How d do we design lifts to evacuate occupants safely?
As building design standards are being transformed to incorporate accessibility design elements, one aspect of accessibility requirements have not been updated: evacuation in the event of an emergency.
Our National Construction Code (NCC), the Building Code of Australia (BCA) is almost silent on how mobility-impaired occupants, the elderly or hospital patients may be evacuated vertically, other than providing them with stairs, which many are unable to use.
