AS/NZS 4994.1:2023
Temporary edge protection, Part 1: General requirements
Standard specifies requirements for the design, manufacture, installation and testing of temporary edge protection equipment used on roofs having slopes not greater than 35° to the horizontal and for other exposed edges, prior to the installation of the permanent walling materials.
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AS/NZS 4994.1:2023 Temporary edge protection General requirements
Preface
Section 1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Terms and definitions
1.4 New designs and innovations
1.5 Types of edge protection
1.6 Product information
Section 2 Materials and components
2.1 Materials
2.2 Surface finish of steel products
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Fabricated components
2.2.3 Straight components
2.3 Scaffolding equipment
2.4 Chains and rope
Section 3 Design
3.1 General
3.2 Roof edge protection
3.3 Other edges protection
3.4 Principles of design
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Design of roof edge protection
3.4.3 Design of general edge protection
3.5 Basis of design
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Design requirements for edge protection
3.5.3 Material fatigue
3.5.4 Prefabricated elements
3.6 Configuration
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Rails
3.6.3 Toeboards
3.6.4 Structural infill panel
3.6.5 Non-structural infill panels
3.6.6 Inclination
3.7 Personnel access
3.8 Design loads
3.9 Deflection limits
3.10 Supporting structure
3.10.1 Roof edge protection
3.10.2 Other edge protection
3.11 Scaffolding equipment
3.12 Maintenance
Section 4 Testing, marking and information
4.1 Testing
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Testing infill panel types
4.2 Marking
Appendix A (normative) Static testing of a post
Appendix B (normative) Static testing of top rail, midrail, infill panel, bottom rail or toeboard
Appendix C (normative) Dynamic testing of a post, a top rail supported by posts or the top edge of a structural infill panel
Appendix D (normative) Dynamic testing of bottom rails, bottom edge of a structural infill panel or toeboards
Appendix E (normative) Dynamic testing of the centre of a structural infill panel
Appendix F (normative) Test reports
Appendix G (informative) Forms of edge protection
Bibliography
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References
Structural design actions, Part 2: Wind actions
Scaffolding - Part 1: General requirements
Scaffolding - Part 2: Couplers and accessories
Scaffolding - Part 3: Prefabricated and tube-and-coupler scaffolding
Scaffolding - Metal tube-and-coupler scaffolding - Deemed to comply with AS/NZS 1576.3
Scaffold decking components
Hot-rolled steel flat products
Aluminium structures - Limit state design
Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Flat sheets, coiled sheet and plate
Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Extruded rod, bar, solid and hollow shapes
Structural steel - Hot-rolled plates, floorplates and slabs
Structural steel - Part 1: Hot-rolled bars and sections
Cold-formed steel structures
Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on fabricated ferrous articles
Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on ferrous hollow sections, applied by a continuous or a specialized process
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AS/NZS 4994.1:2023 Temporary edge protection General requirements
Preface
Section 1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Terms and definitions
1.4 New designs and innovations
1.5 Types of edge protection
1.6 Product information
Section 2 Materials and components
2.1 Materials
2.2 Surface finish of steel products
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Fabricated components
2.2.3 Straight components
2.3 Scaffolding equipment
2.4 Chains and rope
Section 3 Design
3.1 General
3.2 Roof edge protection
3.3 Other edges protection
3.4 Principles of design
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Design of roof edge protection
3.4.3 Design of general edge protection
3.5 Basis of design
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Design requirements for edge protection
3.5.3 Material fatigue
3.5.4 Prefabricated elements
3.6 Configuration
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Rails
3.6.3 Toeboards
3.6.4 Structural infill panel
3.6.5 Non-structural infill panels
3.6.6 Inclination
3.7 Personnel access
3.8 Design loads
3.9 Deflection limits
3.10 Supporting structure
3.10.1 Roof edge protection
3.10.2 Other edge protection
3.11 Scaffolding equipment
3.12 Maintenance
Section 4 Testing, marking and information
4.1 Testing
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Testing infill panel types
4.2 Marking
Appendix A (normative) Static testing of a post
Appendix B (normative) Static testing of top rail, midrail, infill panel, bottom rail or toeboard
Appendix C (normative) Dynamic testing of a post, a top rail supported by posts or the top edge of a structural infill panel
Appendix D (normative) Dynamic testing of bottom rails, bottom edge of a structural infill panel or toeboards
Appendix E (normative) Dynamic testing of the centre of a structural infill panel
Appendix F (normative) Test reports
Appendix G (informative) Forms of edge protection
Bibliography
Previous versions
AS/NZS 4994.1:2023
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