Education:
Northern Essex Community College; Certificate in Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing; Haverhill, MA
Credentials, Awards, Competency:
Texas Accessibility Standards Registered Accessibility Specialist
Recognized in January 2019 Architectural Barriers Advisory Committee meeting for his commitment and service to making Texas more accessible
Sought-after national resource with the U.S. Access Board, architecture firms, universities, and other groups on issues related to accessibility
Professional Affiliations:
Hampton, New Hampshire Planning & Zoning Board Member & Chair
Authored “Sign Ordinance” of the Hampton Zoning Regulations
Designer, RAS Principal
Bob has over 45 years’ experience in Design & Construction industry and is an Expert in the Americans with Disabilities Act and Texas Accessibility Standards. He has over 17 years’ experience with Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation as Architectural Barriers Program Manager, State of Texas Subject Matter Expert in accessibility and Audit Oversight Manager. Bob has 26 years’ design, production and construction management experience in Texas, Maine & New Hampshire for corporate, commercial, industrial and residential facilities.
Selected Experience:
Barnett Consulting Group; Plano, Texas
- Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) expert construction document reviews, inspections, due diligence surveys & reports and third-party report evaluations across US
- Site design & construction documents for accessibility compliance
- TAS & ADA seminars
Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation; Austin, Texas
- Authorized & guided the department through adoption of 2012 Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS).
- Developed and taught the 3-day Registered Accessibility Specialist (RAS) Academy
- Subject Matter Expert for accessibility code interpretations in Texas
- Prepared & implemented 3rd party audit procedure for over 500 RAS’ in Texas
- Approved technical interpretations of various conflicts in the Texas Architectural Barriers Act
- Taught the Texas Accessibility Standards 3-day academy to Facilities Division of Arizona State University
- Instructor & author of accessibility seminars on PROWAG, Assisted Living, Life Safety Codes and TAS
- Very familiar with Title II & III of 1990 ADA, 1990 ADAAG, 1994 TAS, 2004 ADAAG, 2010 SAD, 2012 TAS, PROWAG & ODA
Living Architecture & CM; Cottonwood Shores, Texas
- Quality control construction document review & consultant coordination
- Construction contract negotiations & bidding
- Construction document assembly and writing/ editing specifications
- Familiar with IRE, IEE, NEC and NFPA Life Safety Codes
Altered Spaces Architectural Design; Hampton, New Hampshire
- Founder of the firm and increased size of firm to eight staff
- Designed and provided construction documents for over 200 single family residences and light commercial facilities
- Presented design & development plans at planning & zoning boards
Maine Post & Beam Company; York Harbor, Maine
- Designer of numerous custom homes in two planned development communities