Category: Australian Standards
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSAS1428 SERIES — 2009 EDITION
Download the pdf here. Covers toilets bath rooms, stairs, ramps, sliding doors with focus on disablity requirements.
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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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Safety Standards in Building Design – Key Requirements for Barriers, Handrails, and Fall Prevention
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. 1. Barriers to Prevent Falls (Section 11.3.3) Australian Standard AS 1428.1. 2. Barrier Construction Standards (Section 11.3.4) 3. Handrail Requirements (Section 11.3.5) This guide emphasizes key elements in…
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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…
