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Access Board compares new ADAAG, original
ADA, 2003 IBC
The U.S. Board has issued a comparison between the new ADA
Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), the original ADA standards
(Currently enforceable by DOJ/DOT under Title II and III of
the ADA), the 2003 International Building Code with 2004 Supplement,
and the 2003 ICC/ANSI A117.1 Accessibility Standard.
This side-by-side comparison is arranged and ordered according
to the format and sequence of the new ADAAG, which the Board
published in July 2004. Provisions in the ADA Standards maintained
by the Department of Justice, which currently are based on
the original ADAAG (1991), are provided alongside corresponding
sections of the new ADAAG. The Department of Justice is in
the process of updating its ADA standards according to the
new ADAAG.
In updating ADAAG, the Board sought to reconcile differences
from model building codes, including the International Building
Code (IBC). Used by a growing number of states and local jurisdictions,
the IBC contains scoping provisions for accessibility and
references the technical criteria of the ICC/ANSI A117.1 Standard.
The comparison includes accessibility provisions of the IBC,
including those referenced in the ICC/ANSI standard. The comparison
was prepared by Brian Black of BDBlack Codes, Perry, N.Y.,
under a contract with the Board.
For more information on the IBC, click
here.
To view the Access Board's 2003 comparison, visit www.access-board.gov/ada-aba/comparison/index.htm.
To view an ICC matrix comparing the new ADAAG and original
ADA with the 2006 IBC,
click
here. 
If you have trouble opening the above document, right click
link and select "save target as" and save to your
computer (Mac users, option-click).
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