The use of TGSI’s, their design and their application, is founded on AS\/NZS 1428.4.1.\u00a0 ESP Australia uses this Australian Industry Standard as the benchmark to its TGSI Access\u00ae Tile product design, procedures and policies.<\/p>\n![\"Tactile](\"https:\/\/esp-australia-media.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26041002\/Black-Hazard-300x137.jpg\")
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What do Tactile Ground Surface Indicators achieve for our footpaths and buildings?<\/h5>\n
TGSI’s assist persons with a temporary, permanent, full or partial vision-impairment to negotiate a built environment.(3)<\/p>\n
They provide guidance and\/or warning of an obstruction or hazard in any location where insufficient alternative or \u2018natural\u2019 tactile cue exists in a built environment. When combined with other environmental information, TGSI’s assist people who are blind or vision-impaired with their orientation.(4)<\/p>\n
Why must we have Tactile Ground Surface Indicators in our buildings and on our streets?<\/h5>\n
The Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed that in 2010, approximately 600,000 Australians were blind or living with some form of vision-impairment.(4) These persons who are classed as experiencing a vision impairment are mostly over 65 years of age.(5) According to Vision Australia, these figures are expected to climb to 1,200,000 by the year 2035.(6)<\/p>\n![\"Copy-of-Facts-about-TGSI-Banner-3\"](\"https:\/\/esp-australia-media.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26041635\/Copy-of-Facts-about-TGSI-Banner-3-300x147.png\")
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Who and what governs the use of Tactile Ground Surface Indicators within Australia?<\/h5>\n
Australian Federal Legislation, Australian & New Zealand Standards, Australian State & Territory Codes, and self-governing legal entity guidelines that may apply, affect and\/or govern the design, use, application and placement of TGSIs are set out below:<\/p>\n
1. Australian Federal Legislation – (requires mandatory compliance) – The Federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) – Provides protection for everyone in Australia against discrimination based on disability.
\n2. Access to Premises (Buildings) Standard (APS) – (Mandatory for New Building work or when a Permit is required for a building upgrade): A Guideline on the Application of the Premises Standards Version 2 February 2013.
\n3. The National Construction Code (NCC) – Building Code The Building Code of Australia (BCA) Section D Clause 3.8 – (Mandatory Compliance).
\n4. Australian State & Territory Codes, and Self Governing Regulatory Entity Guidelines.
\n5. AS\/NZS 1428.2009 Design for Access and Mobility Part 4.1 – Means to Assist the Orientation of People with Vision Impairment – TGSI’s, including and not limited to:<\/p>\n
\u2022 AS\/NZS 1428.4.1. Amdt 1 – 2010-11-26
\n\u2022 AS\/NZS 1428.4.1. Amdt 2 – 2014-12-10
\n\u2022 AS 1428.1 Part 1 – Design for Access and Mobility – General Requirements for Access New Building Work.
\n\u2022 AS 1428.2 Part 2:1992 – Design for Access and Mobility Enhanced and Additional Requirements – Buildings & Facilities
\n\u2022 AS 4586:2013 – Slip Resistance Classification of New Pedestrian Surface Materials Amdt 1:2017
\n\u2022 AS 4663:2013 – Slip Resistance Measurement of Existing Pedestrian Surface.
\n\u2022 SA HB 198:2014 – Guide to the Specification and Testing of Slip Resistance of Pedestrian Surfaces.
\n\u2022 AS 1657:2013 – Fixed Platforms, Walkways, Stairways and Ladders Design, Construction and Installation.
\n\u2022 AS 1735.5:2015 – Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks Part 5: Escalators and Moving Walks.
\n\u2022 AS 1428.4.2:2018 – Design for Access and Mobility Means to Assist the Orientation of People with Vision Impairment – Wayfinding Signs
\n\u2022 AS 1742.7:2016 – Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices – Part 7 Railway Crossings.
\n\u2022 AS 1742.10.2009 – Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices – Part 10 Pedestrian Control & Protection.
\n\u2022 AS1742.10.2014 – Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices – Part 14 Traffic Signals<\/p>\n
<\/h5>\nWhen and where are Tactile Ground Surface Indicators used in the built environment?<\/h5>\n
According to Australian & New Zealand Standard AS\/NZS 1428.2009 Design for Access and Mobility Part 4.1 – Means to Assist the Orientation of People with Vision Impairment – TGSI’s, TGSI’s should be used at a ‘minimum’ in the following situations(7):<\/p>\n
\u2022 Stairs and Stair landings
\n\u2022 Escalators & Travellators
\n\u2022 Pedestrian Ramps (not premises threshold ramps)
\n\u2022 Overhead Hazards (including potential obstructions wall protruding fixtures)
\n\u2022 Carriageways without kerbs – (i.e, that intersect at the same grade)
\n\u2022 Railway, Tramway and Light Rail Pedestrian –
\n(Waiting platforms and level crossings)
\n\u2022 Waterbodies -(wharves, lakes and ponds accessible by pedestrians)<\/p>\n![\"Tactile](\"https:\/\/esp-australia-media.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26041835\/ESP_SA_Yellow_D697Beac-09-300x200.jpg\")
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(1) ABS LIVING WITH A DISABILITY ABS 29\/04\/2016 4430.0.10.001 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: First Results, 2015 <\/em> Why are Tactile Ground Surface Indicators mandatory on footpaths and in buildings? The practical need for accessible built environments is evident in the fact that 20% of Australians will experience a permanent or temporary disability over their lifetime.(1)\u00a0 That\u2019s an astounding four million people who require universal access in Australia. Australian Federal Legislation, The Disability […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espaust.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(2) Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Act No. 135 of 1992 Administered by: Attorney-General’s Date of Assent 05 Nov 1992, https:\/\/ www.legislation.gov.au\/Series\/C2004A04426\/ Compilations (3), (4), (5) & (6) Source: AS\/NZS 1428.4.Part 1 (2009) AMDT No.1.1 Nov 2010 <\/em>
\n(7) Please Note: This is a summary of AS\/NZS 1428.4.1. 2009 Clause 2. There are various other situations and applications that are exempt and or are called for under The Building Code of Australia, The Access to Premises Standards. Professional consultants should always be consulted with prior to the intended application of TGSI’s.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"