Commercial Construction Technology and Safety Measures

This library research activity covers various topics related to commercial construction technology and safety measures. It includes information on construction-site robots, fire safety measures, disability access standards, and construction trends. The article also discusses the stakeholders involved in construction component selection and commercial construction rating systems.

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Library research activity #1
Commercial construction technology
a) Construction-Site Robots
The verified concepts behind robot equipment have been extended in 2017 to emphasize on self-
directed control expertise.
A number of new applications are arrayed on building sites. Case in point consist of SAM (Semi-
Automated Mason), the stone laying robot that works in conjunction with mortal masons to
intensify efficiency and cut bodily strain on workers.
b) The approval path of the construction-Site robots is as follows:
• The inspection certificates provided by relevant authorities;
• Consents and notifications for work affecting other resources;
• Compliance with applicable machines standards;
• The right forms to use;
• General responsibilities under the legislation; and
• The payment of application fees and levy.
DDA- Complaint relating to building access.
a) DDA complaint relating to building access resolved at court.
A blind man who uses a lead dog protested that when he and his kinfolk went to an eatery for a
carry off food he was asked to leave. The complaint was fixed at the court when the eatery
manager made an apology for the lack of know-how on the guide dog access procedures, and
embarked on staff teaching on admission and place a “Guide Dog Welcome” marker at the
entrance of the eatery.
b) Basis of the complaint.
The basis of the complaint was due to lack of knowledge on guide dog access rules by the
restaurant staff.

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Fire safety measure
a) Typical fire safety measure for multi-storey commercial building.
The Building Code of Australia has a standard of necessities for exterior walls to be non-
combustible for multi-storey commercial buildings. The standard condition recognizes that they
circumvent the spread of fire within and between buildings.
b) Historical standard performance.
After the Grenfell Tower fire in London that occurred in June 2017, the authorities expedited
headway in the execution of measures to avert the non-compliant practice of cladding from
happening in the future.
Library research activity #2
Ordinance 70
a) The year Ordinance 70 was replaced by BCA
The BCA was developed and released in 1990. States and Regions gradually embraced it during
the early 1990s.
b) Standard for fire hydrant installation under ordinance 70.
Fire hydrant positions shall be determined by the fire marshall, in conjunction with the water
source, and pursuant to the necessities of the International Fire Code.
State Environmental planning policies (SEPP)
a) SEPP devised to allow building without a formal approval.
Exempt development policy was devised for low-impact procedures of development where,
conditional on satiating pre-specified standards, there is no necessity for design or construction
authorization to be acquired.
b) The general reason for policy being formed.
The reason for this policy is to avoid the delays that might arise due to the approvals and ease the
load for approving authorities.

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Environmental planning & Assessment Act, 1979
a) Institutions that share a status as ‘crown’ regarding development consent
 Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Department for Transport
 the Ministry of Defence
 the Sector for Arts, Media and Entertainment
 the Security and Intelligence Agencies
 the Ministry of Justice
 the Forestry Commission
b) The benefits that ‘crown’ have regarding development consent include:
 extra permitted development privileges to allow the Crown groups to perform certain
expansion short of necessitating a planning application to be made (comprising expansion for
state security purposes);
 preparations for managing a planning presentation by the Crown when information of a
planned development cannot be revealed in the welfares of national security;
 state security requirements to thwart the revelation of profound data in a unrestricted inquiry;
and
 distinctive urgency process to hurry up the procedure for defining a planning for imperative
Crown development.
Library research activity #3
Disability (Access to Premises- Buildings) Standards 2010
a) The Disability (Access to Premises- Buildings) Standards apply to the following persons:
(a) A building certifier;
(b) A building originator;
(c) A building administrator.

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b) The distinctive difference between owner application and lessee application is that for the
lessee application for authorization for the construction work, the following persons need
not to ensure that the affected portion of the structure fulfills these Canons unlike for
owner application which require: The building authorizer, the building originator and, the
building administrator.
NCC, Vol. 1, reference standards.
a) The standard method adopted for Emergency lighting.
Emergency lighting to be provided throughout the building.
b) Standard Test Method for Determining Flammability Characteristics of flammable
Materials.
Standard test method for determining flammability characteristics of flammable materials is by
use of Microscale Combustion Calorimetry
Fire safety Schedule.
a) When a building require a fire safety schedule.
On handing out of either a conforming development certificate, construction certificate,
development consent or a fire safety order for a Class 2 to 9 building the person doing so must
issue a fire safety schedule.
According to New South Wales, (2010) essential and critical safety measures does not appear in
EP & A Reg, clause 166.
Library research activity #4
Construction trends- External forces.
a) Construction trends
Drones getting a lot of attention
Drones are certainly the ensuing big in technology. But drones are not only intended for private
use. In 2017, we had a chance to witness building companies expending drones for planning,
observing sites and presentation of the progress to clients (Gelfand, & Duncan, 2012).

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Project management getting more digitized.
In construction, it takes loads of work and harmonization to get the job completed right. In
consequence, specialists have been researching on giving project administration an improvement
and certainly managed to do so. Most of Australian building companies are currently using BIM
that consents them to realize the blueprints of their projects in 3D and accomplish their work
more efficiently (Gelfand, & Duncan, 2012).
b) The stakeholders involved in construction component selection
The stakeholders involved in construction component selection are; the client, Project manager,
lead consultants (Civil & Structural engineer, Architect and, Services Engineer) and, The
Contractor.
NCC 2016 & Fire Safety Schedules.
a) The NCC volume that identifies and lists adopted standards of construction.
Bailey, (2016) states that National Construction Code 2016 identifies and lists adopted standards
for constructions.
b) How safety standards are linked to fire safety schedule.
Ove Arup Pty Ltd, (2010) points out that, fire safety standards are linked to Fire safety schedule
since it is a list of all indispensable fire safety procedures fitted in a structure and the standard of
enactment mandatory for each measure.
Commercial construction rating systems
a) The NSW Government authority that administers a building rating system
The NSW Government authority that administers a building rating system is the Department of
planning and environment.
b) The commercial construction rating systems are grouped into the following categories:
 Building Design and Building
 Interior Design and Building

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 Processes and Repairs

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Reference
Australian Building Codes Board. (2011). National Construction Code series. Available from;
http://www.abcb.gov.au. Access Date: 08th September 2018.
Australian Building Codes Board. (2009). BCA: building code of Australia. Canberra, A.C.T.,
CanPrint Communications on behalf of the ABCB.
Bailey, J. (2016). Construction Law: Volume I. Milton, Taylor and Francis. Available from;
http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4605466. Access Date: 08th September
2018.
Gelfand, L., & Duncan, C. (2012). Sustainable renovation: strategies for commercial building
systems and envelope. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons. Available from;
http://www.books24x7.com/marc.asp?bookid=45137. Access Date: 08th September 2018.
Ove Arup Pty Ltd. (2010). Alexander Maconochie Centre fire safety assessment. Canberra,
A.C.T., Dept. of Justice and Community Safety. Available from:
http://www.cs.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/35592/FSAR_Rev_D.pdf.
Access Date; 08th September 2018.
New South Wales. (2010). Local government ordinance 70: building. Sydney, Law Book Co.