Hearing augmentation systems assist people with a hearing impairment to be made aware of communications associated with a building’s use.

We call these new requirements ‘livable housing design’ because they’re based on the Livable Housing Design Guidelines (silver level), first published by Livable Housing Australia. Livable housing design represents a significant step-change to how we’ve traditionally designed housing in Australia.

Furthermore it is worth noting that a handrails primary function is to prevent a fall and most serious falls occur when descending - not ascending, therefore it is important to ensure the handrail is at the required height and has the required extensions to provide additional assistance whilst ascending or descending, including terminations which prevent young children from injuring themselves if they are at the same height as the handrail.

All in all NCC 2022 is shaping up as the largest single amendments of any past amendments both in terms of the volume of changes and the scope and impact of the proposed reforms, particularly for houses and low-rise apartments.

All gender toilets also known as gender neutral toilets, are sanitary facilities that can be used by everyone. They do not have gendered signage and do not require the person using them to define into a gender.