ADA Seminar: Stepping Thru Pools, Spas, & Other Recreation
IMPORTANT: You must be present for the entire seminar in order to receive AIA and California MCE credit.
Participants will receive 2 hours out of your required 5 hours for California licensees.
This seminar includes lunch.
ADA Seminar: Stepping Thru Pools, Spas, & Other Recreation
presented by Janis Kent, FAIA, CASp,
Stepping Thru Accessibility
DESCRIPTION
The 2010 ADA Standards provided new requirements for pools, spas, court sports, and fitness centers, along with other items. The question becomes what does one need to do if these are existing on a project vs new items. We will review the scoping and technical requirements for these new elements and how best to approach existing and as well as what needs to be done on new projects.
AIA CES: Learning Units Applied For
2.0 hours Mandatory Continuing Education for California license renewal
(A certificate will be provided post-event for attendees who complete all 2 hours.)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Participants will understand the different technical and scoping parameters for pools, spas, and other recreational elements for new versus existing facilities under the ADAS and CBC
- Participants will review requirements for fitness centers and sports equipment
- Participants will learn about requirements for saunas and steam rooms
- Participants will overview items that are not currently scoped under ADAS and how to approach Access
This seminar takes place IN PERSON on Friday July 10 from 11am to 1:30pm at the AIA|LA and ACLA Center for Communities Los Angeles, 4450 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles 90016.
The training is two hours with a half-hour break. Lunch is included.
Registrants will receive a PDF of the seminar notes to download or print in advance of the program.
REGISTRATION FEE:
AIA Members: $65 per person
Nonmembers: $95 per person
PRESENTER:
Janis Kent, FAIA, CASp
Stepping Thru Accessibility
Janis Kent, FAIA, CASp is principal of Stepping Thru Accessibility and the Founding President of the Certified Access Specialist Institute (CASI). She has given presentations on Accessibility at numerous venues from Dwell On Design in Los Angeles, to Design DC in Washington, at the National ADA Symposium in Texas and Georgia, and the National AIA Conventions in Boston, New York City, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Orlando, and Las Vegas. Her most-recent book, published by Wiley – ‘ADA in Details – Interpreting the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design’ came out in 2017, with the 2nd edition in 2023, which has been expanded and updated to include the 2021 IBC and the 2017 ICC A117.1, all integrated and color-coded.
Ms. Kent is designated a Subject Matter Expert (SME) by the California Division of the State Architect, a Certified Access Specialist, and serves on the committee to develop the California state CASp exams. She has conducted seminars for the Nevada State Board of Architecture, Interior, and Residential Design and has presented to business associations including AIA Chapters, California Hotel & Lodging Association (CHLA), US Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), Manufactured Housing Educational Trust (MHET), California Public Parking Association (CPPA), the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH), the University of California – Construction Services, the California State University – Capital Planning Design and Construction, Construction Specifications Institute (CSI-LA), the ICC Orange Empire Chapter, and the CSI National Convention – Construct, and the California Division of the State Architect (DSA).
Ms. Kent is a licensed California Architect, and has been involved in the specialized field of Accessibility since the mid-1980’s. Aside from training, building review, and drawing review, she also serves as an expert witness. She has managed a wide range of architectural projects, surveyed numerous facilities for accessibility compliance, and provided quality control and property assessments on access throughout the country and abroad. And has recently been appointed to the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) Accessibility Code Advisory Committee.
