The tactile installation involved thousands of pcs of tactile studs, lines, and ceramic tiles, our professional team was able to provide a state of an art job.
BENEFITS OF SURFACE MOUNTED TACTILE PAVING
- Easy to Install – Using the specially formulated two part adhesive enable the tile to adhere to virtually any surface, ie. Concrete, Marble and Ceramic.
- No excavation or heavy duty plant required – Particularly crucial at sites where DDA compliance is an issue.
- Quick and clean installation – Means that projects can be carried out with the minimum of disruption in a cost effective manner.
Supporting you in every way.
Making buildings more accessible is a major challenge. Both because few have the expertise and because the regulations are difficult to interpret. At Matting, we support you throughout the process – from evaluating the accessibility needs of your building to planning the guidance systems and installing them in accordance with legal requirements.
We help you analyse your building’s accessibility needs, the areas that need to be linked by a guidance system and what obstacles exist – such as level differences in the form of stairs. It is important to get it right from the start, avoiding costly modifications at a later stage. That is why we like to be involved from early in the process. We have the expertise required to install guidance systems that are functional and customised to the environment. We perform exhaustive requirement analyses. And we also have the resources to manage the whole project from start to finish. The result is a sustainable solution that complies with existing laws and regulations. And most importantly, guides users wherever they want to go.
High-visibility guidance systems for all environments.
Visually impaired people need clear identification points to find their way around. We provide both visual and tactile (tangible) guidance systems for both indoor and outdoor environments. Our range is available in a variety of materials to suit different floor surfaces and environments.
Rubber
Provides a high-contrast floor and has a sound-absorbing effect, which is important in environments such as hospitals.
Stainless steel
Guidance systems in stainless steel are a highly durable alternative suitable for all types of floor surfaces, both indoors and outdoors.
Brass
Adds a strong personality and long durability to all types of environments and floor surfaces, indoor and outdoors.
Aluminium
Our guidance systems in aluminium are available with inserts in several colours and surfaces, making them easy to customise to the environment.
Acrylic
Guidance systems in three colours with double-sided 3M tape for indoor use.
Tactile/visual entrance solutions
We create visually and tactilely (tangible) entrance solutions with contrasting markings for all types of environments.
Expertise is our most important tool when installing guidance systems and making buildings and environments more accessible. We know the requirements for all surfaces and have the experience and methods for correctly installing the products. When you employ us for the installation you can be sure that it will be carried out by highly trained personnel, all of whom have the professional expertise required for installing Tactile Flooring.
What are tactile indicators?
Tactile Indicators are products that are made from several materials and consist of several raised bars or studs. In the form of laid paving units, these tactile indicators are installed, individual mushroom-shaped studs are drilled and fixed into the grounds or adhesive taped mats to the surface of the ground. Tactile indicators are purposely targeted towards providing on tactile pathways a tactile surface and access routes where people can feel them with a symbol cane or underfoot and be completely aware of a staircase or an impending pedestrian hazard. This actually helps the people who are visually impaired and also increases the general safety precaution for every pedestrian.
What are the main uses of Tactile Indicators?
Tactile Indicators serve the purpose of offering pedestrians who are blind or are vision-impaired warning about any hazard and also direction information in order to aid navigation of the urban environment. The raised stud or bar pattern of the Tactile Indicators is aligned on the ground surface to get this and this enables blind pedestrians to feel the textural changes via their feet or with a cane. The color contrast between the Tactile Indicators and the ground surface helps pedestrians with limited vision for detecting the modules visually. These are also predominantly used for leading pedestrians to public access facilities like pedestrian crossings, intersection curb ramps, lifts, stairs, escalators, and ramps. They are also used at public transport facilities for alerting pedestrians to platforms edges at the bus, train stations and tram stoppage areas, and also ferry wharves. Adding to assisting with orientation, Tactile Indicators also help to provide dignified, safe & independent access to and within the community.
What are the differences between Warning and Directional Tactile Indicators?
Warning Tactile Indicators
Warning Tactile Indicators which are also called by the names Hazard Tactiles and Decision Tactiles. They are ideally installed in a raised grid pattern of studs or ‘dots’ to the surface of walking. The main function is to warn blind and vision-impaired pedestrians about any nearby hazard. Warning Indicators have the function the same as a stop sign. It alerts the vision-impaired or blind pedestrians in their line of travel, indicating that they must stop to determine the nature of the hazard before proceeding any further. But it never indicates how the hazard will be.
Directional Tactile Indicators
It is also known by the term Leading Tactiles and comprises of a series of raised bars which are installed to the surface of the walking, oriented in line with the prescribed direction of travel. it safely leads pedestrians along an intended pathway that is free of any obstacles and will often end at a place filled with Warning Tactile Indicators. In cases where other environmental and tactile cues like curb edge or property line are absent and offer insufficient guidance, directional indicators are installed. In open spaces, it offers directional orientation and designates the continuous accessible route which should be taken for avoiding hazards. It also offers a directional orientation to a person who could have deviated from the continuous accessible path for gaining access to a public transport access point, crossing point, or point of entry to a significant public facility like public information center or toilets.
Cornerstone Technical Services LLC brings to you the most advanced range of Architectural Finishing Products tactile indicators. For any enquiries and details, please feel free to get in touch with us . We offer our service all over the Middle East and GCC region.
