For decades in Australia, builders and engineers have not been subject to any regulated regime in the selection, design or installation of concrete fasteners and anchors.
Internationally, there have been a number of serious failures of concrete fastening and anchoring systems in construction. This has been due to inadequate selection, design and/or defective installation.
As a response, from 2016 the Australian National Construction Code (NCC) requires job specific tailored engineered concrete fixings/anchors for use with concrete construction.
It is no longer a “buy whatever fasteners are the cheapest without reference to a performance criteria” situation. The NCC is now obligatory and failure to obey may result in prosecutions, significant damages claims and death and/or serious injury. (…)
via Concrete Fasteners “Safety Critical” Compliance – It’s Now Law.