60238200 building code of australia bca and standards

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Building Code of Australia (BCA)

Guiding your compliance with the BCA

July 2011


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Australian Building & Construction Industry

The industry has remained resilient in the face of the global

financial crisis stalled in 2009-10

rebounded in 2010-11, with value added of $97.5 billion'.

revenue increased by an average 5.0% per annum overthe five ears throu h 2010-11

employs over one million people in 370,000 organizations

IBISWorld(June 2011)

www.saiglobal.com/bca


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What is the BCA?

The Building Code of Australia (BCA) provides a nationally

accepted and uniform set of technical requirements for allareas o u ng, rom es gn o cons ruc on.

eve ope y t e ustra an u ng o es oaron behalf of the Commonwealth, State and Territory,

regulations by all States and Territories.



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The BCA Detailed

The BCA is a performance-based publication that covers

such topics as structure, fire resistance, health andamen y, u ng access an egress u ng serv cesand equipment.

Commercial Buildings (Volume One - Class 2 to 9buildin s

Residential Construction (Volume Two - Class 1 and 10

buildings)



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The BCA Detailed

Residential Construction (Volume Two) is also known as

the Housing Provisions written in plain English

follow the typical staged flow of residential construction,

includes diagrams and commentary explaining thevarious clauses



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How does the BCA relate to Standards?

Australian Standards are good practice publications

developed by thousands of industry experts The BCA references over 150 Australian Standards

If your building work complies with a referenced Australian

tan ar , your wor w e eeme -to- at s y t erelevant BCA performance requirement



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If your work needs to comply with the Building Code ofAustralia (BCA)

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BCA + Standards Service

Provides anywhere, anytime access to:

Commercial Buildings (Volume One - Class 2 to 9u ngs

Residential Construction (Volume Two - Class 1 and 10

over 150 referenced Australian Standards

archived BCA Amendments dating back to 1988



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How the BCA + Standards service works



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Browse Sections by BCA Volume



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Select the Section



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The referenced Standard will be listed



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Browse by Keyword



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Select the Section



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Keyword highlighted within each Section



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