Design of Large Passenger Ships and Passenger Infrastructure:
Guidance on Meeting the Needs of Disabled People

Appendix 2

Useful publications

The Merchant Shipping
(Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I II II(a)) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No.2514) - Price £6.10

The Building Regulations
(Amendment) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No.2561) - Price £1.10

New approved document on Part M of the Building Regulations
“Part M: Access and Facilities for Disabled People” 1999 Edition (ISBN 0117534692) - Price £7.95

Above available from The Stationary Office; PO Box 29, Norwich, NR3 IGN; Telephone orders: 0870-6005522

Guidance On the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces

Accessible Public Transport Infrastructure Guidelines for the Design of Interchanges, Terminals and Stops

Recommended Specification for Buses used to Operate Local Services. Revised July 1995 (DPTAC)

Recommended specification for Low-Floor Buses (DPTAC)
Above documents available free of charge from the DPTAC Secretariat, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR; Tel: 020-7944 3632; Fax 020-7944 6998; E-mail: dptac@detr.gov.uk

STCW 95 (International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) - Price £25

SOLAS (Full edition) £76

Above available from the IMO Publication Section. Tel 020-7735 7611

Reducing Mobility Handicaps - Towards a barrier free environment
Photocopies of above available from the Institution of Highways and Transportation, 6 Endsleigh Street, London, WC1H 0DZ. Telephone 020-7387 2525 - Price £10 - Web www.iht.org

Building Sight - Price £20
Buildings and Internal Environments - Price £10
Web www.rnib.org.uk

Sign Design Guide - Price £20
Above documents are available from the Joint Mobility Unit of the RNIB, 224 Great Portland Street, London, W1N 6AA; Tel: 020-391 2035

Colour, Contrast and Perception - Design Guidance for Internal Built Environments - The University of Reading (Rainbow Technique) - Price £15

Above document is available from Wayne Collins Associates, Tel 020-7470 0202

Chartered institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Code for Interior Lighting - Price £52 Web www.cibse.org

Above document is available from CIBSE, Tel 020-8675 5211

Women’s Design Service has a handbook on the design of women’s public toilets entitled `at a women’s convenience’ 1990 and includes a factsheet on the design of baby care facilities - Price £6.50 Web www.wds.org.uk

Above document is available from the Women’s Design Service, Tindle Manor, 52-54 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT. Tel 020-7490 5210

Useful addresses

Royal Association for Disability & Rehabilitation (RADAR) 12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 8AF Tel 020-7250 3222

Institution of Highways and Transportation 6 Endsleigh Road, London W13 0RE Tel 020-7387 2525

Published: 29 November 2000

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