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FPCD-79-87 1 (1979-10-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazsu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: fUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE * WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN Ia ,Y nm ,rt NUMAN RESOURCE DIVIION B-182030 OCTOBER 1,1979 The Honorable Arabella Martinez Chairperson, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Dear Chairperson: Subject: Actions Needed by the Compliance Board to Make Buildings Accessible to the Handicappedj (FPCD-79-87) We are currently reviewing operations at the Archi- tectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board and several executive agencies to determine what has been done to make buildings constructed or leased with Federal funds accessible to the physically handicapped. This work is a followup to our report Further Action Needed to Make All Public Buildings Accessible to the Physically Handicapped (FPCD-75-166, July 15, 1975). A major problem highlighted in our 1975 report was a lack of specific standards to be followed in making build- ings accessible to the handicapped. Those standards in use were issued by the American National Standards Institute QL. I in 1961 and reaffirmed by the Institute in 1971. However, the standards are generally considered incomplete and there is no uniform agreement among agencies as to the minimum acceptable building standards. The standards do not specify what facilities are to be covered or the extent to which building specifications must be followed. They also lack specificity in certain important areas, as shown by the examples below, and result in varying interpretation. --Doors shall be operated by a single effort. (Amount of pressure to be applied not specified.) --Spaces that are accessible and approximate to the facility should be set aside and identified for use by individuals with physical disabilities. (Number of spaces and distance from building not specified.) A(964147) 110488

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