Accessibility Services is part of an exciting initiative with SUNY Buffalo’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA) in regards to public transportation for people with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has awarded researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and SUNY Buffalo the IDeA Center a $4.7 [...]

Too often our staffs at Accessibility Services meet designers who are unfamiliar with the building blocks of good accessible design, and who produce work that fails to meet the minimum requirements for accessibility. To make matters even worse, our staff has found that accessibility often plays a very small role in the overall architecture process. [...]

During the International Code Council hearings in Baltimore on November 5, 2009, the International Existing Building Code (IEBC) Committee voted to require existing residential occupancies undergoing alterations to comply with the requirements of the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines (FH Act) in the 2012 International Building Code (IBC) and IEBC.
The final action hearings for the next [...]

In our summer issue we discussed liability of architects and contractors under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In this issue we will discuss their liability under the federal Fair Housing Act (FH Act), 42 USC §3604 et seq.
Section 3604(f) of the FH Act prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of a dwelling and defines [...]

Accessibility Services is proud to announce the addition of Craig Maniscalco to our staff.
Craig has been active in the process of architecture throughout his career. His latest success was seeing the completion of Citi Field, the new ballpark for the New York Mets. His work with Populous (formerly HOK Sport) included review of the [...]