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 get in touch.

This video discusses the requirements for providing a compliant group number test certificate.

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07.2021

This video discusses where the height of a barrier should be measured from when the barrier is mounted on a plinth.

07.2021

This video discusses what the phrase ‘open to the sky’ means, particularly as applied to occupiable outdoor areas.

07.2021

This video discusses the fire hazard property requirements for floor coverings in Specification C1.10, and other NCC provisions that alter where a sprinkler system is installed.

07.2021

This video discusses whether or not the concession within 3.7.2.6 Open carports can be applied to a patio.

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This video discusses if the concession within C1.5 can be applied when a basement carpark is present.

07.2021

This video discusses whether or not chain downpipes are compliant with the National Construction Code.

07.2021

FCRC-PR 96-02 (Volume 2) BCA Fire Provisions Restructured

07.2021 Report

FCRC TR96-08 Case studies of fires in retail buildings

07.2021 Report

Evaluation of fire resistance levels: techniques, data and results.

07.2021 Report

Evan Logan, senior sustainability consultant at CADDS Group presents an introduction on applying the process for developing and documenting Performance Solutions in accordance with the new A2.2(4)

07.2021

This protocol assists organisations preparing or revising documents proposed for referencing in the NCC.

07.2021 Protocol

This flowchart demonstrates the WaterMark Administrative Framework

06.2021 Flowchart

This document describes the details and key dates associated with the transition from the old WaterMark Certification Scheme to the improved WaterMark Certification Scheme.

06.2021 Infographic

This final decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) that assesses the costs and benefits of proposed amendments to energy efficiency requirements in the BCA for commercial (non-residential) build

This final decision Regulation Impact Statement presents an analysis of proposals to address the risk of floods to new residential buildings in Australia, for the information of stakeholders and to

This final decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) assesses the costs and benefits of proposed amendments to energy efficiency requirements in the BCA for residential buildings (equivalent to Cl

Fire Code Reform Centre (Project 3) This report, Fire Resistance and Non-Combustibility – Evaluation of Non-Combustibility Requirements examines the basis of existing requirements for non-combustib

06.2021 Report

Fire Code Reform Centre (Project 2) This Technical Report, Recent Approaches to Regulating the Fire Performance of Materials In Buildings, deals specifically with a review of existing approaches to

06.2021 Report

Fire Code Reform Centre (Project 6) This Technical Report, Review of Fire Safety in Shopping Centres: The Key Issues, is a report that describes the Project 6 studies and the outcomes in a concise

06.2021 Report