Course Description

Live Webinar Date: Thursday, July 18th, 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: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires Title III entities to provide access to their goods and services. This two-hour webinar focuses on readily achievable barrier removal for places of public accommodation and nonresidential commercial facilities. The comparison of barrier removal provisions in the California Building Code, Chapter 11B, and the 2010 ADAS will be discussed. Recent enforcement actions conducted by the US Department of Justice will be included in the discussion. 

Learning Objective 1:

Participants will learn about the differences between the ADA and the California Building Code, Chapter 11B.

Learning Objective 2:

Participants will learn about the requirements and applications for readily achievable barrier removal.

Learning Objective 3:

Participants will learn about access to goods and services beyond the provisions for the built environment. 

Learning Objective 4:

Participants will learn techniques to document existing conditions accurately.

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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