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This is a list of projects currently being worked on by Standards Australia's Standards Development Team.
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Project Title
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Lift fire rated landing door requirements
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Facilities for persons with disabilities for lifts
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Safe working on new lift installations in new constructions
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The constitution of a Technical Committee consists of the Nominating Organisations that represent various interest groups across the industries. These Nominating Organisations are currently participating in Standards Australia’s Standards Development activity. The Nominating Organisation appoints a representative to represent the views of that organisation’s interest group during the development of a Standard.
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Association of Consultants in Access Australia
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Association of Independent Lift Companies
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Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council
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Australian Building Codes Board
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Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Australian Elevator Association
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Australian Industry Group
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Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
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Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union - Electrical Division
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Engineers Australia
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Independent Chairperson
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Lift Engineering Society of Australia
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Property Council of Australia
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Safe Work Australia
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Standards Australia participates in Standards development with the International standards bodies as listed below.
For further information on ISO relationships please visit ISO’s website www.iso.org
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks
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Designation
Publication Title
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks Part 1: General requirements
Provides general requirements, including definitions of terms, relevant to various Parts of the AS 1735 series.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks (known as the SAA Lift Code) - Fire-rated landing doors
Sets out requirements for fire-rated landing doors for retarding the passage of fire through openings in fire-rated liftwells. It applies where doors are required to have a fire-rating certificate.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Facilities for persons with disabilities
Sets out requirements for passenger lifts which are specifically designed to assist persons with disabilities. Applies only to lifts for which a building authority having jurisdiction stipulates the provision of facilities for persons with disabilities; however, it does not apply to lifts in a private residence.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Facilities for persons with disabilities
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Low-rise platforms for passengers
Specifies requirements for powered low-rise vertically lifting platforms. The platforms may be controlled by automatic or constant pressure devices. It is intended that the Standard be applied only where the platform is used by persons with limited mobility or for wheelchair applications.
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AS 1735.14-1998 Rul 1:2014
Lifts, escalators and moving walks Part 14: Low rise platform for passengers
Sets out Rulings to AS 1735.14-1998, which provide interpretations to specific enquiries that have a wide area of practical application but are generally not suitable for inclusion in the Standard.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Low rise passenger lifts - Non-automatically controlled
Specifies requirements for low-speed passenger lifts controlled by a constant pressure device. It is intended that the Standard be applied only for lifts used primarily by persons with limited mobility.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Lifts for people with limited mobility - Restricted use - Water-drive
Specifies requirements for water-drive lifts that are installed in a private residence for use primarily by persons with limited mobility.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks (known as the SAA Lift Code) - Service lifts - Power-operated
Sets out requirements for power-operated service lifts. Covers service lifts with rated speed not more than 1 m/s, rated load more than 12 kg, and internal car volume more than 0.06 m(sup)3(/sup).
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks (known as the SAA Lift Code) - Service lifts - Power-operated
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks (known as the SAA Lift Code) - Service lifts - Power-operated
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Part 5: Escalators and moving walks
Adopts EN 115-1:2008, which sets out requirements for the construction and installation of escalators and moving walks for carrying passengers.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Stairway lifts
Specifies requirements for power-operated stairway lifts intended for use by persons with limited mobility. The lifts consist of a carriage, incorporating a platform, or a chair, or both, for raising or lowering persons along stairways.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks (known as the SAA Lift Code) - Inclined lifts
Sets out requirements for power-operated inclined lifts of the car or platform type for public and private use, other than stairway lifts, temporary lifts, or hoists used solely for building work, and amusement devices.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks (known as the SAA Lift Code) - Inclined lifts
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Special purpose industrial lifts
Sets out the requirements for permanently installed special purpose industrial lifts that provide guided transportation of personnel and their tools and equipment.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Special purpose industrial lifts
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Lifts (elevators) - Measurement of lift ride quality
Specifies the requirements and methodology for the measurement and reporting of lift ride quantity during lift motion. It does not specify acceptable ride quality. Identical with and reproduced from ISO 18738:2003.
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Safety requirements for lifts (elevators) - Part 1: Global essential safety requirements (GESRs)
International adoption identical
Specifies global essential safety requirements (GESRs) for lifts (elevators), their components and functions, and establishes a system and provides methods for minimizing safety risks that may arise in the course of the operation and use of, or work on, lifts (elevators).
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Safety requirements for lifts (elevators) -- Part 2: Safety parameters meeting the global essential safety requirements (GESRs)
International adoption identical
Adopts ISO22559-2:2010 to provide safety requirements of GESRs by specifying global safety parameters (GSPs) for use where applicable.
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Safety requirements for lifts (elevators) -- Part 3: Global conformity assessment procedures (GCAP) -- Prerequisites for certification of conformity of lift systems, lift components and lift functions
International adoption identical
Adopts ISO/TS 22559-3:2011 to specify prerequisites for application for a global conformity assessment procedure (GCPA) certificate of conformity for new lift systems, lift components or lift functions.
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Safety requirements for escalators and moving walks -- Part 1: Global essential safety requirements (GESR)
International adoption identical
Adopts ISO/TS25740-1:2011, which specifies global essential safety requirements (GESRs) when using new technologies in the design and certifying of escalators and moving walks.
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Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Passenger lifts for private residence - Automatically controlled
Specifies requirements for automatically controlled, small-sized, low-speed passenger lifts that are installed in private residence.
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Guidelines for safe working on new lift installations in new constructions
Describes recommended safe working provisions and practices for those responsible for, and involved in, new lift installations in new constructions.
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The Sub Committees within the Technical Committee are listed here.
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ME-004-00 Dummy
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ME-004-01 Coordination
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ME-004-02 Low Rise Lifts
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ME-004-03 Lift/escalator
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ME-004-04 Risk Management
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ME-004-05 Code of Practice
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ME-004-07 Lift Installations (New Zealand)
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ME-004-09 Facilities In Lifts For People With Disa
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ME-004-10 Tests
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ME-004-11 ISO Liaison
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ME-004-12 Measurement of Lift Ride Quality
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ME-004-13 Risks and hazards assessment