anonymous283 wrote:Please see attached. First off a waiting room is sociopetal. People are gathering in close proximity to each other. I can't see that as being sociofugal.

You're misreading. The analysis, which I agree with, assumes that people in that situation want a sociofugal space.

Secondly by having an open space where lots of social interaction occurs, I'd imagine people would get less stressed than if they were put into a tiny waiting room facing examination rooms...

In a medical facility, I disagree. Their analysis is correct.

anonymous283 wrote:There's another test that says benches keep people in parks and you can still talk to someone next to you sitting on a bench...

anonymous283 wrote:I've done zoning in NYC and thought for sure the answer would be abef but alas I'm wrong once again... who knew minimum lot sizes were not fully addressed by the zoning code...

anonymous283 wrote:ballast has an occupancy load question where it didn't round up from .3. I thought it was standard practice to round up any fraction of an occupant just to be on the safe side. On the ARE do you never round up or do you always or do you for fractions equal to or more than .5

anonymous283 wrote:As a socialist, I find this question to be propaganda and a bad comparison

Regardless of how you feel, it is a fact that A is correct.

I mean if you could get labor from rural Mississippi to work NYC it would be cheaper than going non union...

Nope. First of all, you're assuming that qualified craftsmen will work for a lot less just because they're from an area with a lower cost of living.
Which leads to a second point you're ignoring. Even if base wages are lower, in order for crews to go far afield of their base, and that does happen on occasion, you must factor in housing and per diem costs.

anonymous283 wrote:Since when is a bay of a ribbed vault comprised of 3 pairs of DIAGONAL arches? There are 2 diagonal arches that connect at the middle...

anonymous283 wrote:As a socialist, I find this question to be propaganda and a bad comparison I mean if you could get labor from rural Mississippi to work NYC it would be cheaper than going non union...

thd7t wrote:

anonymous283 wrote:Surely you've received questions before a bid asking if they're required to use "prevailing wage"...

anonymous283 wrote:As a socialist, I find this question to be propaganda and a bad comparison I mean if you could get labor from rural Mississippi to work NYC it would be cheaper than going non union...

anonymous283 wrote:This one is just plain dumb (I said B, they say D). The question asks what space can't an exit path go THROUGH FROM THE CAFETERIA. You can't start from the cafeteria and go THROUGH the dining terrace to an exit without going through the cafeteria again, and if this is allowed then all options would be viable since you could do the same in the electric games room...

anonymous283 wrote:Thank you all for the replies, especially from the coach. I've got some more here. I've got 3 study materials telling me 3 different things. Kaplan 85, ncarb 80, chen, 70 for painful db

anonymous283 wrote:Ballast has a similar question and they say 300 to 400 sq ft per car is required. Kaplan says 400 sq ft. But I think both are wrong. 90 degree parking requires 24 foot wide lanes with 18 foot long parking spots on each side (60 feet total). So I took 325 cars divided by 2 for one side of parking x 9 feet per car = 1467 feet x 60 feet = 88020 divided by 43560 = 2 acres. The more parking spots you have, the more efficient this system is. For this instance you get 270 sq ft per car.

anonymous283 wrote:How aren't codes and regulations such as setbacks not apart of programming? I see it in william pena's dumb thing.

anonymous283 wrote:really the estimate one isn't more accurate? Also chen question 78 about greywater is wrong.

anonymous283 wrote:Questions 81,83,84,85 are something else. 81) huh? I was almost certain its life cycle analysis costs. You do life cycle cost analysis for conventional projects and cradle to grave is what LEED is all about. 83) We should know what ODP and all these other abbreviations stand for? lol. 84) I'd argue scraps from a manufacturing process is also post-consumer. 85) ... yea not gonna memorize that.

thd7t wrote:

anonymous283 wrote:This one is just plain dumb (I said B, they say D). The question asks what space can't an exit path go THROUGH FROM THE CAFETERIA. You can't start from the cafeteria and go THROUGH the dining terrace to an exit without going through the cafeteria again, and if this is allowed then all options would be viable since you could do the same in the electric games room...

The dining terrace may not go to grade. In addition, exits must end at a public way. The dining terrace would not fit that.

anonymous283 wrote:How is B not the correct answer? They argue that B would make beds too far from existing ancillary facilities yet in A there are towers which would require such facilities on each floor or be far away. B would be the most economical way to expand a hospital.

anonymous283 wrote:Rofl every shopping mall I've ever been to has been linear... (Axial is the right answer according to Kaplan)

anonymous283 wrote:They say precinctual (I don't think that pattern was even covered in the study material)... What happened to cardo and decumanus (grid)?

anonymous283 wrote:Since when can't you sense the quality of a space from touch? I think blind people would disagree.

anonymous283 wrote:Umm this is what suburban sprawl is and that's the antithesis of sustainable design.

anonymous283 wrote:I answered a, they say b. high ceiling in hot arid? That contradicts caroline's notes based off of kaplan which says go compact