October 2024 EVENT:

2021 Accessibility and Usability for Commercial and Residential Buildings

Tuesday, October 8 8:00am - 3:30pm

Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction, VT

6 AIA/HSW credits

This six-hour seminar focuses on the minimum requirements for new or existing construction of accessible commercial and residential facilities – including the application of these rules to single family homes – for compliance with the 2021 International Building Code. It addresses the design, plan review, and inspection of buildings and facilities to ensure that people with physical, visual, and hearing impairments can use the facilities

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Determine the extent to which accessibility code provisions apply to the design and construction of any commercial or residential facility, including the alteration or change of occupancy of an existing building.

2. Identify scoping requirements for exterior and interior accessible routes, accessible entries, means of egress, customer facilities, plumbing fixtures, specific occupancies and recreational facilities.

3. Identify the basis for technical requirements set forth in the referenced standard.

4. Recognize which accessibility requirements are enforceable by the building official versus federal requirements.

Presenter

Kimberly Paarlberg is a Senior Staff Architect in Technical Services with the International Code Council (ICC). Her experience with ICC includes plan review, code development, code interpretation, instructing technical seminars, and authoring instruction materials, code commentary, and articles. Kimberly serves as code development secretariat for the General and Means of Egress/Accessibility committees for IBC and IRC Building committees for the I-codes. She is ICC representative for development of the referenced technical standard, ICC A117.1 “Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities.” Kimberly is the staff secretariat for the ICC Health Care Committee (HCC) and the Building Code Action Committee (BCAC). She is also secretariat for the ICC 300 - Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating and Grandstands, and the ICC 500 - Design and Construction of Storm Shelters. Before joining ICC, Kimberly worked as a structural engineer and architect. Kim is a licensed architect in Illinois and holds an Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner certification. She is a member of the Indiana Steering Committee for the Great Lakes ADA Center which facilitates dispersal of information and technical assistance for ADA. She is also a member of her county Civil Emergency Response Team (CERT), and has completed SAP Evaluation Training and several FEMA classes.

Registration is $65 for Vermont building officials and $80 for all other participants. The fee includes a continental breakfast, lunch and drinks, 6 CE credits, and a 1-year membership in the ICC Building Safety Association of Vermont.

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