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ada-compliance-checker skill

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This skill helps verify ADA accessibility compliance for routes, slopes, and curb ramps in design projects, delivering actionable reports and improvements.

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---
name: ada-compliance-checker
description: ADA accessibility compliance checking skill for routes, slopes, and pedestrian facilities
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metadata:
  specialization: civil-engineering
  domain: science
  category: Code Compliance
  skill-id: CIV-SK-032
---

# ADA Compliance Checker Skill

## Purpose

The ADA Compliance Checker Skill verifies accessibility compliance for pedestrian facilities including routes, slopes, ramps, and curb ramps per ADA requirements.

## Capabilities

- Accessible route analysis
- Slope and cross-slope checking
- Ramp design verification
- Curb ramp compliance
- Detectable warning requirements
- Parking accessibility
- Clear width verification
- Level landing requirements

## Usage Guidelines

### When to Use
- Verifying accessibility
- Designing accessible routes
- Evaluating curb ramps
- Checking parking layouts

### Prerequisites
- Facility design complete
- Survey data available
- Grade information known
- Width dimensions provided

### Best Practices
- Check all routes
- Verify slopes in field
- Consider maintenance
- Document exceptions

## Process Integration

This skill integrates with:
- Highway Geometric Design
- Permit Application Preparation

## Configuration

```yaml
ada-compliance-checker:
  standards:
    - ADA
    - PROWAG
    - ADAAG
  check-types:
    - slopes
    - widths
    - landings
    - curb-ramps
    - detectable-warnings
```

## Output Artifacts

- Compliance reports
- Slope analysis
- Deficiency lists
- Improvement recommendations

Overview

This skill performs automated ADA accessibility checks for pedestrian facilities, focusing on routes, slopes, ramps, curb ramps, and related features. It produces clear compliance reports, deficiency lists, and prioritized recommendations to support design review and field verification. The goal is to speed up accessibility validation and document remediation needs.

How this skill works

The skill ingests design drawings, survey data, and dimensional inputs to evaluate compliance against ADA, PROWAG, and ADAAG rules. It computes running slopes, cross slopes, clear widths, landing levels, curb ramp geometry, and detectable warning requirements, then flags deviations and generates actionable findings. Outputs include visualizable slope analyses, ranked deficiency lists, and suggested design fixes.

When to use it

During final design review of pedestrian facilities
While evaluating existing sidewalks, ramps, and crossings
Preparing permit applications or accessibility reports
Before field verification or construction inspections
To prioritize ADA upgrades for audit or maintenance planning

Best practices

Provide complete survey data and accurate grades for reliable slope checks
Validate automated findings with targeted field measurements
Run checks for all pedestrian routes, not just primary paths
Document tolerated exceptions and the rationale for any deviations
Combine outputs with stakeholder review to set remediation priorities

Example use cases

Design team runs slope and landing checks on new sidewalk alignments
Transportation planners audit curb ramps and detectable warnings across corridors
Permit reviewers generate compliance reports for submitted construction plans
Maintenance crews use deficiency lists to schedule ADA upgrades
Accessibility consultants produce improvement recommendations for grant applications

FAQ

What inputs are required for accurate checks?

Provide design plans or measured survey points, grade data, and width dimensions for each route segment; missing data reduces accuracy.

Which standards does the skill apply?

Checks are configurable to ADA, PROWAG, and ADAAG rules and can be tuned to project-specific thresholds.

Can this replace field inspection?

No. The skill speeds review and pinpoints likely issues, but field verification is required for final compliance confirmation.