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Specifies requirements for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of automatic fire sprinkler systems for one and two family homes.

The 2016 edition of AS 5113 is amended as follows.

Adopts EN 81-70:2018 with modifications for Australia, which specifies the minimum requirements for the safe and independent access and use of lifts by a wide range of persons, including persons with disabilities.

Specifies the assumptions to be used in calculating the system and total R-values of building constructions, which include IR reflective or IR non-reflective airspaces, for the purposes of designing building components to be used in thermal insulation systems.

Specifies the characteristics, methods of control and test, and acceptance for fibre-cement flat sheets; covers sheets intended for external applications such as cladding facades, curtain walls, soffits, lost casing, and the like, and sheets intended for internal use such as partitions, floors, ceilings, and the like, with a wide range of properties appropriate to the type of application.

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.

Specifies procedures for the design and installation of plastic roof and wall cladding materials for walls and roofs.

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.

The 2015 edition of AS 4773.1 is amended as follows in the document.

Sets out requirements for the classification of a site and the design and construction of a footing system for a single dwelling house, town house or the like which may be detached or separated by a party wall or common wall but not situated vertically above or below another dwelling.