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Access Atelier News
New 2010 ADA Standards become fully enforceable March 15, 2012.
New construction and alterations of commercial and public facilities
across the US are subject to the new standards. Federal facilities have
similar standards. Learn more on
these new requirements at one of our upcoming seminars.
New Texas Accessibility Standards
become effective March 15, 2012.
Newly revised standards parallel the new 2010 ADA. Texas is
currently seeking certification of the 2012 TAS with DOJ, further
protecting owners across the state.
Atelier has seminars certified by
LA-CES, TREC and IDCEC which focus on the unique application of 2012 TAS
with your upcoming projects.
Michael Love, Principal
with Atelier, becomes Education Chair of the Accessibility
Professionals Association. After a banner year in leading APA as
President in 2011, Mike leads our focus is providing quality
education for the Registered Accessibility Specialists on the new
standards. Marsha Mazz with the US Access Board and Jim De Jong with
Great Plains ADA Center brought current information to the APA Annual
event in January.
Marsh Mazz receives
Accessibility Professional Association’s President’s Award from Mike
Love at the annual meeting in Round Rock Texas. Marsha has been a valued
resource to our members for many years and we celebrate her contribution
to the ADA and Texas. Ms. Mass serves as the Director of the US Access
Board's Office of Technical and Information Services and was
instrumental in the development of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines. She
also serves on the ICC/ANSI 117 committee and holds many national and
regional advisory positions.
Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities and APA award
three projects for outstanding program access and accessibility design.
We congratulate this year's winners: UT Dallas Student Services Building
in Richardson, Mandolin Gardens Park in Houston, and the Historic
Downtown River Walk of San Antonio. [Photo 4] Awards were presented at
the annual meeting of the Accessibility Professionals Association in
Round Rock on January 27, 2012. Angela English, Aaron Bangor and Jo
Virgil presented the award on behalf of the Governor’s Committee with
Fred Cawyer and Mike Love from APA.
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