Practice Management
A firm is developing a system of eliminating paper copies of projects that have been completed. First to be rid are projects which no claims can arise.
Which project files should be eliminated first?
A. Projects with fewest change orders.
B. Projects that are beyond the statute of limitations.
C. Projects that have a letter of recommendation from the owner.
What is B. Projects that are beyond the statute of limitations.
What year of IBC does the Commonwealth of Kentucky utilize for their building code?
What is 2015 IBC?
Who designed the pyramid at the Louvre?
Who is I.M. ?
Two days prior to the bid due date, a major conflict is discovered in the bid documents between the architectural and structural drawings. The conflict will require extensive reworking of the drawings and additional structural steel.
What should the architect issue to bidders?
What is an Addendum?
An architect is selecting an elevator for a three-story residential building that serves 12 apartments. Initial cost is the developer's primary consideration.
Which one of the following systems should the architect select?
A.Geared traction elevator
B.Gearless traction elevator
C.Holeless hydraulic elevator
D.Conventional hydraulic elevator
What is C. Holeless hydraulic elevator?
An architect who works on small residential projects wants to start a practice. The architect wants to:
- Limit personal liability and risks. - Maintain full control over management decisions. - Minimize startup costs.
Which business structure is best?
A. General Partnership
B. Sole Proprietorship
C. Limited Liability Company
D. Professional Corporation (C Corporation)
What is C. Limited Liability Company.
- limits liability and risk! and other items..
What is the maximum slope of a ramp that is used for accessibility?
What is 1/12?
8.33% and 4.8 degrees are allowable answers.
Whose design philosophy was the following: "There are no straight lines or sharp corners in NATURE. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners."?
Who is Antoni Gaudi?
After the slabs for the ground-level concrete floor have been poured, the contractor sends an RFI to the architect noting that the plumbing drawings show floor drains in the commercial kitchens, but the architectural drawings do not have floor drains. The contractor excluded floor drains during the slab pour, and the RFI requests that the floor drains be removed. The architect responds that plumbing code requires floor drains and submits a sketch with new floor drain locations.
After closing the RFI, the contractor submits a change order request to the architect and owner for the additional work to drill the concrete slab and retroactively add floor drains.
Who is responsible for the cost of the concrete removal and reinstallation?
A. Owner
B. Contractor
C. Architect
D. Plumbing Engineer
What is B. Contractor?
An architect is designing a building in a cold climate and wants to eliminate condensation on the interior surface of the building's exterior walls.
Which of the following will help eliminate condensation? Check the three that apply.
A.Increasing the wall insulation
B.Eliminating the wall insulation
C.Raising the interior relative humidity
D.Lowering the interior relative humidity
E.Raising the surface temperature of the affected area
F.Lowering the surface temperature of the affected area
What is A, D, and E?
An architecture firm is awarded the design of a technologically advanced 100,000-seat stadium with a five-year design and construction schedule. The owner wants to keep overall costs on budget, minimize risk, and open the stadium in time to host several major events.
Which delivery method should the firm recommend?
What is Construction manager as constructor?
CM at risk is correct as well.
How far must a handrail extend at top/bottom of ramps?
What is 12"?
Who designed the St. Louis Gateway Arch?
Who is Eero Saarinen?
Per standard AIA Document B101, how many times does an architect review a submittal before subsequent reviews can incur additional costs?
What is two times? Initial and resubmittal.
An architect wants to encourage the cooling effect of natural ventilation in a large space.
Which one of the following design strategies should be used?
A.Zone the activities of the space vertically.
B.Orient the space on an east-west axis.
C.Add high and low openings to the space.
D.Design the space around a cold air sink.
What is C?
During construction, a contractor falls behind schedule and has no plan to align with the critical path. The owner asks the architect to assist in getting the schedule back on track without additional services.
Which action is within the architect's standard of care for construction contract administration?
A. Prioritizing the review and return of sequential submittals numbered by the contractor.
B. Performing daily site visits in order to immediately respond to contractor questions in the field.
C. Approving partially complete work in order to allow trades to work on other parts of the building.
D. Laying out a more efficient scaffold solution that allows more access to exterior enclosure progress.
What is A. The review of submittals falls within the standard of care, and the review of priority submittals to assist with the schedule does not raise the standard of care.
Which chapter of the IBC has a table with required plumbing fixtures?
A. None. This is the Mechanical Engineer's job.
B. Chapter 29
C. Chapter 12
D. Chapter 46
What is B. Chapter 29?
Who is known for the saying "Less is More"?
Who is Mies van der Rohe?
During construction, a contractor finds that the architectural and structural drawings contain conflicting information about foundation rebar. The contractor submits an RFI, and the architect advises the contractor to follow the structural drawings. The contractor then submits a change order for the more complex work required on the structural drawings, claiming they bid the project based on information in the architectural set.
What action should the architect take?
What is REJECT the change order?
An architect is designing a replacement roofing system for an existing building in a hospital complex. The hospital is worried about the effects of the installation of the roof on patients with breathing difficulties. The hospital has asked the architect to choose a roofing system that minimizes health risks.
Which roofing system should the architect specify?
A.EPDM
B.Modified bitumen
C.Four-ply built-up roof
What is A. EPDM?
An architecture firm must increase profits for the upcoming year and has a current backlog of projects for the year. The firm is comprised of three partners, eight architectural production and management staff members, and three administrative assistants.
Which of the following strategies will most likely increase profits?
A. Invest in more marketing and advertising.
B. Reduce the administrative staff to two assistants.
C. Pursue work in markets where the firm has not worked before.
What is B. Reducing the number of administrative assistants will reduce direct expenses, and if fee income stays the same, profits will increase.
What construction type are the exterior walls of noncombustible materials and the interior building elements are of any allowable material?
What is type III construction?
Who created the "Five Points of Architecture" in the 1920s?
Who is Le Corbusier?
A contractor is performing repairs to steel balcony guardrails on a 30-story high-rise condominium building when sparks from steel cutting damage the adjacent glass door at the first balcony repair area. The project manual requires the contractor to protect balcony floors and walls but does not specify protection of glass doors and windows. The contractor agrees to pay for the replacement of the damaged glass but submits a change order for the cost of installing plywood protection over all remaining doors and windows.
The owner argues that it is not their responsibility to pay for additional plywood protection.
How should the architect proceed?
What is issue a construction change directive to provide additional plywood protection at no cost?
An architect is designing a five-story addition to an existing building, and a separate foundation needs to be designed to support the addition. A subsurface investigation reveals that the soil on the site is predominantly coarse grained.
Which type of foundation is most appropriate for the new building?
A.Shallow foundation with stepped footings
B.Shallow foundation with cantilever footings
C.Deep foundation with micropiles
D.Deep foundation with friction piles
What is B. Shallow foundation with cantilever footings?