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Listening to the Webinar, continued
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Accessible Play Areas “Advanced Session” 

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Presenters 
Peggy Greenwell
Bill Botten

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Session Agenda
Coverage
Referenced standards 
Alterations
Clarifying terms and application of standards  
Ground level scoping provisions 
Technical provisions 
Playground surfaces
Soft contained play structures

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Current ADA Standards
Department of Justice’s 2010 Standards  
March 15, 2012

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Covered
State and local governments – schools, municipal parks and recreation departments, state parks, etc.
Places of public accommodation - privately run day care, private schools, quick serve restaurants, shopping malls, etc.
Not Covered
Child care centers that are actually run by religious entities such as a church run day care which includes religious instruction 
Private residential – HOA

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Existing play areas
What about “grandfathering” and “safe harbor”?  Are there requirements to address existing play areas that are covered by the ADA?  
What if we don’t have the budget to make changes?

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What about Existing ADA Play Areas?
Title II — Program accessibility
Title III — Readily achievable barrier removal
For more information, contact DOJ @ 800 514-0301

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Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards
Buildings and facilities constructed, altered or leased by or on behalf of the federal government and facilities constructed with Federal financial assistance allocated for the construction
Employee day care centers, federal parks, other Federal leased facilities
Play area accessibility standards effective May 8, 2006 – GSA

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Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
CAN/CSA Z614, Annex H
Annex H - requirements for Children’s play spaces and equipment developed by the CSA Technical Committee.
New construction and alterations. 

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The play area standards also do not apply to:
Play areas designed for children under 2 years old
Family childcare facilities where the proprietor resides
Amusement attractions

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Referenced Standards  

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Referenced standards 
Defines the use zone as the ground area beneath and immediately adjacent to a play structure or play equipment .
Provides for unrestricted circulation around the equipment and on whose surfaces where it is predicted that a user would land when falling from or exiting play structures or equipment

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ASTM F 1487-01 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use.
ASTM F 1292- 99 or 04 - Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials Within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment.
ASTM F 1951-99 - Standard Specification for Determination of Accessibility of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment
Use of “Equivalent facilitation” for more recently published versions of these standards

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ASTM F 1292-99 or 04
If located within the use zone, the accessible ground surfaces must also be impact attenuating 
No values shall exceed:
200 g-max
1000 HIC

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ASTM F 1951-99
Wheelchair Work Test Method
A lab test in a controlled environment
7% ramp used as baseline
Measures work per sq. ft. for straight propulsion and turning.
Records data applied to push rim over 6 ½ ft. distance

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Alterations

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Alterations vs. Maintenance
Normal maintenance activities such as replacing worn “S” hooks or topping off ground surfaces are not considered alterations.

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Alterations
Actions that affect, or could affect, the usability of the play area.  
Examples include removing a climbing play component & replacing it with a spring rocker, or changing the ground surfacing.

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Alterations
Additional Requirements
When altering a “primary function area”
Area altered must be in compliance with ADA or ABA Accessibility Standards  
Provide “path of travel” to the altered area 
20% Disproportionality Rule

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When altering the play component…not the surface

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Replacing the entire ground surface…
Rollos of new play area surface material during an installation

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Clarifying Terms and Application of Play Area Standards  

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Play Areas contain Play components and designed and constructed for children
Overhead photo of two-separate-play-areas.

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Applying the Standards
Photo of play area showing the surface that is considered inside the play area and what is considered outside the play area including walkways that connect the play area with other areas within the site.

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Applying the standards
Play Area
A portion of a site containing play components designed and constructed for children.
Area of Sport Activity
That portion of a room or space where the play or practice of a sport occurs.

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Geographically Separated Play Areas
Drawing of two separate play areas separated by a building.

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Multiple play areas on same site 
Image of a park setting with a paved walk way and playgrounds on either side of the walk way. 

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What is a Play Component? 
A play component is an element designed to generate specific opportunities for play, socialization, and learning. 
Child in wheelchair at a play panel.
Handi-rings and boy in a wheelchair.
Young girl using a sand digger.

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Natural feature play components
sand pit area with tree trunks and rocks
image of a play area with boulders (large rocks)  and tree stumps as climbers
young boy climbing on a tree that is close to horizontal to the ground
outdoor play area using a bermed area to provide a slide with a tunnel underneath

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What is a play component
What is not a play component:
Transfer Systems
Steps
Decks
Roofs

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Ground level play components
Approached and exited at ground level 
Adaptive swings being used by persons with disabilities.
Sand surface play area with several ground level play components.

