The current building regulations in Australia may be in need of review to provide effective alerting systems for emergency egress of the deaf in buildings. Through research, interviews, and focus groups, we reviewed the Australian building regulations, determined that they are in need of change regarding alerting systems and egress for the deaf, and formulated recommendations on procedures to change them. Our project sponsor, the Victorian Deaf Society, and other organisations can use these recommendations to generate justified cases for presentation to various Australian building regulatory appeals boards.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• DeLoid, Heather A.
• Carpenter, Laurie J.
• Keenan, Nicole Amanda
• Nogarotto, Vicente F.

Subject

• Security
• Infrastructure
• Inclusion
• Health
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-052005-051807

Keyword

• People with disabilities
• Self-help devices for people with disabilities

Advisor

• Vaz, Rick
• Clancy, Edward A.

Year

• 2005

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Victorian Deaf Society

Date created

• 2005-05-20

Location

• Melbourne

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-03