CPWD Guidelines

CPWD GUIDE LINES FOR BARRIER FREE
Min. Access Provisions Required in Residential Buildings:
● A minimum of 2 per cent of the total number of units to be constructed with barrier-free features.
(Adoptable Units)
● For Staff housing, multiple dwelling and high rise residential units and tenement a minimum of 1 unit for
every 25, plus 1 additional unit for every 100 units thereafter. Entrances and exits to be accessible.
Essential areas for barrier free design standards for disabled other than the general building design
standards are as follows:
● STREET
● Before building any apartment house for the elderly and handicapped, it is advisable to note street
conditions, access to transportation, proximity to shopping areas, and whether there are major
obstacles between the apartment house and the shopping locations.
● Both wheelchair users and elderly handicapped persons have a common need of hard, nonslip, even
street surface. Avoid loose gravel and provide continuing common surface not interrupted by steps or
sudden changes in level, and other obstructions such as manhole covers, light or telephone poles.
● The street should be marked with signages in braille and visual signage’s at appropriate height to
indicate the shopping area, apartment blocks, bus stop, and taxi stand.
● ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION
● It is essential to accept that very few handicapped or elderly persons living in such a special housing are
able to drive or have their own cars, because of their handicaps or age, or even for economic reasons.
● This means that both groups must rely on public transportation. The important components which are
required to take care for easy access to transportation facilities are as below.
● Safe crossing facilities for persons with wheel chair and with impaired vision by providing acoustic
signal and installing a safety zone on a wide road.
● Provision of kerb ramp at appropriate location at the footpath.
● Provision of guiding block at the starting and ending of crossing.
● Accessible bus stop/taxi stand.
● Accessible sub way/over Bridge.
● KITCHEN
● Floor space should allow easy wheelchair movement between worktop, sink and cooking stove.
● A 1500 mm min. width should be provided for wheelchair turns between counter and opposite wall.
● Worktops, sinks, and cooking area should be at the same level at a height of 780mm - 800 mm high
from floor.
● A knee room of 700 mm high should be provided under the sink.
● Base cabinets storage space with hinged doors and fixed or adjustable shelve should be avoided. Base
cabinets are most usable with drawers of various depth.
● Pullout vertical units at one or both sides of the work centers are desirable.
● Maximum height of shelves over worktop is 1200 mm.
● A min. gap of 400 mm. should be provided between the edge of work top and top shelves. Side reach
for low shelf height should be 300 mm.
● LIVING ROOM AND BED ROOM
● At least 1500 mm turning in space for wheel chair should be kept near all entry points to the living area.
● A living dining combination is preferable to a kitchen dining combination.
● A wheelchair requires at least 750 mm seating space at the dining table.
● Sleeping- living room combinations are not recommended. Bed rooms for the wheelchair users need
more floor area to provide wheelchair circulation.
● The bedroom layout should be such that the bed should not be in a corner of a wall. At least 900 mm
should be provided for a wheelchair from the side of the wall for access and there should be large
enough space for transfer by a wheelchair user, or for a helper to assist in the transfer.’
● The bed should be at a height from the ground that permits wheel chair turning under the bed.
● A min. 900 mm width should be kept in front of bedroom closet and any other furniture.
● Clothes hanger rod should be at a height between 1050 mm - 1200 mm.
● The max. And min. height of shelf should be 1400 and 300 mm, and the recommended zone is from 450
mm to 1200 mm.
● BATHROOM
● The basin should be installed at a height and position for convenient access by wheelchair users.
● The basin should have appropriate knee clearance and foot clearance space for wheelchair users.
● Sufficient clear space for wheelchair users should be provided in front of the basin.
● The mirror should be so installed as to permit its use by wheelchair users.
● Shower cubicles should have seats whose width and height facilitate easy transfer by wheelchair users.
● Shower cubicles should have grab rails at a height and position that allows for easy gripping by
wheelchair users.
● Shower cubicles should have call buttons or other signals devices at a height and position easily reached
in an emergency.
● Sufficient space should be provided beside shower cubicles for transfer by wheelchair users.
● Shower doors, locks or catches should be of a type that can be opened from the outside in an
emergency.
● Shower doors should preferably be of a sliding or outward opening type.
● These recommendations are relevant for communal bathing facilities for low income households.
NBC GUIDE LINES FOR BARRIER FREE
Clear floor space for wheelchair user
● The minimum clear floor or ground area required for accommodating a single, stationary wheel chair
and occupant is 900 mm × 1 200 mm. Where transfer from the wheelchair is involved, the clear space
should preferably be 900 mm × 1 350 mm.
● Entrance/Exit Door
a) Minimum width of entrance: 900 mm exit door
b) Minimum front approach: 600 mm doorways space
c) Minimum latch side approach: 1250 mm doorways space
Lift Size
● The minimum size of the lift shall be 1 500 mm wide by 1 500 mm deep, that allows easy
maneuverability of wheelchair users
TOILETS:
SIGNAGE:
● Signage shall be clearly visible incorporating the international symbol of accessibility and shall comply
with the requirements
● Informative signs shall be located adjacent to the entrance door and be illuminated and clearly visible.
The sign shall be placed on the latch side.
● Directional and functional signs should be located below 1 600 mm where they are easy to approach,
to touch and read the raised signs with the fingers
● Signs should be placed between 1 200 mm and 1 600 mm from the floor or ground surface. It should
be possible to approach the sign to be read from a short distance

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