ADA Accessibility Guidelines
Module 1: Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Facilities

Firm and Project Credits
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Firm: BNIM Architects
1200 Main Street, #1515
Kansas City, MO 64105
816.474.6910 (Fax) 816.221.3047
Contact: Steve McDowell, AIA
info@bnim.com
Project: Johnson County Courthouse
Owner: Johnson County, Kansas
Project Location: Olathe, KS
Project Architect: Dale Duncan
Slides: Screen 25A - Lift to witness stand and judges' bench
Screen 30 - Jury room with accessible kitchenette
Photo Credit: Michael Sinclair
Kansas City, MO 64105
   
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Firm 1: Margen & Associates
614 Grand Avenue, Suite 321
Oakland, CA 94610
510.444.3440 fax 510.444.3441
Contact: Peter Margen, Accessibility Consultant
pmargen@amer.net
Firm 2: Hood Miller Associates
60 Federal Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
hma@aol.com
Accessibility Consultant: Richard Skaff, Special Assistant to the Mayor
Consultant: City/County of SF, Office of the Mayor
30 Van Ness Avenue, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.558.4524 fax 415.558.4090
richardskaff@amer.net
Project: San Francisco Civic Center Courthouse
Project Owner: City and County of San Francisco
Project Location: 400 McAlister Street San Francisco, CA 94102
Project Architect: Bobbie Sue Hood
Slide: Screen 2B - Courtroom interior, view of Judges' bench
Screen 15A - Courtroom interior, spectator seating
Screen 16 - Jury box with wheelchair access
Screen 29 - Jury deliberation room
Screen 46A - Permanently installed microphone
Project: San Francisco City Hall Renovation
Project Owner: City and County of San Francisco
Project Location: #1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Firm 3: Heller Manus
221 Main Street, Suite 940
San Francisco, CA 94105
hellermanus.com
Project Architect: Art Anderson
Slides: Screen 44 - Press room
Screen 45A - Dual lectern heights
Screen 45B - Ramp to speakers platform
Screen 45C - Public seating with armrest
Screen 45D - Armrest removed for accessibility
Photo Credit: Peter Margen Margen & Associates
P.O. Box 21450
Oakland, CA 94620-1450
Margenassociates.com
   
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Firm: Perkins Eastman Architects, P.C.
115 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003-1004
212.353.7200 (Fax) 212.353.7676
Contact: Mary-Jean Eastman, FAIA, Principal
info@peapc.com
Project: New Queens Civil Court
Project Location: 89-17 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, NY
Project Architect: Mary-Jean Eastman, FAIA, Principal
Consulting Architect: Edward I. Mills, FAIA Consulting Architect
50 White Street
New York, NY 10013
Consulting Engineer, assistive listening systems: Lance Sturdevant, Chief Engineer
Smith Meeker Engineering, A/V Consultants
150 Warren Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201.332.9377 fax 201.332.7295
Slides: Screen 15B - Floor Plan, accessible bench seat
Screen 17 - Courtroom ramp serving witness stand and jury box
Screen 23 - Courtroom plan showing accessible tables
Screen 26A - Assistive listening systems (Smith Meeker)
Screen 50 - Floor Plan Queens Civil Court
Photo Credit: Chuck Choi
Perkins Eastman Architects
   
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Firm: Phillips Swager Associates
7557 Rambler Road, #670
Dallas, TX 75231
214.692.6115 fax 214.692.6118
Contact: Joy Streitmatter
Phillips Swager Associates
3622 North Knoxville
Peoria, IL 61603
fax 309.688.6490
streitmatter.j@psa-ae.com
Project: Denton County Courts Building
Owner: Denton County, Texas
Project Location: 1450 E. McKinney
Denton, TX 76201
Project Architect: Glenn S. Cramer
Slides: Screen 4 - Ceremonial courtroom
Screen 18 - Judges' bench
Screen 35 - Holding cells adjacent to courtroom
Screen 36 - Plan of accessible cell
Screen 38 - Plan of accessible cell
Photo Credit: King Graf Photography
King Graf
6219 Sul Ross Lane
Dallas, TX 75214
Graphic Credit: Phillips Swager Associates
   
