Josh McDonagh

Graduate Inclusive Design Consultant

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Josh works three days per week for Proudlock Associates, an award-winning disability and inclusive design consultancy based in London. Josh supports the directors and his other senior colleagues in producing access audits, detailed surveys focusing on inclusion and accessibility of the built environment. Furthermore, Josh and the team feedback to design teams, mainly architects ensuring that any proposals meet part M of the building regulations as a minimum. Josh and his colleagues always aim for higher inclusive design standards using documents such as the British Standards.

When Josh is not working for Proudlock Associates, he is also a very vocal member of the Network Rail Built Environment Accessibility Panel (BEAP). BEAP provides feedback to project teams on the proposed improvements to the network. Despite being one of the newer panel members, Josh has developed a no-nonsense reputation for challenging spatial agents (architects, engineers, project managers and sponsors) when they approach inclusive design just as a tick box.

Josh seeks to achieve the highest standards of inclusive design for any proposal. Josh uses his personal experience of mobility, coordination, dexterity, communication and cognitive impairments to inform his approach to his professional activities.

Josh was recently appointed as a trustee for Disability Snowsport UK and is the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion champion.

“Endeavouring to make the world a more inclusive place.”