ADA Concrete Ramps

We are housed in the City-owned Deco Building in San Antonio’s historic Deco District. The building is 100% ADA compliant and accommodates people with a variety of disabilities. There are designated parking spaces, entry ramps, and automatic door openers. The entryways into all spaces are over 3’ wide, and restrooms are

At MH Greeson Paving, we offer a complete line of maintenance services for parking lots, including asphalt paving, parking lot striping and pavement marking, asphalt crack repair, sealcoating and the installation of car stops, traffic signs and bollards. We can assist you with all of your ADA-compliance needs. We offer quality workmanship at affordable prices. If you would like to receive a free estimate, you can submit a quote request online or call (770)

The Americans with Incapacities Act (ADA) got to be law in 1990. The ADA is a social equality law that forbids oppression people with handicaps in every aspect of open life, including employments, schools, transportation, and all open and private places that are interested in the overall population. The motivation behind the law is to ensure that individuals with handicaps have the same rights and open doors as other people. The ADA is separated into five titles (or segments) that identify with distinctive ranges of open life.(Eeoc.gov, 2015)

Schaefer’s will win the case The ADA makes it illegal for businesses to discriminate against disabled individuals. To prove a violation of the ADA, a plaintiff must prove three facts. First, he must have a disability. Second, the business is a place of public accommodation. Third, he was denied full and equal treatment because of his disability. Under the ADA, a business may have discriminated against handicapped individuals because they have constructed and maintained “architectural barriers” which prevent disabled people from enjoying the business as any other person. (42 USC § 12182, subd. (b)(2)(A)(iv).)The Department of Justice created regulations which have become known as the “Americans with Disability Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities.” The Department of Justice’s Accessibility Guidelines listed the minimum requirements for ADA compliance. The Accessibility Guidelines provide such things as the number of handicapped parking spaces a business must have and the dimensions of the spaces, the slope requirements for a handicap ramp, counter height, etc. It is these standards which serve as the cornerstone of an ADA

Curbs, sidewalks, parking lots, wheelchair ramps and other ADA upgrades, loading ramps, walkways and driveways are some of the areas that often need concrete work performed.

Building codes change yearly on what things are sustainable. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act "The least possible slope shall be used for any ramp. The maximum slope of a ramp in new construction shall be 1:12" (Department of Justice ADA Title III Regulation 28 CFR Part 36, 1991) this comes out to be 4.8 degrees. In this lab we are going to analyze if a ramp at Grafton High School is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) objective. Our hypothesis is that since the Americans With Disabilities act was passed in 1990 then the ramp is would not be up to code, because it was built before the act was put into action. Here are a few keywords that you may need to know.

In this experiment you will be finding if the ramp at GHS is legal based on today's legal base building code, or if it is in violation. When understanding the important concept essential to your experiment you will need to find Angle of Elevation is the horizontal line that is from you to looking up to the top of an object. You will need to also find the Angle of Depression is when you are standing and looking down at something and the angle of depression would be from you to the object. Also before you start you need to fine the definition of Line of sight, is when you have someone looking forwards at an object and there is nothing else in their view. Last but not least some people might not know what a ramp is so you would have to clarify it. The definition for Ramp is a slop designed for handy cap people who have trouble working or who are in a wheel chair, to use instead of trying to get out and either slide down or up the steeps.

While the video included some examples that were not code compliant, my steps and ramp followed the IBC standards. This is crucial since trip and fall accidents account for many injuries each year. A drastic variation in riser height or tread depth can cause someone who was in a stepping rhythm to fall and injure themselves. Since ramps are used to provide access for wheelchair-bound individuals, they cannot be too steep or else they may not be usable. Maintaining these stairs and ramps to keep them up to code ensures that the building owners, and contractors if it is within the first ten years, are not liable for accidents that occur on the property. These specific values have also been determined to be the safest for those using the stairs or ramps. Still, trip and fall incidents continue to be reported, even on stairs and ramps within the

Concrete has also seen increasing popularity for ADA-compliant upgrades, including curb ramps and retrofitted building ramps.

Curb ramps (wheelchair ramps) provide access between the sidewalk and roadway for people using wheelchairs, strollers, walkers, crutches, Handcarts, bicycles, and also for pedestrians with mobility impairments who have trouble stepping up and down high curbs. Curb ramps must be installed at all intersections and midblock locations where pedestrian crossings exist, as mandated by federal legislation (1973 Rehabilitation Act).Wheelchair ramps must have a slope of no more than 1:12 (must not exceed 25.4 mm/0.3 m (1 in/ft) or a maximum grade of 8.33 percent), with a maximum side slope of 1:10, and must be designed in accordance with the ADA

Concrete parking lots are clean and durable. Concrete is ideal for large commercial parking lots. Commercial parking lots need to be repaired on a regular basis. When the parking needs to be repaired, Grosse Construction Services can handle the issue in a professional manner. The company has been in business for more than 50 years. A commercial concrete parking lot might seem like a trivial part of the property, but the parking attracts customers the company. If the parking lot is unsightly, many potential customers will shop somewhere else. The parking lot can increase the commercial building's property value. Besides the aesthetic beauty, a damaged parking lot in a safety hazard.

When I left my class on Thursday and found this sign, my first thought was “this is privilege.” My next immediate thought was “have I ever blocked a wheelchair ramp or used some other tool designed to help disabled people?” I have never locked a bike to a wheelchair ramp, but that doesn’t mean I have not used my privilege in a way to accidently cause someone else problems. Able-bodied people should keep this in mind when using an elevator, especially when it says that it isn’t for everyone’s use, or when using a handicapped restroom stall, or anything else designed to make someone else’s life

Accessibility links with the previous statement above, during the design process they need to address the specific entrances and exits of the building, such as ramps for

Accessibility refers to the quality of being available when needed. Being able to access different spectrums of facilities or outdoor recreation activities without assistance is self rewarding. The ADA is one of Americas most comprehensive pieces of civil rights that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in leisure activities freely. After completing the various sections of the ADA checklist my positive and accessible areas includes Priority 1 which is consisted of Approach & Entrance. In priority 1 there is various areas that benefits an individual with barriers. For example, Xtreme fitness have accessible vertical clearance space provided that is about 100 inches long. This is one less adjustment the facility manager would have to reconstruct. Furthermore, in this section and Priority 2 that consist of Access too Goods and Services there is no more accessible areas for inclusive recreation participation. In priority 3 which consist of the toilet rooms have accessible areas for barriers. For instance, #3.7 in the survey accommodates wheel chair accessibility of 32 inches wide in the door frame. However, once the individual is inside there is limited space to maneuver. The space should be at least 18 inches of clearance but is constructed only with the space of 16 inches of clearance space. Into the lavatories spaces there are also accessibility areas that consist of 32 X 34 inches

Before the 1920’s, pavement design consisted mainly of major thicknesses of layered materials to provide strength and protection to weak subgrade. The pavement design was predominantly against subgrade shear failure. During those times, experience based on success and failures of previous projects was used to formulate pavement design methods. As time wore on and experience grew, several design methods based on shear strength were developed.