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Elevated play components
Approached from elevated level 
Attached to composite play structure 
Components (counted once)
Block Climber to a composite play structure
Girl in wheelchair using a play panel.
Boy in wheelchair using a play panel on a composite play structure.

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Determining Ground or Elevated
Ground Level Play component
Stand alone tunnel slide.
Elevated Play Component
Two girls sliding side by side down from a composite play structure.

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Can a free standing slide still be considered a ground-level accessible play component if it has another play component attached to one of its’ posts, such as a play panel or a post climber?

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Ground Level Scoping Provisions

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Ground-level Requirement
One of Each Type
Children playing at a play table, one child in a wheelchair.
Accessible sand digger highlighted among group of four sand diggers.
Girl manipulating a ground level play component.
Young girl talking into a talking tube.

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Ground Level-Requirements
More than one — integrated in the play area
Children playing at a play table, one child in a wheelchair.
Sand play area with four sand diggers.

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Minimum number based on the number of elevated play components provided
Number and Types of Ground Level Play Components Required to be on Accessible Route
Minimum quantity of ground-level play components
Minimum number of different types
Table from the guidelines that prescribes the number and types of accessible play components required to be on an accessible route.

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Technical Provisions

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Vertical clearance
80 inch vertical clearance required on ground level routes, clear floor spaces, and maneuvering spaces.
Sketch of maneuvering space provided adjacent to swings

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Ground Level Surface Routes
Surface
Clear width
Clear width reductions
Changes in level 
Running Slope
Cross Slope
Openings
Protruding Objects

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Ground Level Accessible Route
Clear width 60 inches minimum

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Overhead drawing of play area.  Smaller Play Areas (less than 1000 sq. ft. must have:
Ground accessible routes that are 44 inches in width
Wheelchair turning space if route exceeds 30ft in length

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Clear width reductions
Permitted to narrow to 36 inches for a distance of 60 inches

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Playground Surfaces 

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5 Categories of Surfaces
Engineered wood fiber product
Shredded rubber / crumb rubber
Unitary rubber mat / tile surfaces
Unitary rubber “poured in place” surfaces
Combination or hybrid surface systems under development 

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Longitudinal Assessment
NCA Playground Surface Study
A playground surfaced with outdoor carpet.
A climber with PIP.
EWF at the bottom of the slide.
Access route to the play structure.
Tiles at the entrance to the play structure.

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Longitudinal Study on Playground Surfaces

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Engineered Wood Fiber
Common Accessibility Issues
Improper Installation and maintenance resulting in undulation across the surface
Materials often displaced at heavy use areas

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Poured in Place Rubber
COMMON ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES
Cracking or flaking on the top layer
Divots and openings greater than ½ inch

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Rubber Tiles 
COMMON ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES
Puncture holes and shifting seams creating openings and changes in level
Seam separation
Settling of subsurface

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Hybrid Surface Systems 
COMMON ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES
Seams may separate or detach from border
Shifting of loose fill in base layer
Static electricity 

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Field Testing
ASTM F1951-99
Wheelchair Work Force
Field Test: Rotational Penetrometer

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Soft Contained Play Structures 

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Soft Contained Play
Structure Entry Points
A play structure made of one or more components where the user enters a fully enclosed environment that utilizes pliable materials, such as plastic, netting, or fabric. 
3 or fewer entry points = 1 on accessible route
4 or more entry points = 2 on accessible route
Transfer system permitted

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Access Board Resources
TA Guide
FAQ’s
Webinars
Access Currents
Completed Research

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Questions

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U.S. Access Board
(800) 872-2253 (voice)
(800) 993-2822 (TTY)
E-mail: ta@access-board.gov
www.access-board.gov

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Thank you for participating in today’s webinar
Next session: March 5, 2015 
“Open Question and Answer Session” 
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
www.accessibilityonline.org
(877) 232-1990 (v/TTY)

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AIA Provider Number: I017
LA CES Provider Name:  Great Lakes ADA Center
AICP Provider Name:  Great Lakes ADA Center
Course Title:  Accessible Play Areas-Advance Session
Course Number: GL20150205
Date: February 5, 2015
Credits earned on completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members and LA CES for those with an LA number. Certificates of Completion are available upon request.
This course is registered with AIA, LA CES, and AICP for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the professional organizations of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
Questions will be addressed at the conclusion of this presentation.