LARE Section 4 case studies
LARE Section 4 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Landscape Architect Registration Examination (L.A.R.E.) is the exam administered by CLARB, the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards, as part of the path to professional licensure in landscape architecture. CLARB describes its role as designing and promoting standards to ensure that people, places and the environment are protected by landscape architecture, and positions its exam and record services as support for candidates moving from exam preparation into professional practice. The LARE Section 4 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,378 words.
1Cut, Fill, and the Contractor's Balance Number
A 4.6-acre office site is ready to bid. The contractor's average-end-area takeoff from a 20-ft grid shows 2,400 cy of cut and 1,900 cy of compacted fill.
549 words, about 3 min2A Detention Basin That Will Not Fit Its Available Area
A 3.5-acre commercial redevelopment must provide on-site detention for the 25-year, 60-minute storm. Composite runoff coefficients are 0.30 pre-development and 0.72 post-development, and the 60-minute intensity is 3.9 in/hr.
722 words, about 4 min3An Undersized Storm Line and a Utility Crossing Conflict
A 400-ft storm sewer must carry 6.5 cfs from a new parking lot to an existing 30-in RCP outfall whose invert is fixed at elevation 96.0. The inlet at the lot needs an invert of 98.0, so only 2.0 ft of fall is available over the 400 ft.
703 words, about 4 min4Bioretention on Clay with a High Water Table
An infill site of 2.1 acres must meet a local standard requiring retention of the first 1.0 in of rainfall over all new impervious area, 80 percent TSS removal, and a 50-ft undisturbed buffer along a mapped stream. The program is 1.6 acres of impervious cover, 0.3 acre of usable green space, and 0.2 acre inside the buffer.
709 words, about 4 min5Plaza Grading: Accessibility, Minimum Slope, and Drainage
A 90-by-140-ft plaza lies between a new building entrance and a public sidewalk. The building finished floor is elevation 100.0 and the sidewalk is at 97.0.
695 words, about 3 min