AS 1428.4.2:2018 PDF

AS 1428.4.2:2018 PDF

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee ME-064, Access for People with Disabilities.

The objective of this Standard is to assist in the provision of a built environment that is legible to all people with particular attention to people who are blind or have low vision, through the provision of tactile signs. Other forms of complementary wayfinding including new technologies are not addressed by this Standard.

This Standard provides minimum design requirements and additional design guidance for other types of tactile signs, not required by this Standard but which may be provided as part of a wayfinding system.

This Standard is part of a series that comprises the following:

(a) AS 1428.1, Design for access and mobility, Part 1: General requirements for access — New building work

(b) AS 1428.2, Design for access and mobility, Part 2: Enhanced and additional requirements — Buildings and facilities

(c) AS/NZS 1428.4.1, Design for access and mobility, Part 4.1: Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment — Tactile ground surface indicators

(d) AS 1428.4.2, Design for access and mobility, Part 4.2: Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment — Wayfinding signs

(e) AS 1428.5, Design for access and mobility, Part 5: Communication for people who are deaf or hearing impaired