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Review of . Design Manual : Barrier Free Access. Objective of Study. Update current Requirements Clarify ambiguities Bring in latest technology . Methodology of Study. Overseas studies Australia, UK, USA, Norway & Japan Opinion survey Direct consultation Rationalization .

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  1. Review of Design Manual : Barrier Free Access

  2. Objective of Study • Update current Requirements • Clarify ambiguities • Bring in latest technology

  3. Methodology of Study • Overseas studies • Australia, UK, USA, Norway & Japan • Opinion survey • Direct consultation • Rationalization

  4. Arrangement of New DM • Mandatory Section • Performance Objectives • Obligatory Design Requirements • Best Practice Section • Design Considerations • Recommended Design Requirements

  5. Key Changes • Extent of application and exemption • Access requirements to auditorium and back-of-stage facilities • Provisions of disabled car parking spaces • Tactile warning strips and guide paths; braille signs and maps, audible & visual signals • Doors

  6. Key Changes • Illumination levels in common areas • Colour contrast/ luminous contract • Assistive provisions for persons with visual or hearing impairment • Lifts • Toilets • Design guidelines for the elderly

  7. 2.2 EXEMPTIONS • A list of areas or parts of a building which can be exempted from accessibility requirements has been added.

  8. Not apply to the following areas or parts of a building • (a) Commercial kitchen, cold room and cinema projector room. • (b) Areas only used for building services and maintenance (testing, inspections, verification, repair and overhaul) including: • (i) a plant, cooling tower and power plant; • (ii) equipment and lift motor room, and electrical transformer room and switch room, a battery room, a machinery room, a plant room and a pump room; • (iii) a boiler house; • (iv) non-tenantable spaces accessed only by ladders, catwalks, crawl spaces, tunnels or freight (non-passenger) elevators;; • (v) an access route for maintenance, pits, lift shafts and ventilation shafts; and • (vi) a sub-station, telecommunication equipment room, metering area, or the like.

  9. Not apply to the following areas or parts of a building where there is a relatively high risk to persons with a disability • (c) Areas used for storage of raw materials, produce or for bulk storage where: • (i) the stored materials are hazardous; or • (ii) the public is not permitted to enter, such as waste containment area, chemical store, or the like. • (d) Mezzanine floors used only for storage, plant and equipment installations or the like. • (e) Raised platforms used primarily for purposes of security or safety management, including, but not limited to, guard towers or fixed lifeguard stands. • (f) Swimming pools (The water containing pools only). • (g) Any path of travel providing access only to an exempted area.

  10. 3.1 AUDITORIUM AND BACKSTAGE FACILITIES • Obligatory design requirements expanded to include requirements of access to auditoriums, the stages and backstage facilities • Obligatory design requirements of tactile warning strips and Braille and tactile maps incorporated. • Removal seats may be installed in wheelchair spaces when the spaces are not occupied by wheelchair users

  11. 3.2 HOTELS, HOSTELS & GUESTHOUSES • Obligatory design requirements for bathroom and shower facilities to accessible guest room included. • Typical guest room layout provided for reference.

  12. 3.3 CARPARKS • No. of accessible parking space, size of the parking space, signage for the parking space and size of loading / unloading area for the parking space added.

  13. 4.1 ACCESS • Minimum clear route defined. • Requirements of tactile tiles / blocks are provided. • Requirement of clearance at access route added. • Requirement for unusual site situation clarified

  14. Tactile Guide Paths at Building Entrances Linking up with Initial Access on the Lot Boundary and Interior Facilities

  15. Typical Tactile Guide Path Junction

  16. Examples of Details of Tactile Warning Tiles / Blocks

  17. 4.2 RAMPS • 1:10 ramp for max rise 150mm • 1:8 ramp for max rise 75mm

  18. 4.3 DROPPED KERBS • Max. gradient of dropped kerbs changed from 1:6 to 1:10. • Level difference not more than 15mm with vehicular area • Width of tactile warning strip clarified - 600mm

  19. 1200 (MIN.)

  20. 4.4 STEPS AND STAIRCASES • For required staircases and main circulation staircases • Requirements on vertical or receding face of risers introduced • Handrails to be provided on both sides • Requirements of tactile warning strips at landings in the latest PNAP incorporated • The requirements for external steps & stairs have been added.

