"That Building Looks ADA Compliant to Me?"

The building ADA audit done by the professionals at ACCESS do not concern themselves with how the building looks.  The ADA audit like any other audit is all "black" and "white".  The ACCESS ADA audit base is the ADA & ABA Accessibility Guidelines; Finale Rule-36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191, published in the Federal Register on July 23, 2004, with an effective date of September 21, 2004.  That finale rule is written by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, a U.S. Government Agency responsible for writing the "safe harbor" for design and construction to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  That document is over 300 pages in length and addresses over 1,000 items with a section number for each.  The professionals at ACCESS have a very good understanding of these rules and regulations as they work with them every day.  The ADA audit will start with what was found in the on-site ADA audit, it will then quote the applicable sentence, and then render the ACCESS opinion of not being in compliance.  Only a Federal Judge can rule on Civil Right Law.

In conclusion, unless you are a trained ADA auditor, there is no way you will know all the building elements required to be ADA compliant.