Handbook 198 was published in June 2014 to primarily provide guidance to the revisions of the National Construction Codes (NCC) which included mandatory quantification of slip resistance in certain parts...
Read More
One aspect of the Australian test methods that requires immediate attention is the inclining oil wet ramp test method that provides the R ratings. While the oil wet inclining platform...
Read More
The World Health Organisation reports that approximately 30 per cent of people over 65 years of age fall each year, and for those over 75 the rates are even higher....
Read More
We are often asked to provide a table of the correlation between AS4586 Wet Pendulum results and Oil-Wet Ramp results. In short, there is no correlation. These two test methods...
Read More
I recently attended a site where a balcony had been specified with a class X or P3 material which is a common incorrect specification for an external, albeit undercover, pedestrian...
Read More