2820 – Wedgwood, Barlaston Redevelopment Access Statement Georgian House 24 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PT t: 01543 254357 f: 01543 416540 e: [email protected] Brownhill Hayward Brown Ltd Registered in England and Wales 1 Registration No. 6538949 Contents 1.0 Introduction and scope 2.0 Design Report 3.0 Description of development and arrangements for users to have equal and convenient access 4.0 Light reflectance values of materials 5.0 Vehicular and transport links 6.0 Commitment to maintaining an access statement 7.0 Sources of advice and consultation 8.0 Additional material information 2 Issue 01 - March 2015 1.0 Introduction and scope This report is intended as an overview of the proposed access strategy for all areas of the Wedgwood Project within BHB Architects scope. This report is to set down strategies defined during the design and construction process to indicate methods for accessing the building by all. This has been done in compliance with approved Document M and BS8300. Reference has also been made to Designing for Accessibility 2012 edition Riba Publishing. This report has been prepared in accordance to ‘Approved Document M ’ so as to comply with the Building Regulations for contrasting finishes. Compliance Requirements for Disabled People 1. Part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 came into force in October 2004. Among other requirements this placed the onus on building owners to comply with certain criteria so far as selection of colours and finishes is concerned. 2. The current legislation in regard to access by disabled people is Approved Document M of the Building Regulations 2004 and British Standard 8300:2001 (Incorporating Amendment No 1). It should be noted that BS 8300 was written before Part M, Amendment No. 1 brings the two documents into line. 3. ‘ Colour Contrast & Perception ‘ a research project by Peter Parker and his colleagues at Reading University (1997) was set up to understand the major issues related to the use of buildings by visually impaired people. Issue History 3 This document confirms the basis for the requirements of BS8300 9. In Amendment No. 1 to the British Standard, Annex G, Table G.1 and Part M. indicates Zones of good, acceptable and poor visual contrast.. 4. BS 8300 requires a visual contrast in the following situations :- Ceiling to wall, wall to floor, leading edge of door, sanitary ware to 10. The GAI research also noted an acceptable contrast between flat adjacent walls, door furniture to door surface, door to wall objects such as push plates on a door when the contrast is in the (architrave same colour as wall or same as door), stairs to wall, order 10 – 20 points. More important is the intensity and direction handrail to wall, stair nosings, etc. of illumination of the door. The research tests were carried out under illumination of 200lux, variations from this will therefore There is also the requirement that highly reflective surfaces are need to be considered carefully. kept to a minimum. 5. Section 3.8 of Part M requires that “ the presence of doors, whether open or closed, should be apparent to visually impaired people through the careful choice of colour and material for the door and its surroundings “ 6. Section 3.10.e of Part M requires that “all door opening furniture contrasts visually with the surface of the door ; the door frames contrast visually with the surrounding wall ; the surface of the leading edge of the door that is not self closing, or is likely to be held open, contrasts visually with the other door surfaces and it’s surroundings “ 7. Section 3.12 of Part M requires that “there should be a visual contrast between the wall and the ceiling, and between the wall and the floor…” 8. When first published BS 8300 recommended that the visual contrast between adjacent surfaces should be in the order of 30 points. However, recent research sponsored by The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers, carried out by Reading University, and referred to above suggests that a 20 point difference can be acceptable such as wall to ceiling and door handles against the door. 4 2.0 Design Report 2.3 The Proposals 2.1 Site location Planning permission was granted by Stoke City Council for the proposed works to the existing factory in September 2013. The proposed works The site is located on Wedgwood Drive, Barlaston near Stoke on Trent. include: 2.2 Scheme History Demolition of approx. 