Stair safety, compliance, and regulations

25-Mar-2011 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Head clearance above a nosing line and width of flights
Simple questions like this crop up surprisingly often, causing architects, builders and designers to reach for the relevent code.
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25-Mar-2011 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Treads, nosings, and luminance contrast strips: some key AS 1428 guidelines
Australia has some of the strictest standards for stair design in the world, and it's worthwhile for every architect and designer to be aware of them.
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28-Sep-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Balustrade regulations 102
A key requirement for balustrades or barriers is that they should be constructed such that a person cannot fall over or through them.
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28-Sep-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Key regulations relating to stair configuration
Stairs should not have more than 18 risers in a flight of steps to ensure that people negotiate a limited number of steps before a landing is installed so they can rest.
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28-Sep-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Balustrade regulations 101
Balustrade is formally defined as a vertical up stand which protects users of a building next to a void edge or on the side of a stair.
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03-Aug-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations, Stairs 101 Standards and codes
The Australian Standards were developed to provide technical detail for the design and construction of buildings covered by the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
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03-Aug-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Stair Safety Overview - BCA Standards for staircase rise and going
Want to know more about recommended BCA standards? Read more in our 'rise and going' article.
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03-Aug-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations, Stairs 101 Stair Safety Overview - Stair falls and injuries
It is true that people of all ages fall on stairs. How do you reduce this risk? Read our article to find out.
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03-Aug-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Stair Safety Overview - Size of risers and treads
Want to know more about the importance of having the same dimensions for each tread in the same flight of stairs? Read more now!
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03-Aug-2010 \| Stair safety, compliance, and regulations Stair Safety Overview - Number of steps
Find out how to reduce the risk of stair falls by reading our article on the importance of the design factor when it comes to the number of stairs needed.
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