Australian building codes

Abstract

DRAFT CLAUSE E1.5 Sub-clause (c) added (ex clause 3.1.2 of AS2118.1 (2006) E1.5 Sprinklers A sprinkler system-(a) must be installed in a building or part of a building when required by Table E1.5, and (b) must comply with Specification E1.5, and (c) is not required to be installed in-(i) normally unoccupied areas used for electrical equipment such as rooms used for no purposes other than to contain transformers, electrical switch or control gear (non-oil filled), bounded by walls or other barriers constructed in accordance with Specification E1.5 clause 3, and fitted with multiple controls for alarm purposes only with the drain discharging to an open tundish, or a detection system installed in accordance with the requirements of AS 1670.1, (ii) silos or bins for the storage of grain, inside buildings forming part of corn mill, distillery, malting or oil mill premises, (iii) ovens, hovels and kilns in potteries, including earthenware, brick, tile and glassworks, (iv) over salt baths and metal melt pans where the application of water would endanger personnel, • piping and sprinklers may be located over such places if a suitable canopy is fitted, (v) over uncovered potable water storage wherever there is a danger of contamination of that water, (vi) commercial type cooking equipment, excluding their ventilation systems, protected with a complying fire extinguishing system, and (vii) fire-isolated stairways, fire-isolated passageways and fire-isolated ramps.