Adjustments to Footing Area for Columns

Adjustments to Footing Area for Columns (1)  The footing area for column spacings other than shown in Table 9.15.3.4. shall be adjusted in proportion to the distance between columns. Article 9.15.3.7 Ontario Regulation 332/12 Building Code,   O. Reg. 332/12: BUILDING CODE (ontario.ca) © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2021
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Adjustments to Footing Widths for Exterior Walls

Adjustments to Footing Widths for Exterior Walls (1)  The strip footing widths for exterior walls shown in Table 9.15.3.4. shall be increased by,     (a)   65 mm for each storey of masonry veneer over wood frame construction supported by the foundation wall,     (b)   130 mm for each storey of masonry construction supported by the foundation […]
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Adjustments to Footing Widths for Interior Walls

Adjustments to Footing Widths for Interior Walls, (1)  The minimum strip footing widths for interior loadbearing masonry walls shown in Table 9.15.3.4. shall be increased by 100 mm for each storey of masonry construction supported by the footing. (2)  Footings for interior non-loadbearing masonry walls shall be not less than 200 mm wide for walls up to […]
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Admixtures for Concrete

(1)  Admixtures shall conform to ASTM C260 / C260M, “Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete”, or ASTM C494 / C494M, “Chemical Admixtures for Concrete”, as applicable. Article 9.3.1.8 Ontario Regulation 332/12 Building Code,   Information published by oncodes.ca for educational purposes only.
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Aggregates

(1)  Aggregates shall,     (a)   consist of sand, gravel, crushed rock, crushed air-cooled blast furnace slag, expanded shale or expanded clay conforming to CSA A23.1, “Concrete Materials and Methods of Concrete Construction”, and     (b)   be clean, well-graded and free of injurious amounts of organic and other deleterious material. Article 9.3.1.4 Ontario Regulation 332/12 Building Code, […]
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Allowable Bearing Pressures

Allowable Bearing Pressures (1)  Footing sizes for shallow foundations shall be,     (a)   determined in accordance with Section 9.15., or     (b)   designed in accordance with Section 4.2. using,              (i)   the maximum allowable bearing pressures in Table 9.4.4.1., or             (ii)   allowable bearing pressures determined from subsurface investigation. (2)  The design procedures described in Section 4.2. […]
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