Building Regulations and Insulated Sandwich Panel

Building Regulations and

Insulated Sandwich Panel

John Clampett John Clampett Consulting

John Clampett Consulting

Numerous examples of where product manufacturers, developers, importers and builders have either invested in R & D, testing program or construction work to find that they have taken the wrong path simply because they were not aware of the requirements.


•Building Code Compliance and meeting insurance criteria are not the same thing! •The Building Code is a life safety code, spread of fire to adjoining buildings and protection of fire fighters only. •Not property protection. •Common worldwide


• Building Act

• Building Regulations

• National Construction Code

• Australian standards

• Fire testing

• Alternative Solutions

• Fire Safety Engineering

• Research update


• Volume 1 - for building classes 2 to 9; and

• Volume 2 - for building classes 1 and 10, known as the “Housing Provisions”.

• Volume 3 – Plumbing Code

• Guide To Volume 1

• State Variations


•ISP’s are used in all building classifications – not just warehouses and factories and food industry.

•Internal walls, external walls, facades, roofing, ceilings etc

•Building attachments such as decorative cladding, awnings, sunshades etc


Class 1(a) – a single dwelling or attached dwellings

Class 1(b) - one or more buildings that constitute a boarding house, guest house, hostel (ie: not exceeding 12 persons or 300m2 in area).

Class 2 – building containing 2 or more units (eg: flats, apartments).

Class 3 – a residential building for a number of persons such as a large scale boarding house, guest house, hostel, the residential part of a hotel, motel, school, etc.

Class 4 – a dwelling unit that is a part of a commercial use (a caretakers/managers flat).

Class 5 – an office building.

Class 6 – a shop or other building where goods or services are retailed direct public.


Class 7(a) – a car park building.

Class 7(b) – a storage building or building where goods are wholesaled (eg: a warehouse).

Class 8 – a laboratory or a building where a process takes place (eg: factory, workshop, etc).

Class 9(a) – a health care building (eg: a hospital, clinic, etc).

Class 9(b) – an assembly building (eg: community hall, sports hall, etc)

Class 9(c) – an aged care building.

Class 10(a) – a non-habitable building being a private garage, shed, or the like.

Class 10(b) – a structure (eg: a fence, wall, mast, swimming pool, etc).


• Objectives – a statement that is considered to reflect community expectations.

• Functional Statements – statements of how a building achieves the objective.

• Performance Requirements – the level of

performance a building solution must meet (ie: the minimum standard).


The way in which the performance requirements are met. The solution may be: •One that complies with the deemed-to-satisfy provisions or •An alternate solution or •a combination of both.

The deemed-to-satisfy provisions are the “black and white” solutions and if followed ensure compliance with the performance requirements. Alternate solutions allow for innovative design and use of materials and normally require certification by an expert in the particular field.


Section A – General Provisions Section B – Structure Section C – Fire Resistance • Type of Construction • Fire Source Feature • Fire-Resistance Level (FRL):


Section D – Access & Egress Section E - Services & Equipment Section F – Health & Amenity Section G - Ancillary Provisions Section H – Special Use Buildings Section I – Maintenance


Section 1 – General Provisions Section 2 – Performance Provisions Section 3 – Acceptable Construction


Subject to A2.3 and A2.4, evidence to support that the use of a material, form of construction or design meets a Performance Requirement or a Deemed-to-Satisfy Provision may be in the form of one or a combination of the following:

(i) A report issued by a Registered Testing Authority, showing that the material or form of construction has been submitted to the tests listed in the report, and setting out the results of those tests and any other relevant information that demonstrates its suitability for use in the building.

(ii) A current Certificate of Conformity or a current Certificate of Accreditation.

(iii) A certificate from a professional engineer or other appropriately qualified person which—

(A) certifies that a material, design, or form of construction complies with the requirements of the BCA; and

(B) sets out the basis on which it is given and the extent to which relevant specifications, rules, codes of practice or other publications have been relied upon.

(iv) A current certificate issued by a product certification body that has been accredited by the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ).

(v) * * * * *

(vi) Any other form of documentary evidence that correctly describes the properties and performance of the material,

(b) Evidence to support that a calculation method complies with an ABCB protocol may be in the form of one or a combination of the following:

(i) A certificate from a professional engineer or other appropriately qualified person which—

(A) certifies that the calculation method complies with a relevant ABCB protocol; and

(B) sets out the basis on which it is given and the extent to which relevant specifications, rules, codes of practice and other publications have been relied upon.

(ii) Any other form of documentary evidence that correctly describes how the calculation method complies with a relevant ABCB protocol.

(c) Any copy of documentary evidence submitted, must be a complete copy of the original report or document.


•International and what is accepted here in Australia

•Warning on non Australian testing.

•Either over investing or under investing.

•Get independent advice before testing. John Clampett Consulting

A2.3 Fire-resistance of building elements

Where a Deemed-to-Satisfy Provision requires a building element to have an FRL, it must be determined in accordance with Specification A2.3.

Registered Testing Authority means—(a) an organisation registered by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) to test in the relevant field; or

(b) an organisation outside Australia registered by an authority recognised by NATA through a mutual recognition agreement; or

(c) an organisation recognised as being a Registered Testing Authority under legislation at the time the test was undertaken.


•Fire rated or Fire-resisting, applied to a building element, means having an FRL appropriate for that element. •Fire-resisting construction means one of the Types of construction referred to in Part C1. •Fire-resistance level (FRL) means the grading periods in minutes determined in accordance with Specification A2.3, for the following criteria— •(a) structural adequacy; and •(b) integrity; and •(c) insulation, and expressed in that order. 60/60/60 John Clampett Consulting

•How Standards operate. •Committees •Published but not law until called up by a regulation e.g. the Building Code of Australia. •But can be seen as best practice even if not called up. •BCA call up process and listed in BCA.


•Class 7b and 8.

•Type of construction A, B or C -Size, height and use

•Fire rating of external walls – closer than 3 metres to title boundary.

•Internal fire rated walls for compartmentation.

•Building size – compartmentation , floor area and building volume

•Sprinklers – Compartment size, special hazards, State Variations,

•Part E2.2, - Smoke Control

•Large Isolated Buildings.

• Less than 1800M2 or less than 10800M3

•Greater than 1800m2 or greater than 10800M3

•Addresses – sprinklers, automatic detection, smoke control and fire brigade vehicular access.


• Be aware of what of what the fire engineer is proposing or imposing.

• Maintenance of Essential Services

• Don’t underestimate the influence of the fire brigades.

• Large isolated buildings.

• Approval Process can vary between States.

• Code of Practice is having an impact. All fire brigades insisting on it now.

• Choose the fire engineer and certifier carefully as many take the easy compliance road and some look for a fight with the approval authorities.

• Pick your own.


AFAC Support

Product development, import/exporting, market segmentation etc

• Don’t do above until you know you can.

Regulatory Acceptability.

• Make sure your product and construction methodology complies in Australia.


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Outcomes of Research Use of Case Studies

Spread within the panel

Combustibility

Toxicity

Improvements not publicised

Additional Testing Fire spread within the panel a major concern. Tests

contradicted this view.

Building Research Association of New Zealand Research report 2004

Further verification testing at BRANZ in 2010

Demonstration NSWFB Londonderry in 2011

Test Methodology

Testing Comparison BRANZ Report 2004

IPCA testing at BRANZ 2010

NSWFB Londonderry

Collaborative Process

Building Regulations and Insulated Sandwich Panel

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