Universal Design Consulting
What We Offer
Our experts will help you go beyond the minimum requirements for accessibility to achieve a higher level of performance for all people: universal design. This higher standard of care helps ensure your facility will respond better to the diversity of all users through the use of innovative solutions for Universal Design. We can also help ensure your facility meets minimum accessibility requirements.
Design Phase
- Team Training
- Drawing Reviews
Construction Phase
- Quality Control Inspections
Existing Facilities
- Site Inspections
innovative solutions for Universal Design (isUD)
isUD is a voluntary initiative based on extensive evidence from research and practice that offers a tool for designers, facility managers, and other stakeholders to implement universal design in their built environment, policies, and business practices. Comprised of a set of universal design solutions and a certification system, isUD seeks to create inclusive and healthy environments that make everyone feel welcome.
Our Experience
Outdoor & Recreational
- Parks
- Rights-of-Way
- Playgrounds
- Pools
- Gyms
Institutional
- College Campuses
- Schools
- Libraries
- Museums
- Workplaces
- Places of Worship
Retail
- Malls
- Department Stores
- Convenience Stores
- Restaurants & Bars
- Movie Theaters
Residential
- Hotels & Lodging Facilities
- Multi-family Housing
- Single-family Housing
We are the world’s leading experts on universal design in the built environment and have been the only multi-million dollar research center on universal design in the U.S. since 1999. We help your facility respond to the needs of everyone, including experience with the following design issues:
- Design for Physical Accessibility
- Design for Children
- Design for Diverse Cultural Backgrounds
- Gender Identity Design Issues
- Design for Aging
- Wayfinding Design
- Design for Health and Wellness
- Design for Comfort
- Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines
- Design for Social Interaction
- Design for Perception and Cognition
- Design for Anthropometry and Biomechanics
- Ergonomic Design
- Design for Personalization
Our Clients
Contact us for more information
Danise Levine
drlevine@buffalo.edu
716-829-5903
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