Wayne H. Yarnall                   

    President, ADA Build it Right, Inc. – a 501c3 non-profit organization providing inspection, training, and consulting services on disability access from the viewpoint of the building codes in addition to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  We concentrate on the architectural specifications in Title II (state and local government) and Title III (places of public accommodations).  See our web site for more information: http://adabuild.com.

ADA Build it Right – Accessibility Inspections:

Vancouver, Washington:

Clark County ADA Committee - performed surveys of these facilities: http://www.clark.wa.gov/ada/committee.html
            Clark County Fairgrounds                                                 Orchards Park
            Public Service Building                                                    Parking Structure
            Law Enforcement Center                                                   Elections and Licensing Building
            Juvenile Justice Center                                                     Mabry Sheriffs Work Crew
            Franklin Building                                                                        Dolle Building   
            Salmon Creek Regional Park
            Lewisville County Park                                                    Clark County Court House
Best Western Inn, Woodland, WA

Corvallis, Oregon:

Carmike 12-screen Cinema including employee areas.
First United Methodist Church community building.
Umpqua Bank, Hilton Garden Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8 Motel, Motel 6,
Salbasgeon Suites, Grand Manor Best Western

Albany, OR -- Legal Aid Society .
Yachets, OR -- Overleaf Lodge

ADA Built it Right – Consulting Projects:

Benson Tower Condominiums (Portland, OR) - building code review of all bathrooms and kitchens for this 26-story facility.                                                                                                http://www.bensontower.com

BNK Construction, Gladstone, OR – Accessible Route Suggestions     http://www.bnkconstruction.com/

City of Albany, Oregon -- Rehabilitation Act 504, Audit for Oregon Block Grant Application, December 2004.

Consulted on Garfield School (Corvallis) 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

Consulted with Endex Engineering on Darkside Cinema design and construction in Corvallis, OR                                                                                                                                    http://www.darksidecinema.com/

ADA Build it Right – Seminars, Presentations, and Public Outreach:

Lorman Education Services Oregon Building Codes Seminar in Portland, February 2006 - taught the section on Oregon and Washington accessibility codes.                                                  http://www.lorman.com/

Spoke to the Laureate Gamma Phi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi on “How to change the world.” using my accessibility mission as an example in September 2007.

  Guest on Sounds of Awareness KBOO Radio, December, 2006         http://soundsofawareness.org/

  Guest on Sounds of Awareness KBOO Radio and FVTV Television show, February 2005

  Guest on the Beyond 50 radio show on KPDQ AM 800 in Portland, OR, December 2004

  Spoke to the Portland French School Fifth Grade Class about accessibility issues in 2004

  Seminars on access inspections for Access Benton County

Board and Committee Membership

 Board Member of disAbility Resources of Southwest Washington    http://darsw.com/

 DBTAC Northwest Steering Committee                                                http://dbtacnorthwest.org/
         Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) Northwest

 Accessibility Team of the Washington State Arts Commission                  http://www.arts.wa.gov/

 Chairperson of the Clark County Citizen Advisory Committee          http://www.clark.wa.gov/ada/committee.html

Publications

Wrote a new draft of the U.S. Access Board technical note on accessible parking for the USAB.

Recreated the U.S. Access Board ADDAAG Manual in Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word formats.  This CD is available for sale at Amazon and our web site http://adabuild.com.  This project included scanning and enhancing 163 illustrations.

Continuing Education

            ADA Basic Building Blocks, Georgia Institute of Technology, July 1, 2003

Education

Rutgers The State University, New Brunswick, N. J.
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - Biomedical Option, 1966

Duke University, Durham, N. C.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1964

Associations / Affiliations / Awards

            Keith E. Billings Award from Access Benton County in Corvallis, OR, 2005

            Member of International Code Council (ICC)

Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)