National Construction Code (NCC) 2019 Section J requirements As of the 1st of May 2020, the new National Construction Code (NCC) 2019 Section J requirements comes into regulatory effect with the end of the twelve-month ‘discretionary’ transition period (during which the old Section J provisions could still be applied). There are some substantial changes to Section J compared to what we have been previously used to, and is a stepchange for the design and consulting community.
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o assist in understanding these changes specifically the impact on building design, the LUCID Built Environment ESD team has carried out significant research and prepared a series of “Tech Notes”. These distil the changes down into a simplified and digestible format to communicate what the impacts are to future building design.
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