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Standards New Zealand work in progress

The information in this update is reproduced courtesy of Standards New Zealand - www.standards.co.nz Tenancy Tribunal orders online website.

Upcoming Standards New Zealand plans to release these revisions of existing Standards in the next month or two new Standards

  • AS/NZS 1547: 2008 – On-site domestic wastewater management
  • AS/NZS 4455.2: 2009 – Masonry units, pavers, flags and segmental retaining wall units. Part 2: Segmental pavers and flags
  • NZS 4219: 2008 – Specification for seismic resistance of engineering systems in buildings
  • Amendment 1 to NZS 3116: 2002 – Concrete segmental and flagstone paving

New Amendments

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  • Amendment 2 to AS/NZS1170.1: 2002 – Permanent, imposed and other actions (applies to Clause 1.1, Tables 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and Appendices A and B).
  • Amendment 2 to AS/NZS 3662: 2005 – Performance of showers for bathing.
  • Amendment 1 to NZS 4510: 2008 – Fire hydrant systems for buildings (aligns NZS 4510: 2008 with the Compliance Documents to the New Zealand Building Code and updates the referenced documents to incorporate the most recently published Standards).

Standards in development

  • Timber framed buildings – Committee: P3604 Project Manager: Mani Taare Estimated Publication Date: 2010 Comments: Formation of the leadership group is complete. The P3604 Technical Committee has been formed, and the first meeting occurred on 16 February 2009.
  • Revision of NZS 3122: 1995 and NZS 3123: 1974 – Committee: P3122-3123 Project Manager: Mani Taare Estimated Publication Date: August 2009 Comments: A project for the amendment of NZS 3122: 1995 Specification for Portland and blended cements (General and special purpose) and revision of NZS 3123: 1974 Specification for Portland pozzolan cement (type PP cement). The first committee meeting occurred on 12 February 2009.
  • Code of Practice for concrete structures for the storage of liquids – Committee: P3106 Phase 2 Project Manager: Hagen Kerr Estimated Publication Date: June 2009.
  • Thermal insulation - Housing and small buildings – Committee: P4218 Project Manager: Sonia van Ree Estimated Publication Date: June 2009 Comments: Draft was open for public comment between November 2008 and February 2009.
  • Revision of NZS 3404 Steel structures - Phases 1, 2 and 3 – Committee: P3404 Project Manager: Jono East Estimated Publication Date: June 2009 (NZS 3404 part 1 only).
  • WS-013 Review of domestic wastewater systems – Committee: WS-013 Project Manager: Jono East Estimated Publication Date: April 2009 Comments: The committee is revising AS/NZS 1547 draft in light of comments received during the ballot stage.