ADA ramps and accessible concrete in Rio Rancho give wheelchair users, walkers, strollers and delivery carts a safe way in.
For businesses, the numbers in the federal standard aren't suggestions; for homes, they're a good place to start.
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The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design set the core dimensions for ramps:
Concrete has to be formed and finished to those tolerances. A ramp that's a little too steep or a landing that tilts can fail an inspection or a walk-through, and it's much cheaper to get right at the forming stage.
Curb ramps at parking lots and street crossings follow section 406. Counter slopes of the gutter and road surface next to a curb ramp can be no steeper than 1:20, flared sides no steeper than 1:10, and a landing at least 36 inches long is required at the top. Curb ramps in City right-of-way also fall under Rio Rancho's Standard Specifications and a right-of-way permit; see right-of-way concrete.
Rio Rancho's zoning code requires accessible parking spaces to sit on the shortest accessible route to an accessible entrance, with access aisles per current ADA rules, and van-accessible spaces with wider aisles and signage. We pour the aisles, routes and ramps that connect those spaces to the door; see concrete parking lots.
Homes aren't covered by the ADA, but the same slopes and landings make a ramp safer and easier to use. Steeper ramps are hard to climb and dangerous to come down. Where a long run won't fit, a switchback with landings often will. Railings are usually metal set into the concrete or bolted to it, and we coordinate with a railing installer if you don't have one.
Existing entrances often need a step replaced with a ramp, a landing rebuilt level with the threshold, or a sunken route panel replaced to remove a lip. We measure the elevations and lay out the run before quoting, so you know the length and where it will go.
Tell us the entrance, the height from the walk to the door, and whether it's a business or a home. Call (505) 371-4111 anytime or use the form.
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