A three storeys house with a basement is proposed with exterior walls of 190 mm thick flat insulating concrete form walls (ICF). The ICF foundation wall extends 2.44 m from the basement floor slab to the underside of the floor system providing lateral support at the top. The finished ground is 1.2 m above the basement floor slab providing lateral support at the bottom. The horizontal reinforcement conforms to code. The vertical reinforcement is 10 M at 400 mm o.c. According to Div. B, 9.15., the minimum required thickness of the ICF foundation wall is 

(a) 140 mm 

(b) 190 mm 

(c) determined using Part 4 

(d) 240 mm

 

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