NZS 3604, titled Timber-framed buildings, is a New Zealand technical standard maintained by Standards New Zealand that sets out specifications and methods for designing and constructing light timber framed houses and other low rise buildings. Used together with the Building Code, it allows light timber framed residential and small commercial buildings of up to three storeys to be built on suitable ground without individual structural engineering calculations, and it is used in about 93 percent of New Zealand's light timber framed construction. In 2019 the government funded free online access to the standard to reduce building compliance costs and improve its availability across the construction sector. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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NZS 3604 Timber-framed buildings is a New Zealand technical standard which sets out specifications and methods for designing and constructing light timber-framed houses and other low-rise buildings.
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The first edition of NZS 3604 was published in November 1978, replacing provisions in the NZS 1900 Model building bylaw series.
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NZS 3604 Timber-framed buildings is a New Zealand technical standard which sets out specifications
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NZS 3604 Timber-framed buildings is a New Zealand technical standard which sets out specifications and methods for designing and constructing light timber-framed houses and other low-rise buildings.
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