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AS/NZS 1170.3:2003
This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical Committee BD-006. General Design Requirements and Loading on Structures.Itand on behalf of the Council of Standards NewZealand on 13 December 2002.This Standard was published on 16 January 2003.
The following are represented on Committee BD-006:
Association of Consulting Engineers AustraliaAustralian Building Codes Board Australian Institute of SteelCement Concrete and Aggregate Australia-Cement Building Research Association of New ZealandConcrete Masonry Association of Australia LimitedHousing Industry Association Engineers AustraliaJames Cook University Institution of Professional Engineers New ZealandMaster Builders AustraliaNew Zealand Heavy Engineering Research Association Property council of AustraliaSteel Reinforcement Institute of Australia Timber Development AssociationUniversity of Canterbury New ZealandUniversity of Melbourne University of Newcastle
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RECONFIRMATIONNOTICE
Technical Committee BD-006 has reviewed the content of this publication and indetermined that the publication is still valid and does not require change. accordance with Standards Australia procedures for reconfirmation it has been
Certain documents referenced in the publication may have been amended since theversions of such documents as appropriate unless advised otherwise in thisReconfirmation Notice.
reconfirmation on 17 May 2016. Approved for reconfirmation in accordance with Standards Australia procedures for
Approved for reconfirmation in New Zealand on behalf of the Standards Council of New Zealand on 4 November 2016.
The following are represented on Technical Committee BD-006:
Australasian Wind Engineering SocietyAustralian Building Codes BoardCement Concrete &Aggregates Australia-Cement Australian Steel InstituteConcrete Masonry Association of AustraliaDepartment of Building and Housing (New Zealand Government) Engineers AustraliaForest and Wood Products AustraliaHousing Industry Association Institution of Professional Engineers New ZealandJames Cook UniversityNew Zealand Heavy Engineering Research Association Master Builders AustraliaProperty Council of AustraliaSwinburne University of Technology Steel Reinforcement Institute of AustraliaThe University of MelbourneUniversity of Canterbury New Zealand Think Brick AustraliaUniversity of Newcastle
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Australian/NewZealandStandard"
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Originated in Australia as AS 1170.3-1990. Originated in New Zealand as part of NZSS 95 Part IV:1939. Previous New Zealand edition NZS 4203:1992.AS 1170.31990 and NZS 4203:1992 jointly revised amalgamated and redesignated as AS/NZS 1170.3:2003.Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (Agril 2007).
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