Hi Melissa:
I've heard variations of that ADA argument from design teams who don't want to do something. Irritating, to say the least.
I can go either way on floor drains. What I will not accept is no drain for the eyewashes and I've been pretty successful getting them retrofitted here. The
argument Margaret makes is excellent.
Good luck!
Debbie
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Safety Showers, Drains and ADA Compliance
Greetings Everyone,
We're working with architects right now to plan out chem labs for a new science building. We've asked for drains under the safety showers and were told that wouldn't be possible because in order to be ADA compliant and have drains, the
safety showers would take up too much space- has anyone encountered such an argument?
(Note, we're extremely constrained on space due to some very complicated politics I won't go into here, so making the labs bigger is not an option.)
Thanks,
Melissa Anderson
Instructor
Pasadena City College
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