Slide 1:
Conducting Effective Accessibility Surveys – Part I
Mark Derry, Bill Hecker, Randy Dipner, Barney Fleming
Moderator:  Don Brandon

Slide 2:
Session Moderator
Don Brandon, Project Director
Northwest ADA Center

Slide 3:
Presenter
Bill Hecker, Architect
Accessibility Consultant

Slide 4:
Presenter
Mark Derry, President
Eastlake, Derry and Associates, LLC

Slide 5:
Presenter
Barney Fleming, PhD, ATP
Training and Information Specialist

Slide 6:
Presenter
Randy W. Dipner, Founder
Meeting the Challenge

Slide 7:
Topics to Guide Today’s Agenda
Identify the team to collect data
Preparation- Assessment of client need and which Standards/Codes apply?
Tools- Smart Level, Door Pressure Gauge, Tape Measure, ADAAG Checklist/, Camera - Video or Digital, Floor Plan if needed or available, other tools?
Scope of Work- Comprehensive facility audit, or are space specific elements being evaluated?
On site audit, what look for, analyze, summarize, and prioritize.
Deliverables-final report, pictures or not?
Follow-up?

Slide 8:
Identify the Team to Collect Data
What tools does the beginning Access Auditor need to have, or what advice would you give the beginning Access Surveyor/Auditor?
What type of Access Auditors should be avoided?
How much training does a business owner need to conduct a review of their own facility?

Slide 9:
Preparation-Assessment of Client Need & Which Standards/Codes Apply
What are your thoughts on integrating regulations with standards?
How do you handle elements not covered by any standard? 
How do you separate observation from recommendations?

Slide 10:
What Tools Do You Use?
How important are checklists? 
Why do you or don’t you use a checklist when conducting an Access Audit?
What are your thoughts about the effectiveness and usability of checklists produced by either DOJ (Readily Achievable Barrier Removal) and/or the U.S. Access Board (New Construction checklist)?

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Scope of Work
Comprehensive facility audit?
Or are space specific elements being evaluated?

Slide 12:
The On-Site Audit
What should be looked for, analyzed, summarized and prioritized?
How do you prioritize what barriers to remove first?

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Deliverables and the Final Report:
What should be included?
When do you know you have covered all the bases when removing architectural barriers?
What type of deliverables should a client expect from an Access Audit?
Based on your experience, what would plaintiffs need to look for when considering filing complaints about accessibility?
Based on your experience what would defendants have to prepare for when defending themselves against complaints about access?

Slide 14:
Follow-Up
How do you guarantee 100% ADA compliance? Can you guarantee it? Why or why not?
When the revised ADAAG comes out, how will this affect compliance and barrier removal?
What affect have the various building codes or the IBC had on ADAAG compliance on a state by state basis?

Slide 15:
QUESTIONS?

Slide 16:
Thank You
Please join us for Part II of this two Part Series on Conducting Effective Accessibility Surveys which will focus on External Facilities scheduled for:
April 20, 2010
2:00-3:30pm ET