Revision AUS STandards For Landscape Architects
Revision AUS STandards For Landscape Architects
RELEVANCE TO LANDSCAPING
No. Name
National NCC-Building Code of Australia 2 Volumes - annual updates
Construction Volume 1 – Class 2 to 9 Buildings 9 Multi residential,commercial, industrial and
Codes NCC Public)
Volume 2 Class 1 and 10 buildings – Single residential Houses, sheds ,
carports and assoc.
TIMBER.
AS 5604 Timber – Natural durability ratings ( 2005)
AS5605 Guide to safe use of preservative treated timber CCA - 2007
AS1684 Residential timber framed construction incl span tables ( 2006)
AS1604 Preservative treatment of timber ( 2012 and 2017)
AS1720 Timber structures
AS 1748 Timber Solid Stress Graded for structural purposes- 2011
AS 2082 Hardwood timber Visually stress graded for structural purposes- 2007
AS 2858 Softwood – visually stress graded as above- 2008
AS2878 Timber -Classification In Strength Groups – 2000,2017
AS3818 Timber -Heavy Structural Products ( incl Building Poles ) -2009, 2010
AS 4786 Timber flooring- sanding and finishing
AS 1720 Plywoods – visually graded, loadings etc
ROADS & PAVEMENTS
AS1160 Bitumen emulsion for construction
No. Name
AS1296 Levelling skills
AS1742.3 Traffic control for works on roads
ROOFING
AS1562 Design and installation of sheet roof and wall cladding metal, fibre cement,
plastic
HB39(1997) Installation code for metal roof and wall cladding
WATERPROOFING
AS 3740 Waterproofing of wet areas within residential buildings (2004)
No. Name