Problem One: Objects, such as branches and ceiling-mounted televisions, over a route are lower than 80 inches above the ground or floor. Solution: Prune the branches or remove the...
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Problem One (Protruding Objects)
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Problem Two (Protruding Objects)
Problem Two: A wall-mounted display case protrudes seven inches from the wall and the bottom of the case is 40 inches above the floor. Solution: Place a detectable object or...
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Door Opening Force
Door Opening Force If you’re using a door pressure gauge, place it where you would push open the door. If you’re using a fish scale, place it...
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Suggestion by Eldon Tipping
Suggestion by Eldon Tipping As published in Concrete Construction magazine, September 1998, Eldon Tipping made suggestions for a specification for sloped random - traffic floors...
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Beneficial Designs Public Rights of Way Assessment Process (PROWAP)
Beneficial Designs is ready to assist you with all of your sidewalk assessment service needs. We recognize that your highest priority is to efficiently identify and address all...
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Additional Transfer Techniques: Use of Stretchers and Gurneys
Additional Transfer Techniques: Use of Stretchers and Gurneys Some equipment, including radiologic equipment, lacks space underneath necessary for a portable floor lift to be used....
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Young Equipment Sales Vinyl Bleacher End Closures
A bleacher enclosure or bleacher curtain is an important factor in bleacher safety. Our bleacher enclosures are customized to fit your bleachers and prevent traffic and accidents...
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Problem Three (Protruding Objects)
Problem Three: The bottom of a set of stairs is open and voters who are blind or have vision loss can hit their head on the underside of the stairs. Solution: Provide a detectable...
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I. Required Survey Tools
The following tools will be required to allow you to accurately complete the ADA Checklist for New Lodging Facilities: A. 12' Stiff Metal Tape Measure B. 24" Long Builders' Level...
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Taking Measurements
Taking Measurements Sloped Surfaces One way to measure slope is to use a 24-inch level with leveling bubble and a tape measure. Place the level on the incline in the direction...
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1.1.12 Ramp cross slope
1.1.12 Ramp cross slope. Measure for overall cross slope of ramps by establishing elevations at the extreme edges of the ramp at the top and bottom of the ramp and calculate the...
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Areas for further work
Areas for further work In the process of assisting the various organizations that represent surface materials and professional groups the following issues were identified as...
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Measuring Door Openings
Special care is needed when measuring the clear opening of a doorway. To measure the clear opening of a standard hinged door, open the door to 90 degrees. Measure the clear door...
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1. Public Right-of-Way
1. Public Right-of-Way 180. Kirola's experts offered a variety of testimony regarding their evaluation of the City's curb ramps and sidewalks. 181. Mastin opined that 1,358 of...
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5.2.3 Transfer Surface Measurement
5.2.3 Transfer Surface Measurement. The transfer surface should be measured from the center-point of each side of the transfer surface.
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5.2.3 Transfer Surface Measurement Recommendation for M301 and M302
5.2.3 Transfer Surface Measurement Recommendation for M301 and M302 Description: The transfer surface size standard has two components: width and depth. The transfer surface...
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1.1.15 Flatness of ramp landings
1.1.15 Flatness of ramp landings. Measure ramp landings at the midpoints of each landing in each direction using a 24 - in (600 mm) digital inclinometer. Edges of the ramp landing...
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11B-812.1 General
Electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) shall comply with Section 11B-812 as required by Section 11B-228.3. Where vehicle spaces and access aisles are marked with lines,...
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11B-812.1 General
Electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) shall comply with Section 11B-812 as required by Section 11B-228.3. Where vehicle spaces and access aisles are marked with lines,...
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Accessible Routes Throughout the Museum
Some people who are blind or have low vision use canes to detect barriers that jut into the path of travel, whether along the accessible route or any other circulation path....
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9.a [§ 4.7.5]
9.a [§ 4.7.5] If the sidewalk at the top of the ramp (“x” in the illustration) is 48 inches wide or more, answer this question. If “x” is less than 48 inches, skip this question...
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9.b [§ 4.7.5]
9.b [§ 4.7.5] If the sidewalk at the top of the ramp (“x”) is less than 48 inches wide and the curb ramp you are surveying has flared sides, answer this question. Otherwise, skip...
