Increasing Door Accessibility- Balancing form, function and compliance
There are several aspects of accessible door design, including hardware options (such as high / low switches, automatic switches, switch plates, push buttons, vertical actuation bars, automatic door openers, sensing devices, column switches, and bollard posts). What are the California code and ADA requirements? What are the challenges in incorporating accessibility, security, and aesthetics?
By Lori Bedard
The Construction Specifier
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Access Living
This project is an office building that models the intersection of universal and green design on an infill site in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. More +
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Ed Roberts Campus - The Essence of Universal Design
Ed Roberts Campus is a universally designed campus that brings disability services together into one building. More +
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Accessibility: Comparisons, Compliance, and Universal Design
When: July 25 - 26, 2012
Where: Cambridge, MA
The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design has introduced several new revisions to Titles II and III of The Americans With Disability Act of 1990. Discuss how to interpret and apply these new accessibility design laws with some of the industry leaders at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. MORE +
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