DSA IR 11B-10: SCOPING AND PATH OF TRAVEL UPGRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY ALTERATION, ADDITION AND STRUCTURAL REPAIR PROJECTS (with revisions issued through April 2017)

1.5 Accessible Route Requirements for Campus Settings: For campus-style school facilities with multiple buildings and functional areas, the accessible route/path of travel situation can become more complex. The following factors may apply to projects on existing campus facilities:

• New construction on an existing site must be connected, as part of the basic project scope, with an accessible route to existing on-site circulation paths and accessible routes.

• When multiple paths of travel to a specific area of alteration, addition or structural repair are present but not code compliant, Section 11B-202.4 requires the upgrade of only a single primary path of travel to the project area. Upgrades of secondary paths of travel shall not be required.

• Path of travel (POT) upgrades only apply to existing construction; any new POT elements or accessible routes being provided as part of the basic project scope are not considered path of travel upgrades.

• The cost of new POT elements or a new accessible route is part of the project’s adjusted construction cost and cannot be used to satisfy the 20-percent disproportionate cost limitation for path of travel upgrades on projects with an adjusted construction cost below the valuation threshold. See Section 3.1 of this IR.