STEELWORK

2.1 THE STEELWORK CONTRACTOR/FABRICATOR IS TO CONDUCT AN ACCURATE SITE SURVEY TO DETERMINE FINAL DIMENSIONS FOR ALL NEW STEELWORK PRIOR TO
FABRICATION. THE SURVEY SHOULD HIGHLIGHT ANY EXISTING OBSTRUCTIONS, SERVICES, ETC. THAT NEED TO BE ALTERED/RELOCATED TO AVOID A CLASH.
2.2 ALL STEELWORK IS TO BE CE MARKED AND FABRICATED TO EXECUTION CLASS EXC2, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT NSSS 'CE MARKING' EDITION.
2.3 ALL STEELWORK WHICH IS EXTERNAL OR SET IN MASONRY TO BE GALVANISED U.N.O. AND COATED TO COMPLY WITH ARCHITECTS FINISHES REQUIREMENTS. ALL
GALVANISED STEELWORK (INCLUDING PACKS) TO COMPLY WITH EN ISO 1461 WITH A MINIMUM OF A 85μm THICK COATING.
2.4 SITE CONNECTIONS :- MAKE GOOD WITH A COLD GALVANIZING COMPOUND (I.E. 'GALVAFROID' OR SIMILAR) UPON COMPLETION OF INSTALLATION. DRY FILM THICKNESS
TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS TO PROVIDE PROTECTION EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN THE SHOP COAT. NO SITE WELDING IS
PERMITTED WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH S.E.
2.5 STEELWORK IS TO BE HIGH YIELD (GRADE S355), U.N.O.
2.6 ALL BOLTS TO BE GRADE 8.8 IN ACCORDANCE WITH BS 3692 AND HOT DIP SPUN GALVANIZED TO COMPLY WITH EN ISO 1461 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE ON THE
DRAWINGS.
2.7 ALL STEELWORK CONNECTIONS TO BE DETAILED AND DESIGNED BY FABRICATOR TO EN 1993 TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR CONNECTION FORCES SPECIFIED
ON THE DRAWINGS. THE APPEARANCE OF ALL EXPOSED CONNECTIONS WILL NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECT.
2.8 ALL BEAM END CONNECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE MINIMUM SHEAR CAPACITY OF +/- 100kN U.N.O (FACTORED) WITH TYING CAPACITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH EN 1993. ALL
CROSS BRACING CONNECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE AN AXIAL CAPACITY OF +/-100KN (FACTORED) U.N.O.
2.9 ALL MOMENT CONNECTIONS OF ‘BOX’ FRAMES, CANTILEVERS AND SPLICE CONNECTIONS MUST USE EITHER HSFG BOLTS OR ORDINARY BOLTS IN CLOSE TOLERANCE
HOLES (HOLE DIA NOT > SHANK DIAMETER +0.3mm). CONTACT SURFACES OF HSFG CONNECTIONS MUST BE SHOT BLASTED AND UNPAINTED.
2.10 THE STEELWORK CONTRACTOR/FABRICATOR IS TO SUBMIT DUPLICATE COPIES OF ALL PROPOSED FABRICATION DETAILS TO S.E FOR COMMENT AT LEAST ONE WEEK
PRIOR TO FABRICATION SHOWING CLEARLY HOW CONNECTIONS ARE ASSEMBLED.
2.11 WELDING IS TO COMPLY WITH BS EN 288. WELD TESTS TO BE CARRIED OUT TO COMPLY WITH THE LATEST EDITION OF 'THE NATIONAL STRUCTURAL STEELWORK
SPECIFICATION FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION'. S.E IS TO BE PROVIDED WITH COPIES OF ALL WELD TEST RESULTS.
2.12 IF IN DOUBT ABOUT THE INFORMATION SHOWN ON THIS DRAWING OR ANY RELATED DRAWING-PLEASE ASK.
2.13 ALL STRUCTURAL BEAMS AND COLUMNS ARE TO BE FIRE PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE CURRENT BUILDING REGULATION REQUIREMENTS. ALLOW MINIMUM 60 MINUTES,
UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE ELSEWHERE IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
2.14 CONCRETE PADSTONES ARE TO BE LOCATED UNDER ALL NEW STEEL BEAMS TO ACT AS LOAD SPREADERS ONTO NEW OR EXISTING MASONRY. ALL PADSTONES ARE
TO BE GRADE C35/10 CONCRETE IN ACCORDANCE WITH BS 5328.
2.15 FOR CONCRETE ENCASED STEELWORK, STEELWORK IS TO BE CLEANED AND LEFT UNPAINTED, WRAPPED WITH D98 MESH PRIOR TO CONCRETING. PROVIDE MIN. 50mm
(OR 100mm IF BURIED IN THE GROUND) WITH MESH PLACED CENTRALLY WITHIN THE CONCRETE.

