New Edition: Updated with New NCARB approvals PPI's ARE 5.0 Exam Review Second Edition by David Kent Ballast with Steven E. O'Hara offers a complete review of all exam objectives covered in ARE 5.0's six divisions. The second edition has been thoroughly revised with over 100 new sections to cover each exam objective in complete detail. ARE 5.0 Exam Review features include: New NCARB approvals and updated content for a more thorough review of ARE exam objectives New interior color design helps you navigate by exam division Review every exam objective in all six divisions Hundreds of tables of and figures to facilitate referencing and problem solving ARE 5.0 Exam Divisions Covered: Practice Management Project Management Programming & Analysis Project Planning & Design Project Development & Documentation Construction & Evaluation

A Practical Guide & Mock Exam for the Site Planning & Design (SPD) Division of the ARE ! Every July, NCARB begins to recreate the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) questions based on a new guide and scope. We always incorporate this latest information into our books. To become a licensed architect, you need to have a proper combination of education and/or experience, meet your Board of Architecture's special requirements, and pass all seven divisions of ARE. This book provides an ARE exam overview, suggested reference and resource links, exam prep and exam taking techniques, tips and guides, and a realistic and complete mock exam with solutions and explanations for the Site Planning & Design (SPD) Division of the ARE. More specifically this book covers the following subjects: ARE, IDP, and Education Requirements ARE Exam Content, Format, and Prep Strategies Principles Codes and Regulations Environmental, Social & Economic Issues Materials & Technology Project & Practice Management Site Grading Site Design Four Graphic Vignettes with Step-By-Step Solutions Using the NCARB Practice Program Software Instructions on Installing Alternate dwg Files for Use with NCARB Software Instructions on Saving and Installing Various Solution Files for Use with NCARB Software The mock exam includes 65 challenging questions of the same difficulty level and format as the real exam (multiple-choice, check-all-that-apply, and fill-in-the-blank), and four graphic vignettes solutions. This book will help you pass the SPD division of the ARE and become a licensed architect! Can you study and pass the ARE Site Planning & Design Exam (SPD) in 2 weeks? The answer is yes IF you study the right materials: If you have ZERO experience but read the right materials, you can pass with 2 weeks of prep. If you study our book, "Site Planning & Design ARE Mock Exam," you have an excellent chance of studying and passing the ARE Site Planning & Design (SPD) Exam in 2 weeks. We have added many tips and tricks that WILL help you pass the exam on your first try. Our goal is to take a very complicated subject and make it simple. "Site Planning & Design ARE Mock Exam" will save you time and money and help you pass the exam on the first try! About the author Gang Chen holds a master's degree from the School of Architecture, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and a bachelor's degree from the School of Architecture, South China University of Technology. He has more than 20 years of professional experience. Many of the projects he was in charge of or participated in have been published extensively in Architecture, Architectural Record, The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, and more. He has worked on a variety of unusual projects, including well-known, large-scale healthcare and hospitality projects with over one billion dollars in construction costs, award-winning school designs, highly-acclaimed urban design and streetscape projects, multifamily housing, high-end custom homes, and regional and neighborhood shopping centers. Gang Chen is a LEED AP BD+C and a licensed architect in California. He is also the internationally acclaimed author of other fascinating books, including Building Construction, Planting Design Illustrated, the ARE Mock Exam series, and the LEED Exam Guides series, which includes one guidebook for each of the LEED exams. For more information, visit www.GreenExamEducation.com

The Construction Depth Practice Exam and Assessment Guide includes the top 40 questions that will be on the Construction depth portion of the PE Exam. This practice exam also includes an assessment section for you to quickly evaluate your strengths and weaknesses in the different topics and subtopics. All the questions and solutions are clearly labeled as to what topics they are concentrated on. This allows you to clearly understand what subject matter you are having trouble with or already fully comprehend. This allows you to studying smarter by focusing your full effort on the areas that you really need to. To find out more about the book or buy as an go to http: //www.learncivilengineering.com/practice-problems-and-sample-exams-2/ Topic Covered Earthwork Construction and Layout (6 Questions) A. Excavation and embankment B. Borrow pit volumes C. Site layout and control D. Earthwork mass diagrams E. Site and Subsurface investigations Material Quality Control and Production (6 Questions) A. Material properties and testing B. Weld and bolt installation C. Quality control process (QA/QC) D. Concrete proportioning and placement E. Concrete maturity and early strength evaluation Estimating Quantities and Costs (6 Questions) A. Quantity take-off methods B. Cost estimating C. Cost analysis for resource selection D. Work measurement and productivity Temporary Structures (6 Questions) A. Construction loads, codes, standards B. Formwork C. False work and scaffolding D. Shoring and reshoring E. Bracing and anchorage stability F. Temporary support of excavation Construction Operations and Methods (7 Questions) A. Lifting and rigging B. Crane stability C. Dewatering and pumping D. Equipment operations E. Deep foundation installation Health and Safety (3 Questions) A. OSHA regulations B. Safety management and statistics C. Work Zone and public safety Scheduling (5 Questions) A. Construction sequencing B. Activity time analysis C. CPM network analysis D. Resource scheduling and levelling E. Time-cost trade-off

This exam and study guide tests-and fosters-ownership of concepts in building systems, with an emphasis on the content stressed in the Architect Registration Examination (A.R.E.) Building Systems component. It is designed as a study tool, learning exercise, and confidence-builder. Questions are not reading comprehension devices that follow lessons, but rather opportunities to introduce a topic.Your time is valuable so this study guide does not treat all content that might appear on the exam equally. Rather it weights content by (1) its importance in the A.R.E. exam, and (2) its usefulness to the career of an architect. It further weights the content based on its "yield." In other words, memorizing the entire plumbing code will certainly help you on the A.R.E. exam, but it is certainly not the most efficient means of studying for it.

NCARB Approved for all Six Divisions PPI's second edition of the ARE 5.0 Exam Review by David Kent Ballast offers a comprehensive review of content areas covered in all six NCARB ARE 5.0 division exams. Building on the first edition, the content has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to the ARE 5.0 exam objectives for all six divisions Key Features: NEW! NCARB approvals on all six divisions A thorough review of all exam objectives to prepare you to pass all six divisions Over 150 example questions reinforce what you’ve learned and clarify how to apply key architectural concepts Pages tabbed in six different colors, one for each division, for easy lookup of a particular exam division Hundreds of tables and figures to facilitate referencing and problem solving Advice, tips, and exam taking strategies to prepare you for exam day Binding: Paperback Publisher: PPI, a Kaplan Company All Six ARE 5.0 Exam Divisions Covered Comprehensively Practice Management Project Management Programming & Analysis Project Planning & Design Project Development & Documentation Construction & Evaluation