Greetings fellow members of CSINext. We will be conducting our Chapter Meeting and the topic will be "ADA Meeting Accessibility Standards for Openings" Presented by Debra Powers with the Hager Companies. Mark your calendars for August 29th at 12:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend.
Construction Specifications Institute
CSINext Chapter
August 2013 Meeting
Meeting Date: August 29, 2013
Meeting Time: 12:00pm EDT
Meeting RSVP: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4194652605248932096
Speaker: Debra Powers with the Hager Companies
Program Overview:
- Four priorities must consider to comply with ADA
- Physical Disabilities
- Title 3 4.13 Doors
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding doors and hardware relating to ADA compliancy
- Using hinge side, latch side, and frontal approaches dimensions in building design.
- Exit Door Signage
Learning Units will be provided: Yes (AIA 1LU/HSW)
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About the Speaker:
Debra Powers has been in the door and hardware industry for 9 years. She started in Charlotte, NC with Burgess Sales in Division 10 and 8 then moved to Dallas, TX to work for Buell Door in 2006. When Buell Door closed shortly after her arrival she became a counter sales/project manager with Dallas Door and Supply for five years. She left that position to take on a larger role as an account manager/project manager with Fairway Access.
Some of her projects include Bank of America 901 Main Building downtown Dallas, Hunt Oil Corporation, The Fountain Building (electronic access control for the EPA), The Medical Center of Arlington, Massage Envy, European Wax Centers, Waco Hilton, Tulsa Hampton Inn and Austin Sheraton.
She has taken on a roll of Architectural Representative with Hager Companies out of St. Louis since 2011 to assist architects in their projects and provide specification writing for their convenience.
Debra has door, frame and great hardware knowledge and has filled a roll in the Dallas community serving not only the general contractor but also the architects who design their projects. Her 17 years of teaching experience along with her knowledge base in hardware and codes afford her the ability to offer a valuable services in the form of:
- specification writing backed by a team of qualified and certified specification writers
- AIA presentations for credits at your convenience during business and non-business hours including lunch and learns in your firm tailored made to the job or the firm.
- hardware specification and advisement that includes being available for individual appointments and consultation
- total opening consultation as needed
Debra desires to assist and advise in areas of her expertise to offer a real and valuable tool to the architects, contractors and owners in our community who are working in a tough economy to provide the same.