[200William-EC SP67851] FW: SP67851 - SAFETY REPORT

[George Ziri]

Good Afternoon All,

 

So far I have the following. The response from the Safety report
inspector is ambiguous and they are not able to provide requirements for
when the building was constructed.

 

The only extract I could find from the BCA is attached. From the extract
(fig 3.9.2.2 & 3.6.2.3), all areas noted under the report are less than
1 meter heights.

 

 

George Ziri

OPERATIONS

Building Facilities Management Solutions

m: 0400 300 242

e: georgeziri at bfms.com.au  w:  www.bfms.com.au

 

    

Safety | Integrity | Service | Excellence

 

From: Marco Camps [mailto:MarcoC at solutionsinengineering.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 10 June 2014 9:35 AM
To: George Ziri
Subject: RE: SP67851 - SAFETY REPORT

 

Hi George,

                

Our safety reports, in line with cl 16.1.1 of our Supply Terms and
Conditions, have as their purpose 'to identify physical hazards that
give rise to risks on the Subject Property, to assess those risks, and
to recommend control measures'. It is not within the remit of our safety
report to comment on whether the building would have complied with the
BCA at the time it was approved. We deliberately refrain from doing so,
as we believe the relevant building certifier at the time was better
placed to make that determination. 

 

However, should you wish to investigate the matter yourself, you may be
assisted by the archives of the BCA: 
http://www.abcb.gov.au/en/ncc-products/ncc-archives/bca1988and1990-archi
ves Handrails are generally provided at D2.16 of the BCA. 

 

Thank you

Marco

 

From: George Ziri [mailto:Georgeziri at bfms.com.au] 
Sent: Friday, 6 June 2014 6:30 PM
To: Marco Camps
Subject: RE: SP67851 - SAFETY REPORT

 

Thank you Marco for clarifying item 6.

 

The safety report is now on record and in the interest of knowing if the
builder complied with the BCA at the time of construction (1999) would
you be kind to clarify if this code in affect at the time.

 

George Ziri

OPERATIONS

Building Facilities Management Solutions

m: 0400 300 242

e: georgeziri at bfms.com.au  w:  www.bfms.com.au

 

    

Safety | Integrity | Service | Excellence

 

From: Marco Camps [mailto:MarcoC at solutionsinengineering.com] 
Sent: Friday, 6 June 2014 3:11 PM
To: George Ziri
Subject: RE: SP67851 - SAFETY REPORT

 

Hi George

 

In response to your queries.

 

Item 6 : AS3760:2010 Table 4. If you do not have access to the
Australian Standards, there is an extract of the AS3760:2010 on this
link: 
http://www.abctestandtag.com.au/faq/index.php?action=artikel&cat=3&id=40
&artlang=en
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OhvU-2Bggw4dGGxFfX1Y13dIlByzr8FfYmzSkgkgKF8dNioSN6it-2Fh-2FSkpQfx6nYrCaj
hKw976PIkVMaHZreeycq9Ckmj8EMxRvhi70L_Ut4ScZ9G4bwOep3rOzmr1v9O88jb-2BgdN4
YVa3xF4MBWHCCuIx-2BlWvXEryyrKW1BpGqgBsCeTrIbiw4EIZ2zHs6wibDXoPmK11Ow4Z40
sAw0MtsdQE80tjyY88GROX-2F8y01zhzTIcsNmKj1QB3cRhSy7ZQ0WOhFqzlRU7D34GpYKDK
D-2BrHQcOYLO0U2na8ikQyzYCkuymKD3TGlOUh3pQtA-3D-3D> 

 

Item 19, 33 and 34. The BCA does not have retrospective legislative
effect, but it is considered good practice to keep up to date with new
building requirements. Work Health Safety and Common Law (including
possible public liability) overarching obligations are to provide a safe
place of work/safe environment for site visitors, not just comply with
the building code. As such, we recommend that to reduce the potential
for liability under the WHS Act and in negligence. 

The BCA Volume 1 is updated every year, and this is the current
standard. We don't have access to previous standards to see when exactly
it changed.

 

I hope this explains your queries, if you have any more question please
feel free to email or call me.

 

Thank you

Marco 

 

 

From: George Ziri [mailto:Georgeziri at bfms.com.au] 
Sent: Thursday, 5 June 2014 9:37 AM
To: Marco Camps
Subject: SP67851 - SAFETY REPORT

 

Good Morning Marco,

 

We have received and reviewed the report prepared for SP67851 by
Solutions Engineering.

 

Would you be kind to provide information on the following please:

 

Item 6 - Is a fixed appliance. As a residential property please advise
what code/standard/requirement you are referring to having the appliance
tagged.

 

Item 19 - Under a residential property please advise when this
code/standard/requirement was introduced. Is this a requirement of good
practice?

 

Item 33 - Under a residential property please advise when this
code/standard/requirement was introduced. Is this a requirement of good
practice?

 

Item 34 - Under a residential property please advise when this
code/standard/requirement was introduced. Is this a requirement of good
practice?

 

 

George Ziri

OPERATIONS

Building Facilities Management Solutions

m: 0400 300 242

e: georgeziri at bfms.com.au  w:  www.bfms.com.au

 

    

Safety | Integrity | Service | Excellence

 





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