Alternate specifications are provided for plumbing elements designed for children’s use as exceptions to requirements based on adult dimensions....
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Chapter 6: Plumbing Elements and Facilities
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Part 1: Evaluating the Physical Accessibility of Polling Places
The 2016 Checklist, found in Part 3 of this document, is designed to assist officials in determining whether a facility being considered for use as a polling place is accessible to people...
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11B-1009.3 Sloped entries
Providing an aquatic wheelchair made of non-corrosive materials and designed for access into the water will protect the water from contamination and avoid damage to personal wheelchairs...
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1008.4.3 Play Tables
EXCEPTION: Play tables designed and constructed primarily for children 5 years and younger shall not be required to provide knee clearance where the clear floor or ground space required...
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ADA Requirements - Effective Communication
These requirements, or rules, clarify and refine issues that have arisen over the past 20 years and contain new, and updated, requirements, including the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design...
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1607.8.2 Grab bars, shower seats and dressing room bench seats
Grab bars, shower seats and dressing room bench seat systems shall be designed to resist a single concentrated load of 250 pounds (1.11 kN) applied in any direction at any point on the grab...
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Section 4.1.2, Accessible Sites and Exterior Facilities: New Construction (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The final rule retains the UFAS scoping for parking but also requires that at least one of every eight accessible parking spaces be designed with adequate adjacent space to deploy a lift...
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Knee and Toe Clearance
(Exception 2), lavatories and kitchen sinks in residential dwelling units provided certain conditions to facilitate retrofit for a forward approach are met (Exception 3), and fixtures designed...
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1008.4.3 Play Tables
EXCEPTION: Play tables designed and constructed primarily for children 5 years and younger shall not be required to provide knee clearance where the clear floor or ground space required...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Play Areas
The ABA Standards, which are very similar to the ADA Standards, apply to facilities designed, built, altered, or leased with federal funds....
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M305.2.3 Fittings
Rationale: It is understood that transfer supports will be of varying configuration and designs. Some may be removable, some foldable or articulating....
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WMD POSITIONS FOR TRANSFER
WMD POSITIONS FOR TRANSFER The design of the corner radii allows closest possible position for wheelchair transfers, minimizing potential gaps and improving the patient’s ability to transfer...
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Has there been consideration for electric vehicles being parked in valet mode that could share EVSE and meet the equivalent EVSE option? This could reduce the cost of construction and major electrical upgrades.
DSA encourages designers to consult with jurisdictional building officials (primarily city- and county building departments) whenever there is a question of code interpretation or application...
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Must all new or reconstructed facilities be accessible?
These include observation galleries, mechanical equipment rooms, and spaces or facilities designed for use by employees needing considerable dexterity and special abilities....
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§ 36.308(c)(1) Seating areas
When designating seating sections of assembly areas providing spectators with, or entitling them to, distinct services or amenities that are not generally available to other spectators,...
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Section 36.405 Alterations: Historic Preservation (Section-by-Section Analysis)
guidance on making alterations to buildings or facilities that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under the National Historic Preservation Act or that are designated...
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How ALSs Operate
Recommendation: While a "complete" system with the necessary components can be bought off-the-shelf, ALSs designed as "mix and match" systems can provide a range of components appropriate...
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9.5.1 New Construction
In new construction all public use and common use areas are required to be designed and constructed to comply with section 4....
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Accessible Classroom - Chevron Style
It is never appropriate to require that people using mobility devices sit only in the back or in one designated area. Click [here] ... for a full-page, printable handout....
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3.1.1 Vehicle Parking
Minimum Number of Accessible RV Parking Areas Number of Camping Units Minimum Number of Accessible RV Parking Areas in units designated for Recreational Vehicles and Trailers...
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Knee Clearance: Clearance as Measured from Anterior-Most Point - Manual Wheelchair
Hence, to accommodate a particular percentage of users, the side profile of a design element (shown by dotted line) should not extend outside the corresponding shaded area....
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Knee Clearance: Clearance as Measured from Dorsal Foot Point - Manual Wheelchair
Hence, to accommodate a particular percentage of users, the side profile of a design element (shown by dotted line) should not extend outside the corresponding shaded area....
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ADA Requirements - Service Animals
These requirements, or rules, clarify and refine issues that have arisen over the past 20 years and contain new, and updated, requirements, including the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design...
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Do requirements of accessible means of egress apply to employee work areas?
The ADA Standards (§203.9) require that employee work areas “be designed and constructed so that individuals with disabilities can approach, enter, and exit the employee work area” and apply...