03576nam a22003137a 4500 pucpr 20240117153521.0 240117b2023 |||aoe|| |||| 001 0 eng d 9781914124839 1914124839 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET HF5667 C468 2023 Centre for Accessible Environments (London, England) 300792 The access audit handbook : an inclusive approach to auditing buildings. / Centre for Accessible Environments, author. txt Audit Handbook Milton : RIBA Publications, c2023. txt Third edition. London, England : RIBA Publishing 2023 198 p. : ill. ; photo. ; maps ; 30 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Includes index. Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Introduction -- 1.0 Access Audits -- 1.1 What is an access audit? -- 1.2 Access audits and the Equality Act 2010 -- 1.3 Access audits, access statements, access strategies and the planning and building regulations process -- 1.4 What follows an access audit? -- 1.5 Commissioning an access audit -- 2.0 Audit Methodology -- 2.1 The site survey -- 2.2 What do you audit? -- 2.3 Survey equipment -- 2.4 Observational assessment -- 2.5 Data recording -- 2.6 User participation -- 2.7 Building management -- 3.0 Report Writing -- 3.1 A communication tool -- 3.2 Report formats -- 3.3 Establishing the legislative context -- 3.4 Criteria for assessment and design guidance -- 3.5 Making recommendations -- 3.6 Priorities and categories -- 3.7 Cost banding -- 4.0 Case Studies -- 4.1 Almeida Theatre, Islington, London, UK -- 4.2 Penguin Beach, ZSL, Regent's Park, London, UK -- 4.3 Christ Church, Notting Hill, London, UK -- 4.4 Guildhall, City of London, UK -- 4.5 University College London (UCL), Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), Dorking, UK -- 4.6 Hebden Bridge Town Hall, West Yorkshire, UK -- 5.0 Access Audit Checklists -- External environment -- Internal environment -- Building management -- Communications -- 6.0 Appendices -- 6.1 Organisations -- 6.2 Publications -- Index -- Image Credits. Our buildings and environments should be inclusive to all, but how can we assess this? The Access Audit Handbook is an indispensable tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services. This book offers straightforward advice about undertaking access audits and explains how they make buildings, environments and services more inclusive. Following the audit, the book explains how each of the various report formats works best to communicate recommendations in the content of current legislation, funding requirements and best practice in building management. Well established as the best resource for conducting access audits, the third edition of The Access Audit Handbook is fully up to date with the latest legal and technical standards as well as developments in equipment and building maintenance. Featuring advice on: Commissioning an access audit Audit methodology Making recommendations Report writing The practical guidance is supported by case studies, worked examples and checklists Auditing 55958 Great Britain Law and legislation 123724 Great Britain lcc 27 Third edition. HF5667 General C468 2023 301533 301533 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2024-01-08 Amazon 41.69 0 General HF5667 C468 2023 91000000071480 2024-01-17 15:37:29 1 51.69 2024-01-08 27