Type
Publisher
Australian Building Codes Board
Publisher
Australian Building Codes Board
Version:
2022.
(Latest)
Short Description
This ABCB Standard provides WOH efficiency factors for Class 1 dwellings, Class 2 sole-occupancy units and Class 4 parts of buildings in the energy efficiency provisions of the NCC; It applies in each NCC climate zone and jurisdiction.
Type
Publisher
Australian Building Codes Board
Publisher
Australian Building Codes Board
Version:
2022.
(Latest)
Short Description
Provides a set of technical provisions that if complied with will enable dwellings to better meet the needs of the community, including older people and people with mobility limitations
Type
Publisher
Australian Building Codes Board
Publisher
Australian Building Codes Board
Version:
2022.
(Latest)
Short Description
Provides a process for engineering the design of fire safety Performance Solutions. The document provides the flexibility required to develop Performance Solutions while still maintaining the level of safety required by the NCC.
Type
Version:
2016.
(Current)
Short Description
Proposes approaches to obtaining the information needed to properly estimate the risk of third-wave asbestos exposures, and guide actions that will crest a likely third-wave with minimum harm and cost to the community.
Type
Version:
2022.
(Current)
Short Description
This research aims to understand the characteristics, including sociodemographic characteristics, health services utilisation and contacts with non-clinical services, of individuals working within the construction industry and who experience distress, and to quantify the costs and benefits of different help-seeking pathways.
Type
Publisher
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Publisher
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Version:
Second Edition 2014.
(Current)
Short Description
Sets out requirements for electrical installations associated with marinas supplied at low-voltage a.c. supply systems (i.e. exceeding 50 V a.c. but not exceeding 1000 V a.c.
Type
Publisher
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Publisher
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Version:
Sixth Edition 2018.
(Current)
Short Description
Specifies safety requirements for electrical installations in areas where it is intended that low-voltage medical electrical equipment will be used on a patient; it applies to new electrical installations and to alterations, additions and repairs of existing electrical installations.
Type
Publisher
Construction Economics and Building
Publisher
Construction Economics and Building
Version:
2015.
(Current)
Short Description
Wages and research and development expenditure were found to drive construction productivity at the national level and expenditure on research and development and the number of apprentices were found to be drivers of construction productivity in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia.
Type
Version:
2018.
(Current)
Short Description
This paper aims to discuss Standards and Codes; membrane systems and performance, waterproofing practices, design and installation techniques, inspection and testing and quality assurance adopted by the waterproofing industry in Australia.
Type
Version:
2022.
(Current)
Short Description
This study provides evidence of a decline in suicide rates among Australian construction workers over the last two decades; this decline may be attributable to the combined effects of population-wide, male-specific, and sector-specific suicide prevention efforts over this same period, suggesting that the continuation or expansion of such efforts may lead to further declines.