Buildings and measures: frequencies, due and overdue, NCC classes
Who this is for: the office person setting up sites in Pump House.
A measure is a fire safety item or feature at a building that must be serviced on a schedule: fire extinguishers, exit and emergency lights, fire doors, hydrants, sprinklers, a pump set. AS1851 is the Australian Standard for the routine servicing of fire protection systems and equipment. It sets out how often each measure is serviced and what each service involves. Pump House has a built-in catalogue of measures based on AS1851, each with its standard service frequency already attached, so you tick what the building has rather than typing it in.
Adding a building
- Open Buildings, choose new building.
- Enter the building name and street address (state, suburb, postcode).
- Tick its NCC classes (explained below), and fill in levels and construction year if you know them.
- Add the building contact: their name, whether they are the owner, manager, tenant or caretaker, and their phone and email.
- Save. The building gets its own page with tabs: overview, measures, assets, documents, jobs and history.
NCC classes in plain words
The NCC (National Construction Code) groups buildings by what they are used for. The form spells each class out next to its number, for example: class 2 is an apartment building, class 3 is long-stay accommodation, class 5 is an office building, class 6 is a shop, class 7a is a carpark, class 9a is a health care building, class 9b is an assembly building, class 9c is residential care. Tick every class that applies: a mixed-use building often has more than one.
Setting up measures
- Open the building's measures tab.
- Tick the measures the building has ("Tick the measures you want scheduled for this building") and attach them.
- Each measure carries a service frequency: monthly, quarterly, six-monthly or annually. The catalogue default follows the standard. You can override the frequency on a measure if this site is contracted differently.
Get the measure list complete at the start. A missing measure is a missing inspection later.
What due and overdue mean
Each measure on a building carries a next due date. The date is set when you attach the measure, and it moves forward by the measure's frequency when an inspection job that covered it is finalised. While a measure is inside its window it shows green. When the due date passes without a completed service, it is overdue: it shows red and appears in the overdue strip on the dashboard. The building's overall compliance status rolls up from its measures.
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last checked 2026-07-07