3.10 Furniture Fittings & Equipment
Amenities include all the facilities that assist a person to use the building or facility, such as seating areas, telephones and toilets.
The chapter is divided into the following sections:
Amenities shall be provided that allow a person with a disability to independently use them.
All auditoria seating shall comply with AS 1428.1.
Provision for wheelchairs shall be made at an overall rate of not less than 1 space for each 100 auditoria seats.
Wheelchair accessible seating positions shall be provided to allow an equitable choice of location, quality and price range. One companion seat beside each wheelchair position shall be provided.
Wheelchair accessible seating positions shall allow customers to sit in individual or paired positions, adjacent to fixed seating or in groups of between 10 and 20 spaces.
Operationally, people with visual or hearing difficulties may also need to sit close to the stage area or near speakers where amplification is provided.
Enhanced Amenity Seats have additional space in front of and to one side to provide greater space for those with mobility impairments who are not in wheelchairs, as this space can accommodate a companion animal or mobility aid.
Enhanced Amenity Seats are to be provided in addition to wheelchair positions. These should be equitably distributed and located at the ends of rows and up or down as few steps as possible. The number of seats to be provided is to be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Comparable sightlines provide the same sightline for a person seated in a wheelchair when a person in front stands up, as the person in front has when standing.
Comparable sightlines shall generally be provided to all wheelchair positions and should be considered on a case-bycase basis.
Seats in public areas, provided for rest, waiting and the like in public spaces, shall have backs and armrests - refer to AS 1428.2. Seats shall be stable when downward pressure is put on the armrest.
Accessible toilets shall generally be provided in accordance with AS 1428.1 and shall include 300mm additional (this space will accommodate a folding baby change table) circulation space to the width and length of the W.C. pan circulation space.
Emergency call buttons shall be provided where the alarm can be monitored and responded to. However, where this is not possible, provision is not recommended and they are not required since they will not be effective.
A toilet lid must be fitted, and be supported between 10° and 15° beyond vertical, to act as a backrest.
An accessible toilet shall be provided in or adjacent to every bank of toilets.
Where accessible toilets are provided to meet the code requirements, they shall be unisex. Any toilets in excess of this number can be in gender specific areas.
Inward opening doors to all standard cubicles are to remain open when not in use. This assists people who are vision impaired to identify whether the cubicle is occupied or not.
In addition to the fully accessible toilets, at least one toilet cubicle in every bank of gender specific toilets shall be accessible to a person with an ambulant disability, in accordance with AS 1428.1.
All publicly accessible toilets shall contain wall mounted baby change facilities. A model with a side hinge (parallel model) will minimise the intrusion into the circulation space.
Both paper towels and warm air hand driers shall be provided. Provision shall be made for location of a waste bin without intrusion into the circulation space.
A shelf suitable for handbags shall be provided adjacent to the hand basin.
Soap dispensers in all accessible toilet areas shall be operable by one hand.
Portable or temporary accessible toilets shall comply with AS 1428.1, and toilet lids must be fitted, and be supported between 10° and 15° beyond vertical, to act as a backrest.
All taps shall provide lever action to allow use by people with limited dexterity. Taps to basins shall have a central mixing spout.
All showers shall comply with AS 1428.1.
Where showers are provided for any user group, accessible showers shall also be provided in the same or adjacent location.
Accessible showers shall include a bench in an adjacent dry area.
Where bubblers are provided, they shall comply with AS 1428.2 with the exception of the height to the front of the bowl which shall be 895mm.
All furniture fittings and equipment shall comply with AS 1428.2.
All counters shall be accessible unless OH&S or other operational requirements preclude this, in which case a width of at least 800mm of counter shall be accessible.
Accessible counters shall be at 850mm, ± 20mm, above the floor.
Tables, benches and the like shall allow access for wheelchair users, and shall be stable when downward pressure is placed on the edge.
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