Provides the basis for uniformity in methods of description and of drawing in relation to metric building practice. It includes sections on use of SI units; drawing practice (including examples of production drawings); anthropometric data (including tables of static body dimensions for children and adults, and a series of mannikin and dynamic space diagrams); internal spaces and circulation (e.g. corridor widths, service access, furniture for work spaces, cafeteria seating); ramps, slopes and stairs; external circulation (including basic dimensional data for different types of vehicles, garage dimensions, parking space requirements and arrangements, turning paths); design guidance (with some twenty pages of detail drawings); building environment (covering guidance with some twenty pages of detail drawings); building environment (covering heat loss, lighting, sound, air-conditioning and ventilation); the impact of new regulations and Standards; tables of units for use in design and construction; and conversion factors and tables. It also includes a four page listing of Australian metric Standards for application in the building industry.