Relevant resources for builders

Recommendation 19 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures to regulate the installation, comm

Recommendation 18 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures for regulating minimum mandatory i

Recommendation 17 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures for regulating third party review

Recommendations 13-16 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures to standardise and improve the

Recommendation 7 - This document analyses findings from a public survey on preference for building regulator information on auditing and compliance matters for BCR recommendation 7.

Recommendation 7 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures for publication of auditing and com

Recommendation 3 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out the key principles for regulating continuing professional development (CPD) on t

This table lists the work streams and projects of the Building Confidence Report Implementation Team.

Assists in the assessment and management of the risk of condensation and its consequences.

Provides guidance to develop or approve a scope of proposed remedial work to upgrade an existing building for multi-residential, commercial, industrial and public buildings.

Provides guidance on building related issues on sites prone to landslide hazard.

Provides guidance on facilitating access to buildings for telecommunications services.

Provides guidance to use the ABCB Standard for buildings in flood hazard areas.

Provides practitioners with sufficient knowledge to successfully apply energy efficiency requirements for residential dwellings.

Provides an understanding of the provisions in the ABCB Standard for Construction of Buildings in Flood Hazard Areas. Offers additional advisory information outside the scope of the Standard.

Fire Code Reform Centre (Project 6) This Technical Report, Analysis of USA Retail Fires, is a detailed analysis of statistics relating to retail fires.

This supporting documents assists in understanding the focus of changes being considered for the 2022 version of the National Construction Code (NCC 2022) in regards to:

As part of the ABCB’s commitment to delivering an NCC that is user-friendly and modern, important changes are being implemented for the 2022 edition of the code.

Provides guidance on warm water systems in NCC Volume Three for plumbing and drainage solutions.

Provides guidance on risks and equipment limitations when considering lifts as a Performance Solution.

This Guideline assists in developing a proposal to change the NCC. It describes the information that should be included when completing a Proposal for Change (PFC) form.