Good and Bad ramp designs

Recently we were in Victoria looking at a bathroom renovation. On our arrival we found this ramp and obviously thought it was an old ramp that someone built many years ago. Unfortunately we have been informed that this is actually a new ramp ONLY 6 months old. We are in consultation with the OT concerned and will advise them of the problems.

Where to we start.

1. The handrail posts are incorrect
2. The toe board is incorrect
3. The handrail is incorrect
4. The design is non compliant to Australian Standards
5. The edge at the front is incorrect
6. The width is incorrect
7. The design at the front door is incorrect.
8. Toe boards are missing

As you can see the above is the correct way of building this type of ramp, you can see the differences, handrail, toe board, extensions at the end and the list goes on.

Ramps need to comply to something, if they cannot comply to the Australian Standards then they MUST comply (within the bounds of Reasonably Practicable) to the OHS Act and Regulations. The above badly designed ramp does neither, our ramp does.

  Our ramp in the picture had a major problems with broken concrete at the ground, how do you fix that? WE, mix up recycled tyre crumb and eliminate the problem by making the step off rubber NOT broken concrete.

ITS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USING A HANDYMAN or AN EXPERT CONTRACTOR WHO KNOWS THE STANDARDS AND HAS THE EXPERIENCE , KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS AND BACK UP TO GET AROUND PROBLEMS.