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SIA 500:2009 Hindernisfreie Bauten

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/sia-500-2009/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • SIA (Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects)
  • SIA

Standards body (SIA)

Summary

The Swiss building accessibility standard includes hearing systems and distinguishes technical design from the laws that determine where it applies.

Key findings

  • The preview states approval on 4 September 2008 and validity from 1 January 2009, replacing SN 521500:1988. Its printing history gives January 2009 for the first printing.
  • The contents identify section 7.8 on hearing systems and Annex F on their characteristics.
  • The foreword says federal, cantonal and municipal laws determine where accessible building is required, while this standard defines how to design it.
  • The preview is from the September 2022 third printing, incorporating corrections C3 and C4; it also lists a June 2011 reprint incorporating C1 and C2.

Limits

Only the publisher preview was read. Sections 7.8 and Annex F are listed but their requirements are absent. No hearing-system change is inferred from the correction or printing dates. The record date is the explicitly stated validity date.

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SIA (Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects). SIA 500:2009 Hindernisfreie Bauten. SIA. 1 January 2009. https://shop.sia.ch/9ffe2922-345f-404f-ba13-63f917ddcc4d/D/DownloadAnhang (accessed 13 October 2026).

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