Search all content

This practice note explains the exception from Domestic Building Insurance (DBI) requirements that applies to builders of multi-storey residential buildings.

AS/NZS 4994.3:2023 specifies requirements and gives guidance for the selection and installation of edge protection conforming to AS/NZS 4994.1, for persons working near an opening in a floor, or near a platform edge or floor edge prior to the installation of the permanent walling materials.

AS/NZS 4994.2:2023 specifies requirements and give guidance for the selection, installation, use and dismantling of roof edge protection conforming to AS/NZS 4994.1. It covers temporary roof edge protection for persons working on roofs of buildings having roof slopes of not greater than 35° to the horizontal

AS/NZS 4994.1:2023 specifies requirements for the design, manufacture, installation and testing of temporary edge protection equipment used on roofs having slopes not greater than 35° to the horizontal and for other exposed edges, prior to the installation of the permanent walling materials.

Sets out a method for evaluating the annual energy performance of water heaters using a combination of test results for component performance and mathematical models to determine the standardized annual supplementary energy use.

Sets out good design and management principles and practices for the construction, operation and maintenance of manufacturing and processing plants and associated transportation and storage systems.

This Amendment applies to the following elements:• Global changes• Clauses 1.1.2, 1.1.3.1, 1.1.3.4, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.8.1, 2.8.4, 2.8.6, 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.9.3, 2.9.4, 2.9.5, 2.9.6, 2.13.3, 2.13.3.1, 2.13.3.2, 3.1.8, 4.2, 5.1.4.1, 5.1.4.2, 5.1.7, 5.2.7.3, 5.2.12.2, 5.2.12.3, 6, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.11.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4.1, 7.4.3, 8.1, 8.4.1, 9.2, 9.3.2.2, 9.4, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9.1, 9.10.1, 10.3.1, C.4, C.5.2, C.5.4, C.6.4, E.1.1, E.1.2, E.2.1, E.3.2.1, E.3.3.1, H.1, H.2, H.3, L.3.3.4• Figures 3.1.8(E), 7.3.1• Table 5.1.4.3• Bibliography

Provides requirements and test methods for materials that are used for thermal insulation within buildings, including thermal insulation of ductwork and pipework, by moderating the flow of heat through these elements.

​Sets out requirements and recommendations for the safe storage and handling of LP Gas, in cylinders and bulk tanks.

Sets out minimum requirements for the design, detailing and construction of simply supported composite beams composed of a steel beam interconnected to a concrete slab by shear connectors, including applications in which the slab incorporates profiled steel sheeting.