ADA & ANSI A117.1 Design Standards for Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lifts & LU/LA Elevators

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1.0 AIA LU/HSW

This course focuses on ADA and ANSI A117.1 code limitations and accessibility code requirements for vertical platform lifts and limited use/limited application (LU/LA) elevators

Learning Objectives:

Understand accessibility code requirements for platform lifts (ANSI A117.1 and ADAAG)
Understand accessibility code requirements on LU/LA elevators
Understand basic information on vertical platform lifts and their code limitations
Understand basic information on commercial LU/LA elevators and their code limitations

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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Steel structures offer faster path to climate benefits

Faster delivery of buildings isn’t always associated with sustainability benefits or long-term value, but things are changing.

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Contextually inspired material mixing for One Essex Crossing’s curtain wall façades weave together panels of warm brick and Italian terra cotta. Photos courtesy CetraRuddy

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Solutions for cladding performance and supply issues

From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied.

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Material and MEP system choices drove reductions in embodied carbon and operational carbon for Arizona State University’s new Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Brighter Vistas: Next-Gen Tools Drive Sustainability Toward Net Zero Line

New technologies, innovations, and tools are opening doors for building teams interested in better and more socially responsible design.

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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

For glass openings, how big is too big?

Advances in glazing materials and glass building systems offer a seemingly unlimited horizon for not only glass performance, but also for the size

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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Planning for hospital campus access that works for people

Well-functioning hospitals and medical centers are no accident that a team of healthcare professionals bandaged and fixed up in the emergency room.

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ADA & ANSI A117.1 Design Standards for Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lifts & LU/LA Elevators

Steel structures offer faster path to climate benefits

Solutions for cladding performance and supply issues

Brighter Vistas: Next-Gen Tools Drive Sustainability Toward Net Zero Line

For glass openings, how big is too big?

Planning for hospital campus access that works for people