How Can This Happen To Me? Requirements for Compartmentation Mark Hooper Echuca Regional Health #HFMC17
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Ask yourself…. How Compliant are you? #HFMC17
Are you relying on the….. Assistant Projects Facilitator Rewarding Challenging Extended Tasks & Responsibilities assigned to me are commensurate with my capacity to deliver desired performance outcomes on a consistent basis. #HFMC17
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Compliance – Lets test the factors Occupancy Permit = Safe Facility ∞ 𝑃 𝑑 − 𝑃𝑑𝑑𝑣𝑞𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑧 𝐷𝑝𝑛𝑞𝑚𝑗𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑓 𝐶 𝑗 𝐷 𝑔−𝑏 m −𝑁𝑏𝑜𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑝𝑠𝑧 𝐷𝑝𝑛𝑞𝑚𝑗𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑓 𝑗𝑢𝑓𝑛𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑝𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑜 𝑝𝑑𝑑𝑣𝑞𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑧 𝑃 𝑑 = 𝐶 𝑗 −𝐶𝑣𝑗𝑚𝑒𝑓𝑠𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑡𝑞𝑓𝑑𝑢𝑗𝑝𝑜𝑡 𝐷 𝑔−𝑏 − 𝐷𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑏𝑑𝑢𝑝𝑠 𝐹𝑔𝑔𝑝𝑠𝑢 (𝐺𝑓𝑓𝑡 − 𝐵𝑑𝑢𝑣𝑏𝑚 𝑈𝑗𝑛𝑓 𝑝𝑜 𝑡𝑗𝑢𝑓 ) 𝑛=0 C −𝐷𝑝𝑛𝑞𝑚𝑗𝑏𝑜𝑢 𝐶𝑣𝑗𝑚𝑒𝑗𝑜 𝐷 = න 𝑄 𝑈𝐼𝐹 𝑃𝑄 𝑃 𝐷 P −𝑄𝑠𝑝𝑘𝑓𝑑𝑢 𝑈𝑓𝑏𝑛 𝑈𝐼𝐹 − 𝑈ℎ𝑓 𝐼𝑓𝑏𝑚𝑢ℎ𝑑𝑏𝑠𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑗𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑠 𝑃𝑄 − 𝑃𝑑𝑑𝑣𝑞𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑧 𝑄𝑓𝑠𝑛𝑗𝑢 C = THE 𝑄𝑃 𝑑 𝑃𝑄 𝐷 = 𝑈𝐼𝐹 𝑄𝑃 𝑑 𝑃𝑄 𝑆𝑓𝑏𝑠𝑠𝑏𝑜𝑓 𝑢ℎ𝑓 𝑔𝑝𝑠𝑛𝑣𝑚𝑏: (𝐽𝑜 𝑈ℎ𝑓 𝑄𝑝𝑝𝑞) Be a large factor in compliance #HFMC17
Fire Compartmenation Some examples #HFMC17
The Compliance Framework to achieve effective compartmentation #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) Stuff in Red is YOU Stuff in Blue is NOT YOU #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 1 — PRELIMINARY 1 Purposes The main purposes of this Act are — (b) to provide for the accreditation of (c) to provide an efficient and effective building products, …… system for issuing building and occupancy permits …… #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 1 — PRELIMINARY 3 Definitions (1)In this Act — building practitioner means — (h) a person responsible for a building project…. who belongs to a class or category of people prescribed to be building practitioners — but does not include — (i) an architect; #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 1 — PRELIMINARY 4 Objectives of Act (1) The objectives of this Act are — (a) to protect the safety and health of people who use buildings and places of public entertainment; #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 2 — BUILDING STANDARDS 14 Accreditation of building products AS1530.4-2005 (5 year certification) AS1530.4-2014 (will see compliance in 2019) Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures Fire-resistance test of elements of construction #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 3 — BUILDING PERMITS (4) A building practitioner or an architect who is engaged to carry out building work must ensure that — – (b) the work is carried out in accordance with this Act, the building regulations and the building permit issued in relation to that work. #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 4 — INSPECTION OF BUILDING WORK Division 3 — Certificates of final inspection 38 Certificate of final inspection (1) The relevant building surveyor must issue a certificate of final inspection on completion of the inspection….. #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 4 — INSPECTION OF BUILDING WORK Division 3 — Certificates of final inspection 38 Certificate of final inspection (2) A certificate of final inspection is not evidence that the building or building work concerned complies with this Act or the building regulations. #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 5 — OCCUPATION OF BUILDINGS AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT Division 1 — Occupancy permits (building work) 46 Effect of occupancy permit (1) An occupancy permit under this Division is evidence that the building or part of a building to which it applies is suitable for occupation. #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 5 — OCCUPATION OF BUILDINGS AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT Division 1 — Occupancy permits (building work) 46 Effect of occupancy permit (2) An occupancy permit under this Division is not evidence that the building or part of a building to which it applies complies with this Act or the building regulations. #HFMC17
