The following CPD Providers Network material is available from HEWI (UK) Ltd:
An Introduction to Living Without Barriers
(Seminar)
This seminar aims to impart a basic knowledge of designing for disabled access, incorporating the design and use of door fixings, stairways, handrails and ramps, and the benefits of a coloured environment.
Door Furniture and the DDA BS 8300: 2009 and Approved Document M
(Seminar)
This seminar offers highlights perceived problems with DDA, BS 8300:2001 and Part M of the building regulations relating to door furniture and offers solutions. The seminar looks at these three pieces of statutory requirements, where we are and how we got there. Some time is spent discussing what is "reasonable" regarding Document M, what are Light Reflectance Values and why they exist.
Handrails and the DDA / BS 8300: 2009 and Approved Document M
(Seminar)
This seminar will:
- Highlight various requirements within these documents with regard to handrails
- Give a brief explanation/history of the DDA/BS8300:2001 (with BS8300:2009 amendements) and Document M, where we are and how we got there
- Consider design considerations and confirm the requirements within these documents regarding handrails
- Discuss what is "REASONABLE" regarding Document M "Access to and use of buildings"
- Light reflectance values (LRV) what is it and why?
- Disability Rights Commission (DRC), who they are and what they do?
Inclusive Design - Contrasting Visually
(Seminar)
This seminar offers guidance on inclusive design, information on visual contrast and interviews with specialists within the field of inclusive design.
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