Americans with Disabilities Act ADA and

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• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and
• Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)
• Accessibility Guidelines
• (2004)

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ABA Coverage

• Applies to facilities designed, built, altered or
  leased with Federal funds
• Federal buildings (e.g., post offices)
• Non-Federal buildings (e.g., housing built with
  Federal money)

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A Rule in 3 Parts
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How the guidelines were updated

• Advisory Committee (19941996)
• Public comment period (19992000)
• Review of comments revision (20002002)
• Cost analysis (2003)
• Final Clearance (June 2004)
• Publication July 23, 2004

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Goals of Update

• Better access and compliance
• Improved format and usability
• Consistency ADA and ABA guidelines
• Harmonization model building codes and industry
  standards

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Harmonization

• ICC/ANSI A117.1-2003 IBC 2003

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When will the new requirements take effect?

• Adoption by standard-setting agencies
• (DOD, GSA, HUD, USPS)
• Agencies will set effective dates
• Until then, UFAS to be followed
• (some agencies apply both UFAS and ADAAG)

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Current Status of Rulemaking

• US Postal Service Published Final Rule May 17,
  2005 - Effective date October 1, 2005
• General Services Administration - Should Publish
  Final Rule this Summer
• Departments of Defense and Housing and Urban
  Development Unknown at this time

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Supplements to the Guidelines

• Previous supplements included
• State Local Govt Facilities (1998)
• (Courts and Detention)
• Childrens Environments (1998)
• Play Areas (2000)
• Recreation Facilities (2002)

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New Format

• Numbering system
• New figures (informational only)
• All dimensions in text
• (not just figures)
• New advisory notes follow provision

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Contents

• Chapter F1 Application
• Chapter F2 Scoping
• Chapters 3 10 Technical

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ABA Application Scoping

• Consistent with ADA document except for
• modifications and waivers (F103)
• definitions (F106)
• additions (F202.2)
• leased facilities (F202.6)
• employee work areas (full coverage)
• existing elements (F203.2)

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ABA Leasing

• Buildings and Facilities for which new leases
  are negotiated by the Federal government
  (F202.6)
• Joint Use Areas
• Accessible Route
• Toilet Facilities (where provided)
• Parking

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ABA Leasing (cont.)

• Other Elements Spaces (where provided)
• Drinking Fountains
• Fire Alarms
• Public Telephones
• Dining and Work Surfaces
• Assembly Areas
• Sales and Service Counters
• Depositories, Vending and Change Machines

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Referenced Standards

• power doors (ANSI/BHMA A156.10 A156.19)
• elevators and lifts (ASME A17.1 A18.1)
• means of egress (IBC)
• fire alarms (NFPA 72)
• play surfacing equipment (ASTM standards)

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Referenced Standards
www.astm.org
www.nfpa.org
www.iccsafe.org
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Elevators

• New Exceptions
• 2 story facilities where 1 story not open to
  public, occupancy of 5 or less (206.2)
• Limited Use/ Limited Application (LULA)
• allowed for certain facilities (206.6)

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Fire Alarm Systems

• Application
• public and common use areas
• employee work areas (wiring only)
• New Exception
• alterations compliance required where system
  upgraded or replaced or a new one is installed

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Assembly Areas

• Wheelchair Spaces
• lower scoping for
• assembly areas with
• more than 500 seats
• 501 5,000 seats 1 space/ every 150 seats
  (instead of 1)
• gt 5,000 0.5 scoping

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Judicial Facilities Detention Correctional
Facilities

• Developed as supplement to ADAAG (1998)
• Included without change
• Judicial Facilities
• provisions for courtrooms holding cells
• Detention and Correctional Facilities
• 2 scoping for cells

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Residential Facilities

• Primarily Covers publicly-owned housing (ADA,
  ABA)

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Recreation Facilities

• amusement rides
• recreational boating facilities
• exercise machines
• fishing piers and platforms
• golf facilities
• miniature golf facilities
• play areas
• saunas and steam rooms
• swimming pools, wading pools, and spas
• shooting facilities with firing positions

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Technical Chapters
3 Building Blocks 4 Accessible Routes 5
General Site Building Elements 6 Plumbing
Elements Facilities 7 Communication
Elements Features 8 Special Rooms, Spaces
Elements 9 Built-in Elements 10 Recreation
Facilities
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Reach Ranges
Max. Reach 48Min. Reach 15(forward
side)
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Walking Surfaces

• (Portions of accessible routes
• that slope no more than 120)
• minimum separation (48)
• between reduced clear widths
• handrails along walking
• surfaces reqd to comply

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Curb Ramps
Detectable Warnings no requirement Rulemaking
on public rights-of-way to revisit issue
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Parking
Van Spaces - 1 of every 6 accessible spaces
(instead of 1 of 8)
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Van Spaces
3 of width can be provided within space or aisle
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Toilet Rooms Water Closets

• Range for toilet centerline
• lavatory cannot overlap toilet clearance
  (except in dwelling units)

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Toilet Rooms Water Closets

• a fixture can be recessed
• shorter (24 min.) rear grab bar allowed

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Toilet Bathing Rooms

• Door can swing into fixture clearances if
  clear floor space provided beyond door swing

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Courtroom Stations
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U.S. Access Board

• [phone] (voice)
• [phone] (TTY)
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail ta_at_access-board.gov
• www.access-board.gov