AMCA submission to Standards Development End-to-End Review

19 September 2025

Read AMCA's submission in response to the Standards Development End-to-End Review.

The Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors’ Association of Australia Limited (AMCA) welcomes the opportunity to lodge this submission in response to the Standards Development End-to-End Review.

AMCA represents the specialist mechanical services contractors who design, install, commission, and maintain the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems that keep Australia’s buildings safe, healthy, and productive.

Our submission acknowledges that the existing committee structure and governance arrangements are fundamentally sound and capable of delivering balanced, evidence-based outcomes. However, the central theme we highlight is the need to significantly improve turnaround times in drafting, review, and adoption. Lengthy delays between proposal, initiation, and publication place unnecessary costs on industry, create regulatory uncertainty, and slow the uptake of new technologies in critical areas such as fire safety, indoor air quality, and refrigeration.

We believe that with targeted reforms — particularly around faster adoption and adaptation of international standards, greater transparency of committee decision-making, better resourcing of drafting, and the use of digital tools to support publication and compliance — Standards Australia can deliver a system that is not only rigorous but also responsive to the needs of a rapidly evolving sector.

We would welcome the opportunity to meet with Standards Australia to discuss our submission in further detail and to provide additional industry perspectives or case studies that may assist the review. Thank you again for considering our input. We look forward to continuing to support this important work.