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New and amended Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods for Building Code Clauses released on 5 November 2020.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) updated Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods for Building Code Clauses C1-C6 Protection from Fire, E1 – Surface Water, E2 - External Moisture, E3 – Internal Moisture, G9 - Electricity and G13 - Foul Water, and Associated Materials Incorporated by Reference.
On 5 November 2020 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) released the following documents:
Amendments to the following Verification Methods and Acceptable Solutions:
- C/VM2 (First Edition, Amendment 6)
- C/AS1 (First Edition, Amendment 5)
- C/AS2 (First Edition, Amendment 2)
- E1/AS1 (First Edition, Amendment 11)
- E2/AS1 (Third Edition, Amendment 10)
- E3/AS1 (Second Edition, Amendment 7)
- G9/VM1 (First Edition, Amendment 7)
- G9/AS1 (First Edition, Amendment 7)
- G13/AS3 (Second Edition, Amendment 9)
Newly issued Acceptable Solutions:
New material incorporated by reference:
- C1-C6 Protection from Fire
- AS 5113:2016 Classification of external walls of building based on reaction-to-fire performance
- BS 8414-1:2015+A1:2017 Test method for non-loadbearing external cladding systems applied to the masonry face of a building
- BS 8414-2:2015+A1:2017 Test method for non-loadbearing external cladding systems fixed to and supported by a structural steel frame
- BS EN 13501-1:2018 Fire classification of construction products and building elements. Using test data from reaction to fire tests.
- NFPA 285:2019 Standard fire test method for evaluation of fire propagation characteristics of exterior wall assemblies containing combustible components.
- BR 135 (2013) Fire performance of external thermal insulation for walls of multi-storey buildings. Third Edition.
- E1 Surface Water
- AS/NZS 3500.3:2018 Storm water drainage
- AS/NZS 1260:2017 PVC-U Pipes and fittings for drain, waste and vent applications
- AS/NZS 2280:2014 (Amd 1&2) Ductile iron pipes and fittings
- AS/NZS 2566.2:2002 (Amd 1,2&3) Buried flexible pipelines
- AS/NZS 4130:2018 Polyethylene (PE) pipes for pressure applications
- AS/NZS 5065:2005 (Amd1&2) Polyethylene and polypropylene pipe and fittings for drainage and sewerage applications
- AS 1397:2011 (Amd1) Continuous hot-dip metallic coated steel sheet and strip – Coatings on zinc and zinc alloyed with aluminium and magnesium.
- AS 3706.1:2012 General requirements, sampling, conditioning, basic physical properties and statistical analysis.
- G9 Electricity
- G13 Foul Water
- AS/NZS 1260:2017 PVC-U Pipes and fittings for drain, waste and vent applications
- AS/NZS 2280:2014 (Amd 1&2) Ductile iron pipes and fittings
- AS/NZS 2566.2:2002 (Amd 1,2&3) Buried flexible pipelines
- AS/NZS 3518:2013 (Amd 1) Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) compounds, pipes and fittings for pressure applications
- AS/NZS 4130:2018 Polyethylene (PE) pipes for pressure applications
- AS/NZS 5065:2005 (Amd1&2) Polyethylene and polypropylene pipe and fittings for drainage and sewerage applications
- BS EN 12380:2002 Air admittance valves for drainage systems. Requirements, test methods and evaluation of conformity.
- ASSE 1050:2009 Performance requirements for stack air admittance valves for sanitary drainage systems
- ASSE 1051:2009 Performance requirements for individual and branch type air admittance valves for sanitary drainage systems
- BS EN 274-2:2002 Waste fitting for sanitary appliances. Test methods.
Notification date: 5 November 2020