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• BD-083 Earth Building

The committee's charter is defined in its Terms Of Reference [PDF].
Terms of Reference is subject to change

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• This is a list of projects currently being worked on by Standards Australia's Standards Development Team.

  Project Code

  Project Title

  • SA HB 176

    Australian Earth Building

    Project Start Date

     09/06/2016

    Project Type

     New

    Product Type

     Handbook

    Project Status

     Active

    Expected Completion Date

     

    Project Committee

     BD-083

• The constitution of a Technical Committee consists of the Nominating Organisations that represent various interest groups across the industries. These Nominating Organisations are currently participating in Standards Australia’s Standards Development activity. The Nominating Organisation appoints a representative to represent the views of that organisation’s interest group during the development of a Standard.

  Constitution

   

  Association of Wall & Ceiling Industries of New Zealand

  Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  Australian Institute of Architects

  Civil Contractors Federation

  Consult Australia

  Consumers Federation of Australia

  CSIRO

  Earth Building Association of Australia

  Engineers Australia

  Geoscience Australia

  Housing Industry Association

  Master Builders Australia

  Property Council of Australia

  Standards New Zealand

  Think Brick Australia

  University of New South Wales

  University of Western Australia

• Standards Australia participates in Standards development with the International standards bodies as listed below.

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  There are no international relationships for this committee

• Below is the list of current Standards developed and published by Standards Australia. This list does not display the obsolete, superseded, available superseded and withdrawn Standards. The published Standards are documents that set out specifications and procedures designed to ensure products, services and systems are safe, reliable and consistently perform the way they are intended to.

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  Designation

  Publication Title

  • HB 195-2002

    The Australian Earth Building Handbook

    Publication Type

     New

    Product Type

     Handbook

    Publication Status

     Current

    Publication Synopsis

     This Handbook sets out principles of accepted good practice and recommended design guidelines for lightly loaded, primarily single- and two-storey, buildings constructed using unbaked earthen walls and floors. It provides guidance on material selection, preparation and use, different building techniques, recommendations for construction details, measures for maintenance and repairs, design for durability and strength, standard footings solutions and sets out standard test procedures.

• The Sub Committees within the Technical Committee are listed here.

  There are no sub committees for this committee