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About View
- Sir Alexander Robertson Building is a medium sized building with 2 floors.
- There is 1 lift and 2 staircases within the building.
- The floors are not signed.
- There is internal stepped access between Sir Alexander Robertson Building and the Farm Animal Practice Building.
- There is not a toilet with adaptations available.
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- The venue does not have its own car park.
- The name of the nearest car park is Blue Campus Car Park.
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- The nearest train station is Eskbank Train Station.
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The approach to the building is step-free via slight slopes.
There is stepped access on the approach from the Farm Animal Practice Building.
Sir Alexander Robertson building has 3 entrances.
The right hand side and left hand side entrances both provide step-free access to the ground floor.
The entrance from Farm Animal Practice Building is stepped access via the link corridor before and after the sets of doors.
All of the entrances have two sets of manual doors.
The entrance from the Farm Animal Practice Building is signed as Sir Alexander Robertson Building.
The entrance at the front of the building on the right hand side is signed as Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security.
The entrance at the front of the building on the left hand side is not signed.
The entrance at the front of the building on the right hand side provides step-free access to the ground floor.

There is step-free level access throughout the building on all floors.
Floor surfaces along all circulation routes are hard and smooth with a shiny finish.
There are no resting areas along the circulation routes.
There is no wayfinding signage provided in the building.
There are manual doors along circulation routes throughout the building.

General Building Information View
- Please note the fire evacuation strategy from the upper floors of this building relies on the ability to self-transfer in to an evacuation chair.

Toilet Facilities View
- There are no toilets with adaptations in this building.
- The male and female step-free toilet facilities are located on the ground floor.

The stairs surveyed are located ahead from the front right entrance.
There are double manual doors to access the stairwell.
The ground and first floors can be accessed by these stairs.
There are 20+ steps between floors.
The steps are clearly marked and have handrails on both sides.
The handrails are not easy to grip.
The handrail covers the flight of stairs throughout its length.
The handrails do not extend horizontally beyond the first and last step.
The height of the steps is between 15cm and 18cm.
The height of the highest step is 17cm.
The depth of the steps is not between 30cm and 45cm.
Lighting levels vary due to the use of large glazed walls.
The manual doors to access the staircase are on the first floor only.
There is a similar staircase on the opposite side of the building.

The male and female standard toilet facilities were surveyed.
The toilets are located on the ground floor.
The distance from the front right entrance is 32m.
The most accessible route has step-free level access and manual doors.
There is step-free level access into the toilets.
There is written text signage on or near the door.
The door opens inwards and has a high visual contrast.
The width of the door opening is 84cm.
Internally the door has a high visual contrast.
There are no ambulant toilet facilities available.
There is a wash basin, a wall mounted soap dispenser and a wall mounted towel dispenser available.
The wash basin has a twist/turn tap.
Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.
Both the male and female toilets have two doors to access them, as shown in the photographs.