Elevator Products Designed To Meet The Reqquirements Of
EN81-70 & Disabled Discrimination Act (DDA)

Background To The DDA and EN81-70 Regulations

The Disabled Discrimination Act 1995 was introduced in 1995.
• Part I was aimed at ending the discrimination disabled people face during day to day activities.
• Part II was designed to prevent discrimination against the disabled in employment. It placed the onus employers to develop solutions to enable disabled persons to be employed.
• Part III placed duties on building owners and occupiers not to discriminate against people in the provision of services and accommodation. It made it unlawful for service providers to refuse to serve a disabled person or offer them service at a lower standard for reasons relating to their disability.

From October 1999, section 21 of the DDA required service providers to take positive steps to make their goods and services accessible to disabled people. Since October 2004, service providers have to make reasonable adjustments to the physical features of their premises to overcome any barriers to access.

The Lift Regulations
EU Lift Directive 95/16/EC (The Lift Regulations 1997)
The directive was designed to create a common standard of safety to which all new lifts within the EU would conform and would be enforceable in each member country by law, superseding the previous recommendations contained in BS 5655 Parts 1 to 10. The directive was enacted by the European Council on 1st July 1997, the UK version being known as “The Lift Regulations 1997”. This resulted in a series of standards:
BS EN81-1:1998 Safety Rules for the construction and installation of lifts Part 1 Electric Lifts
BS EN81-2:1998 Safety Rules for the construction and installation of lifts Part 2 Hydraulic Lifts
BS EN81-3:2001 Safety Rules for the construction and installation of lifts Part 3 Electric & Hydraulic Service Lifts

EN81-70:2002 Deals specifically with disabled access to lifts, considering issues such as minimum car dimensions and signalling.

Links Below Give Useful Additional Guidance Notes:
SaFed: Guidance For The Lift Owner
BIS Department for Business Innovation & Skills:Lifts: Guidance Notes On The UK Regulations (Feb 2010)
CIBSE Chartered Institute Of Building Services Engineers (Lift Group):Interpretations to EN81-1: 1978, EN81-1: 1985, EN81-1: 1998, EN81-2: 1987, EN81-2: 1998, EN81-28: 2003, EN81-58:2003, EN81-70: 2003, EN81-72: 2003, EN81-73: 2005
Health & Safety Executive:HSE
International Standards Organisation:ISO
British Standards Institute:BSI

Drucegrove Manufacture A Comprehensive Range Of Products To Meet The Requirements Of DDA & EN81-70 Regulations

Fixtures
A range of extended push stations tailored to compliment existing fixtures with versions for Lift Car and Landings may be customized to suit your specific site.
Designed to replace the existing faceplates, we use existing fixings and back boxes where possible to achieve the regulation button height to meet DDA requirements with minimal disruption.

Audible Signals
For the benefit of the visually impaired Digitalker® Speech Units & Gongs provide an announcement of the arrival of the lift and its direction, inside and outside the car.
A voice in one of 32 different local languages indicates the presence of the car and its current position once it has moved.
BUZZ-L Button Buzzer gives an audible confirmation that a car or landing button has been pushed.

Visible Signals
Before to entering the car, where the control system tells you the next direction of travel the standard calls for illuminated indicator arrows above or near the doors, between 1800mm and 2500mm from the floor with a viewing angle of at least 140°.
Drucegrove has a range of Dot-Matrix Indicators, TFT Displays and Hall Lantern Arrows to suit

Alarm & Communication Systems
Passenger lifts need an emergency communication system. An Induction Loop for the benefit of people who wear a hearing aid with T setting is a useful addition in meeting the needs of the disabled.




For more information, visit drucegrove.com/information/dda.


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