Hawa Barrier Free Living CPD
June 5 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm AEST
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Title: Barrier-Free Living: Navigating Legislation, Force Mechanics, and Hardware Selection for Compliance and Aesthetics
CPD Accreditation: 1 Formal CPD Point | Mapped to 2021 NSCA (PC 39, PC 45, PC 52) & ACAA (CPPACC5011A, CPPACC5016A)
Module Outline
This one-hour formal CPD module teaches architects how to choose and document compliant architectural hardware for inclusive buildings. You will learn the specific legal requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) [23], the National Construction Code (NCC), and Australian Standard AS 1428.1. The session focuses on practical design challenges, showing you how to maintain an aesthetic design while meeting strict rules for clear door openings, flush thresholds, and minimum handle clearances.
A major focus of the course is the physics of door operations, specifically how to keep opening and closing forces under the legal 20-Newton limit. By exploring high-performance sliding door tracks, lever handles, and low-friction acoustic seals, you will see how the right hardware prevents common on-site non-compliance issues. This presentation is fully mapped to the 2021 National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA) for documentation and site inspection, earning attendees one formal CPD point.
Learning objectives:
- How to choose and document compliant architectural hardware for inclusive buildings
Meet our Presenter
Mark Micallef
Mark Micallef has over 15 years’ experience in technical sales and management roles in the Building industry working with some of Australia’s leading building materials manufacturers. Mark is an expert in acoustics, thermal comfort and indoor environmental quality, with formal training in Australia and abroad, and had been involved in a design and construction capacity on many of Australia’s largest building projects, including Barrangaroo, Perth Children’s Hospital, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Melbourne University School of Architecture, Eureka Tower and Melbourne 108. Mark holds an MBA from RMIT University and a Bachelors of Business (Marketing) from Victoria University, in addition to several formal and informal qualifications in building and construction-based subjects.