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Accessing the Building Code of Australia

The Building Code of Australia (BCA) provides essential technical regulations for building design and construction across Australia. Current students and staff of the University of Ballarat can access the BCA online through the library website or databases. It covers topics such as structure, fire resistance, health and amenity, access and egress requirements. Users can search or browse the BCA volumes and standards, view bulletins, and access archives of past BCA versions. Sections can be printed or copied into Word. Logging out is required after use to make the resource available to others.

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Accessing the Building Code of Australia

The Building Code of Australia (BCA) provides essential technical regulations for building design and construction across Australia. Current students and staff of the University of Ballarat can access the BCA online through the library website or databases. It covers topics such as structure, fire resistance, health and amenity, access and egress requirements. Users can search or browse the BCA volumes and standards, view bulletins, and access archives of past BCA versions. Sections can be printed or copied into Word. Logging out is required after use to make the resource available to others.

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  • Introduction and Access to BCA: Provides an overview of the Building Code of Australia, including instructions on how to access the BCA online via the University library resources.
  • Additional Information and Resources: Covers additional topics such as bulletins, archives, printing instructions, and contact information for accessing the BCA and related materials.

Building Code of Australia (BCA)

Getting started

About the Building Code of Australia (BCA)


Current staff and students of the University of Ballarat can access the BCA online. The BCA provides essential technical regulations for the design and construction of buildings, and establishes a uniform approach to building regulation across Australia. It covers topics such as structure, fire resistance, health and amenity, building access and egress, and building services and equipment. From this resource you can also access online all of the Australian Standards that are referred to in the BCA.

Accessing the BCA


Go to the UB Library website at www.ballarat.edu.au/library. You have two options: Click the Find journals and databases tab and scroll down to the alphabet links. Open the Access Library Resources menu and click Search for individual databases. Click the B link and find Building Code of Australia in the list. The BCA is a resource that requires a log in; to access the login details click the corresponding information icon and note them down. To go to the BCA, click the title link and it will open in a separate browser window. Only one user can be logged on to the BCA at any one time; if it is in use you may need to wait to use it.

Using the BCA


Search the BCA This is the default screen and you can search across either or both of the BCA Volumes or related Australian Standards or BCA bulletins. Search results will display the relevant volume and page heading; click the page heading to view the document. To get back to a list search results, click on the Search Results icon in the grey toolbar at the bottom of the page. Browse the BCA Use the drop down heading next to Current BCA to browse the indexes of the individual volumes and link to relevant sections from there.Volume One relates mainly to Class 2 to 9 buildings and Volume Two relates mainly to Class 1 and 10 buildings (Housing Provisions).

Bulletins The Bulletins tab takes you to the list of Australian Building Regulation Bulletins which you can then view. The Bulletin is published twice a year and is a techncial industry magazine which focuses on BCA related issues and includes technical papers, expert opinions and feature articles. Archives The Archives tab lists previous versions of the BCA which can also be viewed.

Printing from the BCA


Theres a couple of options for printing from the BCA. If you want to print several different sections, the second option might be useful, particularly as some pages dont have much text on them. Use the Print icon in the grey toolbar that appears at the bottom of the page. Highlight the section you want to print and then use the browsers Edit menu and Copy. Open a new Word document and use the Edit menu and Paste. Once you have copied and pasted all of the relevant sections to one Word document, print it through the File menu and Print. Alternatively, you can save the sections of the BCA you have copied into a Word document by using the File menu and Save As option.

Logging out
When you are finished using the BCA, click the Logout tab to make it available to other users. You will be automatically logged out if the resource has been idle for 20 minutes; you will need to log in again if you want to continue.

Further information
For further information about accessing or using the BCA, please email libinfo@ballarat.edu.au or contact the Information Desk at one of the campus libraries. Horsham Campus (03) 5362 2649 Mt Helen Campus (03) 5327 9594 SMB Campus (03) 5327 8484 Stawell Campus (03) 5358 7258

Published by the University of Ballarat Library (updated January 2010) L:\Library\Information Literacy\Publications\Handouts\Building Code of Australia.doc

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