HANDS UP IF YOU HAVE READ THIS PART OF YOUR OP #HFMC17
C = THE 𝑄𝑃 𝑑 𝑃𝑄 Be a large factor in compliance #HFMC17
Compartmentation Compliance For a system installation to be compliant, the install must have no modifications, assumptions or leniency from the manufacturer’s product tests. If the install isn’t a direct replica of the tested prototype, the “Fire Certificate” at the end of the job isn’t worth the paper it is printed on. #HFMC17
262 defects #HFMC17
C = THE 𝑄𝑃 𝑑 𝑃𝑄 Be a large factor in compliance #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 8 — ENFORCEMENT OF SAFETY AND BUILDING STANDARDS Division 2 — Building notices and building orders 106 Building notices a … building surveyor may cause a building notice to be served on an owner of a building … if the following circumstances exists — (ba) safety or emergency services installations or equipment have not been maintained in accordance with the occupancy permit and the regulations; #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 9 — LIABILITY Division 1 — Immunity 128 Immunity for building surveyor relying on certificate A …building surveyor …is not liable for anything done or omitted to be done … in reliance on a certificate given by a registered building practitioner under section 238.c #HFMC17
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Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 13 — GENERAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS Division 3 — Evidence and notices 238 Building surveyor may rely on certificate by other registered building practitioner (1) A … building surveyor … may rely on a certificate by a registered building practitioner #HFMC17
Building Act 1993 (inc amendments to 16Aug 2017) PART 13 — GENERAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS Division 3 — Evidence and notices 238 Building surveyor may rely on certificate by other registered building practitioner (2) A registered building practitioner must not give a certificate … unless the certificate states that the registered building practitioner has inspected that building work. #HFMC17
Compliant or Not Compliant? #HFMC17
Compliant or Not Compliant? #HFMC17
Compliant or Not Compliant? #HFMC17
Compliant or Not Compliant? How can this happen? #HFMC17
Victorian Building Authority VBA website > Building Practitioners FAQs. FAQ8. Does the VBA have a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program? No. The voluntary Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program previously administered by the Building Commission is not provided by the Victorian Building Authority (VBA). The VBA encourages building and plumbing practitioners to undertake continuing professional development to maintain the currency of their skills and knowledge, however, the VBA will not be recording their attendance or results. Practitioners may determine what training opportunities are suitable for them to participate in. Industry associations may also provide assistance with professional development programs and activities. #HFMC17
Passive Fire Protection Passive Fire Protection is used to contain or slow the spread of fire through the use of fire rated elements and approved tested systems to achieve compliance with building codes #HFMC17
Penetrations Sealed with TESTED Systems Compliance can be attained in the form of “The BCA states in C3.15 and NZBC Section C, T ested Systems & Compliance with you must adequately seal any service Specification C3.15 . penetrations passing through a building Systems that are identical with a prototype element with a Fire Resistance Level (FRL) assembly of the service, building element and with respect to integrity or insulation or a protection method which has been tested in resistance to the incipient spread of fire. As accordance with AS/NZS 4072.1 and AS/NZS compliance with Specification may not be 1530.4 and has achieved the required FRL. practical for your building, following the Compliance regarding services such as Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions is an adequate hydraulic, electrical, active fire, mechanical measure of compliance.” and structural services detailed in the BCA & NZBC. #HFMC17
Tested systems have been proven to work #HFMC17
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Types of Passive systems Fire Rated Boards Fire Rated Mortars Intumescent Devices Fire Rated Sealants Vermiculite Coatings Intumescent Paint Rockwool Batts Thermal Ceramic Fibre Wraps C = THE 𝑄𝑃 𝑑 𝑃𝑄 Be a large factor in compliance #HFMC17
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