Category: Australian Standards
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Ensuring Compliance with AS 1428.1 and BCA: Limiting Riser Openings to 125 mm in Commercial Staircases
If you would like me to assist with your project, please send an email to koshy@tek1.com.au with your project specifications. Kindly use ‘Raj’ as the subject header. When performing detailed engineering for commercial staircases and balustrades, it’s essential to ensure that all aspects comply with AS 1428.1 and the relevant provisions from the Building Code of Australia…
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CONCRETE WITH SPECIFICATION DIFFERENCE (N & S)
CONCRETE: (AS 1379 Specification and supply of concrete) A mixture of Cement, aggregates and water with or without the addition of chemical admixtures or other materials. Cement: (AS 3972 Portland or blended cement) A hydraulic binder composed of Portland or blended cement used alone or in combination with one or more supplementary cementitious materials. Concrete…
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Stair & Platforms – AS1428 & AS1657 – Online Training, Standards, Codes and Tests
Applicable stairs, and ladders require compliance to: AS1657 standards (by law in most Australian states – Victoria being the exception) – (sorry I can’t source the original copy here because it cost me $500) Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces How can you test whether you know the standard? Take…
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Using Moodle to train your staff on Stair Standards
Tek1 has set up an online training course to train our detailers on stair standards. We have found this as an effective way of testing Here is the URL. Please register your interest so that we can make it available to you. If there are enough interest, we could make this course self registering
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Connection Schedule – Read Loading conditions
Analyze load transfer before blindly applying connections. Here is a markup from the engineer, which is right. The load from the UB350 beam is not transferred to SC7. Hence 4 bolts not required.
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STAIR RISE AND GOING NCC 2016 -BUILDING CODE AUSTRALIA
As per NCC 2016 D2.13 (Page 183) following requirements have to be met for public and private stairs Public Stair ways, Riser – Max 190, Min 115 Going Max 355 Min 250 Quantity (2R+G) – Max 700 Min 550 Private Stairways Riser – Max 190, Min 115 Going Max 355 Min 240 Quantity (2R+G) – Max…
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An Example of a Non-compliant Stair-case: A Case Study (Australian Standards)
What happens if you don’t get it right? Have you ever fallen down a flight of stairs? I hope not! But from experience I can tell you that it’s not a very pleasant one. I slipped as I was walking down – I fell supine, hard, like a hammer on a nail, bang into the…
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Tek1 Courses – AS 1657 & AS 1428 (Australian Standards)
Experts in AS in Stairs/Handrails/Ladders We’ve done a lot of work on Australian Standards – both public and private access. We specialise in Steel Detailing – and have a special focus on stairs and ladders. Since we deal extensively in this area, we require all our staff to be thoroughly versed in the Standards. Consequently,…
