DSA PR 15-01: REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR PATH OF TRAVEL UPGRADES ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS (with revisions issued through April 2017)

1. PATH OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION: Construction documents shall clearly delineate the path of travel for a project, including any upgrades of path of travel elements, as required by the CBC. It is essential that the path of travel shown be an accurate representation of the actual field conditions at the time the project is submitted to DSA.

1.1 Examination of Existing Conditions: The compliance status of path of travel elements, components and features shall be examined by or under the direction of the design professional in responsible charge during the preparation of the construction documents.

1.2 Use of Prior Project Documentation: Use of documentation or application numbers from prior projects does not relieve design professionals of their responsibility to accurately indicate the compliance status of the required path of travel elements serving the area of the alteration, addition or structural repair.

1.3 Required Documentation: Path of travel documentation shall include:

• A facility site plan showing the overall extent of the property on which the project is located, existing buildings and site improvements in diagrammatic form.

• Indication on the facility site plan of the project’s area of work.

• Indication on the facility site plan of the project-specific accessible path of travel, beginning at the site arrival points and ending at the entrance to the area of alteration, addition or structural repair.

• Indication of the interior path of travel when the project area is within an existing building, including a plan of the primary entrance floor and in a multi-story building a plan of the floor on which the project area is located.

• Indication of any noncompliant path of travel elements, components or features that will be upgraded as part of the project, along with the key references to appropriate details and enlarged plans.

• When applicable, indication of any noncompliant path of travel elements that will not be upgraded as part of the project, based on valuation threshold limitations or a finding of unreasonable hardship.

• Project-specific plans and details for any required path of travel upgrades, suitable for construction and inspection; general references to "code compliance" or standard details requiring extensive modification to suit project conditions shall not be sufficient.