DDA Compliant Building

DDA Compliant Website
The DDA aims to end the discrimination which many disabled people face. This Act gives disabled people rights in the areas of:

• Employment
• Access to goods, facilities and services
• Buying or renting land or property.

The employment rights and first rights of access came into force on 2 December, 1996; further rights of access came into force on 1 October, 1999; and the final rights of access will come into force in October 2004.

Fully DDA compliant Engine House

S.W.O.T Analysis

STRENGTHS

·         Holds true to the ideology of diversity and access for all

·         Inclusive design

·         Future proofing

·         Large majority of the public would be able to use the building

WEAKNESSES

·         Expensive - lift access, ramps, DDA machinery, structural integrity

·         Intrusive to the original building structure, if the obvious solution is used. i.e. original chimney shaft is used for vertical circulation to each floor, a large opening would need to be made, which would severely disturb the original structure

·         Not in keeping with the sensitive nature of the development

·         Can often take over a design and become main driving force

·         Designing for the minority not the majority of public

OPPORTUNITIES

·         Advertising inclusive design experience

·         Business expansion

THREATS

·         Budget overrun – proposed user group would not be able to afford to build

DDA Toilet Layout