The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is committed to ensuring practitioners of all experience levels can understand and apply the code. To support you in your job and education, we regularly produce resources such as news articles, videos, infographics and case studies.
You can search the resource library by the topic you’re interested in, your profession or by a specific resource name. Each of our sites has its own resource library which focuses on topics specific to that site. Hence, NCC-related material is collected in the NCC Resource Library and so forth. If there’s something specific you would like to see made into a resource, please contact us.
One offering that we provide is NCC Navigator which presents detailed guidance about a variety of topics in an easy-to-read (and easy-to-navigate) format.
This template should be used when developing a new WaterMark Technical Specification (WMTS). The template has been designed to allow for Word processing and WMTS formatting.
The CodeMark Australia Scheme Rules contain information about the administration and operation of the CodeMark Australia Scheme for certification of building products.
Summary Report This WaterMark Point of Sale Feasibility Study Summary Report outlines the process, assessment approach, findings and recommendations of the study undertaken in 2018.
This discussion paper was released in April 2014, it informed and sought feedback from stakeholders on the resilience of new buildings to extreme weather events.
This report shows the results of a number of building models that compare the energy, cost and greenhouse gas emission reductions of buildings built to Deemed to Satisfy provisions of Section J NCC
This report is the outcome of the ABCB’s Plumbing Code Development Research Project for backflow prevention.
This report is the outcome of the ABCB’s Plumbing Code Development Research Project for rainwater harvesting and use.
This report contains a range of information drawn from existing material on warm water systems, including regulatory requirements, State and Territory based advisory information and NCC provisions
This final decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) analyses and evaluates the current smoke alarm provisions contained in the NCC against a number of options that improve occupant notification a
This Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was prepared to incorporate the proposed amendments to the Australian Standard AS 3959-1999 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas (the Standard),
This final decision Regulation Impact Statement considers a further five proposals that were developed with assistance of the Emergency Egress Forum.
As COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed, it is important to ensure the safety of building water systems before occupancy resumes.
At its meeting on 19 February 2016, the Building Ministers’ Forum agreed to the development and implementation of a range of measures to help address risks associated with high risk cladding produc
This Advisory Note relates to requirements to protect certain openable windows to reduce the risk of young children falling from those windows.
Advisory Note This Advisory Note relates to requirements for stairways, landings and ramps to have slip-resistant, non-skid or non-slip surfaces.