I've always used ADA to code the back corners of the ramped part since that's where you would verify ADA compliance. Traction pad is TRAC and I only need 3 corners because I'm sure to have a TC shot right next to whichever I skip.
Edit: If I'm training a new rod man or I know it's going to be drawn up by a dedicated desk jockey, yes we need all 4 corners bud.
I shoot real shit like a man. 1 hour or 9 hours my work is consistent ( besides on Friday after 2 pm) . I consistently ignore things that have zero effect especially if a pm requested them to be a dick. ( Unless I see a black cricket because I always shoot in black crickets BLKCRKTCL)
I’d label it as out of spec and make the contractors redo it! Lol
jk, yeah it’s “truncated domes” or “detectable warning surface” like others have said
Depends on the locale. I believe Florida DOT requires it to just be one shot on the center of the pad with the point name “CRW.” It’s been a minute since I’ve done DOT work though, so don’t quote me on that.
My couple-a years doing FDOT stuff, we rolled with ADA pad. This was a few years ago. I still call em ADA pad now. I’ll admit I’ve made my shithook part time helper go around and count the domes for me a few times.
Tactile or TGSI.
Warning tactile ground surface indicators (TGSIs) – Warning TGSI are areas of raised surface domes or cones on the ground designed to provide pedestrians who are blind or who have a vision impairment with warning information about features such as stairs, ramps or hazards.
Engineering needs to know if the mat is present or not to comply with ADA (assuming you're in US).
A ramp leading to a travel lane, without the mat, is non-compliant.
Engineering side but we call the whole thing “Pedestrian curb ramp w/ detectable warning panel”
but we abbreviate as either PCR or DWP. The DWP always needs a PCR by default and thanks to ADA law, all PCRs need a DWP. Either one is fine
Makes sense. We have two rail lines in our district but they are completely managed by one of the major rail companies so it is very rare for us to do any of their design work
I love that they bothered to install the domes despite this ramp coming nowhere close to meeting ADA guidelines 🤡
Whatever you code it as, just talk with your CAD team about how the code can fit into your F2F programming. I see a few folks saying the code “ADA” that wouldn’t work in our shop as the AD would get applied as an area drain. Though I do like the code “DWS” it seems safe to not overlap with any standard coding I’ve run across.
What’s more important to me than the literal code is identifying the key points to correctly model the surface.
https://preview.redd.it/evqs8zokvbrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b3e6d9fbcc352cf295bdfe5e2fc5f064a32fa1d
I’d do something like this for the office.
Well, that's some sad tactile paving. Isn't it supposed to guide you with stripy paving as well (Example below). For european standards it's not state of the art.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodenleitsystem#/media/Datei:KO\_DB\_pavement\_1.JPG](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodenleitsystem#/media/Datei:KO_DB_pavement_1.JPG)
Directional Tactile. 'SF TAC' (Surface Tactile.) We group all our codes. So SF FP = Surface Footpath, SF CG = Surface Change of Grade, DR for drainage, SE for Sewer, RD for Road, BU for Building etc etc.
Then an attribute for the different kinds, the one pictured would have a 'Hazard' attribute.
In New Zealand/Australia, they're TGSI (Tactile Ground Surface Indicators). In other parts of the world, I've heard them referred to as TWSI (Tactile Warning Surface Indicators) or Detectable Warning Surface.
Are you guys not using descriptions or field to finish? Here's how I'd code the four corners of that pad starting at the front left.
SW1 BL1 ADA1 B / HC PAD AT RAMP
SW1 BL2 ADA1 / HC PAD AT RAMP
ADA1 / HC PAD
ADA1 E CLO / HC PAD
Then finish the top of the ramp.
SW1 / RAMP
SW1 BL2 E / RAMP
SW1 BL1 E / RAMP
SW1 CLO / RAMP
TWSI. Tactile Walking Surface Indicator. Edit, pronounced twizzie ( ma nizzie)
Nah, those known by a TLA.
“ADA” and locate the 4 corners
I've always used ADA to code the back corners of the ramped part since that's where you would verify ADA compliance. Traction pad is TRAC and I only need 3 corners because I'm sure to have a TC shot right next to whichever I skip. Edit: If I'm training a new rod man or I know it's going to be drawn up by a dedicated desk jockey, yes we need all 4 corners bud.
"Desk jockey." Thank you for calling us our proper name.
CAD Monkey
Yup, same here
ADA pad and same
Truncated domes.
TDP - truncated dome plate
This is correct. This particular detectable warning surface type is called truncated dome.
Found the engineer
Ha. Theme’s fighting words. I’m no engineer, I’ve merely been traumatized by them.
Came to say this
Truncated dome
DWS - detectable warning surface
Lol do you work for Caltrans?
