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Project-specific accessibility review from governing requirements and coordinated construction documents through field observations, issue tracking, and closeout.
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Accessibility review starts with the building use, location, construction history, proposed work, and funding sources. ADA requirements, Fair Housing Act design requirements, Section 504 obligations, and local codes can overlap without applying identically.
Scope, requirements & reporting
Agree on the laws, code editions, technical standards, and program requirements included in the assignment. New construction, alterations, existing facilities, and federally assisted housing present different questions. A single label such as “ADA review” is not an adequate description of every housing scope.
Coordinate arrival points, entrances, circulation, doors, elevators, common amenities, and applicable dwelling-unit features. Plans should be checked together: a compliant door width does not resolve insufficient maneuvering space or a route interrupted by a step.
Review selected grading, mockups, framing, clearances, and installation details before repeated work is concealed or finishes are complete. Document measurements, locations, the relevant review criterion, and unresolved items. Advisory review does not replace the design team or official approvals.
Decisions supported
Which accessibility requirements and technical standards belong in this project’s review basis?
Do the coordinated documents demonstrate the required routes, spaces, clearances, controls, features, and unit or area distribution?
Which issues should be resolved before procurement, repetitive construction, concealment, or finish installation?
What evidence is required to close each finding and support the project’s final accessibility record?
Typical scope
The final scope follows the property, transaction, program, client requirements, and information available. Typical elements include:
Process
Confirm the project facts, location, use, construction scope, funding or program triggers, documents, standards, responsibilities, and review rounds included.
Read architectural, civil, landscape, interior, MEP, schedule, specification, and product information together where each discipline affects accessibility.
Issue a traceable findings register, review written responses and revised details, and support technical coordination before affected work is closed or multiplied.
Inspect agreed milestones, document installed conditions and open items, reobserve corrections where included, and identify the evidence supporting closeout.
Common assignments
Plan review and milestone observations for dwelling units, common areas, site routes, amenities, and funding- or program-specific accessibility requirements.
Coordination of public, common-use, residential, commercial, and site interfaces under the project-specific review basis.
Focused review of a drawing package, detail family, submittal, mockup, repeated field condition, remediation plan, or open-item closeout.
Frequently asked
No. They have different coverage and technical frameworks. A multifamily property may have obligations affecting public areas, common areas, or dwelling units under different laws.
No. A screening identifies potential concerns within a limited scope. A detailed plans or field review needs its own basis, access, measurements, and deliverables.
Yes. The affected work and governing law determine the obligations. Evaluate the proposed alteration and associated routes before design and pricing are finalized.
The review basis is project-specific. Location, facility use, new construction or alteration scope, public or private operation, housing type, funding sources, governing code, program requirements, and client instructions can affect which laws, codes, and technical standards are included.
A compliant design can be changed by coordination, substitutions, finish thickness, mounting, grading, hardware, workmanship, or a repeated installation. Reviewing selected construction milestones helps the team address those conditions while correction is still practical.
Early enough to establish the review basis and resolve recurring details before procurement, mockups, rough framing, grading, concealment, and finish installation. The right milestones depend on the project and construction sequence.
No. KOW provides the advisory review and observations defined in the engagement. The project’s design professionals, contractors, owners, authorities, and other responsible parties retain their respective design, construction, filing, inspection, and approval obligations.
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