Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice Stating Where Copies of the Statement of Proposal to Amend Compliance Documents B1 and E2 and Where Materials Proposed to be Incorporated by Reference into These Compliance Documents are Available for Inspection and Purchase

Pursuant to section 29 of the Building Act 2004 ("the Act"), I give notice that the following compliance documents for the New Zealand Building Code are proposed to be amended:
- B1 - Structure
- E2 - External Moisture
The statement of proposals and the proposed amendments for each of these compliance documents can be downloaded free of charge from the Department of Building and Housing ("the Department") website
www.dbh.govt.nz/consulting-on
New materials proposed to be incorporated by reference
Pursuant to section 409(2) of the Act, I give notice that the following materials are proposed to be incorporated by reference into:
Compliance Document B1
- NZS 4219:2009
- NASH Standard, Residential and Low-rise Steel Framing, 2010, Part 1 (Design Criteria)
Compliance Document E2
- NZS 2295:2006
- AS/NZS 1170:2002
- ASTM E104 - 2002
- BRANZ EM6:2010 (currently draft)
- BRANZ Bulletin 424
- CCANZ S01 (currently draft)
- SCION - "Measuring moisture content of wood"
CCANZ S01 is currently draft and is expected to be published in March 2011. This document is not expected to change significantly before publication. For more detail please see the statement of proposal at
www.dbh.govt.nz/consulting-on
Amendment to material incorporated by reference
Pursuant to sections 406(c)(ii) and 409(2) of the Act, I give notice that the material previously incorporated by reference into compliance documents as set out in Column 1 below, are proposed to be replaced by the material in Column 2 listed below as follows:
Column 1 Column 2
Compliance Document B1
NZS 3604:1999 Amend 1 and 2 NZS3604:2011*
Compliance Document E2
AS/NZS 2269.0:2004 AS/NZS 2269.0:2008
AS/NZS 2728:1997 AS/NZS 2728:2007
NZS 3604:1999 NZS 3604:2011*
AS/NZS 4200:2002 AS/NZS 4200:2005
NZS 4211:1985 NZS 4211:2008
NZS 4251:1998 NZS 4251:2007
AS/NZS 4284:1995 AS/NZS 4284:2008
AS/NZS 4534:1998 AS/NZS 4534:2006
AS/NZS 4680:1999 AS/NZS 4680:2006
AS 3730: Part 6:1991 AS 3730: Part 6:2006
Part 7:1992 Part 7:2006
Part 8:1992 Part 8:2006
Part 9:1992 Part 9:2006
Part 10:1992 Part 10:2006
ASTM C1549:2002 ASTM C1549:2009
ASTM D1667:1997 ASTM D1667:2005
ASTM D2240:2003 ASTM D2240:2005
ASTM D6134:1997 ASTM D6134:2007
ASTM E96:1992 ASTM E96:2005
ASTM G154:2000 ASTM G154:2006
ASTM G155:2000 ASTM G155:2005a
New Zealand Metal Roof and Wall Cladding Code of Practice: 2003 New Zealand Metal Roof and Wall Cladding Code of Practice: 2008
*The next version of NZS 3604 is currently draft (DR 3604). It is expected that the next NZS 3604 will be published in February 2011 and will not change significantly from the current DR3604. For more detail please see the statement of proposal at
www.dbh.govt.nz/consulting-on
Material proposed to cease having legal effect
Pursuant to sections 408 and 409(2) of the Act, I give notice that the following material incorporated by reference is proposed to be revoked and to cease to having legal effect as follows:
Compliance Document B1
- NZS 3601:1973
- NZS 3631:1998
Compliance Document E2
- AS/NZS 4200: Part 1:1994
- AS/NZS4201:1994
- NZS 4203:1992
- BS 6925:1988
- ASTM E903:1996
- New Zealand Concrete Masonry Manual:1999
- New Zealand Forest Research Institute - "Measurement of moisture content of wood"
Purchase and viewing of materials proposed to be incorporated by reference
Standards may be purchased from Standards New Zealand, Radio New Zealand House, Level 10, 155 The Terrace, Wellington, or online at
www.standards.co.nz
NASH publications may be purchased from National Association of Steel-framed Housing Inc, 17-19 Gladding Place (PO Box 76143), Manukau City, or online at
www.nashnz.org.nz
CCANZ publications are available online at
www.cca.org.nz
BRANZ publications are available for purchase online at
www.branz.co.nz
ASTM publications are available for purchase online at
www.astm.org
SCION publications may be purchased from
enquiries@scionresearch.com
New Zealand Metal Roof and Wall Cladding Code of Practice may be purchased from
www.metalroofing.org.nz
An exposure draft of the amended NZS 3604, expected to be NZS 3604:2011, is available online via the Department's website
www.dbh.govt.nz/consulting-on
Materials proposed to be incorporated by reference are available for inspection free of charge at the Department's national office, Level 6, 86 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, between the hours of 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Comment
I invite comment on the proposals contained in this notice by 24 January 2011.
Comments can be made in the following ways:
Online comments at
www.dbh.govt.nz/consulting-on; or
by email to
consulting@dbh.govt.nz with "B1 Structure Consultation" or "E2 Consultation" in the subject line; or
by facsimile to
(04) 494 0290 with "B1 Structure Consultation" or "E2 Consultation" in the subject line; or
by courier to
Consultation Feedback - B1 and E2, Department of Building and Housing, Building Quality, Level 6,
86 Customhouse Quay, Wellington; or
by post to
PO Box 10729, Wellington 6143.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of November 2010.
DAVID KELLY, Deputy Chief Executive, Building Quality, Department of Building and Housing.