Provides guidance to use the ABCB Standard for buildings in flood hazard areas.
This guide provides an introduction to the DTS Provisions for wet areas in houses focusing on preventing health risks and building damage from internal moisture in wet areas.
The Bushfire Verification Methods handbook assists in understanding the Verification Methods for building in bushfire prone areas in NCC Volume One and Volume Two.
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. The feedback helped to inform the ABCB on strategic advice it provided to governments in…
This guide provides information for selecting and installing gutters and downpipes, including overflow measures for housing.
New NCC 2022 requirements address potential emergency evacuation challenges.
This guide focuses on the compliance options for Performance Requirement H6P1 and the development of a first principles Performance Solution using the benchmarks set out in Specification 44.
This guide provides information about the grouping of buildings as they are referred to in the NCC.
In March 2023, we delivered a series of webinars for practitioners to learn about key changes and new provisions in NCC 2022 Volume One and Volume Two for energy efficiency, condensation management and livable housing design.
NCC 2022 includes new requirements for livable housing design.
Regulation Impact Statement for decision In November 2018, the ABCB agreed to implement changes to the NCC to improve energy efficiency in commercial buildings. These amendments to Section J of the NCC will be available to preview from February 2019…
Regulation Impact Statement for decision In November 2018, the ABCB agreed to implement changes to the NCC to improve energy efficiency in commercial buildings. These amendments to Section J of the NCC will be available to preview from February 2019…
Regulation Impact Statement for decision In November, the ABCB agreed to amend the NCC to require the construction of separate accessible adult change facilities (AACF) in public buildings including shopping centres and other public assembly buildings…
Regulation Impact Statement for decision In November, the ABCB agreed to amend the NCC to require the construction of separate accessible adult change facilities (AACF) in public buildings including shopping centres and other public assembly buildings…
This guide provides an overview of the Assessment Methods used when determining compliance with the NCC’s mandatory Performance Requirements.