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This new residential building is developed and owned by QUAD,
Inc. and includes 21 independent-living apartments for physically
disabled persons. The typical resident may be a victim of brain
or spinal cord injury. Support services for residents will be
available as appropriate for each individual's needs. The building
is designed with these features for improved accessibility include:
- Wide hallways and doorways
- Oversized elevator
- Roll-in showers
- Ballbearing rollers on operating windows
- Lift track at ceiling for bed/wheelchair transfers
- Magnetic door holders on fire doors
- Swingfree closers on apartment doors
- Proximity reader entry control
- Prewiring for computer networks
- Oversized areas of rescue assistance on upper floors
Project Owner and Developer: QUAD, Inc.
Project Funding: U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), Section 811 program.
Design Consultants:
- Project architect: James E. Andrews, ANDREWS ARCHITECTS,
Inc.
- Structural engineer: KRAMER GEHLEN & ASSOCIATES
- Mechanical and electrical engineers: HOOD - McNEES, Inc.
- Civil engineer: SYMONS ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS
- Landscape Architect: MACDONALD ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, P.C.
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General Contractor: WALSH CONSTRUCTION CO. |
 August 2003 |
 September 2003 |
 October 2003 |
 November 2003 |
 December 2003 |