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An Architect's Story
Guest author, Mike Cummings, AIA, LEED AP BD + C, Senior Principal, TK Architects, Kansas City, Missouri.
I am one of the principals in an architectural/engineering company that practices on a national and international basis. Maintaining professional licenses and registrations are an ongoing responsibility. Over the years, we have tried several ways to make sense of the process and keep track of the necessary information.
To put the task into perspective for you, I maintain a license or registration in 36 states and the District of Columbia, an NCARB certificate, AIA membership and LEED AP BD + C credentials. This leads to renewals every month except January and February. Keeping track of renewals is a significant task because each has individual continuing education or credential maintenance requirements. I typically had a few AIA transcripts for different time periods with notes on them.
After hearing Lexi's presentation outlining the time saving services of AECredentialing, we signed up. For the past year I have received a report each month showing continuing education status in all jurisdictions, an historic continuing education course record, and a full list of licenses and registrations with the renewal dates. The continuing education requirements summary alone is more than worth the cost. It also serves as a monthly reminder to me of upcoming renewals and requirements and allows me to see at a glance when I need to complete continuing education to best meet the multiple renewal cycles.
In terms of cost/benefit, from June to December, I have multiple renewals each month and I know it saves hours monthly in terms of tracking continuing education alone. This is time I can spend on projects, or seek new work which is much more valuable to the company. AECredentialing also stays current with new and proposed regulations and informs me when/if they will have an impact on my credentials. Finally, there is the peace of mind that comes from knowing that my credentials are not at risk.
June license renewals are drawing near for eight architecture licensing jurisdictions and eleven engineering licensing jurisdictions. Are you prepared? Do you have an effective technology driven solution in place?
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