Commercial Facilities and Employee Work Areas AIA #24_05
By Susan Moe, May 30th Thursday, 10:30 am to 12:30pm PDT
Course Description
Live Webinar Date: Thursday, May 30th, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm PDT. A Zoom link will be sent 48 & 24 hours prior to the webinar.
30-Day Access Period: After the live webinar date, you can view a recording of this webinar and any supplemental documents as often as you like during your 30-day access period.
*Disclaimer: If you miss the live viewing of this webinar, we can give you a refund, or we can send a recording of the webinar and supplemental documents; however, no certificate will be issued if you miss the live webinar.
Description: This two-hour webinar focuses on commercial facilities and employee work areas. The differences between the requirements in the 2010 ADAS and the California Building Code Chapter 11B will be discussed. The discussion will include employee work areas exempt from access compliance regulations. Real-world examples of mixed-use facilities with commercial facilities, employee work areas, and places of public accommodation are included in the topics for discussion.
Learning Objective 1:
Participants will learn about the difference between a commercial facility and a place of public accommodation.
Learning Objective 2:
Participants will learn the extent of accessibility required for commercial facilities and employee work areas.
Learning Objective 3:
Participants will learn the extent of accessibility required for common areas used by employees.
Learning Objective 4:
Participants will learn the differences between the 2010 ADAS and California Building Code, Chapter 11B, for employee work areas and workstations.
Instructor
Susan Moe
Architect and CASp
Susan Moe recently retired from the Division of the State Architect (DSA), Headquarters Office, Access Code and Policy Unit. Susan is embarking on the next phase of her career and has launched an access compliance consulting firm to use her experience at DSA and expertise in the private sector.
While at DSA, Susan developed regulations for the California Building Code, Chapters 2 and 11B, delivered access compliance training, and served as a CASp exam subject matter expert. As a CASp subject matter expert, she designed the first of the CASp open book exams.Susan participated on the team for the 2013 California Building Code rulemaking cycle when the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design became the model code for Chapter 11B. That process required a complete rewrite and reformatting of Chapter 11B.
She participated in subsequent rulemaking cycles focusing on the federal housing-related regulations to bring Chapter 11B in alignment with those regulations, wrote the code change that