Hospitality ADA

All it takes is one mistake for things to go wrong. If you’re not careful and haven’t complied with ADA requirements, you may lose thousands of dollars in damages. Such an occurrence can also destroy the goodwill that has taken you years to develop.

Our ADA lawsuit inspectors can provide the expertise and support you seek, to design and build an accessible property. When it comes to building an ADA-compliant hospitality venue, you need to plan for multiple elements, such as:

Parking – Number of lots allotted to handicapped visitors, spacing within each parking space, and distance from parking spaces to the entrance.

Entrance – Number of entrances, distance from the parking lot, the width of entrances to fit wheelchairs/walkers/large vans, ramp size & length, loading/unloading zones for guests, handicap-friendly elevators/escalators for multi-story venues, and disability-friendly signage providing directions.

Doors – Number of doors, handles & grab bar locations on each door, door entrance size, type of door handle, amount of pressure needed to open doors, and turn radius of doors for wheelchairs.

Facility layout – Spacing between each table, accessibility to various parts of the venue (especially for visually-impaired visitors), the distance between the door and accessible restrooms, in-venue ramps and wide pathways, type of obstacles that can cause problems & ease of removing obstacles.

Seats, tables & counters – Number of disability-friendly seats, tables, and counters, the height of seats/tables/counters, space provided to maneuver wheelchairs, knee & leg clearances under the table, provision of easy-to-use crockery, cutlery, and glasses.

Rooms – Number of rooms allocated to differently-abled guests, dispersion of accessible rooms in different classes of rooms, dimensions of the room, height-adjustable installations, presence of wheelchair lifts, safety rails & panic buttons, handicap-friendly bedroom, bathroom, toilet & kitchen design, easy-to-use handsets for AC and TV, instruction manual & menu book in braille, safety bars on balcony railings and ramps & grab bars for standing/sitting.

Restroom – Number of accessible restrooms, height and width of the toilet, space inside each cubicle, height level of toilet paper holders, sinks, faucets, soap dispensers, hand dryers, towel holders & hygiene products dispensers, braille signage, and safety bars & handrail location.

These considerations are just the tip of the iceberg. The ADA Design Standards have numerous specifications (with prescribed dimensions) and you’ll have to meet these to make your hotel/resort accessible.

Our number one priority at Apertum Access is to ensure you aren’t affected by any accident/injury claims by differently-abled guests. We help you make provisions for all those disability-friendly requirements that can help you run your hospitality business without trouble.