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title: "Guides"
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# Guides

> Reference pages on the standards for commercial furniture, the accessibility rules for tables and benches, and what to include in a quote request.

Reference pages for anyone writing a furniture specification or a quote request. Each one lists its sources and the date they were checked.

- [Standards for commercial furniture](https://contractfurniture.us/guides/commercial-furniture-standards/index.md): The BIFMA, ASTM, NFPA and ACT standards and the federal rules that commercial furniture is specified and tested to, with what each one covers and who publishes it.
- [Accessible tables, counters and benches](https://contractfurniture.us/guides/accessible-tables-counters-benches/index.md): The 2010 ADA Standards set how many dining and work surfaces must be accessible, their height, the knee and toe clearance under them, and the size of a required bench. The federal ABA Standards add rules for picnic tables.
- [What to include in a furniture quote request](https://contractfurniture.us/guides/furniture-quote-request-checklist/index.md): The details that let a commercial furniture quote be priced the first time: quantities, specifications, finishes, standards, delivery and installation, the schedule and the budget.