TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Iowa Civil Rights Commission and the Iowa Association of Building Officials

(http://iabo.net/) are working with Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST (http://fairhousingfirst.org/) to provide an all-day, no charge “Design and Construction” training conference.  

The date is May 21, 2015.  The location is Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino.

This training is designed for architects, civil engineers, landscape architects, contractors, developers, builders, building officials, and human/civil rights agency staff.

The tentative agenda is:

7:30 - 8:00am Registration

8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:15 - 9:45 Design & Construction, Requirements of the Fair Housing Act, Technical Overview - Module 10 - Part I

9:45 - 10:00 Break

10:00 - 11:30 Design & Construction, Requirements of the Fair Housing Act, Technical Overview - Module 10 - Part II

11:30 - 12:30 Lunch (not provided, plan accordingly)

12:30 - 2:30 Accessible Routes - Module 7 and Accessible Public and Common Use Spaces - Module 8

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 3:45 Iowa Civil Rights Commission: Strategy for Education and Enforcement

Please contact Don Grove at 515-281-0338 or don.grove@iowa.gov if you have any questions.