ADA AND ACCESSIBILITY – Accessible means of egress

Any space that is considered to be accessible must have at least one accessible means of egress. Elevators that comply with ASME A17.1. Safety Code for elevators and Escalators, may be allowed as part of an accessible egress route; Primarily, they must be equipped with standby power and emergency operation and signaling devices, and most…

Soccer City stadium Soweto, South Africa

Built in 1987, the stadium underwent a major upgrade for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with a new design inspired by the shape of an African pot, the calabash. The South African main contractor GLTA, part of the Aveng Group in a joint venture with the Dutch company BAM who had a 25% stake, constructed the upgrade, which…

ADA AND ACCESSIBILITY – Signage

Elevator Control Panel Floor buttons should be no higher than 54″ (1 372) AFF for a side approach and 48″ (1 219) for a front approach. Emergency controls should be grouped at the bottom, with centerlines no less 35″ (889) AFF. Directional or Informational Signs Characters must have a widt-to-height ratio of between 3:5 and…

ADA AND ACCESSIBILITY – Key Terms as defined by ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed by Congress in 1990 to protect and honor the civil rights of people with disabilities, including conditions affecting mobility, sight, hearing, stamina, speech, and learning disorders. Modeled on earlier landmark laws prohibiting discrimination based on race and gender, the ADA provides equal access for all people to…

Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco

The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part of Interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 260,000 vehicles a day on its two decks. It has one of the longest spans in the United States. The toll bridge was conceived as early as the California Gold…

CODES AND GUIDELINES – Means of egress

MEANS OF EGRESS IBC 1002 defines a means of egress as “a continous and unobstructed path of vertical and horizontal egress travel from any occupied portion of a building or structure to the public way. ” It consists of the access, the exit, and the exit discharge. Simply put, means of egress provide conditions for…

Modern Art Museum in Forth Worht

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was first granted a Charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the “Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery”, evolving through several name changes and different facilities in Fort Worth. The mission of the museum is “collecting, presenting and interpreting international developments in post-World War II art…