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© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006
OVERCOMING DISABILITY BARRIERS BY USING AN ONLINE ACCESS MAP
university of sydney - australiagerard cesar gabriel
Tertiary Education Management (TEMC) 2006 Conference
06sydney
28-30 August
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© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006
The University of Sydney (USYD) & Scope of FM information…Disability Access Plan (DAP), History, Objectives & Strategy…DAP Audit methodology…Online Access Map Phase 1 (OAM)…Integrated Systems & Information Management…The Future & OAM Phase 2…Demo…Questions…
DISCUSSION
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Australia’s first, the University of Sydney was established in 1850
Students 46,000 & …6,500 Staff spread over 500 buildings which are distributed over more than 10 Campuses…
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Campus Property & Services portfolio includes maintenance of 470 buildings…20,000+ rooms over 1000 floors & 500,000m2 of floor space…50,000+ items of plant & equipment, 250 centrally booked teaching venues…25,000+ corrective Work Requests per year…$1.9 B (AUD) replacement cost of Facilities.
FM.scope@USYD
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The Disability Access Plan was developed under the auspices of the Barrier Identification & Removal Committee (BIRC), managed by the Facilities Management Office (FMO) currently known as Campus Property & Services (CPS).
Disability Access Plan
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This BIRC assisted the Disability Action Plan Working Party & the Disability Consultative Committee. The latter committee was a sub-committee of the Equity Advisory Committee which was given the responsibility to oversee, evaluate & monitor the University of Sydney’s Disability Action Plan (DAP), initially published in May 1999.
Disability Access Plan
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DAP identifies the following objectives concerning the elimination of discriminatory practices:
Disability Access Plan
Objective 2A - Ensure that new buildings & facilities are designed with provision for access for people with disabilities.Objective 2B - Improve access to existing University buildings for people with disabilities.Objective 2C - Improve the pathways on University campuses to assist people with disabilities to move around the campuses.
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Strategy 2.1 - Ensure that new buildings & refurbishments comply with the Building Code of Australia.
Strategy 2.2 - Develop a plan for remedial works based on information gathered about facilities in the Disability Access Audit.Strategy 2.3 - Allocate monies from the Capital Development Program to implement the access policy & strategies in accordance with priorities identified by access audits.Strategy 2.4 - Develop an Access Master Plan for an accessible path of travel around University campuses.
Disability Access Plan3
In order to achieve these objectives, four strategies were developed:
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© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006
A methodology was developed to initially identify the existing barriers facing staff, students & visitors with disabilities, in order to provide safe, equitable & dignified access to facilities & services in the various campuses of the University of Sydney. An accessible environment can be said to have four broad components:
Accessible points of arrival & departure for all common means of travel;Accessible spaces;Accessible services; & A continuous accessible path of travel to connect the above three points
From a functional perspective, campus users (namely students, staff & visitors) should be able to arrive, depart & access the unique services & spaces throughout the University.
DAP Audit & Methodology
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dis·abled: incapacitated by illness, injury, or wounds; broadly : physically or mentally impaired. (Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary)
© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006from Hershberger R. 1999
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“The chairbound are people who depend upon wheelchairs for mobility.
The chairbound are not the majority of the disabled population, but their
requirements for mobility demand the most space […] (Harkness et al., 1976).”
The Chairbound Disabled
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Air Locks…
© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006Built without Barriers for the Disabled Harkness P. 1976
Doors…
© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006Material from Hershberger R. 1999
Restrooms…
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The Ambulant Disabled
“The ambulant disabled are people who walk with difficulty and insecurity, using
canes, braces, crutches, or other aids (Harkness et al., 1976).”
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Visual Impairments Auditory Impairments
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The barrier removal program started over 6 years ago across all campuses of the University of Sydney. Very little information was made public on disability access to buildings. That is whether a building had at least one accessible entrance, via ramp or other, whether there is a compliant lift, whether there is a disabled toilet etc.
Online Access Map (OAM)
Therefore in conjunction with the BIRC & Ms Ruth Miller, Disability Services Manager, a decision was taken to compile the required information in a database & make it available on the web. As a result, the OAM was conceived in order to provide information that could facilitate access to teaching spaces, services, amenities & car-parking spaces, to staff, students & visitors with disabilities, by helping them better plan their trip to the various University campuses.
The OAM Project is an initiative of the BIRC, the Disability Services Office & FMO, in conjunction with ICAD Consultants Pty Ltd.
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A disability access database was initially developed in FileMaker Pro by the Disability Services Manager in 2001/2002. It consisted of two databases that were linked together to keep the size of the main working database to a minimum.
Online Access Map (OAM)2
A second physical access audit was carried out in 2002 to produce detailed access CAD survey plans of various campus which formed the basis of the OAM web interface.The web interface was designed, built & tested with visually impaired people in mind. The OAM uses data from the standard space module as well as the custom built access module (1997) in ARCHIBUS/FM.
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One of the benefits of an integrated system, is taking advantage of the accurate up-to-date Space database maintained by FMO.
Integrated Systems & information management
This means that the Disability Services Manager does not have to worry about facilities background information (buildings, levels, rooms, hierarchy etc) & only manage access attributes.
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- People Soft financial- Flexsys student system
Mobile FMIS (ARCHIBUS/FM) web, apps & db co-standby servers.
ERP systems
ARCHIBUS/FM client access
SPACE
BLDG Operations
ACCESS
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© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006
© dr. gerard cesar gabriel – university of sydney – temc, sydney 28 august 2006
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Optimised Access between two points of travel.
The future – phase 2
Way finding – building on the existing space data. Internal for all staffNew students looking for lecture theatres, seminar rooms etc.External visitors…
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The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) commended “the University of Sydney for its innovations in attending to the needs of people with disabilities, notably through online access systems.” Subsequently AUQA identified the OAM as a 'Good Practice’ and has published it on AUQA’s Good Practice database. http://www.auqa.edu.au/
www.facilities.usyd.edu.au
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OAM (SWF 00:53 mins) OAM (EXE 00:53 mins)
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QUESTIONS?