Accessibility and the IBC

The June 2007 Building Safety Journal is devoted mostly to accessibility regulations and the International Building Code, including discussion of:

• The 2006 IBC and 2003 ICC/ANSI A117.1 accessibility standard have been accepted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development as a safe harbor for meeting HUD's Fair Housing Act design and construction accessibility guidelines.
• The US Access Board Committee's Courthouse Access Advisory Committee has issued a written report providing guidelines for accessible design in courthouses.
• The US Access Boards ADA and ABA standard continues to move toward adoption by the DOJ. (But the discussion of the application of various Federal agency guidelines leaves this author scratching his head.)
• Accessible design for new stadiums
• Elevators and accessible egress in tall buildings discussed, including ongoing study of elevator-assisted egress
• Theater accessibility
• Accessibility of sinks within work areas
• Differences among adoption of accessibility at the state level

For those dealing with these design issues, this issue of Building Safety Journal is worth a look.