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ADA Standards for Accessible Design
2010 versus 1991
What’s New and Different
Kathy Gips
New England ADA Center
800-949-4232
Project
New England ADA Center
Institute for Human Centered Design
200 Portland St.
Boston
Ten ADA Centers
Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
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2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
2010 Standards
Structure of the ADA
Title I: Employment
Title II: State and Local Governments
Title III: Private Entities
(Places of Public Accommodation
and Commercial Facilities)
Title IV: Telecommunications Relay Service
(TRS)
Title V: Miscellaneous
Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards
UFAS
1991 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
1991 Standards
2004 ADA Accessibility Guidelines
2004 ADAAG
2010
ADA Standards for Accessible Design
May be used starting September 15, 2010
Must be used starting March 15, 2012
Title III Facilities
Choice of Standards
2010 Standards 1991 Standards
Until March 15, 2012
Title II Facilities
Choice of Standards
2010 Standards 1991 Standards UFAS
Until March 15, 2012
2010
ADA Standards for Accessible Design
Trigger - Title II State and Local Govts
When physical construction or alteration
commences (starting March 15, 2012)
2010
ADA Standards for Accessible Design
Trigger - Title III
Where permits required to be certified complete:
Date last application for permit or extension
certified complete by state/county/local
government
Where government does not certify permit
applications:
Date last application for permit or extension
received by state/county/local government
If no permit required:
Start of physical construction or alterations
ADA Title III
You’re doing a design for a private college in
Portland, Maine and they want to use the 1991
ADA Standards.
On March 11, 2012 the Portland Inspectional
Service Department certifies the building permit
as complete.
Is it okay to use the 1991 Standards or must the
2010 Standards be used?
ADA Title III
You’re doing a design for a private college in
Portland, Maine and they want to use the 1991
ADA Standards.
On March 17, 2012 the Portland Inspectional
Service Department certifies the building permit
as complete.
Is it okay to use the 1991 Standards or must the
2010 Standards be used?
2010
ADA Standards for Accessible Design
Trigger - Title III
You’ve done a design for a private college in Very
Rural Town, USA and they insisted you use the
1991 ADA Standards. There are no building
permit requirements in this town (county or state).
Construction begins on March 8, 2012.
Do you feel okay about having used the 1991
Standards?
2010
ADA Standards for Accessible Design
Trigger - Title III
You’ve done a design for a private college in Very
Rural Town, USA and they insisted you use the
1991 ADA Standards. There are no building
permit requirements in this town (county or state).
Construction is delayed because of late frosts and
begins on March 18, 2012.
Do you feel okay about having used the 1991
Standards?
2010 Standards Title II State and Local Governments
2004 ADAAG
PLUS
New construction and alteration
requirements in ADA Title II regulations
(28 CFR Part 35.151)
2010 Standards Title II State and Local Governments
2010 Standards Title III Private Entities
2004 ADAAG
PLUS
New construction and alteration
requirements in ADA Title III regulations
(28 CFR Part 36 subpart D)
2010 Standards Title III Private Entities
2010 Standards - Title II
In the Regulations Section
Eliminates Uniform Federal Accessibility
Standards (UFAS) as an option
2010 Standards - Title II
In the Regulations Section
Includes scoping and some technical
requirements for:
1. Sleeping rooms at social service establishments
2. Housing at places of education
3. Assembly areas
4. Medical care facilities bedrooms
5. Facilities with residential dwelling units for sale to
individual owners
6. Detention and correctional facilities
2010 Standards - Title II
In the Regulations Section
Housing at places of education
Apartments or townhouse facilities that are
provided by or on behalf of a place of
education, which are leased on a year-round
basis exclusively to graduate students or
faculty, and do not contain any public use or
common use areas available for educational
programming, are not subject to the transient
lodging standards and shall comply with the
requirements for residential facilities in
sections 233 and 809 of the 2010 Standards.
2010 Standards - Title II
In the Regulations Section
Social service center establishments.