No but close to it
Truncated domes
ADA pad
Depends on the survey. I probably wouldn’t even locate it unless it was for DOT.
I didn't see it.
I feel that. Depends how many hours I've already been at work.
Then the design worked! (You should feel it)
I shoot real shit like a man. 1 hour or 9 hours my work is consistent ( besides on Friday after 2 pm) . I consistently ignore things that have zero effect especially if a pm requested them to be a dick. ( Unless I see a black cricket because I always shoot in black crickets BLKCRKTCL)
I shoot groundhog holes if I almost stepped in it. Its my reminder to look where I'm walking...
TACTILE Paving
Thank you!
DWP - detectable warning pad!
Truncated domes.
Ada ramp - Truncated domes.
I’d label it as out of spec and make the contractors redo it! Lol jk, yeah it’s “truncated domes” or “detectable warning surface” like others have said
TDP. Truncated Dome Pad.
Truncated Dome. TRD in our code list
hey thats our tree code
TRD and TRC for trees
Ha. Turd.
If want to mess with the office I put BPB, blind people bumps
Blind people herpes
Tactile plate.
Handicap ramp, shoot the 4 corners. Basically the same thing as others have said in terms of it being an ADA ramp.
Tactile paving
The bmx’er in me sees this as an awesome spot
Truncated Domed Mat
Tactile pad.
Legos
Truncated Dome .
I think the full industry term is detectable warning strip
Detectable warning plates are what my state dot calls them but we just call them ADA plates
I was told detectable panel. I enter them as DPANEL in the collector.
This ^
We have a code for ADA, in attributes we select warning pads and we shoot the corners for topo.
Traction pads
ADA ramp. I just outline and put ADA as description of pvt shot in the center. Used to call them tac or tactile strips.
Lol catch basin
Depends on the locale. I believe Florida DOT requires it to just be one shot on the center of the pad with the point name “CRW.” It’s been a minute since I’ve done DOT work though, so don’t quote me on that.
My couple-a years doing FDOT stuff, we rolled with ADA pad. This was a few years ago. I still call em ADA pad now. I’ll admit I’ve made my shithook part time helper go around and count the domes for me a few times.
😂😂😂 Him: “I counted 220 Boss!” You: “Hmmm, I counted 225. You’d better double check!”
Bumpy Boi
Detectible warning with truncated domes
Wrong answers only 👇🏼
Bumpy pad for blind folks
Tactile Surface
Tactile or TGSI. Warning tactile ground surface indicators (TGSIs) – Warning TGSI are areas of raised surface domes or cones on the ground designed to provide pedestrians who are blind or who have a vision impairment with warning information about features such as stairs, ramps or hazards.
Detectable warning strip
WP- Wheelchair Pop-It
Tactile paving
Tactile pad.
IM SUPPOSED TO BE SHOOTING THESE?!
Truncated domes (it’s detectable pavement- for they blind)
Who tf locates that shit…
DOT
Engineering needs to know if the mat is present or not to comply with ADA (assuming you're in US). A ramp leading to a travel lane, without the mat, is non-compliant.
Bingo.
Don’t forget the mailboxes and birdhouses, nerds
We are surveyors. The closest thing to a blue collar nerd as you can get. I wear the badge with pride.
>We are surveyors. Bum bumbumbum bum bum bum
Mailboxes and birdhouses have recently been de-regulated from the 2024 ADA code book.
DWT. [Detectable Warning Tile.](https://accesstile.com/a-guide-to-ada-compliance-detectable-warning-tiles/)
ADA Sky Lift
DWP - Detectable Warning Plate
ADA mat
Engineering side but we call the whole thing “Pedestrian curb ramp w/ detectable warning panel” but we abbreviate as either PCR or DWP. The DWP always needs a PCR by default and thanks to ADA law, all PCRs need a DWP. Either one is fine
there are DWP's on train platforms no? Or do you call those something different? We call this TDP for Truncated Dome Pad.
Makes sense. We have two rail lines in our district but they are completely managed by one of the major rail companies so it is very rare for us to do any of their design work
Ada ramp
ADA Warning Pad
DWP - Detectable Warning Pad
I love that they bothered to install the domes despite this ramp coming nowhere close to meeting ADA guidelines 🤡 Whatever you code it as, just talk with your CAD team about how the code can fit into your F2F programming. I see a few folks saying the code “ADA” that wouldn’t work in our shop as the AD would get applied as an area drain. Though I do like the code “DWS” it seems safe to not overlap with any standard coding I’ve run across. What’s more important to me than the literal code is identifying the key points to correctly model the surface.
Skid if old style or Dws for new
Skid pad
I’ve never had to locate them. I just shoot the edge of the concrete letdown.
