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New British Standard for Public Toilets

Last week BSI published BS 6465-4: 2010 Sanitary Installations. Code of practice for the provision of public toilets.

This Standard has been developed over that last three years to address many issues associated with Public Toilet provision. The new Standard provides a methodology for developing an appropriate toilet strategy for regions of various sizes and also provides recommendations for the location, design and layout of the facilities.

BS 6465-4:2010 is a useful benchmark against which to asses current provision of public toilets and as a guide to the future development of public toilet provision throughout the UK.

The contents are:
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1: General
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
Section 2: Public toilet strategy
4 Strategy contents
5 Liaison and exchange of information
6 Survey of existing toilet provision
7 Identifying user groups and user needs
8 Public toilet spatial strategy
9 Types of toilet provision
10 Equality and meeting the needs of different user groups
11 Determining numerical levels of public toilet provision
Section 3: Siting of toilets
12 Principles of siting of public toilets at the local area level
13 Relationship to public transport, parking and footpaths
14 Principles of site analysis
15 Access to and circulation around the building
16 Signage and information
Section 4: Design of toilet blocks
17 External design
18 Security
19 Internal design
Section 5: Management of toilet blocks
20 Management and staffing
21 Cleaning
22 Maintenance
Annexes
Bibliography
List of figures
List of tables

The Standard has been drafted by a committee with diverse membership. Hence contributions have been made to the Standard by organisations that include: British Toilet Association (BTA), Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Association of Town Centre Managers, National Trust, Women’s Design
Service (WDS), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE).

BS 6465-4 is the latest part of the BS 6465 suite of Standards covering different aspects of Sanitary Appliance provision. In general terms, Part 1 deals with design and scales of provision, Part 2 covers activity spaces for sanitary appliances and Part 3 provides guidance for the selection and installation of sanitary appliances. These Standards also reference a range of other documents and Standards, including the product Standards of B/503 (Sanitary ware), B/504 (water supply) and B/505 (wastewater engineering). The
new Standard is available from BSI at a cost of £172 and details can be found on the BSI website at http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030177389

BTA provides members with help and advice on all aspects of ‘away from home’ toilet provision, including public toilets. enquiries@britloos.co.uk

29 November 2010