- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- Americans With Disabilities Act.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Publication 50-2, May 1994, 25 p.
- Keywords
- construction | handicapped
- Abstract
- This publication is a summary of CII Special Publication 50-1, Americans With Disabilities Act: Key Issues for the Design and Construction Industry, which was produced by the CII ADA Impact Task Force. Special Publication 50-1 contains general reference information on ADA, specific information on industry concerns including alternative industry approaches toward those concerns, compliance flow charts for each major title of ADA, and a reference list, all in a format that can easily be utilized as a training tool or quickly understood by senior executives. Readers should use Special Publication 50-1 for further information and as a guide for implementation. The Americans with Disabilities Act represents landmark anti-discriminatory legislation on behalf of the disabled community. Previous civil rights legislation protects individuals from discrimination based on race, color, national origin, age, sex, and religion. In a similar manner, ADA gives civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities. ADA will open the workplace to an expanded work force and make facilities more universally accessible to the entire population.