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ADA: Webinar Series Begins Tomorrow!

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7-Part Webinar Series

"ADA: the Next Generation"

Some of the country's most experienced ADA experts and trainers, including those who wrote the new requirements, You'll have the opportunity to raise questions about some of the thorny or complex issues.

Faculty-Moderators Include:

John Wodatch, Chief, Disability Rights Section (DRS), Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

Marsha Mazz, Technical Assistance Coordinator, U.S. Access Board

Irene Bowen, J.D., President, ADA One, LLC, and Former Deputy Chief, DRS, DOJ

James L.E. Terry, AIA, LEED AP, CASp, CEO, Evan Terry Associates

Doug Anderson, Founding Partner, LCM Architects; Current Member-Former Chair, U.S. Access Board

Jack Catlin, FAIA, Founding Partner, LCM Architects; Former Chair, U.S. Access Board

Bill Hecker, AIA, Accessibility Consultant, Hecker Design, LLC

Mark J. Mazz, AIA, Accessibility Consultant, Former DOJ and HUD Staff Architect

Dean Perkins, R.A., ADA Coordinator, Fl DoT

Larry Schneider, AIA, ADA Architect

Things in the webinar:

Some unexpected changes from the proposed rules

Some provisions you may not have noticed.

The difficult details.

Suggestions for transition:

Should you start now to use the new 2010 Standards, or wait?

Should you do additional barrier removal? Now, or later?

How safe are the new "safe harbors?"

Implications of DOJ's additional "pre-rules" on web accessibility, equipment and furniture, and 911

To register go to: www.krm.com/naadac

Session 1: Overview of Title II and Title III Regulations, Part I

Wednesday, 10/6/2010, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET

The new rules;

Service animals

Segways and service animals

Effective communication

Session 2: Overview of Title II and Title III Regulations, Part II

Wednesday, 10/13/2010, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

The new rules;

New construction and alterations: how these now overlap with barrier removal and program access;

Making sense of the DOJ-drafted provisions in tandem with the Access Board's Guidelines;

New definition of "place of lodging" and implications under both titles.

Hotel reservations, assembly event ticketing and seating;

The new element-by-element safe harbor;

DOJ's notice of its intent to regulate furniture and equipment;

Certification of state codes: if you comply with a code certified before 2010, does it "count"? Should you urge your state to go for certification, under relaxed new procedures? and,

Compliance and enforcement: DOJ can now retain Title II complaints for investigation, rather than sending them to "designated agencies." What are the implications?

Session 3: Planning for the transition and beyond, and using the safe harbors

Wednesday, 10/27/2010, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

What should you do first to get to policy compliance within the six month deadline?

Is it time for a do-over? Do you need to do a new or revised self-evaluation, transition plan, or barrier removal plan? If you don't think you have to, should you anyway?

How safe are the "safe harbors" under Title II and Title III? Are you "grandfathered" out?

Is there any advantage to doing barrier removal in the next 6 or 18 months, under the 1991 Standards, versus using the 2010 Standards?

Is this a sleeper provision? They call it "maintenance," but it addresses reducing access below 1991 Standards. How and when are reductions allowed?

What can you learn from the preamble (analysis) and the appendices, with their helpful explanations and drawings? How do they relate to the requirements themselves?

How do you ensure compliance with all applicable laws, including state and local codes and ordinances?

Do the new provisions apply under section 504 too? Or should state and local governments and others who receive federal funds, and federal agencies, continue to follow the 504 rules?

Session 4 - ADA Standards - Admin provisions; Accessible Routes; & Building Blocks

Wednesday, 11/3/2010, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

Overview of the new ADA Standards;

What has been clarified, added, dropped, or changed from the 1991 Standards?

Equivalent facilitation, tolerances, and the expanded definitions section.

How will changes affect different facility types?

