If overlay changes the slope, the stall paint is not the fix.
Accessible parking is grade, aisle, ramp, and marking — in the same bid as the asphalt. A wheelchair stencil on a stall that got steeper is not a compliance package.
Built in, not painted on
Federal parking rules live on ada.gov. The lot lives in the paving number.
The U.S. Access Board and ada.gov are the reference. This page is the construction problem: mill and overlay can steepen an accessible route, bury a landing, or raise a stall against a sidewalk that no longer meets. Van-accessible stalls, access aisles, and ramp work are civil and paving, then striping. They are not a paint allowance. NEXTPAVE implements the owner’s drawing and the spec you attach. We do not publish stall-count tables, we do not give legal opinions, and we do not replace your accessibility consultant. What we will not do is mill a lot and leave accessible parking as a change order when the slopes moved.
Bid ADA with the overlay from Charlotte as one commercial prime. Retail, campus, medical, municipal, warehouse employee lots. Residential is out. If the package has no stall plan, say so — estimating should not invent counts. If the civil already shows ramp reconstruction, that is not ‘striping.’ Put it in the mill number.
Right when
- Mill, overlay, or new paving that will change elevations at stalls, aisles, or ramps.
- A civil or accessibility drawing you want built and marked, not interpreted by a paint crew.
- Restriping that has to include van stalls and access aisles on a lot that already grades correctly.
Wrong when
- A request for legal advice or a stall-count opinion. Use the federal sources and your consultant. We build the drawing.
- Paint-only on a stall whose slope broke after overlay. Grade first.
- Residential. Out of scope.
What fails
Accessible parking that fails after ‘the lot was paved.’
These show up in complaints and re-visits. They are estimating problems if they were visible in the plans.
Overlay that steepened the stall
Another lift against a sidewalk or a ramp landing is how an accessible route goes out. Mill to hold grade, or rebuild the landing. Do not stencil over it.
Van stalls missing from the stripe plan
If the drawing calls for them and the paving bid forgot markings, the lot opens incomplete. Accessible parking is not optional decoration.
Ramp as a change order
Concrete landings and truncated domes are not a paint line. If the civil shows ramp work, it belongs in the first number.
What’s in the package
Grade, ramp, aisle, marking — one package.
Scope
- Paving and mill work that is supposed to hold or restore accessible slopes as drawn
- Ramp and landing work when it is in the civil set
- Access aisles, van stalls, and symbols from the striping plan
- Tie-ins so a new overlay does not trip the sidewalk
- The same contract as the rest of the lot so accessible parking is not a leftover trade
Keep access during phasing
A live medical or civic lot still needs an accessible route while the rest is milled. Temporary stalls and paths are a phasing note, not a courtesy.
We do not replace the standard
ada.gov and the Access Board publish the requirements. Your drawings and consultant apply them to the site. We bid construction, not a legal memo.
What to send
What to send so ADA is not a field guess.
If it is not in the book, it will not be in the number. Do not ask the estimator to invent stall counts.
- Civil or accessibility drawings for stalls, aisles, and ramps
- Existing elevations at accessible routes if overlay might change slope
- Striping plan that includes van stalls and access aisles
- Phasing notes if the site must keep an accessible path during mill
- Any owner or municipal comment letters — we still build the drawing, not the email thread
Related scope
Often in the same bid.
Mill & overlay
The work that most often moves accessible slopes.
Read the scope
Striping & marking
Symbols and aisles after the grade is right.
Read the scope
Parking lots
Turnover that includes accessible parking, not a leftover.
Read the scope
New asphalt paving
New pads where accessible routes are designed with the section.
Read the scope
FAQ
Accessible parking as construction, not as a blog table.
- Can you tell us how many ADA stalls we need?
- No. Stall counts and geometric rules are in federal guidance and your site drawings. We implement the spec you attach. We do not publish a count table and we do not give legal advice.
- Why put ADA in the mill and overlay bid?
- Because overlay changes elevations. If stalls, aisles, and ramps are left as striping, you can pave a non-compliant route and then paint it. Grade and markings belong together.
- Do you only paint the wheelchair symbol?
- Markings are the last step. Accessible parking on a commercial lot is paving, sometimes concrete ramp work, then striping. Paint-only is the wrong page if the slope moved.
- Where should we read the actual requirements?
- Start with ada.gov accessible parking and the U.S. Access Board parking guide. Those are the references. This site is how NEXTPAVE bids the construction in the same package as the asphalt.
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