Existing Buildings and Path of Travel Requirements
By Susan Moe, May 16th Thursday, 10:30 am to 12:30pm PDT
Course Description
Live Webinar Date: Thursday, May 16th, 10:30 am—12:30 pm PDT. A Zoom link will be sent 48 and 24 hours before 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 alterations and the path of travel requirements. We will discuss the extent of the path of travel alterations required when a new building is constructed on an existing site. This session includes the difference between the safe harbor in the 2010 ADAS and Chapter 11B. Additional topics include site arrival points, alterations versus repair, priorities, elevator exemption, and barrier removal projects.
Learning Objective 1:
Participants will understand in more significant detail the path of travel provisions.
Learning Objective 2:
Participants will gain knowledge of the difference between alterations, maintenance, and repairs.
Learning Objective 3:
Participants will understand the process for requesting a finding of unreasonable hardship.
Learning Objective 4:
Participants will understand the application of technical infeasibility.
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