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Page 1 of 3 Making Sports Stadia Accessible Here at ADP we work with Clubs to make their stadia more accessible for their supporters. Outlined briefly below is what we can offer you … Access Audits and Reports Our Access Consultants will conduct an Access Audit and produce an Access report on an existing stadium so as to give a snap shot of the non DDA compliant aspects of the stadium. Recommendations will be made along with time scales in order to rectify urgent problems. We will also appraise any proposed new plans and will advise the Architect accordingly. Facilities We concentrate upon physical features, design issues and standards with key sources of references which include:
Transport and access to the stadium information and signage Parking Ticket outlets and designated entrances Movement and circulation in and around the stadium Vertical and horizontal Lifts, ramps and staircases We provide guidance and recommended spectating standards covering quantity, location and dispersal of viewing areas and design issues regarding sightlines.
Standards, Requirements and Accessibility for: - Toilets, Restaurants & Bars Directors’ boxes Hospitality suites, Executive Boxes
- Retail and Commercial activities
- Press and media
We also advise essential information on design and management issues related to safety that include: - Horizontal and vertical means of escape, fire and emergency warning systems and staff training
Criteria covered within the report - Car Parking
- Access Routes
- Providing Information
- Entering the Stadium
- Designated Entrances
- Circulation Areas
- Passenger Lifts
- Viewing Areas Stairs and Ramps
- Location of Viewing Areas
- Quality of Viewing Spaces
- Viewing Areas for Ambulant Disabled Spectators
- Sightlines
- Pitch Level Viewing Areas
- Elevated Viewing Areas
- Fully Enclosed Viewing Areas
- Standing Accommodation
- Supplying Match Commentaries to Viewing Areas
- Toilets for Disabled Spectators
- Toilets for Ambulant Disabled Spectators
- Refreshment Outlets
- Restaurants and Bar Areas
- Directors’ Boxes, Executive Boxes, Hospitality Suites
- Retail Outlets and Other Commercial Activities
- Press and Media
Legislation and References
The legal requirements and obligations related to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) that must be taken account of by service providers and designers in making reasonable adjustment to physical barriers and services in existing and new stadia. It draws attention to the ‘Code of Practice. Rights of Access. Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises. Disability Rights Commission 2002.’ (‘DRC Code’). It summarises and provides an overview of BS8300: 2001 ‘The design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people’: ‘Code of Practice’ (‘BS 8300’) and the ‘Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds 1997’ (‘Green Guide’) and their importance as key references for standards and good practice. These include reference to the new Building Regulations PART M 2004 ‘Access to and use of buildings’. Other sources of reference: ‘Improving facilities for Disabled Supporters, a report by the Football Task Force 1998’ (‘Task Force Report’), Ground Surveys and definitions of disability are summarised. This part also explains the requirement for an access audit of an existing stadium and an access plan or strategy as a first step, and the continued need to carry this through at each design and construction stage, including statutory approvals at the Planning and Building Regulations stages.
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