Relevant resources for surveyors and certifiers

Provides practitioners with sufficient knowledge to successfully apply energy efficiency requirements for residential dwellings.

Provides guidance to use the Fire Safety Verification Method (FSVM) for buildings in NCC Volume One.

Provides guidance on facilitating access to buildings for telecommunications services.

Provides an understanding of the provisions in the ABCB Standard for Construction of Buildings in Flood Hazard Areas. Offers additional advisory information outside the scope of the Standard.

Provides guidance on building related issues on sites prone to landslide hazard.

Provides guidance to develop or approve a scope of proposed remedial work to upgrade an existing building for multi-residential, commercial, industrial and public buildings.

Provides guidance to use the ABCB Standard for buildings in flood hazard areas.

As part of the ABCB’s commitment to delivering an NCC that is user-friendly and modern, important changes are being implemented for the 2022 edition of the code.

Assists in understanding and applying Part J5.7, Pump System energy efficiency DTS Provisions.

Provides guidance to use the Verification Methods in NCC Volumes One and Two. It helps to understand methods used to assess structural robustness with practical examples.

Provides guidance to use these Verification Methods in NCC Volumes One and Two. It offers theory about structural reliability and the policy objectives of these Performance Requirements.

Provides guidance on risks and equipment limitations when considering lifts as a Performance Solution.

This Guideline assists in developing a proposal to change the NCC. It describes the information that should be included when completing a Proposal for Change (PFC) form.

This discussion paper was released in April 2014, it informed and sought feedback from stakeholders on the resilience of new buildings to extreme weather events.

This report shows the results of a number of building models that compare the energy, cost and greenhouse gas emission reductions of buildings built to Deemed to Satisfy provisions of Section J NCC

This final decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) analyses and evaluates the current smoke alarm provisions contained in the NCC against a number of options that improve occupant notification a

This Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was prepared to incorporate the proposed amendments to the Australian Standard AS 3959-1999 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas (the Standard),

At its meeting on 19 February 2016, the Building Ministers’ Forum agreed to the development and implementation of a range of measures to help address risks associated with high risk cladding produc

Advisory Note This Advisory Note relates to requirements for stairways, landings and ramps to have slip-resistant, non-skid or non-slip surfaces.

This annex to the ABCB Fire Safety Verification Method (FSVM) handbook includes data sheets to support using the FSVM.

This document provides an update on a project to review the Energy Efficiency Provisions in the NCC for 2019.