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ATTACHMENT 2
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
BUILDING ACT 1972
EXEMPTION
No 7 of 1992
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Instrument exempts ACT PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVICES, being a government agency, from the application of the provision of the Building Code specified in the Schedule in respect of the Redevelopment, Building 12, the Proposed Diagnostic and Treatment Building, Woden Valley Hospital
The Diagnostic and Treatment Building is to be the single largest building constructed as part of the hospital redevelopment. It is generally a free standing building with linking structures at levels one, two and three to Building One (the existing Tower Block.
It is a requirement of the ACT Building Act that all work undertaken at Woden Valley Hospital shall be in accordance with the Building Code of Australia.
As a result of the scale and complexity of the Diagnostic and Treatment Building, complete compliance with the Building Code is not considered appropriate nor necessary for the building to perform at accepted levels of safety.
To determine what exemptions would be appropriate while still achieving the required level of the amenity and fire safety, Philip Chun and Associates were engaged as consultants to examine the design for Building 12. This Consultant after assessing the design has proposed four (4) modifications to the B.C.A. A short report with supportive documentation has been examined by Public Works and Services, the ACT Fire Brigade and the ACT Building Controller.
This process has resulted in a recommendation that 4
modifications be made to the requirements of the Building Code
of Australia which together require the Schedule of Exemptions
set out in the Instrument.
A summary of these modifications and the specific Clauses of the Building Code of Australia which are affected is as follows:
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