Hi Marcus and Rod,
A summary of the key issues in the amendment is given in the FAQ memo by David Petherick which is on the ODPM web site under Building Regs. Sorry I don't have the link ready but you should be able to find on the web site under B Regs then Part M
regards
Carol
Carol Thomas
JMU Access Partnership RNIB
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I would also be grateful if someone could refer me to an abstract of the
amendment.
Rod Hunter
Hunarch Consulting
Australia
marcus ormerod wrote:
>Hi all
>
>Has anyone had chance to assess what Amendment 1 to BS8300 that came out on
>3 June has?
>
>The BSI says:
>
>AMD 15617 published 03 June 2005
>AMD 15617 is not available separately from BS8300 as a whole.
>
>I have had a quick look and they have introduced text tags to indicate in
>the text of the original BS8300 where amendment 1 changes it. It will be
>interesting to know how these "text tags" are included in the accessible
>versions.
>
>I have not have chance to view the changes.
>
>Regards
>Marcus
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