Access Statements

NRAC Auditor and NRAC Consultant providing Access Statements

Good Access Statements, promoting best practice and posted on your website can help people to make an informed choice about visiting your premises. It’s another way of making your business stand out from the competition, and it’s one of our most popular services.

The aim of the Access Statement is to explain the design principles around access and to argue the case for features that are an alternative to the conventional guidance in the Building Regulations Approved Document or from other recognised sources.

Access Statements produced by About Access starts at the concept stage, works its way through the development and stays with the building for its lifetime. As a living document, it is updated as changes are made to the building and it should be seen as a companion to documents relating to, for example, the heating and ventilation system.

It will demonstrate how your design meets with the statutory guidance, why any variations might exist and what measures have been taken to make them accessible. The Access Statement gives you the opportunity to show your awareness and appreciation of features within your property that might present a problem for disabled people, and to set out how you have managed to overcome or minimise the impact.

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What our clients say…

Testimonials


    Very in-depth course with good resources to allow you to carry out an Access Audit.


    Davina

    The online training has been the best I have seen and participated in as the content was of the highest quality for us all as users – a real portal of information and unlike face-to-face training we could go over areas of the training repeatedly as to create fuller understanding. The opportunities to access the facilitator were of a high professional standard, with online opportunities to question as you train and regular Zoom meetings. This was so helpful. This training is certainly accessible in these new challenging times and is highly recommended.


    Louise Boyce

    As an architect I started the course pretty familiar with accessible design requirements. However, with Ian’s teaching I have gained a greater understanding of the disabilities and impairments we must design for and the belief that truly inclusive design goes beyond the legislative requirements.


    Katie

    I thought the course was great. Really opened my eyes to the potential obstacles and issues that could arise. The content was delivered in a very straightforward and understandable manner.

    Peter

    …having first reviewed your website which was clear and comprehensive I made contact. Your response time was swift and a competitive tender was received.


    Space Planning Officer

    I found your survey to be beyond my expectations, absolutely superb in terms of detail and quality of presentation.

    Bishop Grosseteste University

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