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Livable Housing Design Standard
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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.

Livable-Housing-Design-Standard-2022-1.3.pdf (2.05 MB)
Code of conduct for fire safety engineers
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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.

BCR-Rec8-Code-of-conduct-for-fire-safety-engineers.pdf (879.89 KB)
First principles Performance Solution using Specification 44
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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.

Fire authorities in the building approval process
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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.

BCR-Rec8-Fire-authorities-building-approval-process.pdf (1.1 MB)
Fire safety systems
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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.

BCR-rec19-Fire-safety-systems.pdf (880 KB)
EV charging - Making it easy. Making it safe.
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ABCB advisory note on EV charging

New quantified Performance Requirements
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There are new quantified Performance Requirements in NCC 2022.

Did you say AFEG or IFEG?
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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.

Waterproofing in houses
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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.

Overview of changes – fire safety
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Here’s the key changes in fire safety for NCC 2022.

Compliance with the NCC
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This NCC Navigator provides an overview of options available to demonstrate compliance with the NCC.

Consultation open: National Voluntary Certification Scheme for Manufacturers of Modern Methods of Construction issues paper
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The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has…Current limitations and challenges A recent…The issues paper provides context on why the…You can read the issues paper on our Consultation…
Decision RIS - Bushfire protection for certain Class 9 buildings
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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…

Decision-RIS-Bushfire-provisions-for-certain-Class-9-buildings.pdf (571 KB)
Using NCC Assessment Methods
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This guide provides an overview of the Assessment Methods used when determining compliance with the NCC’s mandatory Performance Requirements.

Gutter and downpipe provisions for housing
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This guide provides information for selecting and installing gutters and downpipes, including overflow measures for housing.

Building classifications
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This guide provides information about the grouping of buildings as they are referred to in the NCC.

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