E&A appreciates the confidence of our long term and more recent clients.
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E&A Completes King County Phase II Buildings - ADA Surveys
E&A has completed the second phase of ADA Building Surveys, having
previously completed 104 King County Parks and Phase I Building Surveys.
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E&A Completed ADA Survey & Transition Plan for City of Tacoma
E&A is pleased to have completed an ADA Survey and Transition Plan for
all public program areas of City owned buildings.
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NEW Survey Solutions Software ©
- More Features Benefit Clients
E&A's proprietary accessibility survey software has been completely
rewritten on a new platform to be better than ever. It is faster and even more sophisticated than before, enabling more cost
effective surveys and recommendations.
It has enhanced ability to cite local State requirements and citations, in addition
to ADA. We can factor itemized costs more easily to adjust for geographical and
budget year factors. All this is behind the scenes to our clients, but it is part of
how we provide superior accessibility surveys.
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New ADAAG Issued by The Access Board on July 23,
2004
There's a new ADAAG, the technical standard for
the ADA. However, it is not yet enforceable as law until it is adopted by
the U.S. Department of justice and other applicable agencies. The revision
aims to accomplish many
things at once:
- Reorganize the document more clearly into scoping and technical standards, with
numbering nearly matching the 1998 ANSI A117.1 technical document adopted by most building
codes.
- Add technical standards for specialty building types such as Self -Storage buildings.
- Integrate the ADA and ABA (for public sector) into one document.
- Clarify many technical standards with better language, and provide information
previously only in diagrams into written details.
- Some revised standards - some minor - other sections completely rewritten, such as
Communications Systems.
Are you up to date on these
standards?
Endelman & Associates PLLC is.
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Mr. Endelman was a speaker at the Multi-Housing World Conference seminar
titled "Key Issues and Emerging Trends in Accessible Design and Fair Housing".
He was on a panel with Harry Kelly, Esq. of Nixon Peabody, Harry L. Carey, Esq.,
Assistant General Counsel at HUD, and Shirley Robertson of Southern Management.
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E&A Selected As Independent Expert for Implementing
Accessibility Enhancements Per Consent Decree
E&A is proud to have been approved by both
the Plaintiff and a National Corporation as a neutral expert to monitor
successful implementation of a settlement on accessibility. This is a
multi-year program in progress.
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E&A Also Consults to Manufacturers
Companies want their products to be accessible consult with us, as well as developers
and architects.
Examples are:
STARLINE WINDOWS, British Columbia
TRITON, ATM Manufacturers
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E&A Selected As Consultant/ Testifying Expert to D.O.J. - Civil
Rights Division
E&A
is
performing consulting services for FHA compliance including field assessment of multiple
multi-unit housing properties.
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Fair Housing Act / Accessibility Code Compliance In Multiple States - A
Major Issue
E&A has worked on multi-unit housing projects in multiple
states including:
Colorado, Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada, Idaho, Missouri, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas, Florida, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Texas, Tennessee,
Florida, South Carolina, and Washington.
Recent apartment complex sales, refinancing, due diligence, new development and legal
actions have caused greatly increased interest in FHA/ Code Compliance. E&A is
actively performing FHA/ Code Accessibility Surveys of complexes built in the
last 15 years,
Accessibility Design Reviews of new multi-unit housing projects for Owners, and testifying
expert and consultant services for attorneys. Our quality developer clients include:
Legacy Partners, Equity Residential Properties, AvalonBay Communities Inc.,
Lincoln Property Company, Wood Partners, and
others.
We are also working with attorneys in these states because of legal actions due to
non-compliant designs of existing complexes. Let us help you avoid costly pitfalls
cost effectively with Accessibility Design Reviews of new designs. We know the
special accessibility code requirements of these states in addition to FHA and ADA
requirements.
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E&A
Completed Accessibility Design Reviews Lincoln Square Development, Bellevue Washington
Now under new ownership, the original Owners, Bellevue Master LLC and Mithun Architects, selected E&A to perform Accessibility Design
Reviews for this 2.5 million square foot complex consisting of an office tower, a hotel,
condominiums, retail, multiplex cinema, and underground parking. Compliance is
required with State Codes, the ADA, and the FHA for various aspects of the development.
The architect of record is Mithun Partners. We have completed schematic
design and construction document reviews of all six originally designed permit
phases.
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PIKE PLACE MARKET - ADA Survey of the #1 Tourist attraction in Washington State
Completed
Endelman & Associates PLLC and our sub-consultant Studio Pacifica Ltd. were selected
by the Pike Place Market PDA to perform accessibility surveys of the 12 buildings and 3
parking lots comprising this historic, and much alive, historic landmark. The
project is now completed.
Photos 2 and 3 courtesy Pike Place Market PDA.
This was a very exciting project. Providing improved accessibility
in this historic landmark and heavily used series of interconnected structures will
enable scores of locals and tourists alike to enjoy the stall market and shops. Our
survey report will help the PDA determine what should be done, budget the work, and
prioritize barrier removal to improve accessibility where readily achievable.
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