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.
NCC provision A2.2(4) came into effect on 1 July 2021 and sets out the formal process and documentation required when developing a Performance Solution.
Recommendation 8 - The model Code of conduct for fire safety engineers, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out minimum obligations for registered practitioners.
This Standard provides a set of technical provisions that if complied with enable dwellings to better meet the needs of the community, including older people and people with mobility limitations.
Recommendation 8 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures to improve the engagement of fire authorities in the building approval process.
Recommendation 19 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures to regulate the installation, commissioning and certification of fire safety systems.
ABCB advisory note on EV charging
There are new quantified Performance Requirements in NCC 2022.
This report reviews Section J1.6 and Specification J1.6 of the 2016 and 2019 NCC to determine whether it is appropriate to set a different minimum total R-value requirement for floors of small buildings, provide advice on how Specification J1.6 should…
Now that the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has released the Australian Fire Engineering Guidelines (AFEG), you could be mistaken in thinking its IFEG rather than AFEG.
Here’s the key changes in fire safety for NCC 2022.
Big changes are included for energy efficiency in NCC 2022 – do you know what this means for Performance Solutions?
In March 2022, the Board agreed to implement new bushfire provisions for certain Class 9 buildings in the NCC.
The new requirements will apply to:
- Class 9a health-care buildings;
- Class 9b early childhood centres, primary and…