NCARB News

NCARB’s Latest Monograph Offers Architects Continuing Ed Flexibility

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Washington, DC—The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards’ (NCARB) newest monograph, Heating and Cooling Design for Buildings, offers architects greater flexibility when meeting their continuing education requirements. After reading each chapter, architects can take an online quiz and earn health, safety, and welfare (HSW) and sustainable design (SD) learning units once they’ve passed. The first five quizzes are worth two professional development units (PDUs)/continuing education units (CEUs) each, and the last quiz is worth four PDUs/CEUs, for a total of 14 for the entire monograph. The quizzes can be spread out over any period of time, or taken all at one time. Read more...

NCARB Begins Transition of Leadership

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Washington, DC—The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Executive Vice President Lenore M. Lucey, FAIA, today announced a planned transition of leadership effective July 1, 2011. At that time Lucey, who has served the Council since 1997, will step down from that position after 14 years of service. She has been instrumental in transforming the programs and services that NCARB provides and has effectively laid the foundation for what NCARB will become—to the profession, its members, and its 77,000 architects, emerging professionals, and student customer base. Read more...

New and Improved! IDP Guidelines

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Washington, DC—The Intern Development Program (IDP) Guidelines are an invaluable resource to interns and supervisors throughout the IDP process. The IDP Guidelines have been redesigned and include the latest procedures and rules currently in effect. To download a copy, go to http://www.ncarb.org/forms/idp_guidelines.pdf . Read more...

NCARB to Propose Changes to Model Law to Include IPD and BIM

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Washington, DC—In October 2008, the National Council of Architectural Registrations Boards (NCARB) held a hearing on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Arlington, VA. The hearing brought together a diverse group of industry experts to comment on how the IPD process and BIM technology may affect responsible control by architects. NCARB President Gordon E. Mills, FAIA, asked the Council’s IPD Task Force to collect, review, and examine the information and forward any possible changes to NCARB’s Legislative Guidelines and Model Law for the Board of Directors’ consideration. Read more...

Score Report Delay

ARE — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:59:55 -0500

NCARB and Prometric have been implementing a series of quality control checks since the launch of ARE 4.0 in July 2008. There were many updates and adjustments made to the processes and systems used by Prometric to enable delivery of both ARE 3.1 and ARE 4.0 for the overlap/transition year. Read more...

2008 NCARB Grants Awarded to Three Schools

NCARB Communications — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:47:55 -0500

Washington, DC—The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has awarded NCARB Grants for the Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy to Morgan State University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Washington. The grants provide the schools with seed money to create programs that integrate architectural practice and education in unique ways. Read more...

A Message from NCARB to all ARE candidates

19 Dec 2008 21:29:24 GMT

NCARB’s mission is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public by assuring that those licensed as architects meet the qualifications to practice independently. The ARE is one tool we utilize to serve our mission.

All NCARB exams are created under strict security and held in confidence. All exam questions and vignettes are also registered under the U.S. Copyright Act.Before beginning any test, you are required to accept a “Confidentiality Agreement,” which prohibits any disclosure of exam content. Read more...

IDP Supervisor Guidelines Now Available

18 Dec 2008 20:13:53 GMT

Washington, DC -- The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has developed the IDP
Supervisor Guidelines to assist supervisors in the crucial role they play in the careers of interns in the Intern
Development Program (IDP). The guidelines are available to download on NCARB's web site,
http://www.ncarb.org/forms/superguide.pdf.

NCARB to Launch Electronic Reporting System on 31 December 2008

11 Dec 2008 01:31:39 GMT

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) will officially launch the electronic Experience Verification Reporting system (e-EVR) on 31 December 2008. Interns will be able to report their experience for the Intern Development Program (IDP) online through “My NCARB Record” instead of sending in paper forms. Electronic submissions will replace paper submissions as the standard way interns submit experience reports to complete the IDP. Interns are strongly encouraged to use the e-EVR once it is launched.

NCARB’s New Office Earns LEED-Silver Certification

4 Dec 2008 01:31:39 GMT

Washington, DC—The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) is pleased to announce that our new office space has achieved a LEED-Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™.

ARE Score Report Delay

17 Dec 2008 02:05:52 GMT