Access Guide
Access To
- The room is on level 4, NE corridor, to the right when you exit lift 005, or the left when you exit lift 004.
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- The most accessible route has step-free level access, a slight ramp or slope and manual doors.
- There is tactile, written text and numbered signage on or near the entrance.
- There is step-free level access into the room.
- There are double manual doors which open both ways.
- The width of the opening is 170cm.
- The doors have a high visual contrast.
- The doors are on the main corridor to each end of the room. There are two open access points without doors into the room from the corridor 200cm wide. Screens are used to close off the entrance and reduce the width to 100cm.
- There is a slight ramp in the corridor at the lift 005 end.
Teaching
- This is a teaching room.
- There is step-free level access throughout the room.
- There is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is a portable hearing assistance system which is not clearly signed.
- The hearing assistance system could not be tested at the time of the survey.
- Floor coverings are even with no trip hazards.
- The walls and floor have a low visual contrast.
- Lighting levels vary due to the use of large glazed walls.
- Lighting levels are adjustable.
- There is space for an assistance dog to rest.
- Seating available in the room includes: chairs with armrests and chairs without armrests.
- Furniture available in the room includes: tables.
- The surface heights are suitable for wheelchair users.
- The clear underside space of the surfaces is suitable for wheelchair users.
- The height of the speaker's desk/table is 95cm.
- The speaker's desk/table is not height adjustable.
- This room has a television screen.
- There is a portable IR hearing assistance system available.
There are electrical socket covers and cables on the floor which may cause a trip hazard.