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Specifies general requirements for the design, installation and commissioning of automatic fire sprinkler systems in buildings.

Provides the building industry with procedures that can be used to determine building practice, to design or check construction details, and to determine member sizes, and bracing and fixing requirements for timber-framed construction in cyclonic areas.

Sets out minimum requirements for the design, fabrication, erection, and modification of steelwork in structures in accordance with the limit states design method

Sets out requirements for passenger lifts which are specifically designed to assist persons with disabilities.

Provides a computational method for determining the fire resistance of solid and glued-laminated structural timber members (for the purpose of structural adequacy) as an alternative to the test method specified in AS 1530.4.

Intended for the general water industry and for use in the interpretation of terminology used in the various parts of the Plumbing and drainage series of Standards and covers water supply from the reticulation main into the premises, including hot water service systems, sanitary fixtures, drainage and their associated water and waste fittings, pipe systems and associated components.

Sets out minimum requirements for the materials, design and installation of waterproofing for domestic wet areas.

Specfies performance requirements for the assessment of conventional and innovative water composting toilets, and includes a performance evaluation test. Also includes guidelines for the safe conduct of operation and maintenance of waterless composting toilets.

AS NZS 5601.1 2013 gas standards, that specifies requirements and means of compliance for the design, installation and commissioning of gas installations that are associated with use or intended use of fuel gases such as natural gas, LP Gas, biogas or manufactured gas.

Provides requirements for determining wind actions for use in structural design; includes revised sections on combination factors and cantilevered roofs and new provisions for torsion and windborne debris testing; provides for the treatment of doors as openings, and increased local pressure factors; wind speeds and direction factors are given for regions in Australia and New Zealand; factors are provided to cover the environment around the structure, the geometry of the structure and the dynamic interaction of the structure with the wind.