CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES - INCORPORATION OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED REQUIREMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05054A000100100007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 10, 1975
• Content Type: REGULATION

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INSTRUCTION N0.
LI 45-21
LI 45-21
LOGISTICS
10 December 1975
SUBJECT
Construction and Alteration of Facilities - Incorporation
of Physically Handicapped Requirements
REFERENCES:
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(a)
(b)
PL 90-480; 82STAT.718
FPMR 101-19.6, Accommodations for the Physically
Handicapped
1. PURPOSE
This instruction sets forth.-the procedures to ensure that each Agency
funded project for design; construction, or alteration of buildings as
defined below shall incorporate physically handicapped requirements in
the design, the construction, or alteration, as the case may be.
2. DEFINITIONS
a. "Building" is defined as any building or facility (other than
residential structures; buildings, structures, and facilities of
the Department of Defense; and any other building or facility on
a military reservation designed and constructed primarily for use
by able-bodied military personnel), the intended use of which will
require either that such building or facility be accessible to the
public or may result in employment therein of physically-handicapped
persons, which is to be constructed or altered by or on behalf of
the United States.
b. "Alteration" is defined as repairing, improving, remodeling, ex-
tending, or otherwise changing a building,
c. "Project" is defined as any funded work for construction of a
building or alteration of any portion of an existing building,
existing stairs, doors, elevators, toilets, entrances, drinking
fountains, floors, telephone locations, curbs, parking areas, or
any other facilities susceptible to installation or improvements
to accommodate the physically handicapped.
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3. POLICY
Except as otherwise provided under "Exceptions," every project for
building design, construction, or alteration within the United States
shall include the needs of physically handicapped, if applicable.
Every building design, construction, or alteration shall meet the min-
imum standards as set by the "American Standard Specification for
Making Buildings and Facilities Accessible to, and Usable by, the
Physically Handicapped, Number A 117.1-R1971," approved by the .American
Standards Association, Inc. (subsequently changed to American National
Standards Institute, Inc.)
4. EXCEPTIONS
a. The design, construction, or alteration of any portion of a build-
ing which need not, because of its intended use, be made accessible
to, or usable by, the public or by physically handicapped persons.
b. The alteration of an existing building, if the alteration does not
involve the installation of, or work on, existing stairs, doors,
elevators, toilets, entrances, drinking fountains, floors, tele-
phone locations, curbs, parking areas, or any other facilities
susceptible to installation or improvements to accommodate the phys-
ically handicapped.
c. The alteration of an existing building, or of such portions thereof,
to which application of the standards is not structurally possible.
5. WAIVER OR MODIFICATION OF STANDARDS
Request for waivers shall be submitted to Chief , Real Estate and Con-
struction Division, OL, who, with the approval of the Director of Lo-
gistics, shall then make application on a case-by-case basis to the
Administrator of General Services over the signature of the Director
of Logistics.
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6. RECORDKEEPING
a. Each project work order file for the design, construction, or
.alteration of a'building shall contain a statement either:
(1) That the handicapped requirements are applicable to and have
been or will be incorporated in the design, the construction,
or the alteration, as the case may be; or
(2) That the standards have bean waived by-the Administrator of
General Services (in which event the justification for waiver
shall be stated); or
(3) That the project is within one of the exceptions (the specific
exception being identified).
b. Only those project work orders that fall into the categories of
paragraphs 6a(1) and 6a(2) above need to be forwarded to Chief,
RECD for filing, tracking, and reporting on a semiannual basis to
the ,Administrator of General Services. A copy of such statements
together with project description and date of funding shall be
forwarded to C/RECD at the time of initial funding of the project
to ensure compliance with Public Law 90-4$0; as amended, and its
implementing Federal Property Management-Regulations.
7. REPORTING
a. C/RECD shall compile a semiannual Agency report on GSA Form 2974,
"Status Report far Federally Funded or Leased Buildings-Accommo-
dation of Physically Handicapped", for the Director of Logistics'
review, certification, and submittal to the .Administrator of
General Services.
b. The semiannual reporting periods end on the last day of February
and .August. Reports to Administrator of General Services are due
on the 15th calendar day of the following month.
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8. RESPONSIBILITY
Responsibility for compliance with the provisions of this directive
lies in the project funding authority. Compliance with the provi-
sions of refs a and b for projects funded by GS,A for work to be
accomplished in Agency-occupied buildings will be the responsibility
of GSA. C/RECD will issue guidance and clarification as required.
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