AS 4687.4:2022 PDF

AS 4687.4:2022 PDF

AS 4687.4:2022 sets out requirements for the construction and installation of temporary pool fencing in order to provide protection to the public and to restrict unauthorized access to swimming pool construction, repair, or renovation sites.

Preface

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee CE-008, Chainlink Fabric Security Fences and Gates, to supersede AS 4687—2007, Temporary fencing and hoardings.

The objective of this document is to set out requirements for the construction and installation of temporary pool fencing in order to provide protection to the public and to restrict unauthorized access to swimming pool construction, repair, or renovation sites.

The major changes in this edition are as follows:

(a) Additional guidance has been provided for determination of wind actions.

(b) The test methods set out in AS4687—2007 have been elaborated upon for temporary fences

(c) Where the previous edition was a performance testing standard, this revision provides alternative ways to achieve conformance, adding a design analysis approach.

(d) Inclusion of new material regarding temporary pool fencing,

(e) Division of the previous edition of the document into a series of four parts, comprising

the following:

(i)AS 4687.1: Temporary fencing and hoardings, Part 1: General requirements.

(ii) AS 4687.2: Temporary fencing and hoardings, Part 2: Temporary fencing and temporary pedestrian barriers.

(iii) AS 46873: Temporary fencing and hoardings, Part 3: Temporary hoardings.

(iv) AS 46874: Temporary fencing and hoardings, Part # Temporary swimming pool fencing.

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