Access Guide
Location of Room(s)
- RM1.01A - Light Room is located to the front right of the Arts Building on the Mezzanine Floor.
- There is step free access from both entrances to the Arts Building to RM1.01A - Light Room.
- To view the AccessAble Access Guide for Arts Building please click here (new tab).
- Level access to this building is only available via the platform lift accessed from within room RM1.01.
Lift (Mezzanine Lower Level - Access to Rooms RM1.01A and RM1.01B)
- The lift is located through a door located within teaching room RM1.01 on the Mezzanine floor.
- The lift is clearly visible from the entrance.
- The lift is approximately 15m (16yd 1ft) from the main lift.
- The lift is a platform lift.
- The platform lift accesses a small level change.
- The weight limit for the lift is 300kg.
- Clear signs indicating the facilities on each floor are not provided on lift lobby landings.
- There is a clear level manoeuvring space of 150cm × 150cm in front of the lift.
- Lift doors do contrast visually with lift lobby walls.
- The external controls for the lift are within 90cm - 110cm from the floor.
- The colour contrast between the external lift controls and the control plate is high.
- The colour contrast between the external lift control plate and the wall is high.
- The clear door width is 80cm (2ft 7in).
- The dimensions of the lift are 80cm x 145cm (2ft 7in x 4ft 9in).
- There are separate entry and exit doors in the lift.
- There is not a mirror to aid reversing out of the lift.
- There is not a list of floor services available within the lift.
- The lift does not have a visual floor indicator.
- The lift does not have an audible announcer.
- The internal controls for the lift are within 90cm - 120cm from the floor.
- There is not a hearing loop system.
- The lift does not have Braille markings.
- The lift does have tactile markings.
- The lighting levels in the lift are good.
- There is a single manual door to access the lift on the upper level.
Step free access to the lift and thereby rooms RM1.01A and RM1.01B is only available by travelling through teaching room RM1.01 from the main lift.
Computer Room(s)
- There is step free access into the room(s) from the corridor.
- The door opening width(s) is/are 75cm+ for the room(s).
- The door(s) for the room(s) is/are not push pad activated.
- There is step free access to the speaker's area at the front.
- The height of the speaker's desk/table is 83cm.
- The speaker's desk/table is not height adjustable.
- There is not a hearing assistance system for the room(s).
- There is not a visual fire alarm beacon in the room(s).
- There is fixed furniture within the room(s).
- The clear floor space beneath tables in the room(s) is 68cm.
- The room does have an unobstructed minimum turning space of 150cm x 150cm.
- Height adjustable benches / tables and chairs with armrests on both sides can be provided on request.
Level access into the room is via the platform lift accessed through room RM1.01.
The door to access the lift from RM1.01 is unmarked (photograph 1).
The door to access the room from RM101B is clearly marked (photograph 7).
The only step free access into RM1.01B is by using the platform lift within RM1.01A (photograph 10).