Acceptable Solution C/AS4: Buildings with Public Access and Educational Facilities (Risk Group CA)
- 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),
This resource is no longer current.
- 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)
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C/AS4 cites NZS 4512:2010 Fire detection and alarm systems in buildings -SPONSORED from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites NZS 4515:2009 Fire sprinkler systems for life safety in sleeping occupancies (up to 2000 square metres) - SPONSORED from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites NZS 4520:2010 Fire resistant doorsets - SPONSORED from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites NZS 4541:2013 Automatic fire sprinkler systems from 19/12/2013
C/AS4 cites NZS/AS 1530.1:1994 (R2016) Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures - Part 1: Combustibility test for materials from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites NZS/BS 476.21:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures - Methods for determination of the fire resistance of loadbearing elements of construction from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites NZS/BS 476.22:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures -Methods for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites AS 1366.1-1992 (R2018) Rigid cellular plastics sheets for thermal insulation - Rigid cellular polyurethane (RC/PUR) from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites AS 1366.2-1992 (R2018) Rigid cellular plastics sheets for thermal insulation - Rigid cellular polyisocyanurate (RC/PIR) from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites AS 1366.3-1992 (R2018) Rigid cellular plastics sheets for thermal insulation - Rigid cellular polystyrene - moulded (RC/PS-M) from 10/04/2012
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C/AS4 cites AS 1530.2-1993 (R2016) Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures. Part 2: Test for flammability of materials from 10/04/2012
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C/AS4 cites AS ISO 9705-2003 (R2016) Fire tests - Full-scale room test for surface products from 1/01/2017
C/AS4 cites ASTM D2898-10 Standard Practice for Accelerated Weathering of Fire-retardant Treated Wood for Fire Testing from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites BS EN 12101-1:2005 Smoke and heat control systems - Specification for smoke barriers from 10/04/2012
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C/AS4 cites Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites ISO 5660-1:2002 Reaction-to-fire tests - Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate - Heat release rate (cone calorimeter method) from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites ISO 5660-2:2002 Reaction-to-fire tests - Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate - Smoke production rate (dynamic measurement) from 15/02/2013
C/AS4 cites ISO 9239-1:2010 Reaction to fire tests for floorings - Determination of the burning behaviour using a radiant heat source from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites ISO 9705:1993 Fire tests - Full scale room test for surface products from 15/02/2013
C/AS4 cites National Construction Code Specification C1.10 Fire Hazard Properties from 1/01/2017
C/AS4 cites NFPA 285: 1998 Standard method of test for the evaluation of flammability characteristics of exterior non-load-bearing wall assemblies containing components using the intermediate scale, multi-storey test apparatus from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites Fire Safety and Evacuation of Buildings Regulations 2006 from 10/04/2012
C/AS4 cites Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 from 10/04/2012