Insurance and Standards Query (landscape architecture)

March 5, 2008 – 1:42 pm

Query from a Perth landscape architect.

It has come to my attention that there is some concern in our industry
to do with specifying skate board inhibitors and liability.

One colleague has had advice from his insurance company not to use them, as
they think the matter will be tested in court when someone is seriously
injured by them and that the liability will fall back onto the
manufacturer or designer.

The reason they are using is that by installing them the
manufacturer/designer is in sighting potential injury to the public.

Is there anyone who can comment on the above?

and

Can anyone provide the following information:

1) Is there an ISO Australian Safety Standard for the product range?

2) Has there been any cases of people being injured from them?

Kind regards

Matt Huxtable

  1. One Response to “Insurance and Standards Query (landscape architecture)”

  2. G’day Matt,

    I think the best policy for skate guards is to try to engender the skater by hardening edges to cope with the extra wear & tear - I know this is often not what clients want to do - so the other option is to roughen the paving so it is not so comfortable to skate on but still complies with saftey standards. This was the approach at the Leighton Redevelopment.

    I agree there could be issues with injury on these nasty little steel protusions in the future. Plus they are often smashed out and copings are regularly ruined making maintenance costs high and unwelcome to many clients.

    JC

    By Julian Croudace on Mar 27, 2008

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