Acceptable Solution C/AS4: Buildings with Public Access and Educational Facilities (Risk Group CA)

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Abbreviation
C/AS4
Amendment
4
Version
First edition, amendment 4
Valid to
31/10/2019
Valid from
1/01/2017
Replaced By
C/AS2 (First Edition), C/AS2 (Amendment 1, Errata 1), C/AS2 (Amd 2) (First Edition, Amendment 2)

Information provider
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Information type
Acceptable Solution
Format
PDF


Description

The Building Code clauses C1 to C6 Protection from Fire relate to protecting people in and around buildings, limiting fire spread and helping firefighting and rescue. This Acceptable Solution can be used for establishing compliance with those clauses for risk group CA. It is one of a suite of Acceptable Solutions C/AS1 to C/AS7, each of them corresponding to a risk group.

Scope

The scope of this Acceptable Solution is restricted to risk group CA. This covers buildings, or parts of buildings, where people congregate, participate in group activities, or where personal services are provided. These include the following, provided they are no more than 20 storeys high (from ground level):

  • a) Halls, theatres, cinemas
  • b) Early childhood centres
  • c) Shops and shopping malls
  • d) Recreation and event centres (with tiered seating for up to 2000 people and with any primary egress for more than 100 people at the level of the playing surface)
  • e) Churches and other places of worship
  • f) Libraries with less than 2.4 m storage height
  • g) Education institutions without sleeping, and
  • h) Personal services eg, dentists and doctors (where not included in risk group SI), beauty therapists and hair salons.
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Acceptable Solution C/AS4: Buildings with Public Access and Educational Facilities (Risk Group CA)

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Acceptable Solution C/AS4: Buildings with Public Access and Educational Facilities (Risk Group CA)

Description

The Building Code clauses C1 to C6 Protection from Fire relate to protecting people in and around buildings, limiting fire spread and helping firefighting and rescue. This Acceptable Solution can be used for establishing compliance with those clauses for risk group CA. It is one of a suite of Acceptable Solutions C/AS1 to C/AS7, each of them corresponding to a risk group.

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Acceptable Solution C/AS4: Buildings with Public Access and Educational Facilities (Risk Group CA)

This resource is no longer current.

Description

The Building Code clauses C1 to C6 Protection from Fire relate to protecting people in and around buildings, limiting fire spread and helping firefighting and rescue. This Acceptable Solution can be used for establishing compliance with those clauses for risk group CA. It is one of a suite of Acceptable Solutions C/AS1 to C/AS7, each of them corresponding to a risk group.

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