Refurbishing offices for people with disabilities : a design and assessment guide for owners, occupiers, developers and advisers

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Refurbishing offices for people with disabilities : a design and assessment guide for owners, occupiers, developers and advisers

Jack Rostron, Murray A. Fordham

Arena, 1996

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Bibliography: p. 71

Includes index

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Description

This text provides design guidance for occupiers, owners and developers of offices in meeting the needs of physically disabled employees for which existing property is suitable. It also provides a means of assessing if an existing office building is suitable to meet the same needs.

Table of Contents

  • Part One Design guidance for refurbishing existing offices: interior: entrance
  • reception/foyer
  • office/work rooms
  • cafeteria and kitchen/dining areas
  • toilets/washrooms
  • circulation
  • fittings and services
  • heating and hot water
  • signs
  • public telephones
  • cash dispensers
  • alarms and security
  • exterior: pedestrian accessibility
  • vehicular accessibility
  • case study. Part Two: introduction
  • how to use the survey sheet
  • assessment of existing offices - interior: entrance
  • reception/foyer
  • office/work rooms
  • cafeteria and kithcen/dining areas
  • toilets/washrooms
  • circulation
  • stairs
  • ramps
  • lifts
  • heating and ventilation
  • communal facilities
  • exterior: pedestrian accessibility
  • vehicular accessibility
  • summary sheet.

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