Supporting documentation for use of timber wall linings in crowd ocupancies
Geoff Merryweather made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
The request was successful.
From: Geoff Merryweather
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
With regard to
Determination 2015/010 (wall surface linings for a school hall)
Determination 2015/022 (surface linings at a function centre)
MBIE FAQ item: https://www.building.govt.nz/building-co...
Can you please provide the supporting documentation, calculations, reports or correspondence between the parties regarding the acceptance of wall linings with a higher group number than the Building Code allows (eg timber linings as group 3 instead of the required group 2s)
This may include (for example) the calculations or reports looking at tenability in the space as a result of the wall linings, or any discussions on the effect of these linings on the space and occupant safety and the Building Code compliance and how the limitations required for acceptance of a waiver were derived.
Yours faithfully,
Geoff Merryweather
From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: DOIA 1617-0761
Dear Mr Merryweather
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 17 December 2016 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
With regard to Determination 2015/010 (wall surface linings for a school
hall) Determination 2015/022 (surface linings at a function centre) MBIE
FAQ item:
[1]https://www.building.govt.nz/building-co...
Can you please provide the supporting documentation, calculations, reports
or correspondence between the parties regarding the acceptance of wall
linings with a higher group number than the Building Code allows (eg
timber linings as group 3 instead of the required group 2s)
This may include (for example) the calculations or reports looking at
tenability in the space as a result of the wall linings, or any
discussions on the effect of these linings on the space and occupant
safety and the Building Code compliance and how the limitations required
for acceptance of a waiver were derived.
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Yours sincerely,
Alan Witcombe
MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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From: Market.Services.OC
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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From: Geoff Merryweather
Dear Market.Services.OC,
Thank you for the information.
The file: "1617 0761 Geoff Merryweather material 2015 010 Redacted rsf.pdf" seems to be corrupted and can't be opened. Can you resend or re upload?
Yours sincerely,
Geoff Merryweather
From: Emma Drysdale
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Mr Merryweather –
Further to your email to our Market Services team (reproduced below), I
have split the document into two parts to reduce the file size. I attach
the first part of this here, and will forward part 2 under separate cover.
If you still have issues opening this, please come back to me directly and
I will try a different approach.
Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.
Kind regards
Emma Drysdale
TEAM LEADER MINISTERIAL WRITING
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information
[1][email address] | Telephone: +64 (0)4 896 5732 | [mobile number]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Emma Drysdale
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Part 2 attached.
Emma Drysdale
TEAM LEADER MINISTERIAL WRITING
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information
[1][email address] | Telephone: +64 (0)4 896 5732 | [mobile number]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Emma Drysdale
Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2017 3:01 p.m.
To: '[FOI #5105 email]'
Subject: Response to DOIA 1617-0761 [IN-CONFIDENCE:RELEASE EXTERNAL]
Dear Mr Merryweather –
Further to your email to our Market Services team (reproduced below), I
have split the document into two parts to reduce the file size. I attach
the first part of this here, and will forward part 2 under separate cover.
If you still have issues opening this, please come back to me directly and
I will try a different approach.
Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.
Kind regards
Emma Drysdale
TEAM LEADER MINISTERIAL WRITING
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information
[3][email address] | Telephone: +64 (0)4 896 5732 | [mobile number]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Geoff Merryweather
Dear Emma Drysdale,
Thank you for the provided informaiton.
the email 4 May 2015 from Michael Belsham to Michelle Martin and John Gardner (draft determination 2713) states
"i have carried out a short C/VM2 assessment of the building. with the three doors provided and a maximum of 80 people, the RSET (Requried safe egress time) is calculated at 112 seconds"
Can I please have a copy of these calculations as per my original OIA request, including any hand calculations or B-Risk modelling and the like
Yours sincerely,
Geoff Merryweather
From: Emma Drysdale
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Good morning, Geoff -
Thank you for your follow-up request. I will pass this on to the person who handled the original request, and we will be in touch shortly.
Kind regards,
Emma
Emma Drysdale
TEAM LEADER MINISTERIAL WRITING
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information
[email address] | Telephone: +64 (0)4 896 5732 | [mobile number]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Market.Services.OC
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Good morning,
please find attached the additional information you requested in your
follow-up message to MBIE.
Yours sincerely,
Senior Ministerial Writer
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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