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This Standard specifies requirements for wall ties for use in tying together the leaves of cavity masonry walls, masonry veneer walls and loadbearing frames, and masonry veneer walls against a strong backing wall.

This Standard specifies requirements for testing the durability performance of steel lintels and shelf angles to be built into masonry.

This Standard specifies requirements for connectors and accessories built into masonry.

The national workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica has been halved from an eight hour time-weighted average airborne concentration of 0.1 milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3) to 0.05 mg/m3; this new workplace exposure standard takes effect in Queensland from 1 July 2020.

Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace.

Specifies minimum requirements for the design and construction of unreinforced, reinforced and prestressed masonry, including built-in components.

Specifies requirements for construction practices for masonry in buildings of Class 1 and Class 10a, as defined in the National Construction Code (NCC), designed in accordance with AS 4773.1 and to be constructed from clay, concrete, or calcium silicate masonry units.

Provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage risks associated with respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure in construction work; manufacturing of construction elements.

Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace; this includes architects, building designers and engineers; this Code is also relevant for anyone making decisions that influence the design outcome, such as clients, developers and builders.

Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with their health and safety duties relating to scaffolds, scaffolding and scaffolding work.