Construction Standard Specifications

These specifications set out the Christchurch City Council technical requirements for the construction of land and asset developments undertaken both on behalf of Christchurch City Council or that are intended to be taken over or maintained by Christchurch City Council.

You can download the full set of specifications or individual sections. These documents are PDFs. You will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to view them.

• Full CSS Specifications (14,319KB)
• CSS Introduction (19KB)
• CSS Part 1 - General (1,630KB)
• CSS Part 2 - Earthworks (632KB)
• CSS Part 3 - Utility Drainage (4,280B)
• CSS Part 4 - Water Supply (1,255KB)
• CSS Part 5 - Lights (1,342KB)
• CSS Part 6 - Roads (4,135KB)
• CSS Part 7 - Landscapes (2,055KB)
• CSS Amend (58KB)

These online documents are kept up to date with amendments as they occur. The latest print issue of the document is 17 July. Above is the full amendment register, recording amendments carried out to the CSS since its publishing on 31/05/02. These amendments have been previously issued in versions 1 – 6.

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Download the full set of Christchurch City Council Standard Specifications (14,319KB)