<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry xmlns:qxa="urn:schemas-quark-com:xmlauthor" xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_0fef5840-248c-427a-8e47-85b3203bf0ba" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_a93eefb4-fa3a-44fb-b948-b2cd3bba97b5">Building complexity criteria</glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p>Are used to determine the building complexity level of all or part of a building in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/6524_0.7.0.xml#_6bcb5000-6a89-4b08-b8c0-29e79cb105d2" id="_91dbd3fc-713d-4ce0-bce3-12872e1854a5" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="table-reference">Table 2</xref>, where building complexity criteria are as follows:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_384133eb-bb1e-4192-a268-f1a1ef385ae4">Attributes — the building is designed or constructed with any of the following sub-criteria: <ol><li>An <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1252_2.0.0.xml#_cd986c21-bc64-43a9-954d-86e35d335b74" id="_b5a3cd4e-fbe9-40b1-bf62-7334951bca42" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">effective height</xref> of more than 25 m.</li><li>One or more <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1396_4.0.0.xml#_e3f95f1d-e1cc-4ab3-961d-c99a213a1de3" id="_c78c708a-2550-472b-bde6-26a1f06a7d7e" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">Performance Solutions</xref> are used to demonstrate compliance with the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1395_4.0.0.xml#_f7304862-3529-49d7-9f62-352bcbcb6294" id="_e92d422e-32a5-4aaf-b27e-2c5128d10cdc" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">Performance Requirements</xref> relating to material and systems for structural safety.</li><li>One or more <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1396_4.0.0.xml#_e3f95f1d-e1cc-4ab3-961d-c99a213a1de3" id="_80a63a53-71eb-4ede-8ca1-6b9fe587ef94" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">Performance Solutions</xref> are used to demonstrate compliance with the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1395_4.0.0.xml#_f7304862-3529-49d7-9f62-352bcbcb6294" id="_20b77da8-8cd2-41e9-b007-f94ef4be458a" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">Performance Requirements</xref> relating to material and systems for fire safety.</li><li>Is located in an area prone to natural disaster or adverse environmental conditions.</li></ol></li><li id="_7e8b884b-9236-4040-8840-1c9b87fcf327">Class 2 — all or part of the building is Class 2 of three or more <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1483_25.0.0.xml#_53ff3ea1-55e7-4f2a-b2b3-ca445ff64c15" id="_c64315d6-a475-4991-b712-e3f62749434d" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">storeys</xref>.</li><li id="_67ce7afd-f5f7-4e60-a031-383aa03a59e4">Occupant numbers — the building is to be occupied by more than 100 people determined in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="qpp://assets/1591#_28daca1c-ddcf-48d5-8f4c-607750649af0" id="_4bc2b05b-a5af-41f4-b758-7f51599d54b5" publishing-id="vol1" referencetype="Text" scope="external" synctargettext="false" type="ncc-clause">D2D18</xref>.</li><li id="_b2349bbc-0724-4aea-bb5d-df1996f50ca8">Occupant characteristics — the building is to be occupied by more than 10 people who will require assistance to evacuate the building in an emergency.</li><li id="_2866a08e-3b12-41ca-9a14-af0e33fe0dca">Importance Level — the building is determined to be Importance Level 4 or 5.</li></ol><callout id="_8b0bdb69-ef34-4f17-8510-dd7aad6af1cb"><callout-type ncc-info-type="notes"/><p>The NCC currently does not include corresponding technical requirements relating to the defined term ‘building complexity criteria’ and the various building complexity levels. It is intended that these terms will be integrated into future editions of the NCC.</p></callout><table-reference author="Kieran O'Donnell" conref="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/6524_0.7.0.xml" dateTime="2021-09-10T10:24:15" graph="None" id="_6bcb5000-6a89-4b08-b8c0-29e79cb105d2" type="insert"><num/><title id="_7c9a24c6-b004-4468-8efc-b6c1b33ac0c4"/></table-reference></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>