SCOPE OF WORK – RESIDENTIAL
Assessment of building work compliance with BCA Section J
The party requesting the assessment (client) and the party undertaking the assessment (assessor) agree to the following:
TERMS
| BCA provisions | Building Code of Australia Volume One Section J | |
| Compliance | Building work | BCA provisions that apply for the building work |
| Calculations and settings | Variables that determine building work compliance | |
| As-built | Completed building work that satisfies the applicable BCA provisions by complying with Acceptable Construction Practice (ACP) and nominated calculations and settings | |
| Required information | Information that is needed to determine calculations and settings | |
| Building work documents | Documents provided by the client and then used by the assessor to determine compliance. | |
| Compliance report | Scope of work agreement | Describes the terms, client undertakings, assessor undertakings,required information, and how calculations and settings will bedetermined (this document) |
| Building work (Section J) report | Nominates the scope of building work compliance and thecalculation & settings that apply to achieve compliance | |
| Defined Terms | BCA | Shown in Italics |
| Scope of Work | Shown in Bold | |
| Abbreviations | R-Value shown as R | |
| Total R-value shown as Rt | ||
CLIENT UNDERTAKINGS
| Building workdocuments | Providing the assessor with building work documents in an electronic format (unsecured PDF) that show the required information applicable to the building work | |
| Additions and/or changes | The assessor is authorised to nominate additions and/or changesto building work documents in the calculations and settings as needed to achieve building work compliance | |
| As-built compliance | Amending building work documents | The client is responsible for amending the building work documents as needed to reflect the compliance report |
| Building work variations | The client is responsible for seeking verification that any changeto the building work does not result in non-compliance | |
| Lighting design | The client is responsible for seeking verification that the lighting design does not exceed nominated maximum allowances for loss of ceiling insulation and/or artificial lighting wattage | |
| The client is responsible for achieving as-built compliance | ||
REQUIRED INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CLIENT
| Site Plan | ||
| Address | Lot Number/Street number, suburb and postcode | |
| Orientation | True North shown as a bearing relative to the building | |
| Footprint | Location of all buildings and boundary setbacks | |
| Neighbouring structures | Buildings | Footprint and roof line of existing buildings adjacent to each boundary |
| Ground levels, fences and boundary retaining walls | Adjacent property ground levels and/or the location and height of new and/or existing boundary retaining walls and fences | |
| Floor Plan | ||
| Walls | Dimensioned or to scale floor plan showing external and internal walls | |
| Doors | Location and size of external and internal doors | |
| External glazing | Location, width and extent of shading | |
| Ceiling | Extent of change to internal and external ceiling line (bulkheads, coffered, raked or other non-standard ceilings) | |
| Space heating and/orcooling | Location of open fireplace or slow combustion heater | |
| Location of the a flued gas heater or a gas bayonet point for an unflued gas heater | ||
| Ceiling fans | Location and diameter | |
| Vents | Number and location of ceiling or wall vents | |
| Roof lights | Location, roof glazing type and orientation, ceiling diffuser type, shaft insulation, and roof and ceiling opening size | |
| Elevations | ||
| Floor height | Height of suspended floors above ground level | |
| Ceiling height | For each storey, including coffered, raked or other changes in ceiling line | |
| External glazing | Height, type (glazed or solid, timber or aluminium) and opening configuration (sliding, awning) | |
| Constructions and Sections | |
| Roof | Construction of coffered, raked or other non-standard roof areas |
| Walls | Construction and materials of internal and external walls |
| Floors | Construction of ground and intermediate floors (slab on-ground, suspended timber or concrete) |
| Construction of ground level suspended floor perimeter enclosure | |
| Electrical plan | |
| Lighting | Number and type (ceiling mounted, recessed downlight) of light(s) |
| Number and location of vented recessed downlights | |
| Exhaust fans | Number location of exhaust fans |
| Specifications | |
| Roof | Type of roof cover (tiled, metal sheet) |
| Colour of roof cover | |
| Extent R- Value of ceiling and/or under roof insulation | |
| Number and opening area of roof vents (ridge, eave, whirlybird) | |
| External walls | Extent and R-Value of added insulation |
| Floors | Type and extent of floor coverings |
| Extent and R-Value of any ground and/or intermediate floor added insulation | |
| Extent and R-Value of any ground floor perimeter enclosure added insulation | |
| External glazing | Thermal performance (frame and glazing type, or supplier code, or U &SHG values) |
ASSESSOR UNDERTAKINGS
| Assessment of compliance | Reviewing the building work documents, nominate the scope of building work compliance in the building work report, calculating a star rating, and then nominating the calculations and/or settings that apply for building work compliance | |
| Additions and/or changes | If the building work document do not provide the requiredinformation and/or the assessor determines that the building work does not achieve compliance, then the assessor can either advise the client the assessment cannot be completed or nominate calculations and/or settings in the calculations & settings that have been used to achieve compliance | |
| Lighting design | Lighting design assessment is NOT within the scope of works. Maximum allowances will be nominated for loss of ceiling insulation and artificial lighting wattage. | |
| Compliance report | Providing the client with a compliance report in an electronic format (unsecured PDF) | |
| Calculations and Specification | ||
| This specification describes the scope of building work assessment and how calculations and settings are determined. Calculations and settings DO NOT include ACP that is required for building work compliance when that ACP nominates what must be done. For example, “J1.2 Thermal construction – general” prescribes required material compliance and Installation practices. Assessed outcomes presume that ACP applies. | ||
