ADA Build it Right - Activities

ADA Build-it-Right, Inc.
Activities of ADA Build it Right, Inc.

Guest on "Sounds of Awareness" KBOO Radio show December 1, 2006. Listen to 30 minute program MP3 file 26MB - Listen

Wayne Yarnall received the Keth Billings Award from Access Benton County in Corvallis, OR on November 17, 2005
Honoree works hard for people with disabilities -- Corvallis Gazette Times - January 8, 2006

Clark County Citizen ADA Advisory Committee

CVTV Video on Clark County ADA Committee - April 2008

Wayne is chairperson of the Clark County Citizen ADA Advisory Committee and a member of the Access Advisory Team for the Washington State Arts Commission. He is also a member of the International Codes Council.

Three Comments submitted to the US DOJ regarding the proposed 2004 ADA/ABA Accessibility Guidelines May 31, 2005 -- Back-in Van Parking - ANPRM OL-100652 -- Van Parking Scoping - ANPRM OL-100654 -- Stadium Theater Seating - ANPRM OL-10055

Produced a new edition of the ADAAG Manual for the US Access Board to distribute as a PDF file. See more information.

Spoke to the Portland French School - Fifth Grade Class about disability and accessibility issues - December 4, 2004. PFS Slogan: "les enfants d'aujourd'hui pour le futur de demain" -- "Todays children, tomorrow's future". See detailed report.

[Picture of Wayne in his power wheel chair facing the class sitting around the library tables. Several teachers are standing on the side.]

Guest on the Beyond 50 radio show December 11, 2004 5-6 PM on KPDQ AM 800 in Portland, OR. Listen to 28 minute program MP3 file 27 MB - Listen

[Picture of host Daniel Davis and Wayne Yarnall in the studio with its forest of microphones.] -- host Daniel Davis and Wayne Yarnall

City of Albany, Oregon -- Rehabilitation Act 504 Audit for Oregon Block Grant Application Dec 04. See Quicktime Video (2 MB) of outside of City Hall, Carnegie Library, and Senior Center.

Consulted with BnK Construction on difficult accessible route to the lower level of an office building. See Quicktime Video (3.5 MB) of location of accessible route requirement.

Guest on "Sounds of Awareness" KBOO Radio and FVTV Television show in February 2005. Listen to 30 minute program MP3 file 29MB - Listen

Sounds of Awareness web site now hosted by ADA Build it Right as a public service. July 2005.

Participated in the Access the Future conference at Portland, OR. on October 7-8, 2004 -- A Pacific NW Conference on the ADA, Accessible IT, and Education.

Testified on van accessible parking at the US Access Board hearing on Public Right of Ways specifications at Portland, OR. in October 2002. http://www.access-board.gov/prowac/comments/yarnall.htm

Accessibility Survey training for Access Benton County ---- Spoke to Oregon State University Disability Committee.

Consulting Activities in Corvallis, OR:

Consulted on Garfield School accessible playground project. Brochure Front Page:
The Garfield Playground
.... a place to dream
"Accessibility is important to every child so we can make a real change in the world. Everyone should have a better awareness of the needs of people with disabilities and include the disabled as full participating citizens. A change of this magnitude can only happen with the children who will grow up to be the next generation of adults." Wayne Yarnall, ADA Build it Right, Inc.

Detailed survey of the Carmike 12-screen Cinema including employee areas.
Detailed survey of the Corvallis First United Methodist Church community building. See Report.
Consulted with Endex Engineering on Darkside Cinema design.
Continuing consulting with Darkside Cinema during construction.

Courtesy Surveys of the following business:

Albany, OR -- Legal Aid Society - April 3,2003. See Report.
Corvallis, OR -- Umpqua Bank, Hilton Garden Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8 Motel, Motel 6, Salbasgeon Suites, Grand Manor Best Western
Portland, OR -- Pony Solder Motel - Airport, Red Lion Suites - Airport
Reedsport, OR -- Salbasgeon Inn
Redmond, OR -- Eagle Crest Resort Motel
Tillamok, OR -- Shilo Inn, Best Western
Vancouver, WA -- Red Lion Salmon Creek, Red Lion Inn at the Quay
Yachets, OR -- Overleaf Lodge