Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 02:45:02 +0000
Subject: TRIM: Freedom of Information request - International Fire Engineering Guidelines - Variation minimisation
From: Ms Jensen <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: Freedom of Information <xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>

Dear Australian Building Codes Board,

Section 0.2.3.1, second paragraph, the following is stated

" The relationship between the acceptance criteria and the relevant Performance Requirements is often a matter of engineering judgement and therefore can vary between individual practitioners and from project to project. This variation can be minimised by the involvement of all stakeholders in the setting of the acceptance criteria that will also form an important part of the fire engineering brief described in Part 1."

Please provide the following information

1. The legal references (statues, common law, etc) that the ABCB consulted before endorsing the IFEG, which show that acceptance criteria and relevant performance criteria is a matter of engineering judgement, and not a matter of what is required by the relevant laws of any Australian state or territory to comply with Performance Criteria.

2. The references to the research that the ABCB consulted before endorsing the IFEG, which shows that variation of engineering judgement between individual practitioners can be minimised by the involvement of all stakeholders in the setting of the acceptance criteria.

Yours faithfully,

Ms Jensen

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