Low- & Mid-rise Timber Buildings

Proposal-for-Change (PFC) requests

FWPA submitted a number of Proposal-for-Change (PFC) requests to the Australian Building Codes Board’s (ABCB) which were accepted and resulted in changes to the National Construction Code Volume One (NCC) to permit:

• 3-storey Class 3 timber-framed buildings (e.g., hotel/motel) in the NCC 2014
• Mid-rise timber buildings (up to 8 storeys typically) to be constructed for Class 2, 3 and 5 buildings (NCC 2016) and subsequently for all classes of buildings (NCC 2019) under the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions. The success of this program was due to the extensive National stakeholder consultation, full-scale fire testing, and supportive WoodSolutions Technical Design Guides developed during this period to assist designers, specifiers, regulators, and other building and design professionals.