· Significant scoping and technical requirement changes:

Accessible routes

Accessible means of egress

Stairways

Elevators, platform lifts, LULAs, and private residence elevators

Doors, doorways, and gates

Floor and ground surfaces

Changes in level

Ramps and curb ramps

Turning spaces

Clear floor and ground spaces

Knee and toe spaces

Protruding objects

Reach ranges

Operable parts

Session 5 - ADA Standards - Common Space & Element Types; and Communications

Wednesday, 11/10/2010, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

What has been clarified, added, dropped, or changed from the 1991 Standards?

How will changes affect different facility types?

Significant scoping and technical requirement changes:

Common space types including

Parking spaces and passenger loading zones

Dressing, fitting, and locker rooms

Common element types including

Dining surfaces and work surfaces

Storage elements

Benches

Handrails

Windows

Automatic teller machines and fare machines

Check-out aisles, sales and service counters

Depositories, vending machines, change machines, mail boxes, and fuel dispensers

Communications systems and devices including

Telephones

Signs

Fire alarm systems

Assistive listening systems

Two-way communication systems

Detectable warnings

Session 6 - ADA Standards - Toilets, Bathing, Kitchens and Plumbing Elements

Wednesday, 11/17/2010, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

In many facility types, these requirements are some of the most critical to the users. Significant changes have made certain sections stricter and others less restrictive than the 1991 Standards.

The 1991 Standard allowed six by six and five by seven foot single user toilet rooms. What are the smallest configurations a single user toilet room can have under the new Standards?

How do these requirements compare to the IBC and ICC/ANSI A117.1 Accessibility Standards?

How will these changes affect different facility types?

Session 7 - ADA Standards - Specialized Rooms, Spaces and Elements including Recreation and Residential

Wednesday, 12/1/2010, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

Many new sections covering whole new facility types have been added in the 2010 ADA Standards. Two common facility types no longer have their own sections. Some VERY significant changes and clarifications have been made in those sections that were already included in the 1991 Standards. What has changed and how must those changes be incorporated into new, altered, and existing facilities?

If residential facilities are not (typically) covered by the ADA, why are there new standards for them? How do the covered residential facility types correlate with the ADA transient lodging and Fair Housing requirements?

Significant scoping and technical requirement changes:

Transportation facilities

Assembly areas

Medical care and long-term care facilities

Transient lodging guest rooms

Transportation facilities

Completely new sections:

o Judicial facilities and courtrooms

o Detention and correctional facilities

o Holding and housing cells

o Residential dwelling units and facilities

o Recreational facilities including amusement rides, exercise machines and equipment; boating, fishing, golf and miniature golf facilities, play areas, swimming pools and spas.

Register for the Webinars

For the Online Registration Form: www.krm.com/NAADAC

Registration Fees - For Individual Sessions

National Association of ADA Coordinators Associates and

American Institute of Architects Members

For members: Individual session $79

Non members: Individual session $99

Fee for All Seven Webinars Sessions

$495

When you register and pay for the complete series of 7 webinars, and you are a current, up-to-date Individual Associate or Organizational Associate of the National Association of ADA Coordinators (NAADAC), you will automatically receive a one-time $175 credit towards your next renewal fee when it is due.

When you register and pay for the complete series of 7 webinars, and you are not a current Individual Associate or Organizational Associate of the National Association of ADA Coordinators (NAADAC), you will receive a free Individual Associate membership (upon completion of Associate application found on NAADAC's web site) at no cost to you, or a one-time $175 credit towards an Organizational Associate membership fee.

In addition, you will be entitled to a $250 coupon (subject to terms and conditions) which can be applied to one of the two Association's ADA National Conferences either for the Spring 2011 (Miami) or the Fall 2011 (San Diego). For more information about NAADAC, go to: http://askjan.org/naadac/.

If you experience any problems with your online registration, please contact - Jon Spain at Evan Terry Associates - (205) 972-9100, or email him at: jspain@evanterry.com

www.EvanTerry.com,
 
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