NCARB Launches Online Application for Individuals’ Records

The National Council of Architecture Registration Boards (NCARB) announced September 5 that interns and architects can now fill out the application for an NCARB record to pursue certification or to begin the Intern Development Program (IDP) online. NCARB estimates that the new online application will cut the time it takes to establish an individual’s record to one week or less (down from the four weeks a paper application now takes). Visit the NCARB Web site and click on “Start your NCARB Record online.” If you cannot fill out the entire application in one sitting, you can save the information you have already entered and come back to it at your convenience. NCARB reports that the electronic version of their records application is the first step in changing how NCARB processes and maintains records for interns and architects.