Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility - PRIF

✨ At the recent PRIF webinar on national building codes and the Vanuatu NBC, PRIF introduced a new NBC Guidance Note Series designed to support Pacific countries in strengthening their national building codes.

🏗️ The series aims to improve implementation and enforcement, and to promote the efficient, effective application of design and construction standards across the Pacific.
Download the NBC guides here:

🌍 WASH - https://www.theprif.org/document/regional/building-codes-and-standards/nbc-guidance-note-series-on-site-waste-management

🏢 NBC promotion - https://www.theprif.org/document/regional/building-codes-and-standards/nbc-guidance-note-series-strategies-for-promoting

🔥 Building acts and regulation - https://www.theprif.org/document/regional/building-codes-and-standards/nbc-guidance-note-series-building-acts-regulations

🚨 Fire safety - https://www.theprif.org/document/regional/building-codes-and-standards/nbc-guidance-note-series-fire-safety-components

🧯 Electrical Standards https://www.theprif.org/document/regional/building-codes-and-standards/nbc-guidance-note-series-electrical-standards

If you missed out on the NBC webinar you can watch it here: https://www.theprif.org/community-of-practice/27th-prif-community-practice-pacific-national-building-code-technical

🌏⚓ Ports in Focus in Suva!
On Thursday, 28 May 2026, PRIF was delighted to host PIANC (The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure) at the ADB Subregional Office in Suva, Fiji 🇫🇯.

🚢 Key highlights:
* Akanete Vatanitawake of Fiji Ports showcased Fiji’s exciting ports project pipeline
* Lute Mundia (Samoa Ports Authority) shared progress on the Apia breakwater construction 🇼🇸
* Tomasi Sauqaqa (Fiji Ports CIO) and Justin Cross provided a sneak peek into the upcoming Guidance for Ports in Small Island States 📘🏝️

A great exchange of insights driving stronger, more resilient port infrastructure across the Pacific! 💬

ADB in the Pacific,