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Provides criteria for architects, the construction industry and health and building regulators to cooperatively ensure that buildings used by food businesses are designed, constructed and fitted out in compliance with the requirements of the Australian Food Standards Code, Standard 3.2.3, Food Premises and Equipment, which will assist food businesses to produce safe food.

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.

Sets out requirements for inspection, testing, preventive maintenance and survey of fire protection systems and equipment.

This Standard sets out requirements for the design, commissioning, performance and compliance testing of secondary treatment systems (STS) and advanced secondary treatment systems designed to treat domestic wastewater. The design hydraulic treatment capacities that may be tested in accordance with this Standard range from a minimum of 1200L/d to a maximum of 5000L/d. Guidance on installation, operation and maintenance is also provided.

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.

Sets out requirement for the design, installation and commissioning of fire detection and alarm systems comprising components conforming to the requirements of the appropriate component Standards.

Sets out requirements for the design of nailplated timber roof trusses for residential and similar building applications in accordance with AS1720.1, AS4055 and the AS(/NZS)1170 series.

Defines and provides methods for determining single number quantities for the impact sound insulation in buildings; this Standard is identical with and reproduced from ISO 717-2:1996.

AS/NZS 3500.2:2021 is amended as follows.

Provides a method whereby the frequency dependent values of airborne sound insulation of building elements and in building can be converted into a single number characterizing the acoustical performance; this Standard is identical with and reproduced from ISO 717-1:1996.