Bloody Building Regs
Discussion
One of our office buildings here is a 40 year old Terrapin Building which is very near to the end of its life.
Thinking that I was being clever, I bought a s/h sectional building (classroom types) divided into two rooms plus two toilets and a central hallway, complete with electric heating, fire alarm and all the mod cons - well mod cons to requirements 2-3 years ago.
Got planning permission without problem. Even got a grant towards buying it and erecting it on site but, f**k me, the latest amendments that the building regs people want is the straw to break the camel's back.
The end result is that we will be converting the toilets, which need to be adapted to meet the recent changes, are going to be replaced with storage areas, so the tenants will have to cross the car park to use the toilets in the main block.
I mean surely moving the tenants into a 2-3 year old structure can only be an improvement. Safety issues, which I have no problem with apart, these clowns are really creating a mountain out of a molehill and the budget is going right out of the window.
sorry - rant off...
Thinking that I was being clever, I bought a s/h sectional building (classroom types) divided into two rooms plus two toilets and a central hallway, complete with electric heating, fire alarm and all the mod cons - well mod cons to requirements 2-3 years ago.
Got planning permission without problem. Even got a grant towards buying it and erecting it on site but, f**k me, the latest amendments that the building regs people want is the straw to break the camel's back.
The end result is that we will be converting the toilets, which need to be adapted to meet the recent changes, are going to be replaced with storage areas, so the tenants will have to cross the car park to use the toilets in the main block.
I mean surely moving the tenants into a 2-3 year old structure can only be an improvement. Safety issues, which I have no problem with apart, these clowns are really creating a mountain out of a molehill and the budget is going right out of the window.
sorry - rant off...
So are you saying that in addition to the able bodied tenants, any disabled tenants will have to get themselves across to the main block to use the facilities there? Since this is still a very grey area, rather than convert the toilets in the new building, can you not get away with showing that you made provision for the disabled in the old block?
I may be wrong but I don;t think the size of the loos is just a disabled issue as they now want anti-rooms, with wash facilities as you visit each loo whereas the existing ones have the wash facility in the same room as the loo now.
Seems rather petty to me and I think that the only disabled having a problem might be wheelchair access, which we cater for in the main block.
Seems rather petty to me and I think that the only disabled having a problem might be wheelchair access, which we cater for in the main block.
I wonder if businesses elsewhere in the EU will suffer such rules and inspections (and if they do, will they comply?). I think we know the answer to that one.
I had someone from a govt. quango decline to visit our offices the other day because as a company with only 2.5 employees were were not subject to the inspection regime to make the workpace safe enough for him to come into. He was quite right of course, the radiation levels from our ageing PC and the fumes from our cheap cofee could have been fatal without a full and proper inspection.
I had someone from a govt. quango decline to visit our offices the other day because as a company with only 2.5 employees were were not subject to the inspection regime to make the workpace safe enough for him to come into. He was quite right of course, the radiation levels from our ageing PC and the fumes from our cheap cofee could have been fatal without a full and proper inspection.
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