March 2012 Newsletter
National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design publishes guidelines entitled “Building for Everyone: A Universal Design Approach”. »
The 2002 version of Buildings for Everyone has been replaced by a new publication “Building for everyone - A Universal Design Approach”. The National Disability Authority Centre for Excellence...
Ten implications of Technical Guidance Document M on Fire Safety Design in buildings. »
O’Herlihy Access Consultancy has been getting a number of recent queries relating to Fire Safety and understanding the impacts of Technical Guidance Document (TGD) M and Part M of the Building...
ISO 21542:2011 Building construction -- Accessibility and usability of the built environment »
This new international standard (ISO 21542:2011) was recently published on the 12th of December 2011 and revises the previous standard ISO/TR 9527:1994 Building construction -- Needs of disabled people...
The National Standards Authority of Ireland Develop World’s First Standard on Universal Design »
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) in conjunction with the NDA’s (National Disability Authority) Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD), CER (Commission for Energy Regulation),...