AS/NZS 1576.1:1995

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

Sets out design and operational requirements for scaffolding, except trestle scaffolding, portable ladders intended to be used as working platforms and elevating working platforms.

This Standard sets out design and operational requirements for scaffolding, except trestle scaffolding, portable ladders intended to be used as working platforms and elevating working platforms.

First published as part of AS 1576-1974.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1576.1-1991.
Jointly revised and designated as Joint Standard AS/NZS 1576.1:1995.