[JA]

Thanks for the info.  The compaction should not be a real problem as there will only be tires rolling over the surface maybe once a month – this is more of an adjacent area that needs some ‘love’. 

I do agree that the shade issue causes trouble…but, moss seems to be the only vegetation that endures in that spot.

[JA]

There sure are a lot of really helpful people on this website.  I thought I’d hear from some professionals – guess not.  Sorry to ‘inconvenience’ anyone for making them feel compelled to reply with blather.

[JA]

It’s for a driveway at a sgl family house.  It will only be about 400sf & will be parked on, rolelr across or walked on from time-tot- time.

[JA]

OK, I’d like to return to my original question & rephrase it a bit:

     Q:  Does the CLARB Council Record break down Work Experience Categories like the LARE

           categories as mentioned before in this Discussion?

Those categories were:

• Landscape Architecture Desgin

• Planting Design / Planting Construction Drawings

• Grading and Drainage and Stormwater Management

• Detail Construction Drawings

• Specification Writing

• Project Administration and Construction

I do understand that each state has their specifics, but I am only asking about CLARB’s Council Record.  After that, I’ll leave everyone alone :/

[JA]

Well, I guess that I just have a belief that the design of structures & the actual land with which they co-exist are not separate endeavours.

[JA]

In GA, the language is vague.  As I mentioned, the Board says ‘equivalent’ degree.  I have written them to clarify if my degree is equivalent.  If it is, I may try to meet all other reqts, such as working for a LArch (in GA, it’s 18 mos w/out an MLA).

[JA]

Just outta curiosity:  Which State has the most difficult (or p.i.t.a.) requirements.  That might be the best for me to build my experience around.

[JA]

Yeah, Macho!  I kinda miss that hand-to-pencil-to-paper connection myself.  Here’s wishing you good results on your exam.

BTW, not being as ‘organized’ as Architects for documenting Work Exp is really a good thing.  IDP for us has been frustrating & consfusing over the years.  I waited about 20 yrs to do my IDP & I’m gld that I did because they finally got everything online & eliminated the need to submit mounds of papers to NCARB.  What’s really reprehensible abt IDP is that in 2010, NCARB started the infamous ‘6-month rule’  – document work exp w/in 6 mos, or you lose the experience.  Hence, my ‘cramming’ to document my Work Exp.  Maybe it got me off my butt, but my Experience, is MY Experience & not something that a Board should decide to cancel just because less people are joining NCARB.  ANyway, I s’pose that’s a rant for an Architect’s Forum, sorry ya’ll.

[JA]

Thanks, that looks about like the answer(s0 that I was hoping to get.  Here, in GA, the LA Board’s reqt’s are that you have 18months, unspecified experience, working directly for a L/Arch.  The degree reqt is interesting, because it specifies a L/Arch degree…or ‘equivalent’.  I am hoping that my BS Arch is ‘equivalent’.  If so, it’s good for me, but I will respect that a BLArch or MLArch would have precedence.

ANyway, the stagnant economy for Archts in this ‘new world’ has given me lots of time to focus on some long delayed post-nominals…

[JA]

That seems to be what I am finding, as well.  The most challenging part for me will be to gain the 18 months work exp req’d in my State.  Anyway, would you, or anyone ‘tuning in’, be able to tell me what  the COuncil record’s specific Categories are?

I noticed that CLARBs LARE guide has breakdowns into Sections A -through- E.  Does the Council Record follow those categories?  I already have a Spreadsheet put together which converts my actual work hours into NCARB, PMP, NCIDQ Work Reqts.  I would like to know the actual CLARB categories so that I can add LA to that spreadsheet.

[JA]

After a bit of checking, I think what I am asking about is the categories in CLARB’s ‘Council Record’.

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