As a part of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, there are certain specifications and requirements that curbs and ramps must meet in order to meet code standards. Below, I discuss the different elements of these standards and the specs that they must meet.
from Let's Blog Construction
The Best Industry in the United States
You may not believe it, but the facts will show our business is unmatched. It offers participants long-term tangible benefits. However, many people will argue that point. Let me show you the many virtues our industry has. You be the judge.
from Construction Contractor's Digest
It's Hot, It's Dry, and It's Almost Summer
For many parts of the United States, conditions are already "primed" for a bad wildfire season. Depending on where you live, the term "wildfire" can have many connotations, especially for residents of the southern California hills and other wester U.S. states that regularly see devastating fires every year. So why am I writing this stuff in a fire safety blog? Because of a factor that's increasingly exposing people and their property to the devastation that can be unleashed by an uncontrollable wildfire: the wildland urban interface (WUI).
from Fire Safety Protection Pro
Staying Green Keeps in the Black
With the ClimateGate scandal and the fiery Copenhagen Climate Conference threatening to cause some building and design professionals to reassess their commitment to the green movement, sustainable commercial and industrial construction just might be facing its most daunting challenge yet. Or is it? The primary reason to stay green is that sustainable construction methods just make good clean "carbon neutral" sense. It's the world's buildings that are responsible for burning half its energy supplies—supplies that one day are going to run out. Which is why despite arguments over climate change, investment in sustainable building strategies does not seem to be slowing.
from CR4 Building Design Blog
What is the True Cost of Going Green?
This past week Elisa Wood of Renewableenergyworld.com wrote a very interesting blog piece focusing on the state of the commercial real estate market and the perceived costs and benefits of green buildings. Ms. Wood focused on what she calls the "ghosts" of green building, the perceived costs of green expenditures which in reality do not actually turn out to be true her post is based on a recent report released by Ceres.
from Green Building & Environmental Trends
The 2006 IBC does not have a panic hardware requirement based on the occupant load for occupancies other than Assembly, Educational, Hazardous, electrical rooms and balanced doors. [ref: 1008.1.9] Did the requirement for panic hardware for an occupant load of 100 or more get deleted from the IBC?The answer to this, and hundreds of other questions posed by code construction industry professionals like yourself, can be found on the ICC Communities of Interest. Available exclusively to ICC members, this online forum provides a place where you can meet, interact, discuss, share resources, and plan and participate in community events and activities. Expand your realm of code knowledge and check out ICC membership now to get all the benefits.