  21. 4.5 HANDRAILS • The diameter of handrails relaxed • Directional signs on handrails added

  22. Figure 16A – Handrails of Staircase

  23. 4.6 CORRIDORS, LOBBIES, PATHS • Requirements for gratings added. • Requirements for headroom added. • Controlled passages for wheelchair user

  24. Grating Size and Orientation Width of Controlled Passages

  25. 4.7 DOORS • The requirement of door width increased from 750 mm to 800 mm • The requirement of unobstructed area adjacent to the door handle decreased from 380 mm to 330 mm • The requirement of height of door thresholds reduced from 25 mm to 20 mm • Opening force for FRP Door – 30 N • Location of the marking on frameless glass doors specified • Automatic doors to be provided to stadium, town hall, civic centre, theatre, museum, public library, sports complex, public swimming pool complex, hotel, shopping complex, hospital and office building

  26. 4.8 TOILET AND W.C. CUBICLES • Accessible unisex toilet introduced • Design requirements including maneuvring space revised • Requirements on urinal added • Location of emergency call bell revised

  27. Accessible Toilet (Opposite - Handed Layout is Acceptable)

  28. 4.9 BATHROOMS AND SHOWER COMPARTMENTS • Requirements on bathtubs, faucets and controls, shower heads, shower stalls grab rails, thresholds and shower seats incorporated for accessible bathroom and shower compartments

  29. 4.10 SIGNS • Requirements of international symbol elaborated • Requirements of directional sign and sign for persons with hearing impairment added. • Braille and tactile requirements added. • The requirements of luminous contrast for the signs are added. • Special obligatory design requirements to assist person with visual / hearing impairment are enhanced.

  30. Directional Signs Braille and Tactile Fire Exit Map

  31. 4.11 INFORMATION / SERVICE COUNTERS • More requirements for service / information counters incorporated.

  32. Key Heights of Counters and Reception Desks

  33. 5.2 ILLUMINATION • Illumination levels for mandatory accessible signs, entrance lobby, lift lobby, lift, corridor and staircases introduced • Automatic or manual switching devices accepted

  34. 5.3 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM • Fire alarm system in accessible areas to emit both audible and visible signals • Exceptions specified

  35. 5.6 ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEMS • “induction loop system” replaced by “assistive listening system”

  36. 5.7 LIFTS • Disabled lift shall be a passenger lift • Size of lift car and width of lift door increased • Audible signal to alert closing of lift door added • Details for keypad design incorporated • All passenger lifts to comply with requirements for lift door, lift control buttons and emergency call button

  37. Figure 42 – Accessible Lift Standardised Position of Buttons for Keypad Control Device

  38. 5.9 ESCALATORS/ PASSENGER CONVEYORS • To be provided with tactile warning strips at bottom and top ends

  39. 5.10 VERTICAL LIFTING PLATFORMS • Vertical lifting platform included in Best Practice Section

  40. 6DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE ELDERY AND ELDERLY WITH FRAILTY

  41. Design Considerations • Elderly persons • May be unstable in their gait and unable to recognise changes in level of floor surfaces. • May be unable to see clearly and may have problems in accommodating dramatic changes of lighting levels. • Would have decreased stamina. • May have difficulties in way finding. • May fall due to bending, stooping and stretching. • May be weak in gripping, and may have difficulties in turning and manipulating taps, switches, door handles and the like. • May have difficulties in pushing open heavy doors.

  42. Enhanced Designs • Barrier free access without steps • Slower speed of escalators • Luminous contrast between wall and floor • Resting place along long corridor • Different colour floors and zonings to improve way finding • Double switches and low level cupboards • Timber or plastic-coated hand rails • Bathroom doors openable on both sides • Sound-absorbing materials and non-glare floor finishes

  43. APPENDIX A ANTHROPOMETRICS • Contains dimensional data for reference by designers when designing facilities and equipment for use by persons with a disability

  44. Figure A3 - Dimensional Data of a Wheelchair User Figure A4 - Vertical Reaching Zones of a Wheelchair User

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