Standards Library

How TRSC applies the Australian Standards in real engineering practice.

Each entry summarises the scope of an Australian Standard and provides original engineering interpretation on how the standard applies to existing-asset assessment, heritage construction, remediation design and Form 15 RPEQ certification.

Featured Standards
Standards Australia
AS 3600:2018

Concrete Structures

Standards Australia
AS 1170.4-2007 (R2018)

Structural Design Actions — Earthquake Actions in Australia

Standards Australia
AS 3700:2018

Masonry Structures

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 (R2016)

Structural Design Actions — General Principles

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 1170.1:2002 (R2018)

Structural Design Actions — Permanent, Imposed and Other Actions

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 1170.2:2021

Structural Design Actions — Wind Actions

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 1170.3:2003 (R2016)

Structural Design Actions — Snow and Ice Actions

Standards Australia
AS 4100:2020

Steel Structures

Standards Australia
AS 5100.1:2017

Bridge Design — Scope and General Principles

Standards Australia
AS 5100.2:2017

Bridge Design — Design Loads

Standards Australia
AS 5100.5:2017

Bridge Design — Concrete

Standards Australia
AS 1684:2010 (with current parts and amendments)

Residential Timber-Framed Construction

Standards Australia
AS 1726:2017

Geotechnical Site Investigations

Standards Australia
AS 2870:2011

Residential Slabs and Footings

Standards Australia
AS 3735:2001 (R2017)

Concrete Structures Retaining Liquids

Standards Australia
AS 3798:2007

Guidelines on Earthworks for Commercial and Residential Developments

Standards Australia
AS 1379:2007

Specification and Supply of Concrete

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 3582.1:2016

Supplementary Cementitious Materials — Fly Ash

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 3679.1:2016

Structural Steel — Hot-Rolled Bars and Sections

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 3678:2016

Structural Steel — Hot-Rolled Plates, Floorplates and Slabs

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS 1664.1:1997

Aluminium Structures — Limit State Design

Standards Australia
AS 1657:2018

Fixed Platforms, Walkways, Stairways and Ladders

Standards Australia
AS 4773.2:2018

Masonry in Small Buildings — Construction

Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
AS/NZS ISO 31000:2018

Risk Management — Guidelines

Standards Australia
AS 5216:2021

Design of Post-Installed and Cast-In Fastenings in Concrete

Queensland Government
QBR 2021 Form 15 (Building Regulation 14 / 17)

Queensland Building Regulation 2021 — Form 15 RPEQ Structural Adequacy Certificate

Queensland Government
QBR 2021 Form 12 (Building Regulation Aspect Certification)

Queensland Building Regulation 2021 — Form 12 Aspect Certification

Australian Building Codes Board
NCC 2022 Volume 1 — Existing Buildings (Part A2 / Schedule 4)

National Construction Code Volume 1 — Performance Solution Pathway for Existing Buildings

AEFAC
AEFAC TN05 (Edition 1, 2018)

AEFAC Technical Note 05 — Design Considerations for Safety Critical Anchors

Standards Australia
AS 3600:2018 (Existing Structure Provisions)

AS 3600 Existing Structure Provisions — Assessment, Strengthening and Repair of Concrete Components