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In 1990, the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act was a giant step forward in securing the rights of persons with disabilities to access all our nation has to offer. However, our nation's model building codes and standards have been addressing the issue of accessibility for persons with disabilities since 1961 when the first A117.1 accessibility standard was published by the American Standards Association.
Through an Accessible Looking Glass examines how ICC's International Codes and ADA regulations relate to one another and how a variety of other federal laws - the Architectural Barriers Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Fair Housing Act - still apply to the design and construction of buildings and facilities in the United States.
In addition to assisting designers and code professionals, this book will help building owners and manager, developers, and accessibility advocates become more familiar with how accessibility is regulated on the local, state, and federal levels. It is an important tool in understanding how the worlds of building regulation and civil rights can work side by side in the built environment.
2006 I-Codes and Federal Disability Law: Through an Accessible Looking Glass examines not only how the ICC International Codes and ADA regulations relate to one another, but also how a variety of other federal laws (the Architectural Barriers Act [ABA], the Rehabilitation Act, the Fair Housing Act [FHA]) still apply to the design and construction of buildings and facilities in the United States.
At its most basic level, this book reminds users of the codes that the ADA is not the be-all-and-end-all of federal regulations that other more restrictive federal requirements may apply to a building being designed today. This book examines how the civil rights dictates of federal disability law and the goals of our nation's building codes continue to be harmonized to the point where, sometime in the not too distant future, a single national Accessibility Code may become a reality.
This book is offered as a supplement to the International Codes and the federal laws and regulations with the assumption that the reader has, or is able to acquire, a basic understanding of how barrier-free design and construction is regulated in the International Codes and federal statutes.
About the Author
Brian D Black is president of BDBlack Codes, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in the accessibility requirements of the model codes and federal law. In over 30 years of experience in this field, Brian Black has received an award form the Vice President for his work on the ADA guidelines, testified before Congress on the Fair Housing Act and represented the United States on an international committee (ISO) on accessibility. He has served on the ICC Means of Egress committee and is currently a member of the A117 Accredited Standard Committee for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities.
Table of Contents
Preface. A Critical Note on the ADA. Author's Note. Chapter 1: Federal Disability Law and Accessibility. Chapter 2: Accessibility in the ICC Legacy Codes and the Age of Harmonization. Chapter 3: The Fair Housing Act and Safe Harbor. Chapter 4: Harmonization Requirements in the I-Codes. Chapter 5: Provisions Where the I-Codes Exceed the ADA. Chapter 6: Provisions Where the ADA Exceeds the I-Codes. Chapter 7: Continuing the Harmonization Process and Other Future Initiatives. Appendix A: Resources. Appendix B: Major Conflicts with the 1994 Department of Justice ADA Standards for Accessible Design. Appendix C: Using this Book in a 2003 ICC Jurisdiction. Appendix D: 2006 International Code Council Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities. Appendix E: IBC Occupancy Groups Relevant to the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Glossary. Index. |
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