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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.

The Western Australia guide to standards and tolerances 2019 (the Guide) has been developed for use by builders and building owners as a convenient reference for acceptable standards of workmanship in residential building construction; it is intended to address areas that are not prescribed under legislation or under a home building contract.

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 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.

Sets out a consistent and reliable approach to the design and installation of external waterproofing membrane systems.

Contains Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions that are considered to be acceptable forms of construction that meet the requirements for complying with Parts H1 to H8 of NCC Volume Two.

Identically adopts EN 81 3:2000+A1:2008, specifying safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric service lifts with traction or positive drive, or hydraulic service lifts defined as lifting equipment, serving defined landing levels, having a car which is inaccessible, suspended by ropes or chains or supported by a ram and moving between rigid vertical guide rails or guide rails.

This Practice Note provides guidance for building surveyors for amending a building permit in compliance with the Building Act 1993 and the Building Regulations 2018.

NatHERS compliance pathway for energy efficiency.

Sets out requirements for waterproofing membranes for external above-ground use, installed in accordance with AS 4654.2.