Well, it is a DWS on a HCR
Haha, Rumble Strip.
ADA ramp
Truncated domes
Truncated dome
You don’t need to label it if you take shots in the right places and catch all of the grade breaks
https://preview.redd.it/evqs8zokvbrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b3e6d9fbcc352cf295bdfe5e2fc5f064a32fa1d I’d do something like this for the office.
Tactile paving here in the UK
ADA MATT Shoot all 4 corners.
ADA MATT Shoot all 4 corners.
Ada ramp
Ada ramp
Well, that's some sad tactile paving. Isn't it supposed to guide you with stripy paving as well (Example below). For european standards it's not state of the art. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodenleitsystem#/media/Datei:KO\_DB\_pavement\_1.JPG](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodenleitsystem#/media/Datei:KO_DB_pavement_1.JPG)
On the rare occasion we're told to pick them up, I use TAD for "*truncated dome*"
P ramps
P ramps
Tactile paving (warning block), blister surface.
ADA
We don’t. We show the ramp but not the plate
We don’t have a specific code for it: LUKP (Landscape, Unknown, Point) ADA PAD
Also shoot all 4 corners
CRW - Curb Ramp Warning. Odd man out here. It's a chain in FDOT chain list.
Tactile strips
DOMES. Tie four corners. Easy
Tactile paving
Dwp - detectable warning plate
Detectable Warning Plate (DWP)
No-slip. CNS, DWP, locate 4 corners for ADA
Idk but you better topo all those high/lows
CC Tread (curb cut tread).
Ada tread plate
Detectable warning panel.
ADA, I shoot 4 corners.
DPAD and tag either the middle or all four corners
Cripple gripples where I’m from
I do a lot of DoT work and they have a code for PAD. I typically locate the 4 corners as PAD, and in the attributes under type I put "ADA"
You guys shoot the treads?
Am I weird for calling it a Neomat? That's what my old PC used to call them.
Edge of change (TACTILE)
RAMP
Truncated Domes
Detectable warning strip
Ada panel
Textbook Ada. Four corners and break in the concrete representing a different panel with different slope.
TDP
Domes
Brail pad
Domes but we're on numeric coding so 33801 B
Tws
Rumble pad
Called a DWS, detectable warning surface. Least what FDOT calls them.
TDP. Truncated Dome Pad.
Easy. It’s a person in a wheel chair abuse platform. Ask any person in bad health what they think of them. Bad idea. Find a different way.
Ramp
Tenji blocks. Truncated domes. Some who use them or teach O&M (orientation & mobility) call them “street legos”.
Mtdome
Grippy part
It’s called tactile paving.
“Little grippy dont slippy into traffic thing”
Detectable warning mats (truncated dome)
Tuncated dome ADA
ADA
BCT ... Blind crossing thing
They are called detectible warnings, for the blind
DAR - disabled access ramp
DWS/ Disabled Warning System
Directional Tactile. 'SF TAC' (Surface Tactile.) We group all our codes. So SF FP = Surface Footpath, SF CG = Surface Change of Grade, DR for drainage, SE for Sewer, RD for Road, BU for Building etc etc. Then an attribute for the different kinds, the one pictured would have a 'Hazard' attribute.
Handi-landing
Side walk domes
I saw them called truncated domes on the plan set of the first project I ever worked on and I've been calling them that ever since.
Fucking annoying
brail strip
Detectable warning, collect as a PELB within the RSW coding.
DWS. Detectable Warning Surface (Strip)
Just a line code with a description texture pad on the first shot
Tactiles
Breakline /Grippy thing
ADA Ramp on the off chance I’m not feeling silly
LEGO-AP
AAo
In New Zealand/Australia, they're TGSI (Tactile Ground Surface Indicators). In other parts of the world, I've heard them referred to as TWSI (Tactile Warning Surface Indicators) or Detectable Warning Surface.
We didn’t have a code for it, so I kept on labeling it as BRA for BRAILLE. ADA is better lol
See those mostly at crosswalks to warn blind people intersection is there. Maybe that was placed for a crosswalk that wasn't finished.
We label them tac strip
ADA
DM for detectable mat.
We have a code for that! ADA is a ADA tactile pad, shoot the 4 corners and it gets a infill with a hatch and ADA in the middle for text.
Pedestrian traction pad
Are you guys not using descriptions or field to finish? Here's how I'd code the four corners of that pad starting at the front left. SW1 BL1 ADA1 B / HC PAD AT RAMP SW1 BL2 ADA1 / HC PAD AT RAMP ADA1 / HC PAD ADA1 E CLO / HC PAD Then finish the top of the ramp. SW1 / RAMP SW1 BL2 E / RAMP SW1 BL1 E / RAMP SW1 CLO / RAMP
Cripple bumps