Requirements for the integration of equal access for all users
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) defines ‘premises’ as the whole of the built environment and includes existing buildings, new or proposed buildings, transport systems, car parks, pathways, and public parks and gardens.
Note: Consult an access consultant accredited by the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA).
Construction barriers must not obstruct a ‘continuous accessible path of travel’ (CAPT) to enable equal access for people who use wheelchairs, mobility aids and people who are blind or have low vision.
Construction barriers must not obstruct equal access to existing facilities unless necessary for construction or safety purposes.
Tree protection fencing must be clearly and visibly signed.
Ensure that pedestrian fencing and construction barriers provide a colour and luminance contrast to the background against which they are viewed to make them clearly visible to people with low vision.
Pedestrian barriers, construction barriers, sediment and erosion control devices and tree protection fencing are to be installed at a minimum 500mm offset from the edge of a continuous accessible path of travel to provide safe clearance for pedestrians and cyclists (unless the path of travel is the construction zone).
Consider that protruding concrete feet at the base of construction fencing may present a trip hazard, if they are placed near to a path of travel, especially for people with low vision, people who are blind, older people and people of limited mobility.
Where it is necessary to place a barrier across a path of travel, ensure that any temporary pathway is clearly and visibly signed and delineated.
Any temporary pathway should be stable, be an appropriate width to cope with pedestrian traffic, (which is normal for that site), be free of trip hazards and should have sufficient slip resistance in all weather.
If it becomes apparent that a person with limited mobility or a person who is blind or has low vision is unsure of a temporary path of travel, assistance should be offered to that person to enable them to safely navigate a temporary path.
Staff at construction sites should be made aware that they will potentially be required to offer assistance to people if required. In some instances, direction to the safe path area is the extent of assistance which will be requested.
For people with a vision impairment, provide a minimum 30% luminance contrast between objects and the background they are viewed against, for ease of identification.
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