1.1.1 This document sets out the installation, design and restraining requirements for engineering systems in buildings. Each system is dealt with separately as listed in the table of contents.
1.1.2 Individual items of equipment exceeding 20% of the total deadweight of the floor on which it is located, or individual items of equipment exceeding 10% of the total deadweight of the structure, shall be subject to a special study.
1.1.3 Seismic requirements for the design and operation of lifts and the securing to the building structure of lift machinery, standby, and related equipment, are detailed in the Power Lift Rules 1980. These rules are issued by the Marine Division of the Ministry of Transport.
1.1.4 Equipment essential to the building operation shall be included even though not permanently fixed to the building, but portable equipment is excluded.
CI.1.4 The object of this subclause is to ensure that essential equipment such as that for life safety, fire fighting, and emergency lighting, is adequately protected. This will include attention to fixing ancillary equipment such as batteries or small fuel tanks.
NZS 4219:1983 history
2009NZS 4219:2009 Seismic performance of engineering systems in buildings (Reprinted: August 2015)
1983NZS 4219:1983 SEISMIC RESISTANCE OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS