ADA resources
Certificate of occupancy signage
A certificate of occupancy is the point when the public can use the rooms. Permanent room signs that identify those rooms have to be in place, tactile, and mounted where Section 703.4 says they go. A paper insert in a frame does not identify a permanent room.
The practical list is the rooms people have to find without asking: restrooms, exits, stairs, floor levels, and rooms with a permanent name or number. Temporary spaces, such as a conference room whose name changes with the booking, can use a changeable insert. The permanent designation beside it still needs raised characters and Grade 2 braille.
Inspectors look at three things. The characters are raised at least 1/32 inch and are uppercase sans serif. The braille is Grade 2 and sits below the text, not inside a pictogram. The baseline of the tactile copy is between 48 and 60 inches, on the latch side, with an 18 by 18 inch clear floor outside the door swing.
Thermoformed Signs forms the letters and the braille in one acrylic face, so the sign that is on the wall at occupancy is the same sign that will be there after years of cleaning. If the schedule is tight, request a quote against the rooms that actually need signs. We manufacture from the production-ready art you supply.