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Do the guidelines apply to new play areas built on military bases?

April 26, 2017areas bases built guidelines Military play

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Do the guidelines apply to new play areas built on military bases?

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Certain facilities constructed on military bases are covered by the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The accessibility standards for these facilities are known as the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS). Section 4.1.4 (3) of UFAS requires that common areas such as play areas serving housing used by military personnel and their dependents must be designed and built to be accessible. UFAS does not currently include scoping and technical provisions for play areas. The Board is working with the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies to update UFAS to be consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), and expects that in the future UFAS will include scoping and technical provisions for play areas. In the meantime, the Department of Defense has adopted a policy dated October 20, 1993, directing its components “to meet the requirements of ADAAG in facilities subject to UFAS whenever ADAAG pro