6: Building Accessibility
Ensuring access to GSA’s buildings, both owned and leased. Other Information:
The U.S. Access Board recently evaluated various accessibility standards and decided to merge them into a single standard
for Federal buildings. The resulting new Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard addresses access to joint-use areas,
accessible routes to primary function areas, restrooms, and other space. GSA typically handles over one thousand leases in
a year. Most will probably be affected by the new standard, and GSA will ensure that the new standard is implemented in GSA
leased facilities. In fact, we estimate the new standard will encompass most of GSA’s leased inventory in the next 10 years.
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