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#1 Posted : 22 March 2006 13:55:00(UTC)
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Posted By Joanne Crockett
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Is the minimum width for a corridor or a walkway through an office stated anywhere or is it down to risk assessment?

Thanks Joanne
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#2 Posted : 22 March 2006 14:09:00(UTC)
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Posted By Oil Man
Hi Joanne

I have in mind that it is 1.2M mimimum, but I don't know where it is written of hand. If I remember will let you know.


Hope this helps in some way.
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#3 Posted : 22 March 2006 23:06:00(UTC)
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Posted By TBC
These are from Fire Safety - An Employer's Guide. Link at bottom.

There should be enough available exits, of adequate width, from every room, storey or building. The adequacy of the escape routes and doors can be assessed on the basis that:

a doorway of no less than 750 millimetres in width is suitable for up to 40 people per minute (where doors are likely to be used by wheelchair users the doorway should be at least 800 millimetres wide); and

a doorway of no less than 1 metre in width is suitable for up to 80 people per minute.

Where more than 80 people per minute are expected to use a door, the minimum doorway width should be increased by 75 millimetres for each additional group of 15 people

Corridors should generally be about 1 metre wide, although wheelchair users will need a width of 1.2 metres. The doors should be aligned with the walls of the rooms so that the floor area is effectively divided into two or more parts. To avoid having to travel long distances in corridors affected by smoke, those corridors which are more than 30 metres long (45 metres in offices and factories) should be subdivided into approximately equal parts by providing, close-fitting, self-closing fire doors.

http://www.archive.offic.../document/fire/index.htm

Enjoy
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#4 Posted : 23 March 2006 04:45:00(UTC)
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Posted By Gareth Williams
Joanne,

If you refer to the building regulations your local building control will provide you with an answer. In principle they classify the building and its use, take the occupant load factor into consderation.

Trust this helps


Gareth
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#5 Posted : 23 March 2006 11:59:00(UTC)
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Posted By Descarte
What about the DDA, 2 wheel chair users meet head on in a corridor 1m width may have trouble passing requiring one to back up etc....

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#6 Posted : 23 March 2006 12:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Patrick Burns CMIOSH - SpDipEM - MIQA
Re two wheelchairs. Reasonable adjustments come to mind. Are you suggesting we all demolish current passageways and corridors to allow two lane traffic?
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#7 Posted : 23 March 2006 12:22:00(UTC)
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Posted By Philby'
1.2 general, 1.8 for wheelchair users....for new builds, and major rebuilds/referbs where this can be accommodated, its 1.8....reasonable adjustment....provide passing places...and dont forget turning circles, so beware of doorways in corners and at right anles at ends of corridors, access points to lifts (and the lifts themselves), meeting tables, workstations, walkways in offices, reception desk approaches and locations (and the reception desk itself), door direction travel and what you do with 'fails to safe', to allow disabled users to operate doors, when in conflict with auto closers for fire doors...etc etc

Philby'
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#8 Posted : 23 March 2006 12:44:00(UTC)
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Posted By J Knight
Joanne,

Approved documents for all the Building regs can be downloaded from http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1130474, these include guidance on corridor widths and disbaility access and so on,

John
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