• Suite 7/438 Forest Road Hurstville NSW 2220 AUSTRALIA
  • (+61) 2 95863111
Introducing.

Sydney* Coogee* Mid North Coast* (NSW) Brisbane* (Qld) Perth )WA)* Kuala Lumpur*

Sydney Access Consultants™ is committed to promoting and facilitating equitable access to the built environment for people with a disability. We achieve this by assisting people to find practical, innovative and cost-effective solutions to access questions encountered in everyday life.

Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)

Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)

Gary Finn, the architect has worked in the design documentation and delivery of public and social housing developments since the inception of his practice in 1993. He prepared designs and documentation of community health and development projects in remote indigenous communities throughout NSW until around 2005 when the NSW government commissioned the firm to design and document Group Homes for people who live with disabilities.


Disability Access to Child Care Centres

Disability Access to Child Care Centres

Over the last 30 years, I've designed Child Care Centres for both the private and public sector, around 20, I guess. They each have one common thread, namely, good access. Mothers with prams and a toddler in tow, vehicular movement and safe separation for daydreaming pedestrians, consideration for the circulation spaces required by groups of people moving together, shower and toilet facilities for those little accidents, with all the space required for a teacher to assist in the cleanup...

Our Services.

Sydney* Coogee* Mid North Coast* (NSW) Brisbane* (Qld) Perth (WA)* Kuala Lumpur*

We are dedicated registered* architect professionals fully qualified in Access Consulting and we improve accessibility, architecture, interior design and perform project management.

Specialist Disability Accommodation

Specialist Disability Accommodation

We are accredited assessors and expert architects in the design of Specialist Disability Accommodation proposed to be enrolled in the NDIS

Access Consultants

Access Consultants

As accredited Access Consultants and architects with many years of involvement in Construction and Project management, our access solutions are thorough and cost effective.

Performance Solutions

Performance Solutions

We inspect and prepare sensible Performance Solutions for DDA compliance in a broad range of public and private sector developments.

Expert Testimony

Expert Testimony

With a lifetime of experience as an architect and qualifications in construction law, detailed examinations in complex matters are regularly prepared by the Principal Architect

Sydney Access Consultants (Malaysia) Plt

Sydney Access Consultants (Malaysia) Plt

Sydney Access Consultants™ is committed to promoting and facilitating equitable access to the built environment for people with a disability. We achieve this by assisting people to find practical, innovative and cost-effective solutions to access questions encountered in everyday life. We have an established team of Architects in Malaysia
Expert People.

Meet Our Professionals.

Gary Finn

Gary Finn

Coogee Beach Branch
Daniel Wong

Daniel Wong

Hurstville Sydney Branch
Sandy Gray

Sandy Gray

Mid North Coast Branch NSW
SYDNEY ACCESS CONSULTANTS (MALAYSIA) PLT

SYDNEY ACCESS CONSULTANTS (MALAYSIA) PLT

Business
Assessing your building plans for
Audit Designs.

Assessing your building plans for "suitable access"

It might seem obvious that suitable access means different things for different projects. We need to establish the extent of access required for your project so that our advice is targeted at achieving your outcomes. In short, suitable access is access that is suitable to your requirements.
  • What is Suitable Access?
  • How to Proceed
  • Fee Proposals
Firm Details
Our Missions.

Firm Details

Suite 7/438 Forest Road Hurstville NSW 2220 AUSTRALIA 02 9586 3111 EAST SYDNEY * SOUTH SYDNEY * NORTH SYDNEY * MID NORTH COAST NSW * BRISBANE *PERTH *KUALA LUMPUR
Our Services.

Our Services & Business.

Association of Consultants in Access Australia Accredited member

The Disability Discrimination Act [DDA] is enforced by the Australian Human Rights Commission [AHRC], through the Federal Courts. The AHRC introduced the Disability Access to Premises Standards [DAPS] in 2010 to assist developers and the building industry broadly, in meeting its obligations under the DDA. The DAPS provides a Disability Access Code, which is no fully encapsulated within the National Construction Code [NCC]. Sydney Access Consultants are experts in interpreting and applying the DAPS and its nuances so that the Performance Requirements of the NCC are met. There are various nuances of the DAPS which provide performance solutions satisfying the NCC, by reference to the intricacies of the various documents provided by the AHRC. In this way, somewhat silly assertions by certifiers of buildings can be avoided, for instance, it is not required to provide Disability Access to the Access Code to and within an office Store Room, even though the Access Code does not specifically exclude it. That is where our expertise comes in. Knowing why an access requirement is imposed, helps us to assist you to meet your objectives under the DDA, without undue hardship. This and other complex strategies, that put a practical nuance on the "written rules", given that we disability access advocates, helps a person with a disability to gain the best outcomes from the built environment.

SDA Accredited Assessor

Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Design Standards for the NDIS are in transition. Want to know more? The audio content of this video is transcribed here to improve access.

Architect Principal Design Practititoner

The Design and Building Practitioner's Act in NSW regulates the design and construction of apartment buildings, aged care buildings, boarding houses, hostels, student accommodation and Hotels, for instance. Architects that work in this space must be registered design practitioners and follow mandatory processes intended to ensure that the quality issues confronted by strata plans in the past, are avoided.

NCC Livable Housing Design Standards Assessor

As architects with many years in business designing, documenting and constructing livable housing solutions for Social Housing providers as well as private clients, we are highly specialised professionals and our services are available to you in the arduous process that is building procurement. The National Construction Code has adopted elements of the guidelines, as a mandatory Standard fro inclusion in residential developments in an effort to engage developers in the promotion of housing where the home owner can age in place, with disabilities that follow the aging process.

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We are dedicated registered* architect professionals fully qualified in Access Consulting and we improve accessibility, architecture, interior design and perform project management.

Sydney Access Consultants™ is committed to promoting and facilitating equitable access to the built environment for people with a disability. We achieve this by assisting people to find practical, innovative and cost-effective solutions to access questions encountered in everyday life.

Association of Consultants in Access Australia Accredited member #435

SDA Accredited Assessor #SDA00039

Architect Principal Design Practititoner  #PDP0000496

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