The Ahwahnee, Install ADA Compliant Elevator Controls (CIF 3000)

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The purpose of this project is to correct ADA deficiencies at the Ahwahnee Hotel passenger elevator. The following items will be corrected to meet those standards:
1- Call buttons (interior and exterior) are too high from the floor
2- Call buttons (interior and exterior) identification is not braille embossed
3- Call buttons (interior and exterior) are recessed
4- Emergency phone is not auto-dial / visual notification system
5- Door on emergency phone cabinet requires pinching and/or grasping
6- Elevator does not have audible annunciation for each floor
7- Self-leveling mechanism does not provide an abrupt rise of less than ½" between the elevator floor and the hoistway
so the transition between the elevator floor and hoistway.
8- There is no permanent braille identification for floors or permanent rooms.
9- Sixth floor between elevator floor and hoistway has an abrupt rise of more than ½".