Today's professionals are encountering a collision of demands—designing for flood protection
and maintaining building accessibility.
This hands-on seminar allows you to engage in design exercises that challenge you to manage
both. You'll explore possible solutions and identify creative, concrete strategies for incorporating
flood mitigation measures while meeting ADA requirements.
More and more, the climate environment demands that building design incorporates flood
protection. This engaging and essential seminar will put you ahead of the curve in doing so
without sacrificing beauty or accessibility.
Learning Objectives
- Investigate how maintaining building accessibility can become a factor in identifying
appropriate mitigation measures.
- Learn ways to incorporate more flood resiliency into your projects while still maintaining
accessibility requirements.
- Have an informed conversation about flood mitigation materials and supplies and learn what
questions to ask to ensure they will not interfere with achieving ADA compliance.
- Practice communicating to clients about design decision-making as it applies to meeting the
dual objectives of flood protection and ADA compliance.