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Contents
Features
44 BUILDINGCONTROLS How all the parts of New Zealand’s
building control framework t together may be a puzzle to some. To help, we look at various parts of our performance- based building control system and how to use them.
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46 Decoding building controls
50 Supporting alternative methods 54 Tips to avoid RFIs
56 A code based on scienti c data
60 FIRESAFETY
Valuable research by BRANZ re
engineers is improving understanding of re behaviour in buildings. The result is useful guidance to help protect buildings in the event of a re. On the regulatory side, MBIE has also been busy with new re safety proposals.
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62 Fire safety proposals
65 Fire-safe timber linings 69 Vertical re spread
72 B-RISK update
75 Passive re protection 101
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