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Patricia Miller, Leo A Daly
Mark Hopper, ForrestPerkins
Connie Jackson, Wilson Associates
Updating the ADA
Designers detail how changes to this landmark legislation will impact hospitality spaces.
BY MAT THEW HALL
those regulations run more than 200 written pages. So, what are some of the major provisions within those rules that hospitality designers need to know? Designers from several firms point to these areas:
Impact on renovations
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ncorporating the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been on the project punch lists of architects and interior designers in the U.S. for two decades. And now, for the first time since that legislation went into effect in the early 1990s, the ADA has undergone a major update that kicks in on March 15. The law was overhauled for three main reasons, says Patricia Miller, vice president, managing principal and corporate director of hospitality at the Dallas office of
Thanks to a so-called “Safe Harbor” provision, existing properties that already met the previous ADA codes aren’t required Leo A Daly, an architecture/interiors/engi- to make changes to comply with the new neering/planning firm. “The updated ADA guidelines. But if such locales do undergo regulations provide consistency among a renovation going forward, the new rules various state-level accessibility standards, apply. “In addition, areas not addressed in clarify some specific concerns that arose the previous ADA guidelines are exempt out of the original act, and address some from the Safe Harbor provisions and must areas not covered by the original legisla- comply with the updated rules by March 15 of this year,” says Leo A Daly’s Miller. tion,” says Miller. The section of the law affecting hotels, restaurants, spas and other “public accom- Accessible hotel guest room doors modations” is contained within the ADA’s The new ADA regulations updated the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design—and rules related to guest room entry doors,
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From the Editor
Contents
In This Issue/Editorial Advisory Board
Boutique Buzz
Cross Dresser
Q+A: Rob Wagemans
Appetizing Destinations
On the Job: Updating the ADA
Vendor Profile: Mikel Patrik
DreamBook: Feed the Senses
Bath & Spa
Surfacing
The Last Detail: The Exchange Hotel
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Intro
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Cover2
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - 1
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - From the Editor
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - 3
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Contents
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - 5
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - In This Issue/Editorial Advisory Board
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - 7
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Boutique Buzz
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - 10
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Cross Dresser
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Q+A: Rob Wagemans
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Appetizing Destinations
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - On the Job: Updating the ADA
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Vendor Profile: Mikel Patrik
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - 41
Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - DreamBook: Feed the Senses
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Bath & Spa
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - Surfacing
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Boutique Design - March/April 2012 - The Last Detail: The Exchange Hotel
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