The WaterMark Certification Scheme is a mandatory scheme for plumbing and drainage products of a certain type.
Certification ensures products are fit for purpose and appropriately authorised for use in plumbing and drainage installations. The Australian Building Codes Board administers and manages the Scheme.
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This handbook provides guidance on how to use prefabricated, modular and associated modern methods of construction technologies safely, sustainably and in compliance with the NCC.
This document contains a list of plumbing and drainage products that are included in the WaterMark Certification Scheme. It also nominates the specification to which the products can be certified.
This report is a cost-benefit analysis of a series of options identified by Weir Legal & Consulting for the Building Product Assurance Framework (BPAF).
This report was commissioned to identify and explore regulatory options to progress the Building Product Assurance Framework (BPAF).
This report provides an overview of the proposed regulatory options for the progression of the Building Product Assurance Framework (BPAF).
This document contains a list of plumbing and drainage products that are excluded from the WaterMark Certification Scheme.
In June 2024, Building Ministers approved the ABCB Business Plan for 2024-2025.
Notice of Direction 2017/4.4 The intent of this notice is to provide direction on the eligibility of using 2 standards or specifications on one WaterMark licence.