BraceWall brackets by MiTek Australia
The "BWB35 - BraceWall Bracket" (Patent Pending) is an engineered building product
that has been designed, developed and tested in the corporate engineering laboratory of MiTek
Australia to meet the requirements of AS1684 "Residential Timber Framed Construction" Part 2 & Part
3. In particular, it complies with the requirements of Clause 8.3.6.9 and Table 8.22 for fixing of
top of bracing walls and Clause 6.2.5.2 for fixing of trusses to non-loadbearing internal walls.
The design values derived from the test results and applications to AS1684 are published in the
MiTek specifications titled, "Gang-Nail - BraceWall Bracket - For fixing non load bearing bracing
walls to trusses." These specifications are freely available on the MiTek website www.mitek.com.au.
The full test report is contained in file reference 150318 held at MiTek Australia Ltd.
This certifies that the tests and analysis have been performed in accordance with the requirements
of the prototype testing provisions of AS1720 "Timber Structures - Part 1: Design Methods" Appendix
D and complies with the requirements of the Building Code of Australia.
For further information contact:
MiTek Australia Ltd
Address: 46 Monash Drive, Dandenong South, Vic, 3175
Phone: 03 8795 8....
Fax: 03 9702 9....
Web: www.mitek.com.au
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