The access manual : auditing and managing inclusive built environments /

• Main Author: Sawyer, Ann.
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bright, Keith.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Barrier-free design > Great Britain > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Architectural design > Great Britain > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Building laws > Great Britain > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Architectural design.; Barrier-free design.; ARCHITECTURE > Reference.; ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.; ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.; ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > General.; Building laws.; Great Britain.; Electronic books.; Handbooks and manuals.
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Building owners and managers, facilities managers, and those commissioning and designing new buildings (and carrying out works on existing ones) need to consider the implications of the Disability Discrimination Act. This text looks at access audits and access management.

Table of Contents:

• About the authors; Foreword by Richard Simmons, Chief Executive CABE; Foreword by Bert Massie, Chairman of Disability Rights Commission; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1; Access audits and appraisals; Introduction; Why carry out an access audit?; Audit preparation; The audit; The report; Access appraisals; Access statements; Chapter 2; Access management; Introduction; Ongoing access management; Occupying the building; Information and training; Chapter 3; Legislation, regulations and standards; Introduction; The Disability Discrimination Act 1995.