Print this page Safer Steps from Sloping Sidewalks
Kenneth LiDonnici, P.E.
Course Outline
This two hour online course breaks new ground in that it provides a method for avoiding the tripping hazards that exist in all existing stairways that interface with sloping surfaces. It provides an elegant solution to an age-old problem and leaves one wondering “why hasn’t this been done before?”
This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.
Learning Objective
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Overview of matters relating to stairway design in general;
- Introduction to several of the codes covering exterior stairway design;
- Insight into how stairways interfacing with sloping sidewalks engender safety problems;
- Presentation of a clear explanation of how “riser” and “tread” dimensions should be measured;
- The mathematics to perform in the design of safer stairway interfaces with sloping sidewalks; and
- Insight into how simple Descriptive Geometry can be employed in the redesign of unsafe sidewalk-stairway interfaces.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for architects and engineers involved in stairway design.
Benefit to Attendees
Completion of this course will make the student one of an extremely small coterie of designers with a solution to the design of safe stairways from sloping sidewalks.
Course Introduction
Since man has been building stairways that had to interface with sloping surfaces, they have introduced unsafe conditions that assuredly have caused untold thousands of accidents to the unfortunate pedestrians who have had no other choice but to use them.
Course Content
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Safer Steps from Sloping Sidewalks
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Course Summary
This new method, finally, provides a solution to the age-old problem of designing safe steps from sloping sidewalks.
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.
