HKIA/ARB PA Paper 5 study guide
HKIA/ARB PA Paper 5 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The HKIA/ARB Professional Assessment is the professional assessment pathway administered under the Architects Registration Ordinance (Cap. The HKIA website lists its components as eligibility, assessment components and registration, and provides preparation resources including a Case Study, Examiners' Report, Lecture & Seminar Series, Study Guide and Sample Questions, and a list of Professional Assessment Advisors. The HKIA/ARB PA Paper 5 study guide has 4 sections and about 1,936 words.
01Case Study: Ordering Constraints and Reaching a Defensible Position
The Case Study domain is the integrative ground of Paper 5. You are handed a Hong Kong development scenario - a site, a client brief, a set of expectations - and asked to reach a defensible professional position.
497 words, about 2 min02Professional Practice and Regulations: The Statutory Chain and Professional Conduct
The Professional Practice and Regulations domain tests whether you can run a project lawfully and behave as a registered professional in Hong Kong. Questions cluster around the statutory submission chain, the division of responsibility between the Authorized Person (AP), Registered Structural Engineer (RSE), Registered Geotechnical Engineer (RGE) and Registered Contractor (RC), and the HKIA Code of Professional Conduct.
509 words, about 3 min03Contract and Project Management: Administering Time and Money
Contract and Project Management in Paper 5 tests administration rather than theory: can you run a Hong Kong building contract from tender to final account, control time and money, and resolve disputes without losing the client's position? Traditional lump-sum with bills of quantities (HKIA/HKCA Standard Form of Building Contract, 2005 edition) remains the base case; design and build, management contracting and cost-plus appear where the brief is incomplete at tender.
458 words, about 2 min04Building Technology and Sustainability: Buildability, Energy Code and Green Rating
Building Technology and Sustainability asks whether the technical solution you recommend can actually be built in Hong Kong and whether it satisfies the territory's energy and green-building regime. Expect questions that pair a structural or construction choice with a statutory or sustainability consequence.
472 words, about 2 min