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Sanitary and Accessibility: Design and Function for All - Under Assessment
Type: Seminar

Inclusive Design - Contrasting Visually
Type: Seminar
This seminar offers guidance on inclusive design, information on visual contrast and interviews with specialists within the field of inclusive design.

Door Furniture for All to Handle
Type: Seminar
This seminar offers highlights perceived problems with The Equality Act, 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.

Architectural Handrail and Balustrades, Contemporary Design to Meet Regulations
Type: Seminar
This seminar will:

• Highlight various requirements within these documents with regard to handrails
• Give a brief explanation/history of the Equality Act /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 resonable 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?

An Introduction to Living Without Barriers
Type: 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.