Our Commitment to Web Accessibility

This is an accessibility statement from McAlpine Consulting for Growth (MCFG).

MCFG are committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.

Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility

We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content useable. As we add new pages and functionality to our website, all designs, code, and content entry practices are checked against these standards.

Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of our website is performed by our team members using industry-standard tools such as the Accessibility Checker WordPress Plugin, color contrast analyzers, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.

Accessibility Features On Our Website

The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:

Measures to support accessibility

McAlpine Consulting for Growth takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of McAlpine Consulting for Growth:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
  • Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
  • Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. McAlpine Consulting for Growth is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Where We’re Improving

In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:

  • Working on improving our web forms.

Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of McAlpine Consulting for Growth. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on McAlpine Consulting for Growth:

  • Web developer: projects@alwaysopen.design

We try to respond to feedback within 3-5 business days.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of McAlpine Consulting for Growth relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • PHP

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Assessment approach

McAlpine Consulting for Growth assessed the accessibility of McAlpine Consulting for Growth by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • We used a combination of manual and automated testing methods including the use of WebAim’s WAVE and AXE testing tools.

Date

This statement was created on 15 August 2022 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.