Previous determinations

This determination considers the number of sanitary fixtures required for a new industrial workshop building to comply with Building Code Clause G1 Personal Hygiene.

This determination discusses the building occupancy methods set out in Acceptable Solution G1/AS1 to determine the required number of sanitary fixtures.

This determination considers the issue of a notice to fix for building work associated with a two storey sleepout building with sanitary fixtures. The determination considers whether the building work was exempt from the requirement to obtain a building consent under Schedule 1, and whether adequate particulars were set out in the notice to fix (in regards to both section 40 and section 17). It also discusses several issues relating to the notice to fix framework.

This determination considers whether alterations to a building, undertaken during the internal fit out of a wellness centre, comply to the extent required by the Building Act 2004. Specifically, it considers whether the showers in the float rooms, which have been constructed without inbuilt seating or handrails, comply with clause G1.3.4 of the Building Code. Clause G1.3.4 requires that personal hygiene facilities provided for disabled people are accessible.

This determination considers the compliance of a soil fixture space which does not contain a hand basin. The determination discusses the term "immediately adjacent" and whether the soil fixture space without a hand basin complies with Building Code Clause G1 Personal hygiene by way of the Acceptable Solution G1/AS1 and if not whether the space complies with Clause G1 as an alternative solution.

This determination considers the code compliance of large toilet paper dispensers installed in prefabricated public toilets - the location of the dispensers differs from that shown in the relevant Acceptable Solution.  The prefabricated toilets are built under a consent issued at the point of manufacture and relocated throughout the country using a separate buidling consent for the site installation.

This determination considers the compliance of consented alterations to an existing house where some inspections during the construction had not been completed by the authority. The determination considers the compliance of the as-built work and whether the authority was correct in declining to issue a code compliance certificate for the work.

This determination considers whether the proposed alterations, with a reduced number of toilets, will comply with the Building Code to the extent required by section 112.  The determination discusses the tests under section 112(b) in regards to a reduction in the level of performance achieved in the existing building.

This determination covered technical issues about a proprietary system provider’s methodologies and technologies relating to liquid and foaming injection timber treatment systems used to slow the rate of decay. Discussed whether timber treatment process is building work, and whether targeted treatment can be exempt from building consent under Schedule 1 of the Act as maintenance. Discussed impacts on bracing capacity, air volatility, and the use of drying skirts. Also mentioned the provision of new plans as opposed to copied plans.