Pocket Guide to the ADA: Americans with Disabilities ACT Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities

Quick access to the primary requirements of the ADA, now updated to cover the latest ADAAG guidelines

This concise guide provides facility professionals, building owners, architects and designers with the primary requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Up-to-date with the latest revisions of the Federal Register's ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, this valuable reference provides instant access to the key provisions which impact facility design and management, including scope and technical requirements for accessibility elements and spaces. It covers the unique compliance needs of special building types, including restaurants, medical care facilities, and offices.

EVAN TERRY ASSOCIATES, P.C., (Birmingham, Alabama) is an architectural firm which also offers workshops, seminars, and publications on the facilities requirements of the ADA.

Quick access to the requirements of the ADA, now updated to cover the latest ADAAG guidelines

This concise guide provides facility professionals, building owners, architects and designers with the primary requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Up-to-date with the latest revisions of the Federal Register's ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, it provides instant access to the key provisions for accessibility elements and spaces, including the unique compliance needs of restaurants, medical care facilities, and offices.

Pocket Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities Revised Edition This book is intended to help users understand the facilities requirements of the ADAAG. Incorporating all of the latest guideline amendments within a compact and easy-to-use format that contains no confusing abbreviations, this Revised Edition presents the technical building requirements for accessible elements and spaces in new construction, alterations, and additions. The Guide is augmented with more than 60 illustrations from the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines, and covers special requirements for businesses, restaurants, medical care facilities, libraries, and much more.

Updated to include the latest Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines

This book helps readers understand the facilities requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG). This Third Edition presents the technical building requirements for accessible elements and spaces in new construction, alterations, and additions.

Expanded and updated with numerous illustrations, this pocket guide covers special requirements for public accommodations and commercial facilities, including businesses, restaurants, medical care facilities, libraries, transportation facilities, and more. Portable and practical, it's a compact reference that can be used easily at a desk or in the field.

EVAN TERRY ASSOCIATES, P.C., is an architectural firm in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded in 1952, the company has been responsible for over 2,500 projects ranging in size from 1,000 square feet to over a million square feet. Since 1990, the firm has specialized in the facilities and program access requirements of the ADA, offering a full range of services to assist clients in developing and implementing compliance strategies. The firm also offers workshops, seminars, publications, and expert witness services on the facilities requirements of the ADA.

Purpose.

General.

Miscellaneous Instructions and Definitions.

Accessible Elements and Spaces and Technical Requirements.

Restaurants and Cafeterias.

Medical Care Facilities.

Business and Mercantile.

Libraries.

Accessible Transient Lodging.

Transportation Facilities.

Appendix.

Graphic Conventions.

Figures.

Figures (Appendix).