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3 Key Points to Ensure Access for Sight Impaired Consumers

If you are managing a facility, the first thing that you need to ensure is to provide safe and easy access to sight-impaired consumers. Your organization must follow the best practices to make your facilities inclusive to make the facility safe, and accessible to all consumers who either have a physical disability or are visually impaired.               So, let’s take a look at the three key points to ensure access for sight-impaired consumers:  Use Contrast Colors    You can use different types of lighting and contrasting colors to allow your sight-impaired consumers to identify different surfaces. For example, you can add a colored strip along the stair edges to help your consumers easily watch out for the stairs with a lesser chance of falling accidents.     2.      Provide Tactile Flooring Tactile tiles are raised tiles with specific patterns that are useful in assisting visually impa...

Top 4 Code-Compliant TWSI Solutions Including Ontario Surface Applied Fire-Resistant tile

  Safe accessibility is necessary, and it is important for everyone to use code-compliant materials and products for safe and hassle-free movement around the property. So here we are listing the top 4 Canadian code-compliant solutions for your needs: 1: Ontario Surface Applied Fire-Resistant tile  – This tile provided by Compliance Solutions Canada is made from FIRE SENTRY-X Composite Technology that offers extreme resistance against fire. As the name suggests, it is the first surface-applied tactile tile that complies with Ontario building code requirements and ULC- S 102.2 fire standard at less than 50 smoke and less than 25 flames for maximum safety and durability.   These surface-applied tiles are a cost-effective solution to apply tactile warning surface indicators at your desired interiors like lobbies, exit stairwells, or corridors. Accessible Fire-Resistant Surface Applied Tile with Attention Domes ensure a smooth transition with its beveled edges and is eas...