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049 _aCARIBET
050 _aHF5667
_bC468 2023
110 _aCentre for Accessible Environments (London, England)
_9300792
245 _aThe access audit handbook :
_ban inclusive approach to auditing buildings. /
_cCentre for Accessible Environments, author.
_htxt
246 _aAudit Handbook Milton :
_bRIBA Publications, c2023.
_htxt
250 _a Third edition.
264 _aLondon, England :
_bRIBA Publishing
_c2023
300 _a198 p. :
_bill. ; photo. ; maps ;
_c30 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aContents -- 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.
520 _aOur 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
650 0 _aAuditing
_955958
_zGreat Britain
650 0 _aLaw and legislation
_9123724
_zGreat Britain
942 _2lcc
_c27
_eThird edition.
_hHF5667
_kGeneral
_mC468 2023
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