Tag: codes

Last month we discussed Detectable Warnings and how the code’s vague phrase “Hazardous Vehicular Area” creates uncertainty. The code defines “Vehicular Way,” but leaves architects,…

Under the current 2016 California Building Code (CBC), the requirements for detectable warnings continue to be present. This is in light of the 2010 Standards…

It happened again. I recently got an email in which the sender wrote “tow the line.” Then, minutes later, someone asked me why the code…

By Kerwin Lee, AIA Very few architects and designers get into designing play grounds. This is not a project scope that is presented to us…

This month we’re going to consider accessibility in housing. The ADA and CBC don’t directly apply to single-family homes, but you could easily argue that…

Changes to the Code come through many channels. We have our national code development process through the International Code Conference (ICC). Legislation created the Americans…

Change is on the horizon for accessibility requirements. The ADA and the CBC (California Building Code) are both based on 1970’s studies that determined things…