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National Construction Code (NCC) Online

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Provides minimum requirements for fire safety, accessibility, sustainability in the design, construction of new buildings (and new work in existing buildings) and plumbing and drainage systems throughout Australia.

Volume One - covers Class 2 to 9 (multi-residential, commercial, industrial and public) buildings and structures.
Volume Two - covers for Class 1 (residential) and Class 10 (non-habitable) buildings and structures.
Volume Three - covers plumbing and drainage for all classes of buildings.

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Includes current Australian and New Zealand standards, draft standards and amendments. Australian Standards are protected by copyright law and a licence agreement. It is possible to set up alerts to keep track of updates to standards.

AS 1012.14:2018 : Methods of testing concrete
AS 1170:2002 : Structural Design
AS 1562.2:2018 : Design and installation of sheet roof and wall cladding - Metal
AS 1684.2:2010 : Residential timber framed construction - Non-cyclonic areas
AS 1684.4-2010 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 4: Simplified - Non-Cyclonic
AS 1684.2 N1/N2 Supp 4-2010 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 2: Non-cyclonic areas N1/N2 Supplement 4
AS 1720:2010 : Timber structures
AS 2870-2011 : Residential slabs and footings - construction
AS 3600-2009 : Concrete structures
AS 3959:2018 : Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas
AS 4100:2020 : Steel structures
AS 4000-1997 (Reference Use Only) : General conditions of contract
AS 4773.2:2015 : Masonry in small buildings - Construction