Renovating or expanding a physiotherapy practice while it keeps seeing patients is a different design problem to a new fitout - the shared gymnasium space, specialist equipment, and patient group all change how the works need to be staged.
A medical fitout in Australia sits under three separate compliance frameworks: the National Construction Code, federal accessibility law, and the RACGP's standards for general practices. Each has different legal standing, different triggers, and different enforcement - and a fitout that satisfies one does not automatically satisfy the others.
Fitting out an allied health clinic involves more than selecting finishes. This guide covers the NCC building classification, accessibility requirements, and the discipline-specific design considerations that apply to physiotherapy, psychology, OT, podiatry, speech pathology and more.