James Terry's Email & Phone

Mr. Terry, CEO of Evan Terry Associates, P.C., joined the firm after receiving his B. S. in Architecture from the University of Southern California and his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Michigan. He has served on a variety of levels at ETA including project architect, project manager, energy specialist, project designer, contract administrator, and accessible design specialist. Mr. Terry's project experience includes corporate facilities, municipal facilities, healthcare, schools and universities, libraries, recreational facilities, shopping centers, multifamily housing, churches and light industrial facilities. For the last nineteen plus years, he has concentrated his efforts in the area of accessible design and in particular with the Americans with Disabilities Act and various state accessibility standards? requirements. His ADA and access work includes the following significant projects: 1) Assisting the Congressional Office of Compliance with ADA surveys of the U.S. Capitol, House and Senate Office Buildings, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, Capitol Police, and grounds; 2) Coordinating and performing the pilot facility surveys for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to project the potential costs of ADA compliance if applied to the U.S. Federal Courts; 3) Coordinating ADA compliance consulting and surveys of 1800 Bank of America retail branches and other selected facilities; 4) Assisting the Access Board in developing the ADAAG Technical Assistance Manual and serving on its Advisory Committee for Accessibility Standards for Assembly Areas; 5) Providing expert witness consulting to the U.S. Department of Justice on multiple projects; 6) Providing expert witness services and consulting for assembly and sports facilities such as Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, 16 Broadway Theaters and Yankee Stadium for the US Attorney's Office in New York City; 7) Providing concept design and coordination for the development of ETA's ADA Design Assistant CAD software; and 8) Providing ADA surveys, plan reviews and consulting services for numerous theaters, concert halls, arenas, stadiums, universities, national restaurant, lodging, healthcare, and retail chains. 9) Providing expert witness consulting and compliance verification services to Disability Rights Educational Defense Fund on their nationwide Shell and Chevron class action lawsuits. 10) Serving as primary Architectural Access Consultant to Kaiser Permanente including overseeing the surveying of approximately 30,000,000 GSF of their hospital and medical facilities throughout the state of California, providing access plan reviews, and consulting. 11) Serving as a joint expert for plaintiffs & defense on the Kmart national class action settlement agreement. 12) Serving as primary Architectural Access Consultant to Sutter Health for surveying over 300 hospital and medical office facilities throughout northern California, providing access plan reviews, and consulting. 13) Serving on the Board of Directors of the National Association of ADA Coordinators. 14) Serving on the Global Universal Design Commission's Commercial Building Consensus Committee to develop the first Global Universal Design Standard. As a specialist in the ADA and accessible design, Mr. Terry has presented hundreds of training programs to building owners, managers, and designers and has worked with public entities, private corporations and federal agencies. He has written or been quoted in numerous articles in national publications about the Americans with Disabilities Act and has been actively involved in writing many books on ADA Facilities Compliance which are published by John Wiley & Sons of New York. He led the effort to revise the ninth edition of Architectural Graphic Standards for the American Institute of Architects to bring it up to ADA Standards. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of ADA Coordinators. James L. E. Terry, AIA, LEED AP, CASp Qualifications and Experience Evan Terry Associates, P.C. One Perimeter Park South Suite 200S Birmingham AL 35243 Phone (205) 9729100 Revised 6/2/2010 Page 2 of 7 EDUCATION University of Southern California, B.S. Architecture, Magna Cum Laude, 1976 University of Michigan, Master of Architecture, 1977 Extensive Continuing Education Courses ARCHITECTURAL AND ACCESS REGISTRATIONS Alabama 1984 Arizona1985 California 1986 Florida 1985 Michigan1985 New York1999 North Carolina1985 NCARB File Holder California Certified Access Specialist #119 2009 PROFESSIONAL, CIVIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES National Association of ADA CoordinatorsCurrent Member of Board of Directors American Institute of Architects Accessible Design Specialist on Architectural Graphic Standards 9th Edition, National Task Force, Presented ADA Seminars, Workshops, Webinars, and Podcast at four National AIA Conventions to over 1000 participants American Institute of ArchitectsPast Continuing Education Committee for Birmingham Chapter, Past Alabama Council Representative, Past Secretary Birmingham Chapter, Past Energy Committee, Alabama Council Global Universal Design CommissionCommercial Buildings Consensus Committeemember, Definitions Subcommittee member Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education ProgramCotaught 3day ADA Seminars for 16 of last 17 years Alabama Governor's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilitiespast member Alabama Solar Coalition Past Executive Director Alabama Solar Association member American Solar Energy Society member