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DDC promotes online ADA course
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Posted on Nov 16 2000
CNMI Developmental Disabilities Council Executive Director Thomas J. Camacho is encouraging locally-based architects to take advantage of a newly-developed Web-based education course, a comprehensive guide to designing public facilities compliant to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Mr. Camacho said that with numerous government Capital Improvement Projects underway, the ADA Accessibility Guidelines course presented by the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board is quite timely.
“Architects should take advantage because till this day some renovated and new building construction and facilities (such as public parking and public rights-of-way) are still being designed and built in violation of the ADA,” said the DDC chief.
Under ADA and court decisions, architects are liable if they failed to design a building or facility that meets the minimum standards required under ADAAG.
The ATBCB, or the Access Board and the American Institute of Architects, has unveiled the online accessible course which focuses on supplements to ADAAG that cover public sector facilities, including courthouses and prisons, and building elements designed for children’s use, according Mr. Camacho.
The AIA is making this course available on its web site at www.e-architect.com to train architects and provide continuing education credits to its members and other interested individuals.
The interactive course includes case studies, discussion of key issues, and multiple choice questions and allow users to download a course workbook and copies of guidelines.
An introduction, along with three subject area case study modules, embodies the whole course.
The modules include topics on Judicial, Legislative and Regulatory Facilities; Detention and Correction Facilities; and Building Elements Designed for Children’s use.
Users can take any or all of the sections and earn three learning credits per section under the AIA program. (MM)
