Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk THE door industry journal spring 2024 Doorsets, Fire Doors, Safety & Security Equal Access to Everyone All new buildings or buildings being refurbished over a specific size must now be designed and constructed with high-quality disabled access. The ADM criteria are lower for smaller businesses such as shops and restaurants to align with the business’s cost-to-size ratio. Some of the features of an ADM-compliant commercial building might include assistive technology, such as hearing loops or visual alarms. Other accessibility considerations might include: Accessible Facilities Accessible facilities such as accessible toilets, parking spaces and lifts will all help to make your building ADM compliant and ensure your building can be visited comfortably by disabled people. Accessible Routes Similarly, routes throughout your building should be accessible to ensure disabled people can navigate it easily and safely. Wide corridors, level flooring and handrails will all help make your space more accessible. Accessible Entrances Entrances and exits might include ramps, wide doorways, and automatic doors to allow individuals with disabilities to enter and exit your building independently, safely, and efficiently. These accessible features will allow a wheelchair, mobility scooter, or walking aid user to access your building. Doorsets also play a crucial role when considering your entrances and exits. As the point of entry into a building, route access through a building or the means of accessing facilities, such as toilets, your doors must be usable by all. From handles and door openers to thresholds and vision panels, your doors and door hardware should be suitable for wheelchair users and those with other disabilities. ADM-Compliant Doors Visibility & Accessibility for Public Buildings Whether for aesthetic reasons, to let in light or for safety reasons, glazed vision panels look great and provide many practicalities. To comply with ADM regulations, all circulation doors, such as entrance doors, corridor doors, lobby doors, and some internal doors in public buildings, should contain vision panels. By creating awareness when someone is approaching from the opposite side of the door, vision panels reduce the risk of accidents happening. To create a suitable zone of visibility for both wheelchair and non-wheelchair users, your single or multiple vision panels should create a minimum zone of visibility of between 500mm and 1500mm from the floor. How ZEROplus Can Help To help reduce the accessibility barriers faced by many disabled people every day and make your building easier to access and more welcoming to everyone, you need accessibility products and ADM-compliant door hardware you can trust. At ZEROplus, we’re proud to supply a range of accessibility products, from low thresholds and modular ramps to wheelchair shower thresholds and vision frames. Many vision frames from our extensive range have BS EN ISO 10140-2:2010 acoustics, BS EN 1670:2007 corrosion and BS EN 1634-1:2000 fire testing. We also stock a range of rescue hardware, including a pivot set that creates an emergency door swing. The pivot makes rescue quick and easy as the door can swing both ways should someone fall against the inside of an accessible toilet door. zeroplus.co.uk 111 An ADM-compliant doorset considers features such as: • A wider door opening - minimum 850mm to 900mm wide • Appropriate signage - large print size and contrasting colours • Easy-to-operate door handles — suitable height and easy to grip • Appropriate threshold plates — maximum 15mm high • Vision frames — create a safe zone of visibility
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