Complying with ADA Standards for Accessible Design Seminar
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Complying with Federal Accessibility Requirements
History of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the ADA Standards
Entities and facilities that are covered
Scoping requirements – what has changed
Readily-achievable barrier removal
Alterations
New construction
Compliance dates
New policies and procedures
Safe harbors
Relationship between ADA federal requirements and building codes
Applying the 2010 Revised Standards – Technical Standards
What has changed?
What has been removed?
What has been added?
• Dwelling units
• Children’s environments
• Overview of swimming pools, fitness rooms, golf courses, sports courts
• Bathrooms/toilet rooms
• Reach ranges
Questions and Answers
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
International Code Council
6.5 Contact Hours
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Programs approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey and DC architects.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The International Code Council has approved this event for 6.5 contact hours (.65 CEUs) in the area of Accessibility.
This program offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education approval.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Dominic Marinelli
United Spinal AssociationVice President of Accessibility Services, United Spinal Association
Mr. Marinelli has been with the United Spinal Association for over 26 years and heads the organization’s Accessibility Services (ACS) team. ACS provides training and technical assistance on the latest state and federal accessibility requirements to design professionals and code enforcement officials throughout the country. United Spinal’s Accessibility Services team provides consulting services that have been developed to provide the organization’s experience in accessibility requirements and barrier-free design to a national clientele.
Mr. Marinelli holds a master’s of science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is certified in code enforcement by the New York State Department of State Codes Division and as an accessibility specialist/plans examiner by the International Codes Council (ICC). He is a registered provider of continuing education with the International Codes Council (ICC), the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), and a variety of building official organizations throughout the country.