Can I use the robust details scheme for timber frame dwellings above a concrete transfer slab separating ground floor parking from the apartments above?
It is acceptable to construct timber frame dwellings above an insitu concrete transfer slab provided the junction between the timber frame separating walls are constructed following the requirements of detail 7 of E-WT-1 or 2 as appropriate. It is not be acceptable to construct robust detail timber frame separating walls off a continuous precast concrete plank separating floor.
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