2026 ICC A117.1 Significant Changes
Stay up to date on the latest ICC A117.1 Accessibility Standard by exploring the key changes from 2017 to 2026 and their impact on accessible design, plan review, and construction.
About the live course
This seminar covers the important changes from the 2017 to the 2026 ICC A117.1 Accessibility Standard. The seminar identifies important changes in organization, accessibility standard requirements, and the applicability of these requirements to design, plan review, and inspection. This high-level overview will assist building officials, fire officials, plans examiners, inspectors, design professionals, contractors, and others in the design and construction industry in identifying the specific changes and the reasons for the changes. The goal of this seminar is to familiarize building officials, fire officials, plans examiners, inspectors, design professionals, contractors, and others in the design and construction industry with many of the important changes in the latest accessibility and usability standard.
- Identify the most significant differences between the 2017 and 2026 editions of the ICC A117.1 standard.
- Identify whether the standard change is an addition, deletion, modification, or clarification.
- Identify the purpose and intent of the standard changes.
- Identify the application of the new and revised technical requirements to achieve accessible buildings and spaces.
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