SECTION 10 14 23.16 - ROOM-IDENTIFICATION PANEL SIGNAGE

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes: Interior tactile and Grade 2 Braille room-identification, restroom, stairwell, and egress panel signs compliant with 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (Section 703) and ICC A117.1.

1.2 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: Manufacturer technical specification sheets for substrates, tactile lettering, Braille domes, and mounting hardware.
B. Shop Drawings & Door Schedule: Scaled sign elevations showing plaque dimensions, 1/32-inch raised character heights, contracted Grade 2 Braille translations, 6-inch pictogram fields, and 48-to-60-inch AFF latch-side mounting diagrams.
C. Samples: Manufacturer color/contrast finish verification upon Architect request.

1.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Regulatory Compliance: Comply with 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (36 CFR Part 1191, Sections 216 and 703), ICC A117.1, and local Accessibility Code where applicable.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 ACCEPTABLE MANUFACTURER
A. Basis-of-Design Manufacturer: ADA Sign House (www.adasignhouse.com · elena@adasignhouse.com · +1-256-907-7668), or Architect-approved equal.

2.2 TACTILE & BRAILLE PANEL SIGNS
A. Substrate Option A (Standard Commercial): 1/8-inch (3.2 mm) thick matte non-glare UV-stable acrylic plaque with radiused corners and 1/32-inch (0.8 mm) minimum raised sans-serif uppercase characters.
B. Substrate Option B (High-Abuse / Institutional): 1/8-inch (3.2 mm) thick one-piece integral UV-polymerized photopolymer panel with integral raised tactile characters and Braille.
C. Tactile Characters (ADA §703.2):
   1. Depth: 1/32 inch (0.8 mm) minimum above background plaque.
   2. Case & Style: Uppercase, sans-serif, non-italic, non-script, non-condensed.
   3. Character Height: 5/8 inch (16 mm) minimum to 2 inches (51 mm) maximum based on uppercase "I".
   4. Finish & Contrast (§703.5): Matte non-glare characters and background with minimum 70 percent light-reflectance value (LRV) contrast.
D. Contracted Grade 2 Braille (ADA §703.3):
   1. Domed/rounded profile dots; flat or square dots are unacceptable.
   2. Dot base diameter 0.059 to 0.063 inch; dot height 0.025 to 0.037 inch; inter-dot spacing 0.090 to 0.100 inch; cell-to-cell spacing 0.241 to 0.300 inch.
   3. Grade 2 UEB contracted lowercase Braille except proper nouns, individual room suffixes, and acronyms; positioned minimum 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) directly below tactile text.
E. Pictograms (ADA §703.6): 6-inch (152 mm) minimum vertical field free of text or Braille; tactile text and Grade 2 Braille located directly below pictogram field.

2.3 MOUNTING ACCESSORIES
A. Concealed Adhesive: Factory-applied 3M VHB structural foam tape rated for painted gypsum board, sealed wood, and metal frames.
B. Mechanical Fasteners (Where Scheduled): Four countersunk corner holes with stainless-steel tamper-resistant screws and wall anchors.
C. Glass Partition Mounting (Where Scheduled): Color-matched 1/8-inch blank backer plate installed on opposite face of interior sidelight glazing to conceal adhesive.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 INSTALLATION (ADA §703.4)
A. Wall Location: Mount tactile signs on the wall alongside the latch side of the door. Where double doors have one active leaf, mount on the inactive leaf; where both leaves are active, mount on the wall to the right of the right-hand door.
B. Mounting Height: Install signs so tactile characters measure 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum from finish floor to baseline of lowest tactile character and 60 inches (1525 mm) maximum from finish floor to baseline of highest tactile character.
C. Clear Floor Space: Maintain an 18-by-18-inch (455-by-455-mm) minimum clear floor space centered on the tactile sign, beyond the arc of any door swing up to a 45-degree open position.

END OF SECTION 10 14 23.16