AIA North Carolina Executive Vice President, David Crawford, Hon. AIA will update members on issues happening across the state. He will include legislative and regulatory updates from the AIA North Caroline Legislative Agenda, as well as overall state issues we can expect to see in 2023. John Paquin, AIA, 2023 AIA North Carolina President will be on hand to discuss our chapter and what changes, plans and events are in store for the coming year.

Earn 8 AIA HSW Credits -Program will include requirements that impact multi-family housing accessibility, as found in the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines, the 2018 NC Building Code and its Accessibility Standard A117.1 – 2009, the 2010 ADA Standards and new safe harbor standards approved by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for compliance with the Federal Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines.

Earn 4 AIA HSW Credits -Program will review the most common items that are missed in design and construction resulting in violations of accessibility requirements from the federal agency that develops and enforces it. Participants will develop an understanding of what federal inspectors and attorneys will be focusing on in their inspections of residential (Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines) and Commercial (2010 ADA Standards), as well as develop an understanding of what changes can be anticipated in state and federal accessibility requirements and when these changes will go into effect.