AS 5146.1:2015 Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, Part 1: Structures
Standards Australia
This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (November 2018). The changes required by
the Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against
the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.
The objective of this Standard is to provide minimum requirements for the design and
construction of structures incorporating Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
(Reinforced AAC) members, including built-in components, for use by architects, engineers
and builders.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables are deemed to be requirements
of this Standard.
First published as AS5146.1:2015. Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (November 2018).
This Standard specifies minimum requirements for the design and construction of structures
incorporating Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (Reinforced AAC) members.
Reinforced AAC structures and Reinforced AAC members designed and constructed in
accordance with AS 5146.2 comply with this Standard for the applications defined therein.
Reinforced AAC structures and Reinforced AAC members designed and constructed in
accordance with AS 5146.3 comply with this Standard for the applications defined therein.
NOTES:
1 This Standard uses the term ‘AAC’ to refer to autoclaved aerated concrete material and ‘Reinforced AAC’ to refer to members made of the AAC material into which steel
reinforcement has been cast.
2 This Standard does not cover the design or construction of structures consisting of
unreinforced autoclaved aerated concrete blocks.
3 This Standard applies only to cases where the design has been performed by an experienced
structural engineer and design actions, material properties, section properties, bending
moments, shears and deflections have been determined in accordance with the provisions of
this Standard and AS 5146.2.
4 This Standard should not be interpreted in a way that prevents the design and construction of
structures that use alternative materials or methods of design or construction not specifically
referred to herein. However, the design and construction of such structures are outside the
scope of this Standard.
Contents:
Section 1: Scope And General
Section 2: Design
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
Association of Consulting Structural Engineers of NSW; Australian Building Codes Board; Australian Institute of Building; Building Designers Association of Australia; Consult Australia; CSIRO; Engineers Australia; Housing Industry Association; Master Builders Australia; National Precast Concrete Association Australia.
