CaliforniaDAE News

CaliforniaDAE Announces 5 Hour Course Now Available

Submitted by admin on Saturday, 04/02/2011
We're pleased to announce that the 5 Hour Accessibility Course for California Architects is now available. To get started, click on the course under "Course Sign Up" to the left.

CaliforniaDAE Announces 2½ Hour Course Available December 7, 2009

Submitted by admin on Tuesday, 12/08/2009

DECEMBER UPDATE: All license renewals for December 31, 2009 require 2½ hours of disabled access coursework. 

Our 2½ Hour Accessibility Course for California Architects is now available.

Our 1 hour course has been discontinued.

Happy Holidays

CaliforniaDAE

AB 1145 Signed By Governor

Submitted by admin on Friday, 10/16/2009

This bill increased the maximum fee for renewal of an architect's license from $200 to $400.  The old $200 license fee cap has been at the current level for 20 years.  With new program mandates and the increase in costs of doing business, the Board's current amount of revenue was inadequate to pay for the level of service that is needed to protect consumers.   

California Architects Nationwide Use CaliforniaDAE

Submitted by admin on Thursday, 09/17/2009

California licensed architects in over 32 states nationwide have taken a CaliforniaDAE disability access course for their license renewal.

CaliforniaDAE offers a convenient, informative, and economic solution to California architects.

California Architects Board to Gain Coursework Audit Authority

Submitted by admin on Tuesday, 09/08/2009

AB 623

California Architect's License Renewal Fees to Double?

Submitted by admin on Monday, 09/07/2009

Existing law imposes various fees on architects and applicants for a license, which are deposited in the California Architects Board Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. 

Under existing law, the fee for renewing a license may not exceed $200.

Under proposed AB 1145, the fee for renewing a license would increase to a maximum of $400.

This proposed bill may be signed into California law toward the end of September, 2009.

Stay tuned.

Happy Labor Day.

AIACC Issues SB 1608 FAQs

Submitted by admin on Monday, 06/15/2009

The American Institute of Architects, California Council has issued FAQs regarding Senate Bill 1608 and the Disability Access Continuing Education Requirement for California Architects.

See:

http://www.aiacc.org/site/docs/1608_FQ.pdf

CaliforniaDAE.com Provides New “Bookmarking” Feature

Submitted by admin on Friday, 05/29/2009

California Disabled Access Education (CaliforniaDAE.com) has added a new “bookmarking” feature to its courses made available to California Architects.

This feature now allows architects to conveniently choose when they wish to take a course, and also how long it takes to complete it.  Architects can log-in, start, stop, and then restart a course by simply going back to the “bookmark”, for added flexibility.

California Architects Board Issues Newsletter Article

Submitted by admin on Friday, 05/15/2009

The California Architects Board has issued a front page article in their 2009 newsletter “California Architects” regarding New Continuing Education Requirement on Disabled Access.

See:

http://www.cab.ca.gov/pdf/newsletters/winter-spring09_nl.pdf

DSA Announces August 2009 CASp Exam

Submitted by admin on Saturday, 05/02/2009

The California Department of General Services, Division of the State Architect (DSA) has announced that a CASp (Certified Access Specialist Program) exam will be held in Sacramento and Hawthorne on August 24, 2009.  The registration period closes July 27, 2009.  Many California architects automatically qualify to take this exam.  

For more information see:

http://www.dsa.dgs.ca.gov/Access/casp.htm