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Firm: Rafael Architects, Inc.
106 West 11th Street, Suite 2001
Kansas City, MO 64105
816.842.3514 fax 816.842.7826
Project: Fred Allenbrand Criminal Justice Complex
(Johnson County Adult Detention Center)
Owner: Johnson County, Kansas, Government
Project Location: Johnson County, KS
Project Architect: Joe Williams, AIA
jwilliams@rai2001.com
Slides: Screen 39 - Maneuvering Space
Screen 42 - Accessible visiting area, detainee side
Screen 43 - Volume control phone handset
Photo Credit: Jo G. Griffith
Writing and Instructional Design
3718 Manor Place, NW
Washington, DC
202.337.2920 fax 202.337.3675
jggriff@bellatlantic.net
   
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Firm: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC)
on Hearing Enhancement
Lexington School/Center for the Deaf
30th Avenue and 75th Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11370
718.899.8800 fax 718.899.3433
Contact: Lois O'Neill, Dissemination Coordinator
718-350-3203
loneill@interport.net
Project: Assistive Listening Systems
Slides: Screen 26B - Assistive Listening System
Screen 27A - Induction Loop System
Screen 27B - Large Area FM System
Screen 27C - Infrared (IR) System
Screen 27D - FM Receiver
Screen 27E - IR Receiver
Screen 28A - Neckloop
Screen 28B - Earbud
Screen 46B - Court reporter using assistive listening system
Photo Credit: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Hearing Enhancement

These illustrations and photographs come from a brochure written for the U.S. Access Board by Dr. Mark Ross, Ph.D., a principal investigator with RERC on hearing enhancement. The brochure was supported, in part, by grant #H133E980010 from the U.S. Department of Education, The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

   
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Firm: Schmidt Associates, Inc.
320 East Vermont Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317.263.6226 (Fax) 317.263.6224
Contact: Jennifer Magers schmidt@indy.net
Project: Decatur County Courthouse
Owner: Decatur County Commissioners
Project Location: 150 Courthouse Square
Greensburg, IN 47240
Project Architect: Dean Illingworth, FAIA
schmidt@indy.net
Slides: Screen 2 - Courtroom addition to existing Courthouse Screen 33 - Exterior, Decatur County Courthouse
Photo Credit: Garry Chilluffo Chilluffo Photography
238 E. St. Joseph Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
   
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Firm: Spillis Candela and Partners
800 Douglas Entrance
Coral Gables, FL 33134
305.447.3528 (Fax) 305.447.3588
Contact: Donald J. Dwore, AIA
dond@scpmiami.com
Project: Charlotte County Justice Center
Owner: Charlotte County, Florida
Project Location: 350 E. Marion Avenue
Punta Gorda, FL 33951
Project Architect: Donald J. Dwore, Principal in Charge
Slides: Screen 22 - Jury box
Screen 22A - Jury box
Photo Credit: Spillis Candela & Partners
   
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Firm: U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (The Access Board)
Office of Technical and Information Services
1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1111
Technical Assistance: 1.800.872.2253
Voice 202.272.5434, TTY 202.272.5449
(Fax) 202.272.5447
Contact: David Yanchulis
yanchulis@access-board.gov
Project: Varies; contact Access Board
Slides: Screen 1A - Interior, courtroom
Screen 1B - Exterior, courthouse
Screen 1C - Exterior, courthouse
Screen 19 - Courtroom stairs convert to lift
Photo Credit: Varies; contact Access Board
   
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Firm: Willoughby Industries, Inc.
2210 West Morris Street
Indianapolis, IN 46221
317.638.2381 fax 317.638.6110
Contact: David Yanchulis
yanchulis@access-board.gov
Project: Varies; contact Access Board
Slides: Screen 41 & 49 - ADAAG-Compliant Combination Unit; drawing #1545; www.willoughby-ind.com/1545_series-dwg.htm
Photo Credit: Willoughby Industries, Inc.

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