Designing for Accessibility under ADA Standards and the International Building Code
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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 and State Accessibility Requirements
History and development of the International Building Code (IBC)
Development of the Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design
Relationship between ADA federal requirements, state requirements, and building codes
Entities and facilities that are covered
Scoping requirements
Readily-achievable barrier removal
Alterations
New construction
New policies and procedures
Safe harbors
Meeting Requirements in IBC and ADA Standards
Path of travel
Accessible parking
Exterior accessible routes
Ramps and stairways
Entrances and doors
Interior accessible routes
Accessible toilet facilities
Showers
Drinking fountains
Signage standards
Accessible kitchen facilities
Assembly areas
Assistive listening systems
Recreational facilities
Reviewing New Materials/Technologies and Anticipated Developments in Codes/Standards
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
International Code Council
.65 CEUs
Contractors
Voluntary CE Opportunity
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. It offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. This course also offers 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to landscape architects in most states, including Pennsylvania. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Pennsylvania.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects 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 .65 CEUs in the specialty area of Accessibility.
This seminar offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity for construction contractors. It has not been reviewed by any state contractor licensing entity with a continuing education requirement.
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 within 15 business days.
Speakers
Kristin Bjornson
Kristin Bjornson has over 10 years of Interior Design experience. Her previous work of plan reviews, space planning, design development and knowledge of CAD help to identify issues in relation to accessibility barriers. She has worked on commercial, residential and education projects across the United States. Kristin received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Interior Design from Harrington College of Design in Chicago.