Roof The roof will be a timber truss with hurricane strapping down to the main reinforced concrete structure. Concrete beams with capacity-design reinforcement are especially detailed to provide adequate confinement, ensuring flexural behaviour for cycling loading and moment reversal (ground shaking in both directions).
Second Floor First and second floor slab will be a 250mm minimum two-way solid reinforced concrete slab.
First Floor The lateral cladding will be supported by vertical timber trusses attached to the sides of the concrete walls. Walls and columns will have a minimum width of 300mm to facilitate the installation of the reinforcement.
Ground Floor The foundation will be stripped with a ground beam to prevent differential settlements.
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