A Comparison on Codes of Egress Safety in Each Country

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 2025-2028
Author(s):  
Hyun An ◽  
Nam Yong Jee ◽  
Seung Yup Roh
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Fire Outbreak

As buildings tend to become bigger, higher and more complex, types of fire outbreak have diversified these days. Accordingly, it has also become difficult to cope with fire outbreaks resulting in a higher risk of suffering loss. The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for securing reasonable egress plans and safety of egress by comparing egress regulations of countries including America (NFPA 101), British (Building Regulation-Approve document B), New Zealand(Building Regulation & Compliance document for New Zealand building code), Japan (Architecture Relationship Statute book) and Korea (Architecture Statute book).

Why amending building codes? An investigation of the benefits of regular building code amendment in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amarachukwu Nnadozie Nwadike ◽  
Suzanne Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Ground Shaking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Collapse ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe New Zealand building code has played a vital role in reducing the impact of disasters in the built environment. Following the nature of earthquake occurrences, the associated impacts such as building collapse and the increase in technological innovation in the building sector, the New Zealand building code has been frequently amended. The building code amendment ensures that buildings and other related infrastructures can withstand the impact of ground shaking without substantial damages to buildings. The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore the benefits of building code amendments in New Zealand.Design/methodology/approachDocument analysis and closed-ended questionnaire were adopted as data collection instruments for this study. The relevant stakeholders comprise structural engineer, geotechnical engineer, architect, building services consulting engineer, licensed building practitioner, project manager, building contractor, local authority, academic/researcher and quantity surveyor.FindingsA significant proportion of the survey participants that agreed to the importance of building code amendments in New Zealand justify the benefits of the amendments. The study serves as a useful guide to policy regulators and researchers who are exploring other aspects of regular building code amendments in New Zealand. The findings from this study suggest that amending the New Zealand building code needs a proactive approach to promote local technology, enhance low-cost construction materials, training of code users and reducing bureaucracy in design approval and construction inspection. The study concludes that improving on the 28 factors identified in this study would contribute intensively to disaster risk reduction in the built environment and an increase in compliance level in New Zealand.Originality/valueThis paper originality comes from its practical approach towards identifying the benefits of building code amendments

scholarly journals Moisture in New Zealand Bathrooms - Analysing Moisture Events

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Alister Stubbe
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Absolute Humidity ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Large Impact ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Typical Day ◽  
House Condition ◽  
The Impact

<p>A literature review was carried out on the impact of moisture in New Zealand homes as well as the role ventilation and occupant behaviour play in controlling this. Bathrooms in residential homes were identified as being especially vulnerable. NZS4303:1990, clause G4 Ventilation of the New Zealand Building Code, and clause E3 of the New Zealand Building Code were summarised to provide context for how New Zealand buildings are designed.  Measurements taken in houses throughout New Zealand by BRANZ as part of the House Condition Survey were made available for analysis. This included measurements of relative humidity and temperature.  Data from one Dunedin house was thoroughly explored. This involved three objectives. The first step focused on identifying periods of rapid change in the amount of moisture introduced to the indoor environment, measured in absolute humidity. These periods were named 'moisture events'. The second objective was to visually communicate the changes in temperature and absolute humidity taking place on individual days, highlighting moisture events. The third objective was to analyse the identified moisture events, finding the key areas to focus on for the full analysis as well as areas that could be explored in further research. This process was then applied to all remaining houses.  Moisture events were grouped into four categories: increases, decreases, episodes, and combinations. Episodes were the focus of the analysis, representing moisture being actively introduced to the indoor environment and then removed. These categories were further filtered, identifying the moisture events were most likely to have had a large impact on the indoor environment. Days were broken into four hour periods, with the filtered moisture events taking place in each period recorded. These were used to identify patterns in moisture events for each house. If a certain pattern of moisture events frequently took place, then days containing that pattern were described as a 'typical day' for that house.  The mean and median absolute humidity at the start, peak, and end of the unfiltered episodes from each house were then calculated. The mean and median episode length was also calculated. The results were compared to the Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP) and to the typical days for each house. The results were grouped according to factors such as the number of bathrooms in the house, the floor area, the house location, and the event length.  The number of bathrooms present in the house was found to have a large impact on the size and frequency of moisture events. As expected, larger bathrooms recorded lower increases in absolute humidity from the start to the peak of episodes. Rooms with a greater volume would require more moisture to reach the same number of grams of water per cubic metre. However, the smallest bathrooms also recorded low increases in absolute humidity.</p>

scholarly journals Hygrothermal performance of New Zealand wall constructions — meeting the durability requirements of the New Zealand Building Code

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1063-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Overton
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fungal Growth ◽  
Building Code ◽  
The Past ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Field Evidence ◽  
Hygrothermal Performance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wall System ◽  
Building Elements

The New Zealand Building Code (NZBC) is performance based. From a durability perspective, compliance requires a practitioner to demonstrate that materials will remain functional for the minimum periods specified. The NZBC also states that buildings must be constructed to avoid the likelihood of fungal growth or the accumulation of contaminants on linings and other building elements. Currently, there is no recognised method for practitioners to use to demonstrate that a wall system can meet this requirement for the required design life. In this paper, we consider how hygrothermal modelling, in conjunction with the VTT mould index, may be used to form the basis of such a method. In the past, there has been a discrepancy between predicted failures and field evidence, but the VTT mould index appears to correlate much better with the successful in-service history of typical New Zealand construction.

scholarly journals A message from the Standards Association of New Zealand

1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 270
Author(s):  
G. H. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Civil Engineers

The Standards Association has a distinguished ancestry. All closely associated with a national building code. The Standards Institution, formed in 1932 under the wing of NZIE (then the NZ Society of Civil Engineers), started the development of the first code, NZS 95. This was extended and developed by the NZ Standards Institute (part of DSIR and later a division of the Department of Industries & Commerce), and was developed further as NZS 1900. This independent Standards Association (SANZ), formed in 1966, is proud to continue this work.

scholarly journals A note about N.Z.S. 1900 building codes and changes

1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-276
Author(s):  
E. H. Hitchcock
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Building Codes ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Unique System ◽  
Voluntary Adoption

New Zealand has a unique system of establishing its national building code through a system of voluntary committees, public consultation, statutory declaration and voluntary adoption of the product of general agreement. The mechanism of agreement is provided by the Standards Association, in the form of the committee table, wide circulation of drafts for comment, and the drafting committee - sectional committee - Ministerial - Standards Council - chain of approval.

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