Garage classification guidance
- Valid from
- 1/03/2009
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
- Information type
- Section 175 guidance,
- Format
- Website,
Description
Freestanding, uninhabited garages should be classified as Importance Level 1 (low consequence of failure). Building importance levels reflect the balance of a variety of factors, including consequences of failure and the cost of designing buildings to withstand applied loads.