Part 3.10.5 Construction in bushfire prone areas
Appropriate Performance Requirements
Appropriate Performance Requirements
Where an alternate bushfire protection design is proposed as a Performance Solution to that described in Part 3.10.5, that proposal must comply with—
- Performance RequirementP2.7.5; and
- The relevant Performance Requirements determined in accordance with A2.2(3) and A2.4(3) as applicable.
Acceptable Construction Manuals
3.10.5.0 Application
Performance RequirementP2.7.5 is satisfied for—
a Class 1 building; or
a Class 10a building or deck associated with a Class 1 building,
located in a designated bushfire prone area if it is constructed in accordance with—
AS 3959; or
NASH Standard – Steel Framed Construction in Bushfire Areas.
State and Territory Variations
State and Territory Variations
3.10.5.0 is replaced with the following clause in New South Wales:
Performance RequirementP2.7.5 is satisfied, for—
- a Class 1 building; or
- a Class 10a building or deck associated with a Class 1 building,
located in a designated bushfire prone area , if it is constructed in accordance with the following:
AS 3959 except—- as amended by Planning for Bush Fire Protection; and
- for Section 9 for Bushfire Attack Level FZ (BAL-FZ).
- as amended by Planning for Bush Fire Protection; and
- for buildings subject to Bushfire Attack Level FZ (BAL-FZ).
Explanatory information:
In New South Wales, buildings subject to BAL-FZ must comply with specific conditions of development consent for construction at this level.
3.10.5.0 is replaced with the following clause in Queensland:
- Subject to (b), Performance Requirement P2.7.5 is satisfied for—
- a Class 1 building; or
- a Class 10a building or deck associated with a Class 1 building,
located in a designated bushfire prone area if it is constructed in accordance with—
- AS 3959; or
- NASH Standard – Steel Framed Construction in Bushfire Areas.
- The requirements of (a) do not apply when, in accordance with AS 3959, the classified vegetation is Group F rainforest (excluding wet sclerophyll forest types), mangrove communities and grasslands under 300 mm high.