ADA in Green Parks Presentation

Accessibility in the Green Parks Environment

ACCESSIBILITY IN THE GREEN PARKS ENVIRONMENT

Course Description This session will provide attendees with a thorough background on best practices to achieve the integration of ADA accessibility into parks and recreation facilities, featuring sustainable design elements. Focus will be on sustainable design principles being implemented in parks throughout Ohio as well as on the identification of real life challenges of integrating social sustainability with the physical sustainability elements in newer park designs.

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Learning Objectives• Understand current ADA guidelines as they pertain to parks and recreation

• Understand best practice management for sustainable ADA construction

• Recommendations on creating a strategic partnership among citizens, and public and private sector organizations

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Established in 1993, The Kleingers Group provides place-based design solutions for a wide range of public, private, institutional and corporate clients. We focus on providing site civil engineering, transportation engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and community planning services.

Our team of 75 experts are proud to offer these fully integrated design services with office locations in Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio. Diverse in size, experience and geography, we strive to apply our creativity and functionality into helping build better communities

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Tim Casto• Director of Civil Engineer

• 17 year career

• Public Infrastructure

Michael Pistiolas, RLA, LEED AP BD+C, CCCA• Senior Landscape Architect

• 12 year career

• Design focus on Construction Documents and Construction Administration

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History of the Americans with Disabilities Act

ACCESSIBILITY IN THE GREEN PARKS ENVIRONMENT

Americans with Disability Act 1990 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design became effective March 2012

“for newly designed and constructed or altered State and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities”

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ADA Requirements Consultant’s Role:

◦ Nevada State Supreme Court 2012◦ Federal Cases

◦ Maryland◦ Tennessee◦ Mississippi

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Bad Designs, We’ve all seen them!

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Universal Design

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Walking Audits

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Pavement Surfaces

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Pavement Surfaces – Asphalt

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Pavement – Compacted/Stabilized Aggregate

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Pavement - Boardwalks

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Pavement Surfaces – Truncated Dome Pavers/Mats

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Pavement Surfaces – Pervious Concrete

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Pavement Surfaces – Pervious Concrete Detail

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Pavement Surfaces – Pavers

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Pavement Surfaces – Porous Pavers

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Pavement Surfaces – Porous Pavers Detail

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Think how to best combine different materials

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Playground Surfacing and Equipment

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Playground Surfacing – Engineered Wood Fiber

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Playground Surfacing – Loose Rubber Mulch

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Playground Surfacing – Bonded Rubber Mulch

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Playground Surfacing – Rubber Tiles

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Playground Surfacing – Poured-in-Place Rubber

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Playground Surfacing – Synthetic Turf

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Playground Surfacing – ComparisonEngineered Wood Fiber

Loose Rubber Mulch

Bonded Rubber Mulch

Rubber Tiles Poured-in-Place Rubber

Synthetic Turf

Price Low Mid Mid Mid – High Mid – High High

Maintenance High Mid – High Low Low Low Low-Mid

Accessibility Mid Low High High High Mid-High

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Playground Equipment

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Playground Equipment

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Playground Equipment

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Zero Entry Pools / Fountains

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Site Furnishings

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Site Furnishings – Accessible Facilities

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Site Furnishings - Seating

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Site Furnishings – Bike Racks

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Questions?

Thank you for your time.