MASONRY
3.1 ALL BLOCKWORK TO HAVE A MINIMUM COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF 7 N/mm2, MAXIMUM DENSITY 1500kg/m3, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
3.2 ALL BRICKWORK TO HAVE A MINIMUM COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF 20 N/mm2, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
3.3 ALL LINTELS TO HAVE A MINIMUM 150mm END BEARING INTO NEW BRICKWORK/BLOCKWORK, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
3.4 SPACING OF MOVEMENT JOINTS IN BRICKWORK AND BLOCKWORK ARE NOT TO EXCEED 12m AND 6m (6m AND 3m FROM A CORNER), RESPECTIVELY. LOCATIONS OF
MOVEMENT JOINTS MUST BE AGREED WITH THE ARCHITECT AND S.E. PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORKS.
3.5 CAVITY WALL TIES FOR NEW MASONRY ARE TO BE MIN. 450 c/c VERTICALLY AND 900c/c HORIZONTALLY STAGGERED, AND AT 225 c/c VERTICALLY 150 AWAY FROM ALL
OPENINGS, CORNERS, MOVEMENT JOINTS AND REVEALS. TIES MUST HAVE MINIMUM 50 EMBEDMENT INTO EACH MASONRY LEAF. ADDITIONAL TIES MAY BE REQUIRED TO
POSITIVELY RESTRAIN CAVITY INSULATION (SUBJECT TO MANUFACTURER’S REQUIREMENTS).
3.6 WHERE STEEL COLUMNS, POSTS, WINDPOSTS OR SIMILAR ARE EMBEDDED INTO OR ABUT NEW MASONRY WALLS, PROVIDE ANCON SPV STAINLESS STEEL CRAMPS OR
SIMILAR APPROVED AT 450 c/c VERTICALLY, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
3.7 WHERE STEEL COLUMNS ARE TO BE FULLY TIED TO ADJACENT MASONRY WALL, THE COLUMN IS TO BE FIXED TO THE MASONRY WITH RESIN ANCHOR FULL HEIGHT INTO
LOCALLY CAST CONCRETE PADSTONES, AT MAX. 2m c/c VERTICALLY, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
3.8 WHERE NEW OPENINGS ARE FORMED IN EXISTING CAVITY WALLS, PROVIDE HILTI S/S HRR RESIN WALL TIES, OR SIMILAR APPROVED, AT 225 c/c VERTICALLY AND 450 c/c
HORIZONTALLY, AND TO BE 150 FROM THE VERTICAL AND 225 FROM HORIZ ONTAL SIDES, ENSURING THE CAVITY TRAY ABOVE THE OPENING IS NOT PUNCTURED.
3.9 BRICKWORK AND BLOCKWORK ARE TO BE LAID PROPERLY BONDED AS AGREED WITH THE ARCHITECT AND FULLY BONDED TO ADJACENT EXISTING MASONRY OR AS
SPECIFIED, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. ALL PERPENDS MUST BE FULLY FILLED WITH MORTAR.

TIMBER
4.1 ALL TIMBER TO BE GRADE C24 TO BS EN 14081 PRESSURE IMPREGNATED WITH PRESERVATIVE
4.2 SIZES OF NEW STRUCTURAL TIMBER NOTED ON THE DRAWINGS ARE SAWN BASIC SIZES.
4.3 ALL SCREWS, NAILS, TIMBER CONNECTORS, JOIST HANGERS, STRAPS etc. ARE TO BE GALVANISED AND SHALL BE PURPOSE MADE AND OF MANUFACTURER OR
PERFORMANCE INDICATED ON THE DRAWINGS. ALL ITEMS ARE TO BE FIXED STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER’S RECOMMENDATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
4.4 JOISTS ARE TO BE DOUBLED-UP BELOW ALL NEW STUD PARTITIONS RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE JOIST SPAN. SOLID FULL DEPTH NOGGINS ARE TO BE PROVIDED UNDER
PARTITIONS RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO THE JOIST SPAN.
4.5 ALL DOUBLED-UP JOISTS ARE TO BE BOLTED TOGETHER AT 600 c/c USING M12 GRADE 8.8 BOLTS WITH 50 SQUARE PLATE OVERSIZE WASHERS EACH SIDE AND 50 DIA.
DOUBLE SIDED TOOTHED PLATE CONNECTORS BETWEEN TIMBER FACES, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
4.6 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, EACH NEW FLOOR AND ROOF CONSTRUCTION SHALL COMPRISE 18 THICK CLASS 2 PLYWOOD FIXED TO JOISTS/RAFTERS/FIRRING AND
NOGGINS WITH No.6 x50 LONG COUNTERSUNK HEAD SHERADIZED SCREWS AT MAX. 300c/c. ALL JOINTS BETWEEN PLYWOOD SHEETS, OR WHERE THEY ARE BUTTED
TOGETHER, MUST BE SUPPORTED ON JOISTS/NOGGIN, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL JOISTS/NOGGINS AS NEEDED. 4.7 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALLOW FOR THE FOLLOWING
FLOOR AND ROOF ANCILLARIES AS WELL AS THAT SHOWN ON THE DRAWINGS :-
ALL HOLDING DOWN STRAPS, LATERAL RESTRAINT STRAPS, TRUSS CLIPS, FIXINGS AND CONNECTION PLATES, TIES, AND ANY DIAGONAL ROOF BRACING REQUIRED.

