Architecture standard vernacular of "bi-weekly"

[weave315]

I encountered a question on the practice management exam that describes architects as meeting “bi-weekly.” According to dictionary language rules bi-weekly describes BOTH twice a week and once every two weeks.

Is there a standard in the architectural practice that bi-weekly means every other week as the commonly accepted meaning and not twice a week? If this comes up on the ARE it would be an easy way to get a question wrong for a silly reason.

[coacheliserenwick]

Hello @weave315 -

Why dont you take a second and check out this post…

PCM Practice Exam question

Hi all, The prompt for the question had “meetings are held bi-weekly during CA phase”. The question was to calculate meeting fees based on no. of meetings for the entire project. My query is that bi-weekly can mean twice a week or once every two weeks. Obviously I calculated the wrong way because the intention of the question was that meetings are held once every two weeks. Would it not be easier to state that time frame as bi-monthly? I have been on projects that had OAC meetings twice a week …

Let me know if it does not answer your question and I will follow up with further clarification.

-Elise