April CEO update - Gary Rake
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At the ABCB we’ve been working to get ready to…Some of the significant amendments proposed for…Commercial building energy efficiency changes aim to reduce emissions and move to a net…Condensation mitigationchanges aim to better manage the risk of…Waterproofing and water sheddingchanges aim to reduce the incidence of building…Registrations have opened for the upcoming ABCB…At the Building Ministers’ Meeting in March 2024…The first two Board meetings of 2024 were held in…Seven WaterMark Conformity Assessment Bodies (…
ABCB Business Plan 2023-24 - overview
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On 9 June 2023, Building Ministers approved the ABCB Business Plan for 2023-24. Ministers agreed we should pursue key initiatives including the adequacy and equity of female sanitary facilities, commercial energy efficiency and improved provisions for…

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December CEO Update - Gary Rake
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It’s been a busy year for the Australian Building…We know our stakeholders are eager to hear how…Building Ministers asked us to work with industry…Taking on another important piece of work for…Common submission themesThis process should not be rushed. There was a…We delivered our last face to face forum for the…
December CEO Update - Adrian Piani
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As 2025 draws to a close, I'd like to reflect on…Treasury has released a discussion paper seeking…At its meeting on 10 November, the Board…Our team is preparing preview drafts for NCC 2025…The ABCB Office will be closed from 25 December…
Specification E1.8 Fire Control Centres
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1. Scope This Specification describes the construction and content of required fire control centres and rooms. A fire control room is a fire control centre in a dedicated room with additional specific requirements. Clauses 2 to 5 apply to fire…
Specification E1.8 Fire Control Centres
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1. Scope This Specification describes the construction and content of required fire control centres and rooms. A fire control room is a fire control centre in a dedicated room with additional specific requirements. Clauses 2 to 5 apply to fire…
Specification E1.8 Fire control centres
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1. Scope This Specification describes the construction and content of required fire control centres and rooms. A fire control room is a fire control centre in a dedicated room with additional specific requirements. Clauses 2 to 5 apply to fire…
Specification E1.8 Fire control centres
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1. Scope This Specification describes the construction and content of required fire control centres and rooms. A fire control room is a fire control centre in a dedicated room with additional specific requirements. Clauses 2 to 5 apply to fire…
January CEO update - Gary Rake
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Welcome to 2024. At the ABCB, work is already…
January CEO Update - Adrian Piani
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As this is my first CEO update for the year, I…Public consultation on streamlining and…We are preparing the preview of NCC 2025. The…This year we will review and enhance our digital…Late last year, we held the annual meeting with…Recently the Board reviewed how the transition to…
Specification A1.3 Documents Adopted by Reference
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1. Schedule of referenced documents ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, Tas, Vic Spec A1.3 Table 1 The Standards and other documents listed in Table 1 are referred to in Volume One of the BCA. Table 1: SCHEDULE OF REFERENCED DOCUMENTS No. Date…
Specification A1.3 Documents Adopted by Reference
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1. Schedule of referenced documents ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, Tas, Vic Spec A1.3 Table 1 The Standards and other documents listed in Table 1 are referred to in Volume One of the BCA. Table 1: SCHEDULE OF REFERENCED DOCUMENTS No. Date…
The NCC Public Comment Draft
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The Public Comment Draft for the next edition of the National Construction Code is open from 1 May until 1 July 2024.

How to find your way around our new website
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By now you’ll have noticed our new corporate website and ‘microsites’ for the National Construction Code (NCC), WaterMark and CodeMark Schemes.

Improved NCC useability
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The improved NCC useability project builds on the successful implementation of free online access to the code in 2015.

History
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Find out about the history of the National Construction Code and the Australian Building Codes Board.

Section H Special Use Buildings (H101 to H112)
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Tas Part H101 * * * * * Blank clause This Part has deliberately been left blank. After Tas Part H101 insert Tas Part H102 as follows: Tas Part H102 Food Premises PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS Tas H102 P1 The design and…
Section H Special Use Buildings (H101 to H112)
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Tas Part H101 * * * * * Blank clause This Part has deliberately been left blank. After Tas Part H101 insert Tas Part H102 as follows: Tas Part H102 Food Premises PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS Tas H102 P1 The design and…
Part 1.1 Interpretation
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1.1.1 Definitions 1.1.1.1 * * * * * Note This clause has deliberately been left blank. 1.1.1.2 In the Housing Provisions, unless the contrary appears: Alpine area means land— likely to be subject to significant…
Part 1.1 Interpretation
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1.1.1 Definitions 1.1.1.1 * * * * * Note This clause has deliberately been left blank. 1.1.1.2 In the Housing Provisions, unless the contrary appears: Alpine area means land— likely to be subject to significant…