ACCESS 2017 Conference
The ACCESS 2017 conference was hosted by the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA) and held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on 18-20 October. We were fortunate to be able to [...]
NSW Disability Access Inclusion Awards: And the Winner is…
It is exciting to report that we attended the NSW Disability Access Inclusion Awards on 21 June 2017 as a nominee, and came away a winner! We were part of the Summer Foundation’s team as [...]
Premises Standards Review
The Premises Standards were first introduced in 2011 which saw some major changes to how building accessibility would be addressed. It was earmarked for a review within 5 years, and last week the Government [...]
Livable Housing
Designing a new dwelling to meet the Livable Housing Design Guidelines started on voluntary basis in the hope that industry and the public would recognise the benefits of doing so. However, with this moving very slowly, and Livable [...]
Welcome to our new website!
This has been happening behind the scenes for some time which explains the quietness from our news page. Gradually, we will try to bring over our old articles for reference and will make a bigger [...]
BCA 2016
With the BCA 2016 now implemented, the most notable update relevant to access for people with a disability is the change in terminology from Alternative Solution to Performance Solution. Essentially, this type of report, or [...]