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Is access required to temporary structures? (Victoria only)

April 23, 2014
Bruce Bromley

What is a prescribed temporary structure? A prescribed temporary structure is defined by the Building ...

Disability Access – More than just for Wheelchair Users

March 28, 2014
Bruce Bromley

What is disability? Before getting into the disability access discussion, let’s first define “Disabi...

Why are disabled car parks now so big?

February 21, 2014
Bruce Bromley

Or to be more politically correct, why are accessible car parking spaces so big? Key access issue The previous c...

AS1428.1, Accessible Toilet Figure 43 and the 1400mm Exclusion Zone

February 18, 2014
Bruce Bromley

Equal Access regularly gets calls from members of the public and clients questioning specific provisions...

Class 2 Building Disabled Access vs Town planning departments

February 7, 2014
Bruce Bromley

Overview Today (7th February 2014) we had our fifth mixed use development cross our desks this year that cannot obtain a building approval! This is due...

Shedding Light on Luminance Contrast

November 29, 2013
Bruce Bromley

Here at Equal Access we’ve had a run of enquiries lately about Luminance Contrast. The Building Code of Australia (the ‘BCA’) an...