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    • April 11, 2003 at 1:31 pm #706142
      gg
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      Hi,

      I’m looking for information on the Building Regulations Act, specifically in relation to designing private and public buildings for disabled Access. Can anyone assist me with:

      1. What Gov. Dept. is responsible for the Act?
      2. Who ensures that the Act is enforced on a local level?
      3. Is it well enforced?
      3. Where can I get a copy of the ACT?

      Any other info. would be useful

      Many thanks,

      Eugene

    • April 11, 2003 at 4:59 pm #725758
      LOB
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      Dept of the Environment

      Document you are looking for is
      The Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document M:2000

      Don’t know if it is on the net

    • April 11, 2003 at 5:55 pm #725759
      hposkitt
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      The National Disability Authority also publishes a set of guidelines called Buildings for Everyone

    • April 11, 2003 at 7:04 pm #725760
      gg
      Participant

      Thanks.

      Found it. For anyone else that may want it, its at: http://www.environ.ie/planning/construct.html#13

      I’ve learned that 12 – 15% is the target number of buildings to be inspected by the Building Enforcement Officer. Seems like there’s potential here for a lot of buildings to slip past unnoticed and unchecked.

      Any comments?

    • April 12, 2003 at 3:11 pm #725761
      LOB
      Participant

      Originally posted by hposkitt
      The National Disability Authority also publishes a set of guidelines called Buildings for Everyone

      this is online-may be on the Dublin City Council site

    • February 19, 2006 at 5:56 pm #725762
      niallig
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      http://www.nra.ie is another good website to look at if your interested.

    • February 19, 2006 at 5:58 pm #725763
      niallig
      Participant

      Eugene i’m writing a dissertation on the same topic at the moment, i’m dealing with the external environment only though. Perhaps we could help each other out

    • February 19, 2006 at 7:00 pm #725764
      Bren88
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      Obviously they can’t check every building. And they probably don’t make their quota. But it isn’t really a big deal. Most of the elements covered are pretty simple to comply with. What exactly are you worried about/ looking into?

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