This Guide applies to mid-rise NCC Class 9a and Class 9c healthcare buildings or parts of buildings that are to be constructed using fire-protected timber in accordance with the DTS pathway.
The NCC defines a healthcare building as a building whose occupants or patients are undergoing medical treatment and generally need physical assistance to evacuate the building during an emergency and include:
- a public or private hospital
- a nursing home or similar facility for sick or disabled persons needing full-time care
- a clinic, day surgery or procedure unit where the effects of the predominant treatment administered involve patients becoming non-ambulatory and requiring supervised medical care on the premises for some time after the treatment.
Healthcare buildings can be classified under the NCC as Class 9a, Class 9c or Class 3.
Class 9a – A building that is a healthcare building including any parts of the building set aside as laboratories and may include a healthcare building used as a residential care building (e.g. a hospital).
Class 9c – A building that is a residential care building.
Mid-rise Timber Buildings Healthcare Class 9a and 9c
This Guide applies to mid-rise NCC Class 9a and Class 9c healthcare buildings or parts of buildings that are to be constructed using fire-protected timber in accordance with the DTS pathway.
The NCC defines a healthcare building as a building whose occupants or patients are undergoing medical treatment and generally need physical assistance to evacuate the building during an emergency and include:
- a public or private hospital
- a nursing home or similar facility for sick or disabled persons needing full-time care
- a clinic, day surgery or procedure unit where the effects of the predominant treatment administered involve patients becoming non-ambulatory and requiring supervised medical care on the premises for some time after the treatment.
Healthcare buildings can be classified under the NCC as Class 9a, Class 9c or Class 3.
Class 9a – A building that is a healthcare building including any parts of the building set aside as laboratories and may include a healthcare building used as a residential care building (e.g. a hospital).
Class 9c – A building that is a residential care building.