Description

It’s easy for designers to stick to Acceptable Solutions for compliance when submitting building consent applications, but you don’t have to. Alternative Solutions provide scope to do things differently and may be much easier than you think.

Following the article E3/AS1 and wet area flooring in Build 186, BRANZ has received queries about Alternative Solutions and how to use them for Building Code compliance after the recent changes to E2/AS1 and E3/AS1.

Scope

This article includes:

• Alternative Solutions allow difference
• Eight typical compliance paths
  • 1. Comparison with a compliance document
  • 2. In-service history
  • 3. Expert opinion or producer statement
  • 4. Comparison with other documents
  • 5. Previously accepted Alternative Solution
  • 6. Product certification
  • 7. MBIE determination
  • 8. Verification methods
• Designers should use the options