The Access Manual: Designing, Auditing and Managing Inclusive Built Environments

Product Description This manual covers the design, improvement, maintenance and management of accessible environments. It shows you how to provide and run buildings, services, and employment facilities to enable independent and convenient use by everyone.The Access Manual was first published in November 2003 and has been used by architects and facilities managers needing to meet the requirements of new legislation in 2004. It was well received by design, management, access, and health professionals.This is a fast-moving area and there are now several additional pieces of legislation and guidance central to inclusive design and making buildings accessible to all. This 3rd edition follows the same structure and approach and updates three main areas:The Equality Act 2010Building Regulations: Approved Documents to Parts M (2013) and K (2013)British Standards:  amendment and updating of BS8300 The authors have also updated the material on access auditing, providing additional examples and sample access audit reports and access statements.With its comprehensive information on standards, legislation and good practice, The Access Manual: designing, auditing and managing inclusive built environments, 3rd edition ensures you can:be fully aware of the issues involved in accessibility and inclusive designunderstand your legal obligations and the guidance available commission access auditscreate and manage an access improvement programmemaintain accessibility in buildings and working practicesunderstand access issues in the design of new buildings Review This is a well written and practical manual, recommended reading for building engineers concerned with the creation, planning and management of buildings. Building Engineer Incredibly informative . . . will enable you to keep the edge over non-enlightened competitors Architectural Technology This is an excellent book Access Journal Please make the most of what you find in this volume, but please dont use it merely to achieve compliance. Use it to spark creativity, humanity and urbanity in the buildings and public spaces we all use every day, so nobody need feel this place isnt for me and everyone feels welcome. Richard Simmonds, Chief Executive CABE I welcome this guidance which should enable people to understand access requirements and to undertake access audits The law is important but how much better if those organisations simply did it right in the first place so the law did not need to be used. This book should help do just that. Bert Massie, Chairman of Disability Right Commission Both authors are well known for their work on access between them they have produced a useful book that is helpful in the context of our current built environment and what steps can be taken to improve access.—Barrierfree From the Inside Flap This manual covers the design, improvement, maintenance and management of accessible environments. It shows you how to provide and run buildings, services, and employment facilities to enable independent and convenient use by everyone.The Access Manual was first published in November 2003 and has been used by architects and facilities managers needing to meet the requirements of new legislation in 2004. It was well received by design, management, access, and health professionals.This is a fast-moving area and there are now several additional pieces of legislation and guidance central to inclusive design and making buildings accessible to all. This 3rd edition follows the same structure and approach and updates three main areas:The Equality Act 2010Building Regulations: Approved Documents to Parts M (2013) and K (2013)British Standards:  amendment and updating of BS8300 The authors have also updated the material on access auditing, providing additional examples and sample access audit reports and access statements.With its comprehensive information on standards, legislation and good practice, The Access Manual: designing, auditing and managing i