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ADA Trip Hazard
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), trip hazards are defined as a change in any vertical level over 1 inch. For p eoplewith disabilities, trip hazards are a serious issue. Getting around each day is already challenging, so the ADA was introduced in 1991.
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How Should We Save Trees?
There are a few answers to the question, how should we save trees? As essential as they are to cleaning our air and providing us with oxygen, people need to start wondering what can be done to prolong the life of our trees. Not only do we need to ask the question, how should we save trees?
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How can I help save the trees?
If we want to continue living in and using our ecosystem, something we should continue to ask ourselves is, how can I help save the trees? Once things like oxygen, food, medicine, man-made materials, shelter and homes for animals are factored which come from trees, they are clearly a vital part of our everyday lives.
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Construction Practices to Save Trees
Urban planners are always looking out for construction practices to save trees. After all, trees provide immeasurable benefits to communities.
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How to Make Concrete Sidewalks
Figuring out how to make concrete sidewalks is part of the battle, the other part is how to ensure it will last over time. Though sidewalks can last 30-40 years, that doesn't factor in damage caused by expanding tree roots and soil movement.
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New Housing Developments
To save money in future sidewalk repairs and replacement, developers of new housing developments should consider installing TripStop™. TripStop™ is installed during construction of the sidewalk and prevents the cement from breaking apart or lifting.
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ROI (Return on Investment)
Along with the many benefits of installing TripStop™, there is an impressive return on investment (ROI) after it's installed. TripStop™ eliminates the cost of removing and replacing a tree after the tree roots have disrupted the sidewalk, therefore providing a high ROI.
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Safe Sidewalks
There are a large number of factors that decrease how safe sidewalks are. Factors can include poor sidewalk maintenance, ice and snow, and various sidewalk obstructions. Although all of these factors are avoidable, trips and falls still happen, largely due to poor sidewalk maintenance.
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Save Trees
There's a number of ways to save trees. Trees are crucial to our environmental system and need to be taken care of as much as possible. They come with an unlimited number of benefits to our world.
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Save the Trees Help Global Warming
One of the methods to save the trees and help global warming is to extend the lifespan of construction projects. By using construction practices that require less maintenance and reconstruction, less stress is placed on the environment.
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Sidewalk Construction
Sidewalk construction may be a simple process, but eventually the sidewalk begins to break and lift, causing trip hazards. Sidewalk surfaces usually begin to lift because of large trees with growing roots, heat expansion and soil movement. As trees get older, the roots become thicker and stronger, often spreading into sidewalk surfaces.
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Sidewalk Danger
Although sidewalk danger doesn't seem like a big issue, tripping, cycling or falling on a broken down sidewalk can be dangerous. Over time sidewalks need maintenance to prevent accidents. This can include re-paving, installing joints to allow for more movement or trimming tree roots to limit growth into the sidewalk.
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Sidewalk Grinding
Sidewalk grinding is one effective, yet temporary way to maintain a safe sidewalk. A more permanent and inexpensive way is to construct or reconstruct the sidewalk with joints in the concrete, which over time is preventative for trip hazards.
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Ways to Save Trees
Since trees provide an unlimited number of benefits in our everyday lives, finding new ways to save trees is key to ensure we continue to preserve them. Not only do they provide us with green space, paper, medicines, food, shelter and oxygen, but they have countless other uses.
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