Built Environment Professional Education Project - Julie Fleck - Facilities Show, 19 Jun 2014

Built Environment Professional Education ProjectJulie Fleck MRTPI OBEOffice for Disability Issues

Facilities Show19 June 2014

2Department for Work & Pensions

Inspired by London 2012 the most accessible Games ever

• Unique accessible experience provided for disabled people

• Paralympic Legacy Advisory Group

• Built Environment

Professional Education Project

• Inclusive Design - a lasting Paralympic Legacy


Principles of Inclusive Design

All buildings places and spaces easily and comfortably accessed and used by everyone

• People at the heart• Diversity and difference• Choice • Flexible• Convenient and Enjoyable

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/knowledge-resources/inclusion-design-equality-diversity-and-built-environment


London 2012 Accessible Facilities and Services

Olympic Park

• Gradient 1 in 60• Choice of routes: steps,

ramps, gentle slopes• Seating arms and backrests

every 50 metres • Smooth non-slip path

surfaces• Games mobility – scooters,

wheelchairs, buggies• Consistent clear signs with

symbols and text



Venues • Wheelchair spaces • Easy access seats • Audio presentation • Induction loops • Provision for faith groups• Changing Places toilets• Guide Dog facilities• Ticket care for PAs

Transport• Manual ramps• Journey planner• Accessible shuttle



Volunteers • Volunteer drivers - disability

equality training • Adapted cars for disabled drivers

Information• Inclusive London web site• Destination London training

course

Summer Like No Other• Wheelchair viewing platforms• Seating• Induction loops • BSL interpretation• Audio description


Accessible London

• South Bank improvements http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/equalities/london-2012-legacy/london-as-an-accessible-visitor-destination

• The London Story conference http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/equalities/london-2012-legacy

• London Planning Guidance Accessible London https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/consultations/draft-supplementary-planning-guidance-on-accessible-london


Inclusive design business as usual

• ODA and LLDC Inclusive Design Strategy http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk/publications/inclusive-design-strategy.php

http://queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/the-park/plan-your-visit/accessibility-and-inclusion

• Stratford City Access Group http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk/publications/stratford-city-consultative-access-group-inclusive-acces.php


What is BEPE

Part of 10 year project to realise a lasting Olympic and Paralympic legacy

Management: Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Unit

Department for Business Innovation & Skills

Office for Disability Issues (DWP)

Greater London Authority

Aim: Buildings, places and spaces are designed to include disabled and older people

How: By embedding inclusive design education into professional qualifications for architects, planners, surveyors, engineers, facilities managers

By: 5 year project 2013 - 2018


Project vision

Every newly qualified built environment professional will have the

KnowledgeSkills Attitude

to deliver accessible and inclusive buildings, places and spaces


Project Objective

To embed inclusive design as a core part of the required curriculum in the education of built environment professionals with student assessments and Assessments of Professional Competence that reflect this

• To work with the key built environment professional institutions to champion the project within their profession

• The professional institutions to incorporate inclusive design principles into the criteria they use to accredit courses and in their assessments of professional competence

• The professional institutions to work with course providers to change the curriculum

• Student assessments and marking systems to reflect the new approach to teaching inclusive design


Education the catalyst for change

Education can change mindsets and build capabilities

Work with universities and colleges to help them to:

• Build on the good practice already available

• Develop robust packages of inclusive design content for accredited courses

• Train lecturers to deliver inclusive design effectively and confidently

• Add first-hand experience to student learning so that it comes alive with diverse users and inclusive role models

• Test and reward inclusive design to help drive behaviour change


Accessible experience for all

The project is not • About funding physical access improvements• Changing technical standards, regulations or legislation

The project is about• Education skills to implement accessible and inclusive schemes

• Changing how professionals are taught inclusive design

• Understanding best practice technical standards and legislation

• Understanding how disabled people experience buildings


BEPE Professional Institutions

Royal Institute of British Architects

Architects Registration Board

Landscape Institute

Royal Town Planning Institute

Royal Institution of Chartered

Surveyors

Chartered Institution of Highways

and Transportation

Institution of Civil Engineers

Chartered Institution of Structural

Engineers

Chartered Institution of Building

Services Engineers

Chartered Institute of Building

Construction Industry Council

British Institute of Facilities

Management


BEPE Project Board

• Eight senior figures from the built environment professions

• Provide a high level central resource to help roll out the changes required within each profession

• Champion an approach that helps the institutions devise a road map to effect the change needed

• Help inform the professional institutions and universities/colleges to effect a lasting change in the way professionals are taught

• Gareth Tancred CEO BIFM


British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)

• “We are delighted to support this great initiative. This follows the fantastic success of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games which were considered to be the most accessible games ever held. The BIFM look forward to working with partner institutes to ensure that the access needs of older and disabled people are met to achieve inclusive access for all. BIFM have been supporting members understand the importance of inclusive access for many years. This support is crucial as facilities managers are at the forefront of making their buildings accessible to all; their role helps improve the lives of individuals with disabilities through improved access and workplace conditions.”

Supportive Statements


British Institute of Facilities Management

Good Practice Guide – Legislation– Day to day management– Access statements– Evacuation– Training – Opportunities for change

CPD Managing Accessibility– Legislative overview– Inclusive design criteria– Access auditing– User needs– Fire safety and PEEPS


BIFM review of professional standards framework

• Access Management as a separate functional area component

• Professional Standards Handbook to set out high level competencies

• Access Management Unit in on line assessment and learning tool

Embedding inclusive design and access management learning into assessed training will give facilities managers the confidence and skills to challenge poor and deliver excellent accessibility

Accessibility and inclusion will become second nature


How can you help?

Recognise need to respond to a changing society

• Changing perceptions of disabled people

• Needs of an ageing population

• Desire to retain independence and dignity

• Mindset and behaviour change

Promote BEPE within facilities management

• Support a change to professional standards framework

• Make inclusive design a required part of core curriculum

• Help build capacity in education and training centres

• Inspire innovation and change in teaching and learning programmes

• Assess and reward students

Engage with disabled people and their organisations – they are the experts

Questions?

Email [email protected]

ODI website www.odi.dwp.gov.uk

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