1. 2019 UPDATES ON TRADE STANDARDS IN FIJI
Construction Industry Council Conference, GPH, Suva, Fiji
14th-15th June 2019
Presented by Warren Yee, BE (Mech) MFIE M.IPES MEngNZ M.AIRAH MIEAust M.ACES CPEng NER(MECH) APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus)
Managing Director , Irwin Alsop Pacific Limited, Building Services Consulting Engineers
Immediate Past President of the Fiji Institution of Engineers
Member of the Trade Standards Advisory Council, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Fiji
Chairperson, Fiji Building Standards Committee, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Fiji

2. MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY TRADE AND TOURISM
Role In Standards
To develop Standards that are supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in particular SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. This is to make cities and human settlement inclusive, safe , resilient and sustainable
The National Standards Body (NSB) under the Department of National Trade Measurement and Standards (DNTMS) has membership/affiliation of ISO, IEC, PASC, OIMC, APMP
MOU with Standards Australia allowing Australian Standards to be modified into Fiji Standards

3. OBJECTIVES
Promote understanding of importance of Fijian Building Standards and the FNBC
Propose Building Standards as per our country’s needs
Discuss issues pertaining to building Materials to ensure quality materials are imported and manufactured into the Fijian Market

4. RESPONSIBILITIES Preparing /reviewing the required Building Standards
Contributing technical expertise to national / international standardisation activities
Being impartial and broadly representing national interests and priorities
International and Fiji’s principle of transparency and consensus
Working towards alignment with existing International Standards wherever practical and relevant
Fully and impartially considering public comments on drafts

5. STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (11 MONTHS EST) STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT/REVIEW/ADOPTION
Follows International Best Practice 1. Preliminary Stage (1 month) 2. Proposal to TSAC and Publication Stage (2 months) 3. Preparatory Stage (1 month) 4. Committee Stage (1 month) 5. Enquiry Stage (3 months) 6. Approval Stage (1 month) 7. Publication Stage (2 months)

6. FIJI STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
Latest versions and / or amendments review
Recommendations generally as adopt latest revisions, adopt latest revisions with amendments, adopt amendments if there is a market need
Status of reviews

7. APPROVED BUILDING STANDARDS
FS AS/NZS Performance of household electrical appliances – Refrigerating appliances – energy consumption and performance

8. APPROVED BUILDING STANDARDS
FS AS /NZS Performance of household electrical appliances – Refrigerating appliances – energy labelling and minimum energy standard

9. APPROVED BUILDING STANDARDS
FS 4:1998 Steel bars for the reinforcing of concrete – covers the requirements for plain and deformed round steel bars for reinforcement of concrete with two grades Grade 300 and Grade defined (text adopted from NZS 3402:1989)

10. APPROVED BUILDING STANDARDS
FJS 2334:1998 Steel Nails – Metric Series (Text of AS Steel Nails – Metric Series has been adopted with modification)

11. APPROVED BUILDING STANDARDS
FS Roof Sarking Foil Pliable building membranes and underlays Part 1 : Requirements (adapted primarily from AS/NZS 4201:1994 Part 1-6 Pliable Membranes and Underlays Method of Tests)

12. APPROVED BUILDING STANDARDS
FS AS 1562:1998 (Adopted from AS 1562 :1992 Sheet Roof and Wall Clad Materials with amendments

13. BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
Addition of Energy Efficiency Section into the FNBC
ISO 50001:2018 Standard for Energy Management Systems

14. BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
Proposed New Standard AS 1397:2011 Continuous Hot Dip Metallic Coated Steel and Strip Coating of Zinc and Zinc Alloyed With Aluminium and Magnesium as FS

15. BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
Proposed New Standard AS 4055: 2012 Wind Loads For Housing as FS

16. BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
the proposed addition of FJ to the NZS sections of AS/NZS to strengthen compliance for reinforcing steel requirements

17. BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
adaptation of the latest revisions of AS/NZS 1170:2011 Structural Design Actions

18. BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
Importation of Steel Imports- ICF Structural Engineers have agreed to adopt as a code of good practice the use of the Australian Steel Institute ASI Technical Note TN 005V3 as a basis for the assessment of Structural Steel

19. OTHER BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
PRIF Regional diagnostic study of constraints in the application of Building Codes in the Pacific

20. OTHER BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
World Bank Resilience Team managed ACP-EU – Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program through the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery
funded construction guidelines for better building resilience for low cost homes

21. OTHER BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
A look at how Standards used by key Industries could be formalised into Fiji Standards to then allow the Industries be the regulators

22. OTHER BUILDING STANDARDS WORK IN PROGRESS
Special technical interest groups requesting the adoption of standards

23. LIST OF FJS STANDARDS
to view the list of standards

24. Contact: Warren Yee
Information sources
Ministry of Trade Industry and Tourism