Accessibility Consulting
ADA - FHA Compliance
William E. Endelman, AIA, Principal
Seattle - Corporate Offices
Scottsdale, AZ
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 | Nixon Peabody as Agent for HEI |
| Fentress Architects |
| Essex Property Trust |
| Poole & Poole Architects |
| SunAmerica Affordable Housing |
| Mithun Architects |
| S.L. Nusbaum |
| Fore Property Company |
| Marathon Management |
| SECO Development |
| Triad Development LLC |
E&A appreciates the confidence of our long term and more recent clients.
E&A Continues Work on the Redesign of The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
E&A performed numerous Accessibility Design Reviews (plan reviews) of the
project for Friedmutter Group, the architects. Now that the building,
which has been topped off in construction, is under a new hotel owner and
operator - Grand Hyatt, E&A is working on revision of specific areas of the
building. This is a 3000 unit condo / hotel property with extensive amenities.
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Echelon and Morgans Hotels - 5 Hotel Casino Resort in Las Vegas
Although the project has currently stopped construction due to the economic slowdown, E&A had completed Accessibility Design Reviews (plan reviews) of the project for this extensive hotel casino resort property. The project include 5000 guestrooms in 5 hotels and very extensive amenities.
E&A Completed 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.
E&A Completed ADA Survey & Transition Plan for City of TacomaE&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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and Survey Manager SoftwareTM
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.
| Manage Your ADA barrier Removal Project - For our clients, for a modest licensing fee, we can make available the entire ADA Survey data for your project in an application with functions that enable entering Status fields and creating Status Reports to track your barrier removal progress. This is a terrific tool that some of our clients have taken advantage of. |
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:
Are you up to date on these
standards?
Endelman & Associates PLLC is.
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
has performed consulting services for FHA compliance including field assessment of multiple
multi-unit housing properties.
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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,
Louisiana, 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 18 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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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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E&A
has observed that as there is increased litigation under both the Fair Housing
Act and ADA, our clients have greatly increased their requests for our services
during construction. E&A typically performs one or more accessibility site
observations to help assure that contractors construct in compliance with the
accessibility requirements construction documents prepared by the Owner's
architect / engineers. These services are a follow-up activity to the
Accessibility Design Reviews (Plan reviews) that we have previously performed.
Unfortunately, we note many significant deviations that cause large exposure to
the Owner who is responsible for non-discrimination under the ADA, and to the
Owner and Architect, who are responsible under the Fair Housing Act.
Our
Scottsdale office helps us serve our clients with better geographic proximity to
sites in the southern part of the country. Mariesha Blazik is the Senior
Consultant / Branch Manager.