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Australia Model Building Codes

  • Australia ABCB Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Email: ncc@abcb.gov.au Tel: 1300 134 631 Website: http://www.abcb.gov.au/
  • AUSTRALIA NATIONAL BUILDING CODE (ABCB) [Website]

    Website excerpt:
    The National Construction Code is Australia’s primary set of technical design and construction provisions for buildings.

    As a performance-based code, it sets the minimum required level for the safety, health, amenity, accessibility and sustainability of certain buildings.

    The Australian Building Codes Board, on behalf of the Australian Government and each State and Territory government, produces and maintains the National Construction Code.
  • AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL CODE: AS/NZS 3000:2007, Standards Australia [PDF] retrieved 2017/07/16,

    original source: https://www.saiglobal.com/pdftemp/previews/osh/as/as3000/3000/3000-2007.pdf - WIRING RULES (24pp, with full document provided online at https://infostore.saiglobal.com/ )
  • Australia National Construction Code, NCC 2016: Website: http://www.abcb.gov.au/Resources/Publications/NCC/NCC-2016-Complete-Series offers a login to download a zipped file of the NCC itself.

    You will have to register first at http://www.abcb.gov.au/User/Register

    The 2016 NCC was adopted by the Australian states and territories on 1 May 2016.
    Website excerpts:

    NCC 2016, Complete Series contains NCC 2016 Volumes One, Two, Three, The Guide and the Consolidated Performance Requirements.

    The series is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures throughout Australia, which allows for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions.

    The National Construction Code (NCC) provides the minimum necessary requirements for safety, health, amenity and sustainability in the design and construction of new buildings (and new building work in existing buildings) throughout Australia

    It is a uniform set of technical provisions for building work and plumbing and drainage installations throughout Australia whilst allowing for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions.

    The NCC is an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) developed to incorporate all on-site construction requirements into a single code. The NCC is comprised of the Building Code of Australia (BCA), Volume One and Two; and the Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA), Volume Three.
  • Australian Manufactured Home Codes & Standards
  • "National Construction Code (NCC) 2014 (Hard Copy & Online)" Building Code of Australia, Website: https://services.abcb.gov.au/abcbshop/
    Abstract:

    The NCC 2014 Hard Copy, Digital & Online contains all volumes for both commercial and residential construction as detailed below. The digital format utilises a Digital Rights Management (DRM) system which requires the use of the ABCB's NCC Viewer* to access the file.

    Please note that the DRM allows for the installation of the Digital format onto 2 computers/notebooks. Online archives for the included volumes extending back 5 years from the date of the current edition are also provided as part of this package, noting that the PCA archives only extend back to 2011 when it was introduced.

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