Disabled Access |
Architecture for AllUIA2014 is committed to ensuring universal accessibility in all venues selected for the upcoming event. To that end our Professional Conference Organisers have engaged all key hoteliers to provide universal access to their accommodation facilities. To date we have established that 42 of the official Congress hotels are accessible and have wheelchair friendly bedrooms. In addition, all official hotels have completed a hotel accessibility questionnaire. The questionnaires have been uploaded to the congress website attached to the hotel fact sheets. With regards to the Congress venue, all Halls at the International Convention Centre Durban (ICC) will have ramps onto the stages for wheelchair use. The UIA2014 Durban organising team offices – the city-owned Pump House building on the beachfront promenade – currently has wheelchair access. The building is being renovated by the City Maintenance Department to upgrade accessibility with the design and construction of a ramp on the entrance level to provide access to all. The ramp will be in place in time for the Congress in August. |