Keeping in mind that the ADA’s legislative history made clear that the ADA ought not be interpreted so narrowly or rigidly that new technologies are excluded, as the Department became aware...
Search Results "New Construction"
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1. Rulemaking History Prior to the 2010 ANPRM
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Issue 1: What are the effects of energy-efficient lamps and fixtures on persons with low vision
Because then, you can always work backwards and say, okay, we’ve got a new light technology, whatever the next one is going to be, and it’s a small point source, and it’s got so much spread...
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Airport Kiosk Accessibility
The proposed provisions of Part 382 would require carriers that own, lease, or control automated kiosks at U.S. airports with 10,000 or more annual enplanements to ensure that new kiosks...
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Emergency Evacuation Devices
EVAC+CHAIR Corporation PO Box 2396 New York, NY 10021 212‑734‑6222 http://www.evac‑chair.com/ EVACU‑TRAC is designed so the passenger's weight propels it down the stairs,...
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Other Hospital-Based Sources of Data
Although no new data are being added to the system, researchers can still access the available data, including a total of more than 43,000 submitted cases from 1994-2001.(25) A major...
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III.
United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997); New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992)....
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III-6.2000 Alterations: Path of travel
ILLUSTRATION 3: Installing a new floor surface in a factory work room is an alteration to a primary function area, but installing a new floor surface in the corridor leading to the work...
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Disability Protest
They elected Eunice Fiorito, a blind woman who had become the first director of the New York City Mayor’s Office for the Handicapped (the first of its kind) in 1972, to be president....
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Companion Seats
Comments noted that this requirement effectively doubles the scoping requirements for wheelchair spaces and that the required extra space would significantly increase construction costs....
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(A) Staircase replacements are alterations.
Replacing a staircase is an alteration here because staircases that are demolished, under construction, or otherwise in disrepair in public transportation facilities directly impact usability...
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What other considerations are significant for persons with disabilities?
However, some natural surfaces, such as compacted earth, soil treated with consolidants, or materials stabilized and retained by permanent or temporary geotextiles, gridforms, or similar construction...
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Floor Naming and Numbering
It’s meant to be for the mechanical systems and labeling those into the AC systems and [other construction coordination] Comment by [Participant]: It should never be the numbering system...
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711.4.1 Through penetrations
conditions under a minimum positive pressure differential of 0.01 inch (2.49 Pa) of water at the location of the penetration for the time period equivalent to the fire-resistance rating of the construction...
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The Roles of the Access Board and the Department of Justice
Originally, the Access Board was established to develop and maintain accessibility guidelines for facilities designed, constructed, altered, or leased with Federal dollars under the Architectural...
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Hardwired Systems
INDUCTION LOOP INFRARED FM Sources of Signal Interference wiring, computers, transformers, florescent lighting (less with 3-D mat); construction steel can cause erratic...
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Design Speed
Consequently, it can significantly impact the cost, constructability, and operational safety of a project....
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15(e)
HWI shall ensure that each Post-1993 Owned Hotel and Post-1993 Joint Venture Hotel constructed for first occupancy after the Consent Decree Date has the required number of rooms, as set...
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ASME A18.1 Safety Standard [§410.1]
The ASME A18.1 covers the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of lifts that are intended for transportation of persons with disabilities...
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Applying the Accessibility Standards to the Plan, Installation, and Maintenance of Ground Level Accessible Routes for Playgrounds
Accessibility Standards to the Plan, Installation, and Maintenance of Ground Level Accessible Routes for Playgrounds The following questions can be used through the planning process, during construction...
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VII. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The parties hereto agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of, relating to, or in connection with this Agreement, or the interpretation, validity, construction, performance, breach...
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A. GENERAL NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS
Ensuring that facilities for which construction or alteration was begun after January 26, 1992, are readily accessible to and usable by people with disabilities, in accordance with the Title...
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The Roles of the Access Board and the Department of Justice
Originally, the Access Board was established to develop and maintain accessibility guidelines for facilities designed, constructed, altered, or leased with Federal dollars under the Architectural...
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233.3.1 Residential Dwelling Units with Mobility Features, F233.3.1 Residential Dwelling Units with Mobility Features, F233.4.1 Residential Dwelling Units with Mobility Features
EXCEPTION: Where facilities contain 15 or fewer residential dwelling units, the requirements of 233.3.1.1 shall apply to the total number of residential dwelling units that are constructed...
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What is a transition plan? Does every facility need one?
Since the 1968 passage of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA), newly acquired, constructed, or altered buildings that are owned, rented, or leased by or for a Federal agency have been required...