Prepare for the ARE Vol. 4: Project Planning & Design
The ARE is one of the greatest challenges in your professional career and will help you be successful in your work. This course will help prepare you for and pass this exam.
What you'll learn
Congratulations! You’ve established eligibility to prepare for and take your Architects Registration Exams. It is no easy feat, but with the help of Pluralsight’s ARE Preparation courses, you will be knowledgeable enough to pass all exams without breaking a sweat.
This course, Prepare for the ARE Vol. 4: Project Planning & Design, addresses Project Planning & Design content directly from the test specification outline. They include; environmental conditions and context, codes and regulations, building systems, materials, and assemblies, project integration of program and systems, and project costs and budgeting.
Each volume starts with an overview of how it relates to the overall ARE 5.0 format, as well as presents effective strategies for that section of study. Also, the content is packed with tips and tricks for understanding how to lay the groundwork for successful project development, once all team members kick off into production.
Table of contents
- Affects of the Sun on Building Orientation 3m
- Strategies for Passive Heating and Cooling 7m
- Selection of Passive Systems 2m
- Passive Heating Methods 4m
- Passive Cooling Methods 2m
- Thermal Mass Cooling 3m
- Evaporative Cooling 1m
- On-site Physical Considerations 3m
- Calculating Slope 1m
- Site Investigation 8m
- Soil Testing and Design 2m
- Adaptive Reuse Concepts 4m
- Historic Preservation Processes 2m
- Building Codes 3m
- IBC Decoded: Occupancy Groups 6m
- IBC Chapter 4: Special Uses and Occupancies 9m
- IBC Chapter 5: General Building Heights and Areas 11m
- IBC Chapter 6: Types of Construction 6m
- IBC Chapter 10: Means of Egress 9m
- IBC Chapter 11: Accessibility 3m
- ADAAG Chapter 3: Building Blocks 5m
- ADAAG Chapter 4: Accessible Route 7m
- ADAAG Chapter 5: General Site and Building Elements 3m
- ADAAG Chapter 6: Plumbing Elements and Facilities 4m
- ADAAG Chapter 8: Special Rooms, Spaces, and Elements 3m
- Structural Loads and Forces 8m
- Columns and Beams 5m
- Span Types and Methods 7m
- Lateral Stability 2m
- Principles of High Rise Structures 3m
- Foundation Types 8m
- Floor Types 6m
- Wall Types 9m
- Roof Types 8m
- Comparative Structural Material Principles 4m
- Concrete Methods 4m
- Masonry Methods 1m
- Composite Assemblies 1m
About the author
Kevin is a Project Manager in a small architecture firm designing education and senior living facilities, and doubles as an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at MT. San Antonio College. He has been exploring the field of architecture for ten years, with three years of project management and teaching experience in his current positions.The passion he has for teaching permeates most aspects of his life, which brings him to Pluralsight. While teaching Rhino and Grasshopper in classes, Kevin's key c... more