AS 1428.1-2001

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1 - AS 1428.1-2001 DESIGN FOR ACCESSS AND MOBILITY - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESS-NEW BUILDING WORK
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
8 - 1 SCOPE
8 - 2 APPLICATION
8 - 2.1 Building Code of Australia
8 - 2.2 General
9 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
9 - 4 DEFINITIONS
9 - 4.1 Angle of approach
10 - 4.2 Braille
10 - 4.3 Circulation space
10 - 4.4 Continuous accessible path of travel (accessway)
10 - 4.5 Grabrail
10 - 4.6 Handrail
10 - 4.7 Kerb
10 - 4.8 Kerb ramp
10 - 4.9 Landing
10 - 4.10 Luminance contrast
10 - 4.11 Ramp
10 - 4.12 Step ramp
10 - 4.13 Tactile ground surface indicators (TGSIs)
10 - 4.14 Tactile signs
11 - 4.15 Walkway
11 - 5 WALKWAYS, RAMPS AND LANDINGS
11 - 5.1 General
11 - 5.1.1 Circulation space
11 - 5.1.2 Continuous path of travel
11 - 5.2 Walkways
12 - 5.3 Ramps
12 - 5.4 Angles of approach for walkways, ramps and landings
12 - 5.5 Curved ramps and walkways
14 - 5.6 Camber and crossfall in ramps and walkways
15 - 5.7 Landings
15 - 5.8 Kerb ramps and step ramps
15 - 5.8.1 Location
15 - 5.8.2 Profile
15 - 5.8.3 Finishes
18 - 6 HANDRAILS AND GRABRAILS
18 - 6.1 Handrails
18 - 6.2 Grabrails
19 - 7 DOORWAYS, DOORS AND CIRCULATION SPACE AT DOORWAYS
19 - 7.1 Provision of entrances
21 - 7.2 Clear opening of doorways
21 - 7.3 Circulation spaces at doorways on a continuous accessible path of travel
21 - 7.3.1 Swinging doors
25 - 7.3.2 Sliding doors
25 - 7.3.3 Automatic doors
25 - 7.4 Distance between doorways in passages
26 - 7.5 Glazing
26 - 7.5.1 General
26 - 7.5.2 Glazed viewing panels
26 - 7.6 Door controls
26 - 8 LIFTS
27 - 9 STAIRWAYS
27 - 9.1 Stair construction
27 - 9.2 Stairway handrails
28 - 10 SANITARY FACILITIES
28 - 10.1 General information
29 - 10.2 Accessible unisex sanitary facilities
29 - 10.2.1 General
29 - 10.2.2 WC pan
29 - 10.2.3 WC pan clearances
29 - 10.2.4 Cistern
29 - 10.2.5 Seat
29 - 10.2.6 Flushing control
29 - 10.2.7 Toilet paper dispenser
29 - 10.2.8 Grabrails
30 - 10.2.9 Circulation space in WCs
30 - 10.2.10 WC doors
31 - 10.3 Washbasins
36 - 10.4 Sanitary facility fixtures and fittings
36 - 10.4.1 Mirrors
36 - 10.4.2 Shelves
36 - 10.4.3 Soap dispensers, towel dispensers and the like
37 - 10.4.4 Clothes-hanging devices
37 - 10.4.5 Shredder disposal units and sanitary incinerators
37 - 10.4.6 Switches and general purpose outlets
37 - 10.5 Showers
37 - 10.5.1 General
37 - 10.5.2 Floor and waste outlet
37 - 10.5.3 Opening shower screens
38 - 10.5.4 Grabrails
38 - 10.5.5 Shower head support grabrail
38 - 10.5.6 Shower head
38 - 10.5.7 Soap holder
38 - 10.5.8 Taps
38 - 10.5.9 Folding seat
38 - 10.6 Combined sanitary facilities
39 - 10.7 Sanitary facilities for children and adolescents
39 - 10.8 Sanitary facilities for people with ambulant disabilities
47 - 10.9 Identification of sanitary facilities
47 - 11 CONTROLS
47 - 11.1 Door handles and hardware
47 - 11.1.1 Design and performance
48 - 111.2 Location
48 - 11.2 Switches and general purpose outlets (power points)
48 - 11.3 Water taps
49 - 12 SURFACE ON A CONTINUOUS ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL
50 - 13 CAR PARKING FACILITIES
50 - 14 SIGNS INDICATING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
50 - 14.1 Use of international symbol
50 - 14.2 International symbol
50 - 14.3 International symbol for deafness
52 - 14.4 Form of signs
52 - 14.5 Signs
52 - 14.5.1 Location of signs
53 - 15 SEATING IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
53 - 15.1 Auditorium
54 - 15.2 Surfaces
54 - 15.3 Spatial requirements
54 - 16 HEARING AUGMENTATION LISTENING SYSTEMS
54 - 17 LIGHTING
54 - 17.1 Interior lighting-Safe movement
54 - 17.2 Lighting for people with hearing impairment
59 - APPENDIX A - EXAMPLES OF KERBS
61 - APPENDIX B - ANGLES OF APPROACH FOR WALKWAYS, RAMPS AND LANDINGS
62 - APPENDIX C - CIRCULATION SPACES AT DOORWAYS ON A CONTINUOUS ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL
66 - APPENDIX D - LUMINANCE CONTRAST
67 - APPENDIX E - EXAMPLE OF SHOWER RECESS AND CIRCULATION SPACE FOR THREE-SIDED SHOWER ENCLOSURES

Specifies design requirements applicable to new building work, including public and commercial, to provide access for people with disabilities. Attention is given to the needs of people who use wheelchairs, people with ambulatory disabilities and sensory disabilities, to permit independent use of buildings.

This Standard specifies the design requirements applicable to new building work, excluding work to private residences, to provide access for people with disabilities. Particular attention is given to accessways and circulation spaces and consistent linkages suitable for use by people who use wheelchairs, and access and facilities for people with ambulatory disabilities and for people with sensory disabilities.NOTES: 1 This Standard does not include requirements for furniture and fitments used in the fitouts of such buildings (see Preface).2 Buildings that are purpose-built for people with disabilities should be designed with regard for the special need of the occupants of these buildings over and above the requirements of the BCA and this Part of the Standard.3 This Standard may also be applied for the provision of access to existing buildings.

First published as part of AS CA52.1-1968.
Revised and redesignated AS 1428-1977.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1428.1-1988.
Second edition 1993.
Third edition 1998.
Jointly revised and redesignated as AS 1428.1:2001.