Featuring guest speaker John Torkelson.
John Rife Torkelson is a nationally recognized expert in the accessibility consulting field. He is licensed as a RAS in Texas and a CASp in California, a founding member and five-time past president of the Accessibility Professionals Association and a member of the Certified Access Specialist Institute.
He founded theACCESSpartnership, l.p. in 1997 to provide consulting services relating to accessibility for the ADA, FHA and local building codes nationwide. John has acted as a third-party expert working on behalf of both the Plaintiff and Defense with clients as varied as the United States Department of Justice, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Equal Rights Center and the National Fair Housing Alliance.
John and his staff at theACCESSpartnership primarily serve as a resource to the design and construction community to avoid issues before they happen. This work includes reviewing the construction documents and performing field reviews throughout the construction process. Ultimately, it is his goal to share his knowledge in such a way as to make his job obsolete.