1 - AS 1428.1-1993 DESIGN FOR ACCESS AND MOBILITY - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESS - BUILDINGS
4 - PREFACE
6 - CONTENTS
7 - FOREWORD
8 - 1 SCOPE
8 - 2 APPLICATION
8 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
9 - 4 DEFINITIONS
9 - 4.1 Angle of approach
9 - 4.2 Circulation space
9 - 4.3 Continuous accessible path of travel (accessway)
9 - 4.4 Grabrail
9 - 4.5 Handrail
9 - 4.6 Kerb
9 - 4.7 Kerb ramp
9 - 4.8 Landing
9 - 4.9 Ramp
9 - 4.10 Step ramp
9 - 4.11 Walkway
10 - 5 WALKWAYS, RAMPS AND LANDINGS
10 - 5.1 General
10 - 5.2 Walkways
10 - 5.3 Ramps
11 - 5.4 Angles of approach for walkways, ramps and landings
11 - 5.5 Curved ramps and walkways
13 - 5.6 Camber and crossfall in ramps and walkways
13 - 5.7 Landings
14 - 5.8 Kerb ramps and step ramps
14 - 5.8.1 Location
14 - 5.8.2 Profile
15 - 6 HANDRAILS AND GRABRAILS
15 - 6.1 Handrails
16 - 6.2 Grabrails
17 - 7 DOORWAYS, DOORS AND CIRCULATION SPACE AT DOORWAYS
17 - 7.1 Provision of entrances
18 - 7.2 Clear opening of doorways
19 - 7.3 Circulation spaces at doorways
19 - 7.3.1 Swinging doors
21 - 7.3.2 Sliding doors
21 - 7.3.2.1 Doors within a wall cavity
23 - 7.3.2.2 Surface-mounted doors
23 - 7.4 Distance between doorways in passages
24 - 7.5 Door glazing (including walls and sidelights)
24 - 7.5.1 General
24 - 7.5.2 Frameless or fully glazed doors
24 - 7.6 Door controls
24 - 8 LIFTS
24 - 9 STAIRWAYS
24 - 9.1 General
24 - 9.2 Stair geometry
25 - 9.3 Stairway handrails
26 - 10 SANITARY FACILITIES
26 - 10.1 General information
26 - 10.2 Water closets (WCs)
26 - 10.2.1 General
26 - 10.2.2 WC pan
26 - 10.2.3 WC pan clearances
26 - 10.2.4 Cistern
26 - 10.2.5 Seat
26 - 10.2.6 Flushing control
26 - 10.2.7 Toilet paper dispenser
26 - 10.2.8 Grabrails
27 - 10.2.9 Circulation space in WCs
27 - 10.2.10 Doors to WCs
27 - 10.3 Washbasins
33 - 10.4 Washroom fixtures and fittings
33 - 10.4.1 Mirrors
33 - 10.4.2 Shelves
33 - 10.4.3 Soap dispensers, towel dispensers and the like
33 - 10.4.4 Clothes-hanging devices
33 - 10.4.5 Shredder disposal units and sanitary incinerators
33 - 10.4.6 Switches and general purpose outlets
33 - 10.5 Showers
33 - 10.5.1 General
33 - 10.5.2 Opening shower screens
34 - 10.5.3 Grabrails
34 - 10.5.4 Shower head support grabrail
34 - 10.5.5 Shower head
34 - 10.5.6 Soap holder
34 - 10.5.7 Taps
34 - 10.5.8 Folding seat
34 - 10.5.9 Floor and waste outlet
34 - 10.6 Combined sanitary facilities
41 - 11 CONTROLS
41 - 11.1 Door handles and hardware
41 - 11.1.1 Design and performance
41 - 11.1.2 Location
41 - 11.2 Switches and general purpose outlets (power points)
42 - 11.3 Water taps
42 - 12 FLOOR SURFACES
43 - 13 CAR PARKING FACILITIES
43 - 14 SIGNS
43 - 14.1 Use of international symbol
43 - 14.2 Form of the international symbol
44 - 14.3 International symbol for deafness
45 - 14.4 Form of signs
45 - 15 SEATING IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
45 - 15.1 Location of wheelchair seating spaces
46 - 15.2 Surfaces
46 - 15.3 Special requirements
46 - 16 HEARING AUGMENTATION - LISTENING SYSTEMS
49 - APPENDIX A - EXAMPLES OF KERBS
51 - APPENDIX B - ANGLES OF APPROACH FOR WALKWAYS, RAMPS AND LANDINGS
52 - APPENDIX C - CIRCULATION SPACES AT DOORWAYS
57 - APPENDIX D - EXAMPLES OF COMBINED SANITARY FACILITIES USING MINIMUM SPACE

Sets out minimum requirements for elements of buildings and related facilities to permit access by persons with disabilities. A set of transparent overlays for each sanitary facility, together with its required circulation space, is provided.

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 contain 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.

Draft Amendment 2 See DR 97355 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. 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.