3rd edition, amendment 6


Effective on 14 February 2014 until 30 May 2017

 

Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods (AS and VMs) were called compliance documents. Some still have the “compliance document” title but the AS or VMs they contain are valid and unaffected by the name change.

All of the Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods relating to E2 are contained in one document.

  • E2/VM1 provides calculations and tests for cladding systems, including junctions with windows, doors and other penetrations.  It provides for pitched, skillion and commercial/industrial roofing.
  • E2/AS1, the Acceptable Solution, gives design solutions for roofs, walls and penetrations to the external envelop for low-rise, timber-framed buildings.  E2/AS1 is aligned to the scope of buildings constructed to NZS 3604, the Standard referenced (with modifications) for Building Code clause B1 Structure. E2/AS1 can be used for walls and roofs, and NZS 3604 for structure.  
  • E2/AS2 provides a design solution for earth buildings.
  • E2/AS3 gives a design solution for concrete and concrete masonry buildings.

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