Architectural Barriers

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All Texas Accessibility Academy (TAA) classes scheduled for 2013 are full and overcapacity. Any vacancies resulting from cancellations cannot be filled. TDLR will begin accepting reservations in October 2013 for the 2014 TAA classes after the class schedule is finalized and posted.

TDLR Assistance: Response to the West Fertilizer Plant Explosion

Online AB Project Registration and Payment Available - TDLR accepts AB project registration payment online, using a credit or debit card.The online payment option allows a TDLR project number to be assigned immediately and ensures the property/facility owner can conveniently register their project in accordance with Texas AB law and AB administrative rules. AB projects may still be registered by downloading, completing and submitting by mail a Project Registration Form with the applicable fees to TDLR. For more information please email architectural.barriers@tdlr.texas.gov or call (512) 463-6599 or (877) 278-0999.

Beginning February 1, 2013, TDLR no longer accepts new requests to perform Architectural Barriers (AB) inspections. While TDLR may continue to conduct some public sector AB inspections for state leases and other state agencies, the agency is getting entirely out of the private market, which already performs 96% of the required inspections. This will free up TDLR inspectors to focus on inspections that are best performed by agency staff, and creates more opportunity for the private sector Registered Accessibility Specialists (RAS).  The RAS program is an example of a very successful “Public-Private Partnership.” The 400-plus private-sector RAS’s licensed by TDLR are more than capable of handling the additional workload, and TDLR welcomes the opportunity to help increase their market share. This move aligns with TDLR’s credo of “Smaller, Smarter Government” and TDLR’s Core Values of Innovation and Customer Service.

The email address for submitting questions to TDLR regarding compliance with the Texas Accessibility Standards and Texas Government Code, Chapter 469 has changed to techinfo@tdlr.texas.gov.

The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners’ June newsletter includes an article reminding architectural barrier project registrants to contact the Registered Accessibility Specialist. Read TBAE’s article

2012 Texas Accessibility Standards Order Form

Technical Memorandum 2012-01 (TM 2012-01) Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - memorandum applicable to electric vehicle charging stations re-issued due to the adoption of the 2012 Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS).

 

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