Please find attached your checklist with a few additional notes
see also Pamis WC/changing research tel. 01382 345154 e-mail 
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Dave Croft

Joanne Bichard wrote:

> Dear Accessibuilt Members
>
> Please find attached a copy of our Toilet Audit Tool. This has been 
> developed by The Inclusive Design of Away From Home (Public) Toilets 
> in City Centres research project, in collaboration with Vin Goodwin a 
> registered access consultant who has worked with the Centre for 
> Accessible Environments (CAE). The tool is based on the current 
> designs for accessible toilets laid out in the British Standard BS8300 
> (2001) and the Approved Document M (ADM) of the Building Regulations 
> (2004).
>
> It is hoped the tool will be used by people to record facilities that 
> demonstrate good and poor levels of design. The data collected from 
> the tool will be analysed to show where existing facilities succeed or 
> fail to follow guidance laid out in the BS8300 and/or the ADM.
>
> We would like to ask the group to audit a toilet of your choice. This 
> can be a facility you normally rely on when out in the city centre, 
> and can be one managed by a local authority (public toilet provider) 
> or one in a café, restaurant, hotel or pub etc. (private toilet 
> provider). Alternatively you can audit a facility you find difficult 
> to use, detailing the reasons why.
>
> *It is strongly suggested you seek permission from the toilet 
> provider, especially ‘private’ facilities, before you begin y 
> ouraudit.br *
> For some design features the tool lists the recommended measurements 
> for the facilities. If possible please list the actual measurements. 
> If you feel they meet these recommended sizes you may not need to 
> measure the toilet, but just note the measurements detailed on the form.
>
> Completed audits can be returned electronically to the research at 
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Or post them to 
> Jo-Anne Bichard at the address below.
>
> If you have any questions regarding using this tool, please do not 
> hesitate to contact me on 020 7679 8224 or on the e-mail address 
> above. The research welcomes any comments you have regarding the tools 
> ease or difficulty of use as well as any additional details you feel 
> should be added to the tool.
>
> Many thanks
> Jo-Anne Bichard
>
>
> Jo-Anne Bichard
> Research Fellow: Vivacity 2020 Inclusive Design of Public Toilets in 
> City Centres
> Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
> UCL (Torrington Place Site),
> London WC1E 6BT
>
> Tel: 020 7679 8224
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