BUILDING CERTIFICATION

How to complete a Form 16

Guide to understanding Form 16’s: Second instalment

01 Oct 2016BUILDING CERTIFICATION0 comments

After reading the last two articles we have published on form 16’s – because we are sure you have read them, you should have a clear understanding about the use of Form 16’s and what your responsibilities are under the Building Act 1975.

We will now walk you through the form step-by-step and clearly explain each part and how to fill it out. This will ensure you only fill in the parts you need to, and therefore only certify what you actually need to certify – possibly saving you from a lawsuit in the future.

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Stair Nosing types

Stair Nosing – 6 Critical issues

04 Feb 2015BUILDING CERTIFICATION, Latest News0 comments

We want you to install stair nosing once and only once.  We often have to tell builders to remove stair nosing and refit them to comply with code requirements.

Here are the 6 critical issues about stair nosing;

  1. Must be non-slip
  2. Must contain a luminance contrast strip not less than 50 mm and not more than 75 mm.
  3. The luminance contrast strip must have a luminance contrast of not less than 30%.
  4. NO part of the stair nosing strip is to project pass the face of the riser.
  5. The luminance contrast strip cannot project down the riser more than 10 mm.
  6. The luminance contrast strip cannot be more than 15 mm from the front of the riser.
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