ARE Study Review

The liability of the shareholders of "Acme" architecture corp. is limited to their share of the ownership of the firm. However, the state in which the firm is located requires that professionals including doctors, lawyers, and architects must form what type of corporation to recognize the professional liability of such licensees? A. PLLC, B. PC, C. S-Corp., D. LP

Another Update, this time more  Positive : The lecture series given by Prof. Friedlander at UIC has been much referenced on ARE Forum , and it's applicable to at least CDS and PPP exams. Access to the full semester audio lecture is available on this link  thru Prof. Friedlander's law firm site.     If you find them, then, with quicktime player you can adjust the playback speed under A/V controls. The lectures are each about 1:45 in length. In particular, 4 lectures cover the most current AIA A201 and B101 contracts in depth. ARE 4.0 exam prep: CDS

Some client relationships end before the project has progressed or while in the middle of a phase, and another architect must be engaged to resume the project. While gaining a new client is generally a desirable thing for a practice, careful consideration must be employed before accepting a job for which the new architect is perhaps a second or third professional to be engaged on the project. Such situations may indicate a difficult owner or untenable project conditions. What must the architect do before accepting work from the owner? Answer Determine whether any agreement is still in effect between the owner and another design professional. This could include either a formal or informal accord. The prior relationship must be severed before the new architect accepts the work. ARE 4.0 exam prep: PPP

The Code consists of three tiers of statements. Match them with an intent: I   Canon II  Ethical Standard III Rule of Conduct a: specific goals, which Members should strive to meet in professional performance b: mandatory, a violation of which is grounds for disciplinary action by the AIA c: broad principles of conduct Answer Ic, IIa, IIIb ARE 4.0 exam prep: PPP

An architecture firm that is implementing a quality control program during construction documents phase would incorporate which of the following procedures: A. have individuals outside the project team confirm that documentation comply with in-house quality standards. B. have individual members of the project design team verify that documentation conforms with in-house quality standards. C. assess previous projects through total quality management for keys to improvement D. implement an ISO 9000 audit. Answer A. is correct. QC is intended to examine whether QA processes have been performed. TQM refers to a process of continuous improvement. ISO 9000 are quality standards that relate to a quality management system, sometimes necessary for international practice. ARE 4.0 exam prep: PPP

Our legal system resolves practice and contract issues on a case-by-case basis - through litigation, setting precedents. What currently accepted version of legal concepts does reliance on BIM as a project deliverable call into question? (Choose two) A. Severability B. Privity C. Repose D. Agency E. Standard of Care Answer B. Privity (shields architects from third party claims) and E. Standard of Care (perform services consistent with that level of skill and care ordinarily provided by architects practicing under the same or similar circumstances). For further reading, see the AIA Best Practices article on this subject: Liability and BIM ARE 4.0 exam prep: CDS

On a commercial project involving a sprawling site for which the scope of services to be provided is not precise and cannot be immediately defined, which of the following compensation methods would be LEAST advantageous for an architecture firm? A. Fixed fee B. Hourly billing rates & fee multipliers C. Cost plus fixed fee D. Unit cost methods Answer A. Fixed fee is least advantageous and least profitable as the firm cannot accurately relate fee to scope. Hourly billing, cost plus fee and unit cost methods are by varying degrees more equitable for this situation. ARE 4.0 exam prep: CDS

A local office of a large architecture firm undertakes a project for an addition to a historic primary school (K-4) nearby, but none of its local staff has experience in this project type and has completed mostly corporate interiors projects. What should the office principal do? A. Enlist additional support from the firm's other locations or outside local consultants with such expertise. B. Make a thorough comparative study of the building type to ensure adequate knowledge for the staff C. Lower the professional design fees offered to account for lack of expertise. D. Act confidently in client meetings, but produce "light" drawing sets Answer A. is the only justifiable course: NCARB rules of conduct (1.3) would be violated if the architect undertakes a project beyond his/her capacity and experience without seeking to retain consultants with the appropriate supplemental expertise. ARE 4.0 exam prep

An architect who accepts lavish gifts or other compensation (other than reasonable business hospitality, entertainment, or product education) from material or equipment suppliers in connection with specifying or endorsing their products is in breach of A. NCARB rules of conduct B. AIA ethical standards C. US antitrust laws D. Wicks Law Answer A. NCARB rules of conduct. While AIA Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct contains a similar rule 2.103 (Rule), answer B references Ethical Standards (E.S.) ARE 4.0 exam prep: PPP

How does an owner provide a financial safeguard for the following situations: - unanticipated price escalation of a particular product - an architect’s omission of flashing in the construction documents - a necessary change during construction, modifying the project’s scope. A. Allowance B. Alternates C. Contingency D. Escalation Answer C. Contingency is an amount, usually a percentage, that is part of the project budget to offset changes in the scope of the project, unknown conditions, and gaps/oversights in the documents. ARE 4.0 exam prep: PPP

A firm with multiple offices is experiencing the drawbacks of its method of organization because each of its employees appears to have two supervisors, leading to ambiguity of roles, direction and responsibilities. An employee working in the firm's healthcare group in one city is lead by a healthcare boss in a different location, but the employee sits in an office lead by a local principal. Which of the following common organizational structures, when poorly implemented, might lead to this dilemma? A. Organized around project types B. Organized around geography C. Organized around studios D. Matrix Organization E. Organized around services Answer

Name 3 principal elements included in a project proposal. Answer

When the contractor's work does not conform to the requirements of the construction documents, the architect has the right to reject it and to require the contractor to remove and replace the non-conforming work. If the contractor fails to rectify or steadily fails to execute work according to the documents, what options are available to the architect? Answer

What steps must be done before a project is deemed substantially complete? Answer

After each meeting, who should receive a copy of project meeting minutes? Answer ARE 4.0 exam division: construction documents & services

Name the four elements of a legal claim. Answer existence and breach of a duty, causation and damages.