Upcoming Events
Now Available: On-Demand Accessiblity Webinars
We are now offering on-demand accessibility webinars at our exclusive online learning center. Earn professional learning units with online webinars designed to educate about important accessibility subjects for the built environment.
Highly Recommend Kitchen Design for Access & Aging
“I highly recommend this presentation to designers, builders, and code enforcement professionals. Janis covers a broad range of accessibility and usability issues that affect kitchen design and construction. Most helpful are summaries of practical insights and the many illustrations and photographs included in this discussion of requirements applicable to kitchens in residential dwelling units with mobility features under the 2010 ADAS and 2019 CBC.”
— Glenn Dea, AIA, ADAC, CASp, Orange County, CA
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Accessibility — A Photographic Look at Recurrent Non-Complying Elements – 5-hr License Renewal Seminar
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Organizer: AIA Long Beach/South Bay
2.0 AIA LU/HSW
DESCRIPTION
ADA and other accessibility regulations have been around for well over 25 years, yet we still see items of non-compliance even in new construction. Is this due to a lack of knowledge, or incomplete drawings and specifications, or sloppy construction, or is it that the topic has become so complex that it is difficult to synthesize all of the relevant information? And many of the items are indeed extremely technical yet the solutions need to be incorporated at the early non-technical design stages. This presentation will look at many common items in non-compliance often found in new construction and alterations. Learn thru a visual synthesis of photos with pertinent regulation call-outs of numerous existing installations. We will discuss what went wrong, was missing, or misunderstood, in order to recognize Access issues to be on the look-out for and how to better incorporate pertinent information into construction documents and specifications.
SUMMARY
Be on the look out for many common items in non-compliance often found in new construction and alterations and become aware of items needing special attention from design thru construction – a visual synthesis of photos with pertinent regulation call-outs for numerous installations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify typical non-complying items before they get built.
- Recognize items to be addressed early for compliant Access later.
- Distinguish those elements requiring more attention during design and construction for compliant installation.
- Discuss what is required for successful Access implementation.
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Accessible Environments As We Age – 5-hr License Renewal Seminar
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Organizer: AIA Long Beach/South Bay
3.0 AIA LU/HSW
DESCRIPTION
The silver tsunami is here! Now that the baby boomer generation is aging, we need to consider how this impacts our built environment – an overview of design considerations and lighting which can easily be addressed now to not only allow us to age in place later but also to have others visit us whether they have issues concerning accessibility or aging, whether just slowing down, or have a more vigorous disability. This seminar addresses more than just the minimum standards of technical accessible design, but rather good design practices and implementation overall. We will discuss common areas of concern and issues of aging and our built environment thru photographs of both good and more challenging examples of typical elements.
SUMMARY
An overview of design considerations which can easily be addressed now to not only allow us to age in place later but also have others visit us whether they have issues concerning accessibility or aging.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Understand how different types of disabilities and aging impact our navigation of the built environment.
- Recognize the impact of lighting and color and how it affects us and our health.
- Learn about different items that can easily be implemented now for aging in place later.
- Distinguish and identify those elements and hazards to avoid that can be more of a challenge as we age.