A little background on the American with Disabilities Act:<\/p>\n
Congress passed ADA legislation after a group of handicap & special needs people left their wheelchairs, braces, and crutches at the bottom of the Capital steps, and then crawled up the steps to the Capital building to raise awareness for people that live with disabilities.\u00a0 Congress and the Attorney General developed and passed the law we call, The Americans with Disabilities Act. \u00a0President George H.W. Bush was quoted as saying, \u201c<\/em>Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down\u201d<\/em>, as he signed it into law on July 26, 1990.<\/p>\n Thought-out the years, the ADA has been updated and revised by the Attorney General.\u00a0 You can download the current ADA requirements & regulations for free at their website: www.ada.gov<\/a><\/p>\n The ADA legislation is not just for the construction professional.\u00a0 It has many aspects and is a part of everyday life, for example: website designs, telephone systems, & even product packaging all of these have rules and regulations to help people with impairments or disabilities.<\/p>\n What does the ADA mean to the present-day construction<\/a> professional or project manager?\u00a0 The answer is simple: Everyone that is involved constructing a new building or renovating an existing building should have some general knowledge of the ADA.\u00a0 There are many rules and regulations that make up the ADA requirements and for the normal construction professional many of those rules can be confusing or seem petty.\u00a0 On the flip side, there are some simple rules and common measurements that can be learned.\u00a0 One of the things project managers need to do is hire an architect that is knowledgeable, and well versed in the ADA.<\/p>\n We, as construction professionals, need to remember the ADA is civil rights legislation, just like our freedom of speech, the right to vote, and the freedom of religion.\u00a0 All Americans have the right to enjoy our national parks, go to a restaurant, or stay at a hotel.\u00a0 It is our job to ensure that each project we encounter, and work on constructed per the latest ADA standards.<\/p>\n As I mentioned before there are many rules and regulations to follow in the ADA, and every project manager<\/a> should take the time and energy necessary to educate themselves.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thought-out the years, the ADA has been updated and revised by the Attorney General. You can download the current ADA requirements & regulations for free at their website: www.ada.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,13],"tags":[326,9,325],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}*President Bush Quote from \u2013 They abandoned their wheelchairs and crawled up the Capital step, by Stephen Kaufman, March 12, 2015\r\n\r\nWritten by : Dan Norwood<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"