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Building Code of Australia
As an industry professional you carry a tremendous responsibility to
understand and implement the regulations and technical provisions of
the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
AIRAH is offering you an ‘all you need to know’ guide to
building control in Australia and the legislative processes for building
designs and approvals through our BCA seminar.
Seminar summary
This seminar specifically addresses the workings of the BCA, Volume
1 and how the relevant Australian Standards are referenced in the areas
of smoke hazard management systems and fire fighting equipment (mechanical
and fire services). Included is a comprehensive review of the performance
based BCA. It demonstrates the basic methodologies of determining the
general regulatory deemed-to-satisfy requirements of a building in regards
to type of construction, egress provisions and fire ratings to structural
and non-structural components.
Key topics
• The applicable Building Acts and Regulations
• BCA compliance framework
• Understanding the structure of the BCA
• State and territory variations
• What is the purpose of an Australian Standard?
• Smoke hazard management provisions
• Fire fighting equipment
• Fundamentals of fire safety parameters
• Alternative solutions using performance based methodology
• Deemed-to satisfy versus performance based design
This course is ideal for:
• Mechanical design engineers
• Architects
• Graduate design engineers
• Building surveyors
• Contractors
• Council inspectors
• Facility managers
• Project managers
2008 dates and locations
Sydney
March 4th, 2008
Vibe Hotel
88 Alfred Street Milsons Point, NSW 2061
Brisbane
March 13th, 2008
The Pavillion - Allan Border Field
1 Bogan Street, Breakfast Creek, QLD 4010
Melbourne
July 30th, 2008
Travelodge Southbank Melbourne
9 Riverside Quay, Southbank, VIC, 3006
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the registration from
In-house training
The Building Code of Australia seminar can also be run at your work
place. If you have 8 or more people interested in doing the course please
contact Brendan Pejkovic on 03 8623 3007 to obtain further information.
How can AIRAH help me achieve my Continued Professional Development
requirements?
AIRAH has compiled a comprehensive spreadsheet to help explain how AIRAH
activities can be counted towards your CPD requirements.