The clear width of 48 inches (1219 mm) between handrails and the area of refuge is not required at exit stairways in buildings or facilities equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler...
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1003.2.13.2 Enclosed exit stairways
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Blind or Low Vision
Generally speaking, if a person cannot use or operate some part or element of a standard building egress system or access displayed information, like signage, because that element or information...
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R302.3 Continuous Width
Additional maneuvering space should be provided at turns or changes in direction, transit stops, recesses and alcoves, building entrances, and along curved or angled routes, particularly...
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Workshop Objectives
From the results of this workshop, a plan of action will be proposed to develop the draft guidelines for GSA, for inclusion in your facilities standards for public buildings service and...
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Importance of Codes
I taught building specifications for commercial interiors. I tried to tell them, “Codes are really your friend....
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Implementation Challenges for Interiors (slides 16 and 17)
Can we bring that into the building somehow and require that strip at every stair in an egress stairwell? Protruding objects....
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RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS
Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) is a nonprofit membership-based organization that builds resiliency in communities...
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Section 35.151 New Construction and Alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 35.151, which provides that those buildings that are constructed or altered by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity shall be designed, constructed, or altered to be readily...
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11B-215.1 General
Consult local fire departments and prepare evacuation plans taking into consideration the needs of every building occupant, including people with disabilities....
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604.8.1.7 Water closet
The ADA Standards for Accessible Design and therefore this code require wheelchair accessible compartments in new construction and in alterations of existing buildings to have self closing...
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Handrails [4.8.5]
The height of a guardrail (to prevent falling off the edge) is not specified by ADAAG; local building codes do, however, commonly regulate the minimum height of a guardrail at 42 inches....
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ACTIONS TAKEN BY CITY OF WAUKEGAN
to and usable by individuals with mobility impairments, the City increased the number of designated accessible parking spaces, installed some curb ramps, and widened doors at some City buildings...
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Looking to the Twenty-First Century
As we work to build an accessible bridge to the twenty-first century, we cannot be satisfied until all citizens with disabilities receive equal treatment under the law—whether in the workplace...
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4.20.4 Grab Bars
In fact, in instances where local building authorities required bathing fixtures with ADAAG compliant grab bar configurations, roll-in showers were installed instead due to safety concerns...
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Application [§201]
Application [§201] The ADA Standards apply to the various types of facilities subject to the ADA, from simple structures to complex, multi-building sites such as university campuses and...
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B. NOTIFICATION
County on four (4) different days, including two (2) Sunday editions; post the Notice on its Internet Home Page (humboldtgov.org); and post the Notice in conspicuous locations in its public buildings...
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11B-215.1 General
Consult local fire departments and prepare evacuation plans taking into consideration the needs of every building occupant, including people with disabilities. ...
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CHAPTER 35 REFERENCED STANDARDS
To see the entire Chapter, consult California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2 - 2016 California Building Code (2016 CBC), available for purchase from International Code Council (http...
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3. Emergency Transportable Housing
More information can be found on the Access Board’s website at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/emergency-transportable-housing....
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CHAPTER 35 REFERENCED STANDARDS
To see the entire Chapter, consult California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2 - 2019 California Building Code (2019 CBC), available for purchase from International Code Council (http...
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Complaints
A few foreign carriers said that it was improper to permit non-U.S. citizens to have access to the U.S. DOT through the complaint process....
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Wheelchair Securement Systems
First, in large non-rail vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 30,000 pounds or more, the proposed rule reduced from 4,000 pounds to 2,000 pounds the minimum force that wheelchair...
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Installation
The PIP surface at two swing bays for a new installation was found in non-compliance with HIC scores well over the 1,000 HIC allowable under the standard. ...
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Additional benefits of water closet clearance standards
costly (in monetary terms) of the new provisions in the Access Board's guidelines that the Department adopts in this rule—but also, the Department believes, one of the most beneficial in non-monetary...