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A) "TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ENSURING THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE IN, WORK IN OR OTHERWISE EXPERIENCE TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEEDS WHICH ARISE BY VIRTUE OF A DISABILITY, INFIRMITY OR PHYSICAL, SENSORY, MENTAL OR LEARNING IMPAIRMENT BY:-RAISING AWARENESS OF THOSE NEEDS BY WAY OF SEMINARS, LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA, ADVOCACY AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION;PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE IN DESIGNS, EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHICH MEETS THOSE NEEDS INCLUDING BY PRODUCING AND PROMOTING CODES OF PRACTICES, PUBLICATIONS AND PARTICULAR DESIGN CONCEPTS. CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC; AND ADVANCING EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF TEACHING AND PRODUCING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT THOSE NEEDS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THOSE NEEDS MAY BE MET. B) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHICH ARISE BY VIRTUE OF A DISABILITY, INFIRMITY OR PHYSICAL, SENSORY, MENTAL OR LEARNING IMPAIRMENT.