Keep Your Business Safe & ADA Compliant

The U.S. government provides a set of federal standards that public facilities—businesses, government buildings, and non-profit locations—must adhere to in order to be ADA compliant. One of those regulations refers to physical access to the buildings. Wheelchair ramps, the width of hallways and doorways and doors that can be opened without reaching a doorknob are all aspects of that regulation.

This means that buildings need to be up to code in allowing door handles to be operable with a closed fist and require less than 5lbs of pressure to open them. For some facilities, becoming compliant means installing an automatic or power-assisted door opener.