AXP: Project Development & Documentation

In Project Development & Documentation, you’ll gain experience with projects after the schematic design has been approved—focusing on construction documents and coordinating with regulatory authorities to gain the necessary approvals for construction.

Required hours: 1,520

This practice area has the largest number of required hours. Its associated competencies are vital to creating an accurate set of construction documents. Meet with your supervisor often to ensure you’re taking on new work that broadens your skill set.

Upon completing the AXP, you should be able to demonstrate your capability to independently perform the following competencies:

• Competency 7: Create deliverables that convey a design solution. At the point of initial licensure, architects with this competency can ...
  • Communicate the proposed design to clients and other stakeholders using appropriate and responsive methods (e.g., written, verbal, graphic, modeling techniques, etc.).
  • Develop comprehensive and coordinated Instruments of Service (e.g., plans, sections, elevations and/ or details, models, etc.) that convey design intent and project requirements, can be used to obtain approvals and permits, and guide the construction of a project.
  • Develop specifications that describe the materials, qualitative requirements, and execution.
• Competency 8: Coordinate the integration of building systems into a project design. At the point of initial licensure, architects with this competency can ...
  • Understand and integrate appropriate building and engineering systems utilizing project consultants and specialists (e.g., acoustic, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, etc.).
  • Coordinate selected systems into the building design and identify and resolve conflicts.

Find more information about all experience areas in the AXP on our website or in the AXP Guidelines.