Most access consultants come from building surveying or occupational therapy backgrounds with no construction experience and poor understanding of architectural design and practice. There’s simply too much risk. Architects need security from complaints, that's why it's important to search for an access consultant that's right for the project. Our clients are acutely aware that their obligations to the DDA stretch beyond building occupancy, long after the building surveyors and occupational therapists have washed up. That's why they search for an access consultant who...
Annex: a Universal Design Standard Annex is a process centered Universal Design standard, which is different to other template-based universal standard. It is necessary, especially in public places, to have generic facilities that meet most people’s needs most of the time or universal design. Yet relying on templates alone will lead to one-size-fits-all outcomes or over design, compliance gridlock if the template will not fit the building and a reliance on the standard for situations where it was not intended such as home modifications to address a person’s individual disability or...