Accessible (Disabled) Car Parking

How Big Should Accessible (Disabled) Carparking Spaces Be?

5400mm Long by 2 x 2400mm wide (4800mm wide) (One dedicated parking space + One Shared Space) If two accessible carparks are required, they may use the shared space in between them, however, the size would then be 3 x 2400mm (7200mm wide). More

Why Are Accessible (Disabled) Car Parks Now So Big?

To permit enough space for a side deployed ramp to enter and exit a motor vehicle. More

How Many Disabled Car Parks Do I Need?

This is determined by the Building Classification.within the Building Code of Australia. More

Premises Standard Update and Changes in AS 1428.1 2021

February 18, 2025
Chris Flynn

A recent update to The Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010 (DAPS) came into effect on November 23, 2024. Among the changes was the inclusion of a reference t...

A New Inclusive ‘Gender Neutral’ Toilet Sign

July 1, 2024
Cynthia Ces

A question we have received a number of times within our practice is the provision of and identification of ...

Why ‘Wave to Open’ and ‘Wave to Lock’ Discriminate

May 2, 2024
Bruce Bromley

We are now regularly seeing the installation of ‘Wave to Open and Wave to Lock’ buttons used on automated...