50% of the existing factory WWRD UK Ltd., owned since 2009 by KPS Capital Partners, is a group of Refurbishment of the remaining factory and out buildings companies including Wedgwood, Waterford and Royal Doulton brands. Construction of three small extensions, tea room, Museum gallery WWRD operates from a site at Barlaston, Staffordshire which includes the extension and Museum link corridor. EMEA head office, visitor centre and a manufacturing facility for tableware The primary objectives of such a redevelopment being to safeguard the and prestige giftware. The site, formerly part of the Barlaston Hall Estate, future of Wedgwood on the Barlaston site by delivering optimised covers 281 acres comprising an industrial area (approximately 42 acres), operational facilities comprising: woodland, lakes, pastureland, a sports field and pavilion, all located within an area of Green Belt. State of the art ceramic manufacturing - efficient and sustainable; Now operated by WWRD Group, Barlaston remains the home of Fit-for-purpose office environment plus mock-shops, showroom etc; Wedgwood, who relocated to the Barlaston site in 1938 from Etruria. The achievements on the Barlaston site stand as a testament to the social Significantly upgraded “Wedgwood Experience” with an extended awareness, vision and innovation of the Wedgwood family and the offering that will attract 100,000+ visitors per annum. ceramics they produced. Barlaston Today Since the initial manufacturing and office premises were opened at Barlaston in the late 1930s, the building footprint has grown more than fourfold. At the height of production Wedgwood employed two thousand people on the site. Today Wedgwood employs approximately six hundred people. Operations on the Barlaston site occupy less than a third of the 76,000m2 of constructed floor space, with the industrial area itself (42 acres) being only a small part of the overall estate owned by WWRD. As a result, many of the buildings are now empty and in poor and deteriorating condition. 5 6 2.4 Proposed building layouts Primary operational facilities required by WWRD include circa 8,000m² of open plan office facilities including employee facilities, meeting rooms, show rooms, mock shops and storage space. Circa 12,000m² of manufacturing facilities with all support facilities and circa 12,000m² visitor experience including product shops, retail, restaurant, museum, factory tour and master craftsman experience; The newbuild elements total 1,646.2sqm and are defined as: 1- Tea room extension – 835sqm 2- Visitors entrance Atrium - 216.2sqm 3- Museum Gallery extension – 532.7sqm Key Plan 4- Museum atrium link – 62.3sqm The internal layout of the building can be divided into the following smaller Visitors Entrance components; (as shown in the key plan and Fig1) E Building A- Existing Main factory Building 3 storey factory and corporate B offices. D F Building B – Tea room extension and Visitors attraction atrium entrance. C Building C – Museum Extension gallery A Building D – Museum Extension glazed link Building E – Food and Beverage building – small area of restaurant and remaining areas are factory outlet and future third party retail. Staff Entrance Building F – Existing Museum. Office Main Entrance Fig 1 7 3.0 Description of development and arrangements for users to have 3.1 Reception desks. equal and convenient access There are two reception desks provided within the proposals, in each Level access is provided to all of the main Entrances and all new areas, Atrium. The desks have been designed to comply with Part M and have including the Staff Entrance, Visitor’s Entrance Atrium and Office entrance lower levels and wheelchair access provided to both sides. atrium. Disabled parking is located in the two car parking areas North and South car parks, with the spaces closest to the buildings allocated as Both reception desks will also be provided with an induction loop. disabled. The number of spaces provided for staff and office visitors are 10 spaces (in the south car park) and there are 8 spaces provided for visitors to the Visitor’s attraction (in the North car park). Vertical circulation is available through utilising existing factory lifts, which have been upgraded to comply with Part M. The lifts are located adjacent to the Staff entrance, providing access to for the offices and factory and the Visitors entrance providing access to all floors included in the visitors tour. Basement areas have not been upgraded as part of the works undertaken however there is existing ramped access provided on the south elevation and there is access via a service lift from the deliveries Office Atrium Reception desk entrance on the West elevation. Directional signage to the building will be provided by Wedgwood to comply with regulations. Visitors Atrium Reception desk 8 3.2 WC Provision 4.0 Light reflectance values All new WC’s will have a disabled WC provided and accessible WC’s in The internal finishes have been designed to comply with Part M for Light compliance with Building regulations. Travel distances vary to disabled reflectance values, where ever possible. WC’s due to the layout of the existing building. Approved document M states in Definitions; Where access to a disabled WC is required by staff WWRD will ensure that the seating layouts will accommodate any staff to be seated near Contrast Visually, When used to indicate the visual perception of one appropriate facilities.