Arcor Inc has spent over 20 years helping a variety of businesses, including Gyms & Health Clubs, become ADA Compliant and become less of a target for ADA Lawsuits. If investors or owners of Gyms & Health Clubs, fail to comply with ADA requirements, this will likely result in costly lawsuits.
Gyms & Health Clubs are required to comply with Title III of the ADA. This provision prevents discrimination against customers with disabilities and requires businesses to provide accommodations that improve accessibility and participation for disabled customers. ADA requirements will apply to all aspects of the gym or health club facilities, including but not limited to, spa areas, steam rooms, saunas, seating, bathrooms, changing rooms, showers, restaurants, studios, child care facilities on the premises, check in desks etc. It must also be ensured that at least one of each type of exercise equipment is accessible to people with disabilities. This requirement means that every piece of equipment, unless an exact duplicate of the same model exists, must be accessible. ADA Accessible Parking is also an important requirement, as well as any path of travel. For health clubs with pool facilities, means of entry and exit require owners and operators to meet minimum requirements of the ADA. This includes swimming pool lifts and/or sloped entries, depending upon size. The ADA, requires the removal of any barriers, when “readily achievable” to reach compliance.
In order to avoid ADA LAWSUITS, we will help you identify any barriers to access and show you how to correct these.
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Although your Gym & Health Club may be compliant with the 1991 ADA Standards, it is very likely not in compliance with the latest California Building Code. If you fail to do your due diligence and simply choose the “cheapest” quote for your ADA inspection, you may find you have an unqualified, inexperienced inspector who gives you a sub-standard service. This typically costs you more in the long term because of incorrect and unnecessary recommendations or “improvements”. By hiring one of our experienced CERTIFIED ACCESS SPECIALISTS (CASp), you get a thorough ADA CASp Inspection, quality service, follow up, and of course, a CASp CERTIFICATE. It is only in this way that you get “qualified defendant status” and qualify for the legal benefits that are associated with having a property that is CASp Certified.
The Americans With Disability Act or ADA, guarantees equal access to the disabled as their constitutional right. Even though this has been law since 1990, most small businesses, commercial properties and multi-family dwellings, are still not ADA compliants. Your business, without an ADA Inspection and without a CASp Certification, is a lawsuit waiting to happen. If you think this isn’t a big deal, you should know that California leads in ADA lawsuits, with over 55% of the total lawsuits in the USA. So what should you do? The ADA Gurus Team, at Arcor Inc, will identify your ADA deficiencies and show you the way to minimizing your exposure to ADA Lawsuits. One lawsuit can break you. Let The ADA Gurus Team help you get ADA Certified.
Data source: Seyfarth Shaw LLP on February 17, 2022
Data source: Seyfarth Shaw LLP on February 17, 2022