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AS/NZS 1576.3:1995

AS/NZS 1576.3:1995

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Scaffolding Prefabricated and tube-and-coupler scaffolding

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Superseded date

25-07-2024

Superseded by

AS 1576.3:2015
AS/NZS 1576.3:2015

Language(s)

English

Published date

05-01-1995

Publisher

Standards Australia

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1 - AS/NZS 1576.3:1995 SCAFFOLDING - PREFABRICATED AND TUBE–AND–COUPLER SCAFFOLDING
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 1.3 NEW MATERIALS AND METHODS
7 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.4.1 Adjustable castor
7 - 1.4.2 Adjustable leg
7 - 1.4.3 Counterweight
7 - 1.4.4 Diagonal brace
7 - 1.4.5 Frame scaffold
7 - 1.4.6 Freestanding tower
7 - 1.4.7 Height
7 - 1.4.8 Lift
7 - 1.4.9 Mobile scaffold
7 - 1.4.10 Modular scaffold
7 - 1.4.11 Outrigger
8 - 1.4.12 Plan brace
8 - 1.4.13 Prefabricated platform
8 - 1.4.14 Prefabricated scaffold
8 - 1.4.15 Stabilizer
8 - 1.4.16 Tower scaffold
8 - 1.4.17 Tube-and-coupler scaffolding
8 - 1.5 TYPES OF PREFABRICATED SCAFFOLDING
8 - 1.6 INFORMATION FROM SUPPLIER
12 - SECTION 2 MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS
12 - 2.1 CAST STEEL COMPONENTS
12 - 2.2 CAST IRON COMPONENTS
12 - 2.3 ALUMINIUM
12 - 2.3.1 Cast components
12 - 2.3.2 Wrought components
12 - 2.4 STEEL TUBE
12 - 2.4.1 General
12 - 2.4.2 End finish
12 - 2.4.3 Surface finish
13 - 2.4.4 Internal projections
13 - 2.5 ALUMINIUM TUBE
13 - 2.5.1 General
13 - 2.5.2 Tube-and-coupler scaffolding
13 - 2.5.3 Other scaffolding
13 - 2.6 TUBE DIAMETERS
13 - 2.7 COUPLERS AND ACCESSORIES
13 - 2.8 STRUCTURAL PLYWOOD
14 - SECTION 3 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
14 - 3.1 MODULAR SCAFFOLDING
14 - 3.1.1 Base lift
14 - 3.1.2 Lift height
14 - 3.2 FRAME SCAFFOLDING
14 - 3.3 STABILITY OF FREESTANDING SCAFFOLD
14 - 3.4 PREFABRICATED PLATFORM
14 - 3.5 MOBILE SCAFFOLDS
15 - SECTION 4 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
15 - 4.1 GENERAL
15 - 4.2 TESTING
15 - 4.2.1 General
15 - 4.2.2 Assembled frame, modular or tube-and-coupler scaffold
15 - 4.2.3 Load-bearing components
15 - 4.2.4 Stiffness of assembled freestanding scaffold
15 - 4.2.5 Prefabricated platform unit
16 - APPENDIX A - TEST ON ASSEMBLED TOWER
16 - A1 SCOPE
16 - A2 PRINCIPLE
16 - A3 APPARATUS
16 - A4 PROCEDURE
17 - A5 REPORT
19 - APPENDIX B - TEST ON ASSEMBLED FRAME, MODULAR AND TUBE-AND-COUPLER SCAFFOLD
19 - B1 SCOPE
19 - B2 PRINCIPLE
19 - B3 APPARATUS
19 - B4 PROCEDURE
20 - B5 REPORT
22 - APPENDIX C - TEST ON LOAD-BEARING COMPONENTS
22 - C1 SCOPE
22 - C2 PRINCIPLE
22 - C3 APPARATUS
22 - C4 PROCEDURE
22 - C5 REPORT
24 - APPENDIX D - STIFFNESS TEST ON ASSEMBLED FREESTANDING SCAFFOLDS
24 - D1 SCOPE
24 - D2 PRINCIPLE
24 - D3 APPARATUS
24 - D4 PROCEDURE
24 - D5 CALCULATIONS
25 - D6 REPORT
26 - APPENDIX E - TEST OF PREFABRICATED PLATFORM UNIT
26 - E1 SCOPE
26 - E2 PRINCIPLE
26 - E3 APPARATUS
26 - E4 PROCEDURE
26 - E5 REPORT

Specifies performance requirements for prefabricated and tube-and-coupler scaffolding. It is to be read in conjunction with AS/NZS1576.1.

Committee
BD/36
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7262 9411 X
Pages
22
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

This Standard specifies performance requirements for prefabricated and tube-and-coupler scaffolding. It is to be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 1576.1.

First published as part of AS 1575-1974.
AS 1576 first published 1974.
AS 1575-1974 and AS 1576-1974 revised, amalgamated and redesignated in part as AS 1576.3-1991.
Jointly revised and designated as Joint Standard AS/NZS 1576.3:1995.

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