Accessibility Consulting for the Built Environment
Accessibility Through Design
From the Start.
Accessance Consulting partners with owners, operators, and architects to navigate the full complexity of ADA, Texas Accessibility Standards, Building Codes, ICC A117.1, and the critical distinctions between them — with the technical depth and design intelligence to get it right, from the start through construction, occupancy, and beyond.
Accessibility Consulting
You're navigating a complex project with an array of competing standards and requirements — you need an expert partner from design through occupancy. We consult on accessibility and code compliance issues, interpret standards, review designs, perform plan reviews, and support you throughout the process. We bring technical depth, design intelligence, and deep standards knowledge to every stage of the process.
Plan Reviews & Inspections
You need a Registered Accessibility Specialist to review your construction documents and satisfy your regulatory submittal requirements. We provide thorough, accurate, and timely plan reviews and inspections against ADA, Texas Accessibility Standards, Building Codes, and ICC A117.1.
The Challenge
The Standards Are Complex
The Consequences Are Real
Accessibility compliance is not a single standard — it is a layered matrix of federal, state, and local requirements that vary by jurisdiction and scope of work. The ADA establishes a federal baseline. States adopt their own standards — sometimes based on ICC A117.1, sometimes independently developed, sometimes with significant amendments or exclusions. Local jurisdictions can amend further. Within any given standard, the provisions that apply, and how they apply, depend on the occupancy, use, and nature of the work.
A missed requirement at design becomes a costly correction in the field. A failed inspection delays occupancy. Navigating that matrix correctly — from the start — is what Accessance Consulting does.
Our Approach
A Different Kind of Accessibility Consultant
Accessance Consulting was founded to fill a specific gap in the market — an accessibility practice built from the perspective of a designer, technician, and code enforcement professional.
Our credentials span architecture, accessibility specialization, and building code enforcement. That combination means we understand what every member of the project team needs — the owner’s compliance obligations, the design team’s technical constraints, and the contractor’s field realities.
We collaborate with owners, tenants, operators, architects, engineers, and contractors at the peer level. We engage early, we stay engaged, and we bring the same depth and commitment to every engagement — because accessibility done well is a team effort.
What We Do
Our Services
Covering the full lifecycle of the built environment —
from initial design through occupancy and beyond.
Accessibility Consulting
Expert guidance from project inception through occupancy and beyond — standards interpretation, design review, and technical resolution.
Plan Reviews
Thorough accessibility review of construction documents against the applicable standards — satisfying regulatory submittal obligations where they exist.
Construction Inspections
Field verification that constructed conditions meet the accessibility requirements of the governing standards.
Facility Assessments
Systematic evaluation of existing facilities against current accessibility standards — identifying barriers and advising on mitigation strategies.
Accessibility Code Opinions
Formal written professional opinions on specific accessibility conditions, code issues, or plan review comments — research-based, standards-grounded, and defensible.
Education & Training
Targeted educational sessions for design professionals, owners, contractors, and project teams — presentations, lunch and learns, and project team orientation on applicable standards.
Expert Witness & Litigation Support
Credentialed accessibility expertise for legal proceedings — written expert opinions, deposition and trial testimony, and consultation with legal counsel on accessibility standards.
Start With a Conversation
Bring us your project, your question, or your problem. Every engagement begins with a free conversation — we will listen, ask the right questions, and tell you honestly what we can do and how we can help. That conversation is where we figure out together what the right scope and approach looks like.