DDA Access Consultancy

With our experience in access consultancy we are well placed to help our clients achieve compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). We use Consultant Members of the National Register of Access Consultants for all our Access Consultancy work.

We offer Access advice to clients from private individuals to blue chip companies and we are able to provide:

Access Statements
Design guidance through Access Appraisals
Access Audits of existing buildings
Access Policies and Procedures


Our recent contracts include:

Access Audit of Microsoft's Reading campus development, including provision of an Access Statement and design guidance for their latest building on the site;
Provision of design guidance for Unilever's new head office;
Access Audit and production of full Access Policies and Procedures for Diamond Light Source Ltd;
Access Audit of Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's hospitals, spread across Liverpool.


Overview

Access Appraisals

An Access Appraisal is the first stage in the design process and ensures that the scheme incorporates the best possible design for a new development.

Our services typically include:

Review of the design to provide advice for the project architects;
Production of a report on the access approach and development justification for the design detail as the scheme develops.
This process assists the architect by preparing for the Access Statement. It ensures the design meets best practice, whilst avoiding the need for expensive redesign work.


Access Statements

Following the advice to project architects, we lead on to preparing an Access Statement for the scheme.

As part of the planning application, an Access Statement is required for all but the very smallest developments. The Statement sets out standards for access and how the design can achieve them.

Access Statements are evolving documents, that are tailored and updated as the design of a scheme is developed.

Access Audits

Preparation of our Access Audits is in accordance with industry best practice and they are tailored to suit the specific needs of each client. A key aspect of our service is the test of reasonableness, as required by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Examples of our Work

Should you wish to see examples of our Access Consultancy please Contact Us and we will be happy to send you an example of our recent work. (This information is not made publically available due to the sensitive nature of its contents.)

As an independent consultancy, we do not act as an agent for the supply industry and we do not sell any of the products recommended in our reports.