Resources

For additional information regarding signage please visit the following links.

www.access-board.gov
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board/ The Access Board is the federal agency responsible for writing the architectural guidelines for the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as for other regulations dealing with accessibility.

www.ada.gov
Civil Rights Division, Access Compliance
The Department of Justice enforces Title III of the ADA, which governs access to privately owned facilities open to the public. Most enforcement has been through mediation and negotiation. The DOJ sometimes issues interpretations to ADAAG.

www.segd.org
Environmental Graphic Design embraces many design disciplines including graphic, architectural, interior, landscape, and industrial design, all concerned with the visual aspects of wayfinding, communicating identity and information, and shaping the idea of place.

www.signs.org
The International Sign Association (ISA) is a 2600-member trade association whose members are manufacturers, users and suppliers of on-premise signs and sign products from the 50 United States and 54 countries around the world. ISA supports, promotes and improves the sign industry, which sustains the nation’s retail industry.

www.csinet.org
CSI is a national association dedicated to creating standards and formats to improve construction documents and project delivery. The organization is unique in the industry in that its members are a cross section of specifiers, architects, engineers, contractors and building materials suppliers.