ARE 5.0: CE case studies
ARE 5.0: CE · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Construction & Evaluation (CE) is one of the divisions of the Architect Registration Examination (ARE 5.0), the professional licensure exam that NCARB develops and maintains for candidates working toward an architecture license in the United States. It is written for intern architects and other licensure candidates who have completed or are completing AXP experience and who are ready to demonstrate competence in the construction-phase services an architect performs on a project. The ARE 5.0: CE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,576 words.
1The Bid That Skipped an Addendum
You are the architect on a 42,000 sf tenant improvement for a credit union. Bid documents went to five prequalified contractors; the low bid is 6.18M against a 6.4M budget.
699 words, about 3 min2Saturday Concrete, No Cylinders, Extra Water
You are the architect's part-time field representative on a six-story cast-in-place parking structure, on site twice a week. On a Monday walk you notice that 180 cubic yards of slab-on-grade concrete were placed the previous Saturday.
677 words, about 3 min3Pay Application 7: Stored Steel, Wrong Retainage, Short Waiver
The contractor submits Pay Application 7 for 1,240,000 on a 9.8M office building. It includes 310,000 for structural steel that has been fabricated and is stored in the fabricator's yard 90 miles away; the schedule of values carries that line at 100% complete, although no steel is on site.
706 words, about 4 min4Substantial Completion Signed, Life-Safety Systems Untested
The architect issues a Certificate of Substantial Completion on March 14 for a 60,000 sf elementary school. The punch list has 143 items; 22 involve the fire alarm and kitchen hood suppression systems, which have not passed acceptance testing by the local authority having jurisdiction.
764 words, about 4 min5Reversed Weather Barrier, Eleven Months Later
Eleven months after substantial completion of a 200-unit multifamily project, the owner reports water intrusion at 14 north-facing units. Your weekly observation reports from the previous winter noted reversed weather-barrier laps at those exact bays, and the contractor's own QC log recorded the same condition.
730 words, about 4 min