Barrier Design Basics

All You Need to Know About Handrails and Balustrades in Australia & New Zealand

As two essential components of the built environment, we come into contact with handrails and balustrades virtually every day. When specifying any handrail and balustrade system it is important to understand its essential components, and the required design loads and geometry.

Download this whitepaper to look at the basics of handrail and balustrade design and the key considerations that designers and specifiers must account for to deliver effective and compliant solutions.

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Moddex have a range of handy resources to help streamline and speed up design time. 

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Branded Worksections

We understand that compliance is non-negotiable and that you want to be confident in your decision making. That's why we are a product partner of NATSPEC - to make it easy for you to specify compliant & functional handrail or  balustrade systems. 

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BIM Content

Moddex have partnered with IGS BIM Solutions to develop an extensive, high-quality Revit (BIM) content library. Developed to industry best practices, the BIM library is available to download in Revit 2018 (and all subsequent versions) and AutoCAD.

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Technical Product Data

Download technical data of our product ranges including applications, material types, fixing details and more.