Civil Engineering: ADA Compliance in Construction Report

This report focuses on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its implications within the realm of construction management. It begins by defining the ADA as a civil rights law designed to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities, ensuring they have equal access to rights and opportunities. The report highlights the significance of the ADA, citing statistics on the number of Americans with disabilities and emphasizing its role in various sectors, including employment, state and local activities, public transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications. It details the circumstances under which the ADA applies, such as during hiring, training, and promotions, as well as in ensuring accessible public services and transportation. The report also addresses the consequences of non-compliance, explaining that failure to incorporate ADA standards into design can lead to legal action. Finally, the report references the Texas project as an example of ADA implementation.

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Pick any one of the three socioeconomic codes (ADA, "Green" or Historical) described
in this week's Lecture Material and talk about its
Socioeconomic “codes”- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The Americans with disabilities act are sometimes regarded as a civil rights law and
not a building code which was endorsed by the American Congress in 1990. v. This act or
law tends to eradicate the segregation that is put upon the persons having special needs in
order to ensure that even them they enjoy the full rights that other persons are entitled to
despite their conditions (Anderson, 2010).
Significance,
Statistics shows that approximately 54 million Americans citizens or those dwelling
in America are disable and this number increasing rapidly. Hence, the significance of the
Americans with disability act is that it eliminates the segregation of the disabled persons from
any right that other persons may be enjoying, both in the public, the private sector,
telecommunications, employment and the transportation sector (Rimier et al, 2004).
Under what circumstance(s) it is or should be used,
There are various circumstances that the Americans with disabilities act apply. Some
of the instances include

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 Employment
The action tends to ensure that during hiring, training or promotions, the people having a
disability should not be questions about their status as well as the employers should be able to
provide them with adequate and effective accommodation facilities void of hardships.
 Local and state activates
The state and the local activities requires that the persons with disability are entitled to equal
opportunities regardless of their condition in terms of the social services, healthcare and
education as well as funding’s
 Public transportation
The act requires that the public transportation sector should not discriminate against the
persons having disability and in any case, the government should be able to purchase vehicles
which are easily accessible by the person with disability (Bound & Burkhause, 2009)
 Public accommodations
The Americans with disabilities act require that the accommodation firms comply with the
non-discriminative policies concerning the accommodation of the persons with disabilities.
They should be given notices in good time just as others and in a more comfortable and
communicable way, without any discrimination

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 Telecommunications
The Americans with disabilities act require that the persons with disabilities are equipped
with effective communication devices.
What would the implications of the architect not incorporating into the design?
In cases that the artichoke fails to incorporate the act into the design, then ones is able
to file a petition with the united states department of justice upon which an I junction may
be served with the boundaries of the court (Studdert, 2002)
Example applying Americans with disabilities
Project that has in the past applied the Americans with disabilities act is the Texas project

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References
Anderson, C. L. (2010). Deserving Disabilities: Why the Definition under the Americans
with Disabilities Act Should Be Revised to Eliminate the Substantial Limitation
Requirement. Mo. L. Rev., 65, 83.
Bound, J., & Burkhauser, R. V. (2009). Economic analysis of transfer programs targeted on
people with disabilities. Handbook of labor economics, 3, 3417-3528.
Rimmer, J. H., Riley, B., Wang, E., Rauworth, A., & Jurkowski, J. (2004). Physical activity
participation among persons with disabilities: barriers and facilitators. American
journal of preventive medicine, 26(5), 419-425.
Studdert, D. M. (2002). Charges of human immunodeficiency virus discrimination in the
workplace: the Americans with Disabilities Act in action. American journal of
epidemiology, 156(3), 219-229.