ADA Seating at Geva | nilsemerson

In the summer of 2013 Geva Theare Center set aside funds to remodel their mainstage seating for better wheelchair accesability folowing the guidelines set forth by American Disabilities Act (ADA). I was given the task of carrying out the architect's plans by generating the construction drawings and executing the demolition and build.

House Right seating	House Right seating A little closer up	House Left seating Overall I removed close to 40 seats.
House Right Area cleared	House left I'll be removing the carpet, the uppermost platform, and the ends of the back walls.	House right carpet removed Every square inch of the carpet was glued down. It gummed up and stuck to everything, including my shoes. Lots of fun.
House Left again so much glue......	House Left back wall First cut into the back wall and removed the uppermost platform.	HL Floor framing for the box seating After removing the back wall and platform, I moved on to framing out the box seating. None of the levels were actually level to each other so it required quite a bit of creative shimming.
HL Box flooring and wall frames going in	HL more of those crazy wall frames This picture also shows the stair before I cut into it to adjust it's depth back to architect's specification.	Help arrives! My friend and colleague Katie Everdyke picked up some hours by lending a hand. She was definitely a big help!
HL stair with cut I cut through the lid to get to the framing.	HL stair lid removed The three framing members closest to the theatre wall were some old school timbers. They were actually 2"x 6" (!) and then some... took awhile to cut through them.	HL stair and wall frames Stair has been cut back, the framing has been cut back even farther to accommodate a nailer for the facing and the flooring has been filled in.
HL wall frame with skin	HL wall boards with spacers In the interest of time and uniformity I made some spacers. 1/2" between boards and 3/4" between the boards and the edge of the walls.	HR Stair is done and the wall has it's facing boards.
HL Katie helping with board instalation	HL almost.... done....	HR with wall cap installed New carpet wall installed by Messner Carpet a local carpet supplier and installer. (The owner is on Geva's Board of Trustees.)
HL All finished	HL box from the inside We added power outlets to each box, they were not in the architect's original plans, but the building services supervisor and I thought it would be useful to have them.