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Bushfire standard compliant steel roofing system testing recently completed
Homeowners planning to build on allotments that have been assessed as BAL-FZ under the new Australian residential Bushfire Standard areas can now choose a compliant steel roofing system after recently completed independent research and testing.
The research will allow several systems, based around roofing made from COLORBOND® steel, roof battens made from TRUECORE® steel or timber, fire-resistant insulating board or plywood and timber trusses to be certified as meeting the stringent requirements of Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) FZ zone under the new residential Bushfire Standard, AS3959-2009.
Details of these compliant systems will soon be available on this website. For those interested in receiving an emailed copy of the system detail, become a member of our website, add yourself to the BushFire Design Updates subscription group and this information will be sent to you as soon as it becomes available. If you already are a member, please log-in, click onto the link to modify your details then just add yourself to the BushFire Design Updates subscription group.
The development of these complying steel roof systems was jointly funded by BlueScope Steel Limited, Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited and Promat Australia Pty Ltd, and involved a cooperative approach to overcome the significant challenges associated with the design of construction systems that meet the performance requirements of the most extreme BAL zone.
Further research and testing continues beyond this initial result, with the objective of refining and expanding the range of BAL-FZ compliant solutions available.
For further information regarding the use of BlueScope Steel’s products in the design of buildings located in bushfire zoned areas, please contact Gary MacMillan 03 9586 2291
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