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This video provides guidance on how to use Volume Three of the NCC to find and interpret information about Performance Requirements and compliance solutions.
The focus of this video is the energy efficiency provisions in NCC Volume Two.
This video provides the fundamentals of energy efficiency and how the NCC handles energy efficiency requirements across the Volumes.
This video provides fundamentals of fire safety in buildings, including fire safety terminology and the aims of the fire safety provisions.
The focus of this video is on the specific fire safety provisions in the NCC Volume Two.
The focus of this video is the performance-based nature of the NCC, and what this means for compliance with the NCC.
The focus of this video is on the specific fire safety provisions in the NCC Volume One.
Provides guidance to use the ABCB Standard for buildings in flood hazard areas.
Assists in the assessment and management of the risk of condensation and its consequences.
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.
Provides practitioners with sufficient knowledge to successfully apply energy efficiency requirements for residential dwellings.
Provides guidance on building related issues on sites prone to landslide hazard.
Provides guidance to use the NCC indoor air quality (IAQ) Verification Methods.
Provides guidance to use the Fire Safety Verification Method (FSVM) for buildings in NCC Volume One.
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.