When we inspect a facility, we have to look at these two terms through very different lenses: 1. The Accessible Route (The Physical Path) An accessible route is the actual, physical pathway that connects accessible spaces. According to both 2025 CBC 11B-402.2 and 2010 ADA 402.2 , this route can only consist of walking surfaces, doorways, ramps, curb ramps, elevators, and platform lifts. Notice what's missing? Stairs. Stairs are never classified as an accessible route compo

When a small business in California gets hit with an ADA letter or lawsuit, the first reaction is usually panic: · “Do I have to rebuild my whole building?” · “Which standard am I supposed to follow, 2010 ADA or CBC 11B?” · “What if the building is old and I’ve never remodeled anything?” Let’s walk through this in plain, conversational terms, using the same framework I use as a CASp when I’m writing reports and helping owners make practical decisions. Two Se

If you’ve ever had this conversation in a parking lot— · Contractor: “My 4-foot level shows 1.8%. We’re good.” · CASp: “My 2-foot digital level reads 2.3%. That’s a violation.” —you’ve run into a core problem in accessibility enforcement: the codes give us hard slope numbers , but they say nothing about the length of the level we’re supposed to use to prove them. That gap is exactly where owners, builders, and CASps start arguing. This article puts all of that int