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  • 1.  NCARB fees

    Posted 11-29-2010 09:25 AM
    After 40 years of practice, try obtaining an NCARB certificate under the Broadly Experienced Architect (BEA) classification.  They want $ 5,000 for the interview !

    Talk about influence of the belt line around DC.  I think Pelosi now sits on their Board.

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    Brian Spencer AIA
    Principal
    Brian A. Spencer Architects
    Carefree AZ
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  • 2.  RE:NCARB fees

    Posted 11-18-2010 02:24 AM
    Brian,

    Yes, I received the notification from NCARB earlier this year that they were going to raise the rates and were encouraging all architects that hadn't already done so, to apply for their certificates.  I was hoping that they had also changed their rules and were going to add a new route toward getting NCARB certified.

    I guess there's not much sense in creating an Associate NCARB certification status.  Or does one exist?

    In quickly reading over the immediate requirements for the (Broadly Experienced Architect) BEA application, I realized it might make more sense for me to obtain a Master's Degree in Architecture instead.  As, having been in and out of the profession due to work choices, I could see no guarantee that my application would necessarily be approved. 

    Good luck to you should you choose to pursue NCARB certification via the BEA method.  I think I've read somewhere that only about 30 people per year apply for this.  I can see why.  But, someone, such as yourself, with that many years in practice sounds like you'd be a definite shoo-in; certainly worth the investment and effort!



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    Tara Imani AIA
    Principal
    Tara Imani Designs, LLC
    Houston TX
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  • 3.  RE:NCARB fees

    Posted 11-30-2010 09:39 AM
    Everyone want's to blame Pelosi for everything. NCARB took 6 months to review my application and lost it twice--that was between 2001 and 2002, during the Bush administration and a Republican congress. The fact is, NCARB is a classic bureaucracy that transcends administrations. They can screw things up (and screw us) no matter who is leading the country or running congress.

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    David Clarke AIA
    Senior Architect
    Williams Design Group, Inc.
    Las Cruces NM
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  • 4.  RE:NCARB fees

    Posted 11-30-2010 10:09 AM
    We recently hired an ARB Certified ( in United Kingdom) architect. He has an MA degree, is a chartered member of RIBA and is a design award winner.  He has specialized in hospital design (all using US standards and AIA Healthcare Guidelines).  Most recently, he was employed as a sr. design architect by a very large and well known US firm.  His most recent project is estimated to be around $5B.

    We understand that there must be accountability and testing, but try getting this person registered in the US!

    States won't recognize him unless NCARB does.  NCARB appears to have no set process for international reciprocity, so there is no telling what it will cost or how long this might take. In order to find out, we just send $. Unless something dramatic happens, it appears as though this highly skilled architect will be asked to start at ground zero with the IDP program.   Has anybody else encountered this and if so, do you have any advice for us?

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    Robin Miller AIA
    Miller Sellers Heroux Architects
    Sioux Falls SD


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  • 5.  RE:NCARB fees

    Posted 12-01-2010 08:04 AM
    We have had the same experience with NCARB and it's very frustrating.  I have an associate with over 20 years experience, who also is a licensed architect in the State of New York.  He took and passed the full licensing exam and is current on all continuing ed requirements, and despite 5 years of trying got nowhere with NCARB to achieve certification, which is a requirement for reciprocal licensing here in NJ.  They collected fees and stalled him over and over until he gave up.  He would have to go through IDP and take the exam again in order to get his license in NJ, even though he is already a licensed architect!

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    Paul Kiss AIA
    Principal
    Olivieri, Shousky & Kiss, P.A
    Pennington NJ
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  • 6.  RE:NCARB fees

    Posted 12-02-2010 07:34 AM
    NCARB's BEFA program details are at http://www.ncarb.org/Certification-and-Reciprocity/Alternate-Paths-to-Certification/Broadly%20Experienced%20Foreign%20Architect%20Program.aspx 

    BEFA is the "Broadly Experienced Foreign Architect" program.

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    Steve Freeman
    Washington, D.C.
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