In brief - Construction companies should ensure compliance with
amendments
The
National Construction Code (NCC) 2015 is set to be
adopted Australia-wide on 1 May 2015. It includes the Building Code
of Australia (BCA) and Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA), a BCA
Guide and Performance Requirements Extract. There are around 26
pages of amendments. For the first time, it is available for free
online at the Australian Building
Codes Board (ABCB) website. Previously it cost $400.
New performance requirements extract highlights mandatory legal
requirements
The 2015 NCC extracts the performance requirements from the BCA
and PCA into a new 69-page guide. The ABCB states that these
performance requirements are the only mandatory legal requirements
for the NCC, so that a building, plumbing or drainage solution will
comply with the NCC if it satisfies them. Despite this, the
Performance Requirements Extract shouldn't be used in isolation
because it omits other important
