codes & standards

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NASH STANDARDS (DEEMED-TO-SATISFY SOLUTIONS)

  • NASH Standard – Residential and Low-rise Steel Framing, Part 1: Design Criteria (2006)
  • NASH Standard – Residential and Low-rise Steel Framing, Part 2: Design Solutions (2014)
  • NASH Standard – Steel Framed Construction in Bushfire Areas (2014)

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Other codes and standards

National Construction Code (NCC)

  • Volume One – Class 2 – 9 Buildings
  • Volume Two – Class 1 and 10a Buildings

AS/NZS 1170 series – Minimum design loads on structures

AS 1397 – Continuous hot-dipped metallic coated steel sheet and strip – Coatings of zinc alloyed with aluminium and magnesium

AS 3600 – Termite management

AS 3700 – Masonry Code

AS 4055 – Wind loads for housing

AS/NZS 4600 – Cold-formed steel structures

Other references
  • NASH Handbook – Residential and Low-Rise Steel Framing (2009)
  • NASH Handbook – Design Solutions for Fire Resistance and Sound Insulation: Part 1 (2018)
  • Design of Cold-formed Steel Structures (to AS/NZS 4600), by Gregory J. Hancock
  • The Use of Steel in Homes, Published by the Australian Steel Institute (ASI)