Polypads® by CTA Australia at Station Pier

An iconic structure in the city of Melbourne, Station Pier, has recently undergone a facelift. CTA's PolyPad® retro-fit Tactile indicators have been selected as the product of choice for this historical timepiece.

Doug McGuiness, Asset Engineer with the Port of Melbourne Corporation, said of the product, "CTA's PolyPad® retro-fit Tactiles were used on the revamp of Station Pier because of its unique dimensions of 600x900mm. This means that they provide fewer joints giving a more seamless look to the project."

Station Pier has heritage overlays and even though the code for the disabled takes precedence over heritage considerations, there is still an effort made to retain an aesthetic balance between heritage and legal requirements.
"CTA has a good variety of colours (nine colours in the range) in the PolyPad® Tactiles and white was the colour we were after, so we went with that."

Doug also mentioned "other criteria included the products flexible nature. Flexibility was a big consideration as they were being placed over a timber boardwalk which has some movement to it. We needed a product that could offer flexibility because of this.

We are very happy with the overall supply and installation service."