Journal

AS 1428 and the furniture schedule: which clearances are law and which are good practice

Part D4 of the NCC sets the doorway at 850 mm clear and never uses the word furniture. The clearance figures a furniture schedule actually needs, and where each one is published.

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Campus learning spaces: the furniture figures universities publish

Australian universities publish their furniture requirements as building standards for their own contractors. The area allowances, table sizes, chair clauses, sightline rules an...

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Will it fit in the lift? The access dimensions that decide a furniture schedule

A furniture schedule is only as good as the narrowest aperture between the dock and the floor. The three figures that settle it are the clear door opening, the lift car floor an...

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Commercial desk finishes: laminate, veneer, linoleum and powdercoat compared

Laminate, melamine, veneer, linoleum and powdercoat are classified under four different standards on four different scales, so the headline figures do not compare. Here is what ...

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In-desk power and data: cut-outs, outlets and who installs what

An in-desk power module is specified by its cut-out, not its outlet count, and the cut-out is machined before the top leaves the factory. The published figures for every Fuel an...

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Meeting table sizes: what fits at the table and in the room

A meeting table for eight is 2400 to 3000 mm long and 1050 to 1400 mm deep on the published figures. The dimension that decides whether eight people actually sit down is the leg...

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Counter, bar and poseur heights: matching the stool to the bench

Counter stools sit 600 to 650 mm for a 900 mm bench and bar stools 750 to 800 mm for a 1050 mm poseur. The seat, footrest and spacing figures behind those numbers, from publishe...

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