The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has released the first stage of the National Construction Code 2022 (NCC 2022).

This first stage release contains most of the amendments finalised for the National Construction Code (NCC) 2022, including:

• New liveable housing features to assist people with disability and through more stages of life
• An improved volume and clause structure to improve consistency and useability, including a new ABCB Housing Provisions Standard
• New lead-free requirements for plumbing products to improve the quality and safety of drinking water
• New fire safety provisions for early childhood centres and primary schools in multi-storey buildings
• New bushfire protection measures in Class 9 buildings, and
• A range of improvements to the fire safety, weatherproofing, and waterproofing requirements.

The final version of energy efficiency and condensation mitigation amendments are being finalised for the second stage release of NCC 2022. ABCB expects to finalise these amendments by July 2022 following consideration by states and territories.

The second release of NCC 2022 will be a complete and final version of the next edition of the NCC, including these amendments, transitional arrangements, and state and territory variations.

Practitioners can expect to see the second release of NCC 2022 Stage 2 Preview in late August 2022.

More information here