1. State of the Building Code Awareness & Enforcement
Presented by: Stephen Hallacy
CIC Conference June 2019

2. Fiji Building Code

3. Home Building Manual 1990

4. FBC – TRACING ITS ROOTS
1885 SUVA MEDICAL SCHOOL PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES 1900’S CUMMING ST. FIRE 1922 FIJI CYCLONE 1952 SUVA EARTHQUAKE 1953 CYLCONES INCREASING INTENSITY

5. General Post Office Suva 1935
Public Health Act 1935

6. Public Health Act 1935 Ministry of Health
Divided Fiji into Urban and Rural Sanitary Districts
Created the Central Board of Health
Established Local Authorities
Sec. 140 – Fijian Villages exempt

7. KEY SECTIONS
WATER SUPPLY DRAINAGE SEWAGE DISPOSAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOOD HANDLING

9. POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT
DUTY TO INSPECT & ABATE NUISANCES and THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH
EMPOWERED TO ENTER PREMISES, BUSINESSES & SHIPS
EMPOWERED TO ISOLATE & CAUSE TREATMENT OF INFECTED PERSONS
ORDER REPAIR, CLOSING AND DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS
SUPPORTED BY THE FIJI POLICE

10. Local Government Act 1972
TOWN CLERK
HEALTH INSPECTOR
BUILDING SURVEYOR

11. BUILDING INSPECTION – REGULATION PHA 11,125
“IT SHALL BE A CONDITION OF EVERY PERMIT ISSUED…THE BUILDING SURVEYOR SHALL BE ENTITLED AT ALL TIME DURING DAY OF WHILE WORK IS BEING DONE….TO ENTER THE PREMISES AND INSPECT THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE WORK.”

12. CYCLONES IN FIJI
BEBE 1972 CAT 3 $20M MELI 1979 CAT 3 SEVERE OSCAR 1983 CAT 4 $140M YASI 2011 CAT 5 $2.5B PAM 2014 CAT 5 $360M WINSTON 2016 CAT 5 $1.4B GITA 2018 CAT 5 $225M

13. TODAY’S BUILDING CODE

14. WRITING A BUILDING CODE
UNDERWRITERS ASSOCIATION OF FIJI
FIJI BUILDING STANDARDS COMMITTEE
PACIFIC BUILDING STANDARDS PROJECT
ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, FIRE, INSURERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AIDAB FUNDING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

15. NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF FIJI
PUBLISHED 1990
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
DEEMED-TO SATISFY PROVISIONS
STRUCTURE, FIRE, ACCESS, VENTILATION, LIFTS & SOME ASPECTS OF HEALTH AND AMENITIES
CONTROLLED BY APPROVAL AUTHORITES
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

16. ENABLING LEGISLATION? PLAN SUBMISSION & APPROVAL
ISSUE OF BUILDING PERMITS
FEES & CHARGES
INSPECTIONS
ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS
CERTIFICATION OF WORK AND MATERIALS
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY

17. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2004 FBC BECOMES LAW DECEMBER 2004
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
ENFORCED / ADMINISTERED BY MUNICAPAL, TOWN AND RURAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES

18. MANDATORY INSPECTIONS
SECTION 51:
EXCAVATION FOR FOOTINGS, SUPPORTS, COLUMNS & PIERS
PRIOR TO COVERING DRAIN OR ANY FOUNDATION

19. PENALTIES
$ FINE UPON CONVICTION
$4.00 PER DAY FOR NON- COMPLIANCE AFTER CONVICTION

20. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2018
EFFECTIVE 1ST AUGUST 2018
RURAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES TRANSFERRED TO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS

22. HOW WILL THIS WORK FOR SOME?
ROTUMA to LABASA
KADAVU to SUVA
TAVEUNI to SAVUSAVU
NAVUA to LAMI

23. BUILDING INSPECTORS TRANSITION FROM HEALTH INSPECTOR
COMBINED TECHNICAL & LEGAL TRAINING
CERTIFICATION
CAREER PATH
UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT

24. FIJI HOME BUILDING MANUAL
REMAINS AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT
RAISE AWARENESS OF SOUND PRACTICE
PUBLISH VERNACULAR VERSIONS
TECHNICAL COLLEGES CURRICULUM
TRANSITION FOR EXEMPT / RURAL AREAS

25. THANK YOU
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS?