The British Columbia Building Code is your guide to the barrier-free code in the province. Accessibility is an important objective of the British Columbia Building Code, as it ensures buildings are designed and constructed so people with disabilities can: reasonably access and move around within the building use...
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Barrier-Free Access Design Standards are constantly updated and vary across Canada. To help, ATS has compiled a barrier-free guide for all of Canada which lists all the recent code updates for all regions of the nation. Here’s your Barrier-Free Code Guide for the prairie provinces – Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and...
June 3, 2020 What’s Improved Rule engine improvement which enable multiple categories to be recommended after a product is selected (e.g. after a sink is selected both faucet, p-trap and drain categories are recommended) Specs have been upgraded to allow for future improvements such as permission/visibility in...
Fall is around the corner, which means it’s time for educational facilities to get renovations and redesign schools with upgrades to be ready to open up safely come September. With COVID-19, special concern and attention are being placed on sanitation and handwashing. Schools need to ensure their fixtures are...
ATS has compiled a through 2020 Barrier-Free Design Guide, to keep you up to date on all the current barrier-free codes throughout Canada. This section focuses on the barrier-free codes for the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon territories. For a complete guide on another region, Return To Canada...
Health officials are stressing the importance of maintaining social distancing even once the stay at home restrictions are lifted. Many healthcare facilities, public spaces, and workplaces will need to be retrofitted to be handsfree, and minimize the contact with surfaces. Social distancing design is key for ensuring safe and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an article on 8 Steps to take before opening your business. With many businesses and buildings being closed down for weeks if not months, there could be an opportunity for stagnant or standing water. As a part of your building...
May 20, 2020 What’s New NEW: New category icons are launched to allow for theming of category icons to match each manufacturer (e.g. LIXIL as orange) What’s Improved UI Improvement for spec tool dashboard icons to match branding guidelines of ATS and white label tools...
The world is living through an unprecedented time and we all have to learn how to make adjustments and implement new practices to ensure safety for all with our Covid-19 design response guide. This blog will provide recommendations on solutions to respond to the construction of rapid delivery healthcare...
With almost three million infected with COVID-19, no healthcare system was prepared for the influx of patients. As such, there is a need to quickly redesign healthcare and create more facilities to keep up with the unprecedented number of patients that require medical assistance. Many convention centers like Javits...