Building Essentials Standards

These are the Building Essentials Standards

Today’s builders have a wide skillset and are responsible for many facets of the construction process. The Building Essentials Standards will complete your toolbox. They provide guidance around accessibility, timber framing (including the timber framing span tables Supplements), concrete, steel and masonry structures, waterproofing, wet area membranes, tiling, and construction in bushfire areas.

The standards are also for construction managers, project managers, carpenters, engineers and technicians.

Available in the Building Essentials Set and Building Essentials Plus Set which include the Timber Framing Span Tables - Wind classification Supplements.

Name	Publisher
AS 3958:2023 Installation of ceramic and stone tiles	Current Standards Australia	AS 3958:2023 provides instructions on the preparation of the background and the bonded fixing and grouting of floor and wall tiles including mosaic tiles and panels.
AS 4100:2020 Amd 1:2021 Steel Structures	Current Standards Australia	Correction amendment to AS 4100:2020.
AS 1428.1:2021 Design for access and mobility, Part 1: General requirements for access - New building work	Current Standards Australia	Specifies the design requirements for new building work, as required by the National Construction Code (NCC) and the Disability (Access to Premises—Buildings) Standards (Premises Standards), to provide access for people with disabilities.
AS 1657:2018 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders - Design, construction and installation	Current Standards Australia	Sets out requirements for the design, selection, construction and installation of fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders that are intended to provide safe access to places used by operating, inspection, maintenance and servicing personnel.
AS 1684.2:2021 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 2: Non-cyclonic areas	Current Standards Australia	This Standard specifies requirements for building practice and the selection, placement and fixing of the various structural elements used in the construction of timber-framed Class 1 and Class 10 buildings as defined by the National Construction Code; the provisions of this Standard also apply to alterations and additions to such buildings; this Standard is to be used in conjunction with the Supplements to this Standard.
AS 1684.3:2021 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 3: Cyclonic areas	Current Standards Australia	Provides the building industry with procedures that can be used to determine building practice, to design or check construction details, and to determine member sizes, and bracing and fixing requirements for time-framed construction in cyclonic area.
AS 1684.4-2010 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 4: Simplified - Non-Cyclonic Areas	Pending Revision Standards Australia	Specifies requirements for the building industry with procedures that can be used to determine building practice, to design or check construction details, and to determine member sizes, and bracing and fixing requirements for timber-framed construction in non-cyclonic wind classifications N1 and N2. Also referred to as the timber framing code.
AS 3600:2018 Concrete structures	Current Standards Australia	The AS 3600 Concrete code; AS 3600 2009 specifies minimum requirements for the design and construction of concrete building structures and members that contain reinforcing steel or tendons, or both; sets out requirements for plain concrete and pedestal footings.
AS 3700:2018 Masonry Structures	Current Standards Australia	Specifies minimum requirements for the design and construction of unreinforced, reinforced and prestressed masonry, including built-in components.
AS 3740-2010 Waterproofing of domestic wet areas	Available Superseded Standards Australia	Sets out minimum requirements for the materials, design and installation of waterproofing for domestic wet areas.
AS 3958.1-2007 Ceramic tiles, Part 1: Guide to the installation of ceramic tiles	Superseded Standards Australia	Provides guidance on the preparation of the background and the fixing and grouting of floor and wall tiles and mosaic tiles. Information for application in swimming pools, gradients on floors, screeds and rendering, and cleaning and maintenance is also included.
AS 3959:2018 Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas	Current Standards Australia	Specifies requirements for the construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas in order to improve their resistance to bushfire attack from burning embers, radiant heat, flame contact and combinations of the three attack forms.
AS 4100:2020 Steel structures	Current Standards Australia	Specifies minimum requirements for the design and the engineering aspects of fabrication and erection, and modification of steelwork in structures in accordance with the limit states design method.
AS 4654.1-2012 Waterproofing membranes for external above-ground use, Part 1: Materials	Pending Revision Standards Australia	Sets out requirements for waterproofing membranes for external above-ground use, installed in accordance with AS 4654.2.
AS 4654.2-2012 Waterproofing membranes for external above-ground use, Part 2: Design and installation	Pending Revision Standards Australia	Sets out a consistent and reliable approach to the design and installation of external waterproofing membrane systems.
AS ISO 13007.1:2020 Ceramic tiles - Grouts and adhesives, Part 1: Terms, definitions and specifications for adhesives	Current Standards Australia	The objective of this Standard is to give the terminology concerning the products, working methods, application properties, etc., for ceramic tile adhesives.
AS ISO 13007.2-2013 Ceramic tiles - Grouts and adhesives, Part 2: Test methods for adhesives	Current Standards Australia	Adopts ISO 13007-2:2010, which specifies methods for determining characteristics for adhesives used in the installation of ceramic tiles.
AS ISO 13007.3-2013 Ceramic tiles - Grouts and adhesives, Part 3: Terms, definitions and specifications for grouts	Current Standards Australia	Adopts ISO 13003-1:2010, which sets out terms concerning the products, working methods and application properties for ceramic tile grouts.
AS ISO 13007.4-2013 Ceramic tiles - Grouts and adhesives, Part 4: Test methods for grouts	Current Standards Australia	Adopts ISO 13007-4:2010, which specifies methods for determining characteristics for adhesives used in the installation of ceramic tiles.
AS/NZS 4858:2004 Wet area membranes	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Sets out to classify membranes based on elastic properties, which can then be used to give guidance on the type of detailing for a specific membrane referred to in AS 3740.
AS 1684.2-2010 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 2: Non-cyclonic areas	Available Superseded Standards Australia	AS 1684.2 2010 specifies requirements for the building industry with procedures that can be used to determine building practice, to design or check construction details, and to determine member sizes, and bracing and fixing requirements for timber-framed construction in non-cyclonic areas.
AS 1684.3-2010 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 3: Cyclonic areas	Available Superseded Standards Australia	Provides the building industry with procedures that can be used to determine building practice, to design or check construction details, and to determine member sizes, and bracing and fixing requirements for timber-framed construction in cyclonic areas.
AS 1428.1-2009 Design for access and mobility, Part 1: General requirements for access - New building work	Available Superseded Standards Australia	AS 1428.1 2009 Sets out minimum design requirements for new building work, as required by the Building Code of Australia (BCA), to enable access for people with disabilities.
AS 3740:2021 Waterproofing of domestic wet areas	Current Standards Australia	Sets out minimum requirements for the materials, design and installation of waterproofing for domestic wet areas in Class 1, Class 2 and Class 4 buildings as defined in the NCC. It also applies to wet areas within Class 3 to 9 buildings as if it were a Class 2 or 4 part of a building.