Residential and commercial. Room heights, natural light, ventilation, stairs and barriers. Prepared under Clause A2G2 by a registered building practitioner, in consultation with your building surveyor.
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Overview
The National Construction Code can be satisfied two ways.
Following the prescriptive provisions written into the Code. Fixed dimensions and methods. How most buildings are documented.
Demonstrating by another means that the Performance Requirement is met. Prepared under Clause A2G2, assessed by your surveyor.
It suits buildings where a prescriptive figure can't be achieved because of existing structure, heritage fabric or a base building constraint. Where the Deemed-to-Satisfy provisions can be met, that's usually simpler and cheaper, and we'll say so.
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Scope
A surveyor will reject a report authored outside the writer's competence, and the time is lost. Here is the line, up front.
Process
Each step is prescribed by the Code. Reports that skip the first are commonly rejected, because the surveyor never agreed to the method.
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We agree the Performance Requirement, assessment method and acceptance criteria with your surveyor before any analysis begins.
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Expert judgement supported by comparison against a Deemed-to-Satisfy benchmark, using the intended use of the space.
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Results tested against every acceptance criterion in the brief.
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The final report with implementation conditions and the drawing notes to add. First round of surveyor comments included.
Who prepares the report
The compliance arm of Reform Building Design, a registered building design practice in Melbourne. Reports are prepared by Josh Beaumont, with over a decade of experience across residential building design, commercial architecture and national retail fitout documentation.
Because we also draft, if the item is better resolved by a revised drawing we can make that change in the same engagement.
FAQ
The Code doesn't prescribe who may prepare one. Architectural and spatial items sit within the scope of a registered building practitioner. Fire safety, structural and access items don't, and we refer those on. Your surveyor makes the final call, which is why we confirm it with them before starting.
No. The relevant building surveyor assesses the report, so they can only have limited involvement in preparing it. They must agree the design brief with you, but the analysis and report have to come from someone else.
No. It must be approved before the relevant work is carried out. Where work is already complete and doesn't comply, it has to be addressed another way. Tell us the stage of works when you enquire and we'll say straight away whether this pathway is open.
Agreeing the brief up front is what prevents this. The surveyor accepts the Performance Requirement, the assessment method and the acceptance criteria before the analysis is done. The first round of surveyor comments is included in the fee.
Contact
Attach the surveyor's comment and the affected drawing. We will confirm the pathway, the fee and the turnaround, usually within one business day.
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