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I forgot to mention that the footing is effectively a ground beam and has reinforcement running through it, so it needs to be continuous with the pipe cast in. The drain is a private utility.

I am doing some alterations which involve casting existing drainage into a new foundation. The existing drain runs perpendicular to the strip footing, which has been designed by a structural engineer (me). My question is how do you go about actually sleeving the pipe through the footing...

Thanks for your comments. To clarify, yes it is technically a ledger plate bolted to the face of the wall with joist hangers. The lateral restraints are parallel to joists. I agree that the ledger plate will probably restrain the wall, however, I need to be able to academically justify this...

Thanks Tony, I agree that resin bolt fixings provide much greater resistance, but I am not aware of any restraint strap products that can be face fixed using resin bolts? Is this something you have seen before?

I am a structural engineer looking to retrofit some new joists with restraint straps in an Existing 9 inch solid wall. The joists will span onto the face of a new wall plate bolted to the face of the existing wall at 400mm c/c. Always like to hear builders’ opinions on these things, as I like to...