Passive Fire News

Passive Fire News: The Australian Building Codes Board has announced that the concession permitting reliance on old AS 1530 fire test and assessment reports has been extended to 1 September 2022. For fire stopping products, this means test reports and assessment reports verifying systems achieve a Fire Resistance Level based on a pre 2014 version of the standard fire test (AS 1530.4) will be able to be relied upon up until 1 September this year. It is important to note that whilst this date aligns with the adoption of BCA 2022, the change was actually introduced in BCA 2019 to allow a transitional period for the industry to comply. As such, from 1 September practitioners working on projects approved under BCA 2019, BCA 2019 amendment 1 and BCA 2022 will need to ensure they have current fire test and assessment reports. If you want to take the hassle out of passive fire compliance for your project reach out to the Code Consultancy Group #BCA #ABCB #Passivefire #BuildingSurveying #CCGknowsBCA