Group homes, halfway houses, shelters, etc.Facilities with more than 50 beds that provide
common use bathing facilities, shall provide at least
one roll-in shower with a seat that complies with the
relevant provisions of section 608 of the 2010
Standards. Transfer-type showers are not permitted
in lieu of a roll-in shower with a seat, and the
exceptions in sections 608.3 and 608.4 for residential
dwelling units are not permitted. When separate
shower facilities are provided for men and for women,
at least one roll-in shower shall be provided for each
group.
2010 Standards - Title IIIIn the Regulations Section
Scoping and some technical requirements for:
1.Sleeping rooms at social service establishments
2.Housing at places of education
3.Assembly areas
4.Medical care facilities bedrooms
5.Places of lodging
Harmonization
ICC/ANSI A117.1-2003 IBC 2003
New Format
• Numbering system
• New figures (informational only)
• All dimensions in text (not just figures)
• Advisory notes follow requirements
Referenced Standards
• Egress, areas of refuge (IBC 2000 or 2003)
• Alarms (NFPA 72 1999, 2002)
• Powered doors (ANSI/BHMA A156.10 &
A156.19)
• Elevators and lifts (ASME A17.1 & A18.1)
• Play surfacing & equipment (ASTM
standards)
NEW
Elements for Children’s Use
Photo from U.S. Access Board
& AIA on-line course
NEW
Children’s Play Areas
Photos from U.S. Access Board
NEW
from U.S. Access Board Guides
Boating Facilities
from U.S. Access Board Guides
Fishing Piers and Platforms
NEW
from U.S. Access Board Guides
Sporting Facilities
Swimming Pools and Spas
NEW
from U.S. Access Board Guides
Golf Courses
Miniature Golf Courses
NEW
from U.S. Access Board Guides
Amusement Rides
NEW
NEW
Courthouses
from U.S. Access Board Guide
NEW
Prisons and Correctional Facilities
Kitchens, Kitchenettes
Assembly Areas
Wheelchair Spaces
Fewer wheelchair
spaces required in
assembly areas with
more than 500 seats
Assembly Areas
Wheelchair spaces
Provisions for:
• luxury boxes, club boxes, and suites
(spaces req’d in each per scoping table)
• tiered box seating
• team and player seating areas (recreation
rule)
Assembly Areas
Sightlines over standing spectators
Assembly Areas Companion Seats
Shoulder to shoulder , comparable
Sales & Service Counters
• Sale counters
• Service counters
• Check-out aisles
• Food service lines
• Queues
• Waiting lines
Residential Facilities
• Covers public housing
• In general, private housing not covered
by ADA (may be covered by Federal Fair
Housing)
Reach Ranges
Forward and Side
Max. Reach – 48”(1991 Standards allow
54” side reach)
Min. Reach – 15”(1991 Standards
allowed 9” side reach)
Single User Toilet Rooms
Where clustered (health clubs, medical facilities)
only 50% required accessible
Changes
Stairways
• All stairs part of egress must comply
Windows
• Accessibility required where at least one glazed
opening for operation by occupants (not
employees)
Clarifications
Location of accessible route
• Not required where pedestrian route not provided
• Must coincide with or be located in same general
area as general circulation paths
Clarifications
Location of accessible routes to stages
• Accessible route required if a circulation path
directly connects seating area and stage
Changes
Entrances
• 60% must be accessible (1991 Standard is 50%)
Press boxes
• Vertical access not required if 500 sq ft max and
other criteria
Tactile Sign Location
• Sign height 48” – 60”
• At doors: sign next to the door, latch
side
Visual Characters
• Location - 40” min. high
• Chart determines character height
• Horizontal viewing distance
• Height to finish floor or ground
Changes
Surfaces
1:48 slope maximum replaces 1:50
Detectable warnings
No requirement except at transit platforms (public
rights-of-way not addressed)
Changes or Clarifications
And more….