CONCRETE
5.1 MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP ARE TO COMPLY WITH THE LATEST/CURRENT EDITION OF THE NATIONAL STRUCTURAL CONCRETE SPECIFICATION (NSCS) FOR BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION, EN1992, BS EN 206 AND BS 8500.
5.2 ALL MASS CONCRETE FOUNDATION TO BE FND2 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
5.3 ALL CONCRETE MIX FOR BURIED REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEMENTS TO BE SUITABLE FOR USE IN SULPHATE CLASS DS-2 CONDITION, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
5.4 ALL CONCRETE TO BE MIN. GRADE C32/40 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE ON THE DRAWINGS.
5.5 READY MIX CONCRETE MUST FIRST BE AGREED IN WRITING TO BE USED BY S.E., AND MUST BE OBTAINED FROM A PLANT WHICH HOLDS A CURRENT CERTIFICATE OF
ACCREDITATION UNDER THE QUALITY SCHEME FOR READY MIX CONCRETE. DETAILS OF CEMENT TYPE, AGGREGATE GRADING AND SOURCES, WITH CHLORIDE AND
SULPHATE CONTENT OF MIXES TO BE SUBMITTED TO S.E. FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO ORDERING ANY CONCRETE.
5.6 REINFORCEMENT BARS ARE TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH BS4449SCHEDULED AS CLASS H SHALL BE DUCTILITY CLASS A FOR BARS UP TO AND INCLUDING 12MM
DIAMETER, AND DUCTILITY CLASS B FOR LARGER BARS.
5.7 DO NOT PLACE CONCRETE WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 5°C.
C1 CONSTRUCTION ISSUE AC RWS 04/09/18
5.8 A MINIMUM OF 4 CUBES MUST BE TAKEN FROM EACH BATCH/TYPE FOR TESTING TO CONFIRM THE REQUIRED STRENGTH OF THE CONCRETE IS ACHIEVED. ALL TESTING REV: REVISION: DRN: CHK: DATE:
TO BE CARRIED OUT BY ONE NAMAS ACCREDITED LABORATORY. WHEREVER SPECIFIED SAMPLING, TESTING AND COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES SHOW THAT THE CONCRETE REVISION SCHEDULE

MIX IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATION AND MEASURES ARE TAKEN TO HELP IN ESTABLISHING WHETHER OR NOT THE WORK IS ACCEPTABLE, SUCH
MEASURES WILL BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CONTRACTOR AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS GROUNDS FOR EXTENSION OF TIME.

PILING
6.1 PILES ARE TO BE DESIGNED BY SPECIALIST CONTRACTOR TO COMPLY WITH THE LATEST/CURRENT ICE SPECIFICATION FOR PILING AND EMBEDDED RETAINING WALLS MultiLateral.
Multilateral Structural Design Ltd.
(SPERW).
6.2 THE CONTRACTOR MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE, AND ALLOW FOR ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION
WORKS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THEIR DESIGN IN THEIR TENDER AND PROGRAM. Unit 52.11, Woolyard, 52 Bermondsey Street
London
6.3 THE CONTRACTOR MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT SURROUNDING BUILDINGS ARE BEING UNDERMINED BY THE PILING WORKS AND THAT DURING SE1 3UD
CONSTRUCTION ANY OPEN BORES MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO COLLAPSE OR CREATE GROUND MOVEMENTS THAT AFFECT THE STABILITY OF SURROUNDING BUILDING AND
STRUCTURES. Telephone: 0203 633 5173
6.4 THE PILING CONTRACTORS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ANY VIBRATION DUE TO PILING OPERATIONS/WORKS DOES NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE E-mail: person@multilateraldesign.com
BUILDING AND NEIGHBOURING FACILITIES, STRUCTURES OR OTHER ASSETS ON THE SITE AND ANY NEIGHBOURING SITE.
Web: www.multilateraldesign.com
UNDER PINNING
5.1 UNDERPINNING WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN HIT AND MISS SEQUENCE IN SECTIONS NOT EXCEEDING 1M IN LENGTH.
5.2 NO ADJACENT PIN IS TO BE CARRIED OUT UNTIL MINIMUM 48 HOURS AFTER THE ADJACENT PIN HAS BEEN CAST AND PACKED UP.
5.3PROVIDE 4No. B25 GALVANISED 800 LONG EMBEDDED EQUALLY INTO EACH PIN.
5.4 UNDERPINNING TO BE MASS CONCRETE ( FND 2 MIX FOR CLASS 2 SULPHATE SOIL ) AND POURED CONTINUOUSLY TO 75m BELOW SOFFIT OF EXISTING FOOTING. TOP OF Project: 72 MARESFIELD GARDENS - NW3

PIN TO BE FILLED TO FULL DEPTH AND WIDTH OF VOID WITH WELL RAMMED 1:3 CEMENT AND SHARP SAND MIX 24 HOUR AFTER CONCRETE HAS BEEN POURED.
Title: GENERAL DRAWING NOTES

Job No: 16016 DRN: AC Date: MAY 2018

Scale: @A1 CHK: AR DRG. No: N010