Access and way-finding in the External Environment

This course will help participants to recognise the key factors required to design accessible pedestrian environments and understand requirements relating to navigation, orientation and way‑finding to enhance the accessibility of buildings and external environments.

• Different impairments and how these impact on perception and use of the pedestrian environment
• Standards and guidance that determine the design, planning and management of the pedestrian environment.
• Legibility and different forms of communication
• Applying visual contrast and lighting principles
• Application of sign design principles
• Specifying tactile paving in an effective and appropriate manner
• Architectural and urban design references
• Good (and bad) practice in the design, layout and management of external environments – photographs and practical on-site assessment

Booking terms and conditions:

Cancellations must be received in writing 14 days before the course date. All cancellations are subject to a 10 per cent administration fee. Where cancellations are received less than 14 days before the start of the course, fees will not be refunded. It is possible to transfer a booking to another person within an organisation or to another date. CAE will charge a 10 per cent transfer charge on each occasion for this service. CAE reserves the right to make amendments to the programme or cancel the course if necessary.