Title: +038=627.001-##001T_03-Fasadevasksystem NorAcon - International Code of Practice (ICOP).pdf
A key factor in establishing a safe ground anchor configuration is the way in which the F.2.4.13 ground anchors are linked together, see F.2.4.4, which should be such that the load is shared as equally as possible by all the ground anchor elements from which the ground anchor is comprised. An example of one proven method is shown in Figure F.5. In this example, a connecting line, e.g. a length of 11 mm diameter low stretch kernmantel rope, is linked without slack to both the top and bottom of the part of the ground anchor element protruding from the ground, using clove hitches. This is terminated in a loop, e.g. by a figure of eight knot, to which an anchor line may be connected via an appropriate connector. An alternative is to terminate the connecting line at the leading ground anchor element and then to connect the anchor line directly to this leading ground anchor element.