Adaptive reuse is becoming increasingly common because it not only preserves important historical features of existing buildings but is also...
Compared to indicative and investigative postoccupancy evaluations (POEs), diagnostic POEs tend to provide more comprehensive and in-depth evaluations...
While investigative postoccupancy evaluations (POEs) tend to require more planning and resource allocation than indicative POEs, they often provide a...
Although cursory in nature, an indicative postoccupancy evaluation (POE) provides an indication of the major failures and successes in a building’s...
While postoccupancy evaluations (POEs) can be used to measure the overall performance of a building in relation to its intended use, other building...
Guide updates to NCARB’s programs and services by sharing your insights in the Analysis of Practice study.
With growing interest in taller wood-frame buildings—many with five stories of wood on podiums and with wood-frame mezzanines—there has also been...
The 10th anniversary edition features expanded demographic data, a month-by-month look back at COVID-19's impact on licensure, and exam pass rates by...
NCARB provides new insight into candidates’ exam performance by demographics, plus details on the new post-exam survey. Released July 22, 2021.
In wood-frame buildings of three or more stories, cumulative shrinkage can be significant and have an impact on the function and performance of...