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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
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    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
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    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
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    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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