Steel and Precast Detailing Services

Tag: AS 1428

  • Tek1 Courses – AS 1657 & AS 1428 (Australian Standards)

    Experts in AS in Stairs/Handrails/Ladders

    We’ve done a lot of work on Australian Standards – both public and private access. We specialise in Steel Detailing – and have a special focus on stairs and ladders. Since we deal extensively in this area, we require all our staff to be thoroughly versed in the Standards. Consequently, we have developed testing frameworks to ensure that all staff are well trained and accountable.

    Our Testing Infrastructure Now Freely Released to the General Public

    We are now releasing our testing framework to the public at no charge. These tests should help you learn and reinforce your knowledge of Australian Standards – namely, AS 1657 and AS 1428.

    We hope and trust you will find it of immense benefit.

    Keep people safe – design and build according to the safety standards prescribed by law.

    Where are the courses?

    1. Follow the link: http://tek1engineeringservices.com/onlinetests/course/index.php?categoryid=5
    2. Click on the relevant course
    3. It is best to create your own account – I know it’s a pain but it’s the best way. If you really don’t want to you can log in with a common account available to the public, but there are serious limitations with that approach – this is because everyone will be using this account and you’ll be picking up where someone else has left off – a half finished test for example. If you want to do the latter, here are the credentials – but I strongly urge you to create your own account: 
      • username: student (only small letter allowed)
      • password: password (must have atleast 1 special character)
      • Must confirm your account from your email once created
    4. Enjoy the course!

  • AS 1428 – Section 11 – Nosing and Tread Requirements for Stair Construction (Public Access)

    We continue to release our in-house precis on Stair way construction. Reading the standards is terribly tedious so we have developed a way to easily cross check the requirements and to make sure that stairs are built according to standards.

    Unfortunately it’s too common for us to see designers produce drawings which simply do not comply to the required standards. So it is of the utmost importance that fabricators are able to: (i) know and understand the standards and to independently verify that their drawings do comply. Only a fool would 100% trust in an architect to draw to standards – we’ve seen it way too often. You, the fabricator have to check everything yourself. Here are some of the in-house memos that we use to ensure that our stairs always comply:

    We wish to share it with the world – and we hope it helps you immensely:

    TEK1 AS 1428 11.1 Standards for Stairs

    I hope you find it of benefit and great use.