Standards

Glide - Project Regulations and Standards

Like many businesses, Glide has to be licenced to operate a compliant and legal business. New Zealand has a very strict regulatory regime and while not exhaustive, below illustrates the level of Glide‘s compliance:

New Zealand Statutory Regulations and Codes of Practice

The Building Act 2004
The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and associated Regulations;
Health and Safety at Work Act 2017 including the specific requirements for Hazardous Substances
New Zealand Building Code;
OSH Codes of Practice;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Local Body Requirements – Permits & Consents, Noise Restrictions, Clean Air Standards;
Structural Design Codes;
Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010
Land Transport Act 1998

Quality Systems

AS/NZS ISO9001:2015 Quality Management Systems;
AS 4024.1-2006 Series: Safety of Machinery;
AS 1345-1995 Identification of the contents of pipes, conduits and ducts;

Health and Safety

AS/NZS ISO45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
Employment Relations Act 2000

Environmental Management

AS/NZS ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems

Facilities and Buildings

New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZNSE) Report entitled "Seismic Design of Storage Tanks 2008;
New Zealand Electrical Codes of Practice or AS/NZS 3000:2007, where this supersedes the Codes;
NZS 4219, 2009: Specification for Seismic Resistance of Engineering Systems in Buildings;
NZS/AS 1657, 2013: Fixed Platforms, Walkways, Stairways and Ladders – Design, Construction and Installation.

Utilities

AS/NZS 3017:2001 Electricity Installations – Testing Guidelines;
AS/NZS 61000 Series: Electromagnetic Compatibility;
Electricity Act 1992 and Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010;
Department of Labour requirements for pressure piping;
Fire Systems – Relevant NZ standards (or Australian, BS, or ISO standards where NZ standards do not exist);
AS 4041-2006: Pressure Piping;
BS31.1: Steel conduit and fittings for electrical wiring;
AS/NZS 3000 Set: Wiring Rules – installation and verification;
AS/NZS 3439 Low Voltage Switchgear and control gear assemblies – Type-tested and partially type-tested assemblies
AS/NZS 3008.1.2:2017 Electrical installations
AS/NZS 60079 Explosive atmospheres series

Process

AS/NZS 1554.1: Welding of Steel Structures;
BS 5970, 1992: Code of Practice for Thermal Insulation of Pipework and Equipment;
AS/NZS 1359.5 Rotating Electrical machines – general requirements;
AS 4100- 1998: Steel Structures;
NZS 3404 Steel Structures Standard\The New Zealand Approved Code of Practice – The design, safe operation, maintenance, and servicing of boilers.
AS 2593 Boilers-unattended and limited attendance.
AS 1271 Safety valves, other valves, liquid level gauges and other fittings for boilers and unfired pressure vessels

Pressure Equipment and Piping

New Zealand Pressure Equipment, Cranes and Passenger Ropeways Regulations 1999 (PECPR);
HSWA – Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulation 2017
AS/NZS 60079.14:2017 Explosive Atmospheres – Part 14 – Design, selection, erection and initial inspection, including compliance and verification or equipment to IECex.
Approved Code of Practice for the Design, Safe Operation, Maintenance and Services of Boilers and amendments (NZ Boiler Code)
AS 3920.1-1993 Assurance of Product Quality – Pressure Equipment Manufacture;
AS/NZS 1200:2015 – Pressure Equipment
ASME B31.1; Power Piping;
BS 4076: 1989 Specification for Steel Chimneys;
AS/NZS 1554.1: Welding of Steel Structures;
AS 3873 Pressure equipment - Operation and maintenance
AS 3892 Pressure equipment - Installation
AS 4343 Pressure equipment – Hazard levels
AS 4458 Pressure equipment - Manufacture
ASME B31.3 Code for pressure piping
New Zealand Society for Earthquake engineering Seismic Design of Storage Tanks 2009
AS4426: Thermal insulation of Pipework, Ductwork and equipment.
IPENZ Practice Note 19 Seismic resistance of pressure equipment

New Zealand standards (and endorsed international standards) include:

AS / NZS 1170 Structural design actions series
NZS 1170.5 Structural design actions - Part 5: Earthquake actions - New Zealand