11 - 2.4 DESIGN LOADS
11 - 2.4.1 Dead load
11 - 2.4.2 Environmental loads
11 - 2.4.3 Live loads
12 - 2.5 SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
12 - 2.5.1 General
12 - 2.5.2 Strengthening of supporting structure
12 - 2.5.3 Soleplates
12 - 2.6 BRACING MEMBERS
13 - 2.7 STABILITY OF FREESTANDING SCAFFOLDS
13 - 2.8 ANCHORAGE AND TIE ASSEMBLIES
13 - 2.8.1 General
14 - 2.8.2 Location of ties
14 - 2.8.3 Strength of ties
14 - 2.8.4 Drilled-in anchorages
14 - 2.9 STEEL WIRE ROPE
14 - 2.10 FIBRE ROPE
14 - 2.11 STEEL CHAIN
14 - 2.12 ECCENTRIC LOADING OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS
14 - 2.12.1 General
14 - 2.12.2 Standards
14 - 2.12.3 Spurs and braces
14 - 2.13 DESIGN OF LEDGERS, PUTLOGS AND TRANSOMS
15 - 2.14 DESIGN OF STANDARDS AND SPURS
15 - 2.14.1 Platform loads on standards or spurs
15 - 2.14.2 Effective length of standards at base of scaffold
15 - 2.14.3 Effective length of struts
16 - SECTION 3 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
16 - 3.1 WORKING PLATFORM
16 - 3.1.1 General
16 - 3.1.2 Dimensions
16 - 3.2 ACCESS PLATFORM
16 - 3.3 CATCH PLATFORM
16 - 3.4 SLOPE OF PLATFORMS
16 - 3.4.1 Working platforms
16 - 3.4.2 Access platform
17 - 3.5 EDGE PROTECTION
17 - 3.5.1 General
17 - 3.5.2 Toeboards
17 - 3.5.3 Guardrailings
17 - 3.5.4 Mesh screens
17 - 3.5.5 Omission of edge protection
18 - 3.5.6 Additional protection
18 - 3.6 ACCESS TO AND EGRESS FROM WORKING PLATFORMS
18 - 3.6.1 General
18 - 3.6.2 Permanently installed access
18 - 3.6.3 Temporary stairways
18 - 3.6.4 Portable ladders
19 - 3.7 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MOBILE SCAFFOLDS
19 - 3.7.1 Castors
19 - 3.7.2 Supporting structure
19 - 3.7.3 Additional bracing
19 - 3.8 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PLATFORM BRACKETS
19 - 3.8.1 General
19 - 3.8.2 Width of platform
19 - 3.8.3 Positioning of brackets
19 - 3.8.4 Provision of additional platforms
19 - 3.9 TUBE EXTENSION