ARB Flashcards
What did the Architect’s Registration Act developed in 1931 do?
It regulated the profession.
What is ARCUK?
The former title of the ARB which was (Architect’s Registration Council for the United Kingdom) Its role was to keep a register of Architects and to regulate the profession. It ensured that nobody other than registered and qualified people called themselves ‘Architects’.
What was the ‘Code Conduct and Discipline’?
A series of guidelines for Architects, based on principles of ‘will do’ . Architects failing to comply would be removed from the register.
What were the implications of the Warne Report?
- anyone would have been able to have called himself/herself an architect,
- decreased consumer protection,
- architects would have had to have called themselves ‘chartered architects’.
Why change from ARCUK to ARB?
- ARCUK was established in the 1930’s when the public view of professionals was largely deferential; when it was felt that they could be trusted to serve the public interest above self interest.
- Increasingly the public and government view has become suspicious of professional self-regulation.
- ARCUK although independent from the RIBA & RIAS was so dominated by members of the profession that its credentials as a body were considered suspect and compromised
- The aim of ARB was to make architects more accountable to the public by having a majority of its board members as non architects.
What are the various ARB Committees?
Investigation Committee, Professional Conduct Committee, Prescription Committee, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
What is the Investigation Committee’s role?
Investigates whether there may be a case to answer in the event of a complaint to the Board. Can give warning or refer to Professional Conduct Committee.
What is the Proffessional Conduct Committee’s role?
Chaired by a solicitor nominated by the Law Society to investigate complaints of unacceptable professional conduct and serious professional incompetence. Hearings can be held in public. Hearings consist of 3 persons from ARB, one architect, one lay person and a person nominated by the Law Society. Disciplinary action –warning, fine, suspended & name removed from the register.
What is the role of the Prescription Committee?
Oversees procedures for qualification including Part 3 Exam and Oral.
What is the role of the Audit Committee?
Oversees and audits the internal running of the ARB.
What is the role of the Remuneration Committee?
Oversees the remuneration(money paid for work or service) packages offered to all staff, Board members and advisers.
What did the Architects Code establish?
- This established the Architects Registration Board as the new regulatory authority and at the end of that year their ‘Code of Professional Conduct and Practice’ was published and slowly the ARB began to wield an iron fist over the profession.
- Responsibility for regulating the profession used to be shared between ARCUK and the RIBA and the RIAS, each having their own codes of conduct. It is the Architects Registration Board which now has effectively become the sole regulatory body.
What are the 12 standards for the ‘ARB Code of Conduct 2010’?
-Standard 1
Be honest and act with integrity
Standard 2
Be competent
Standard 3
Promote your services honestly and responsibly
Standard 4
Manage your business competently
Standard 5
Consider the wider impact of your work
Standard 6
Carry out your work faithfully and conscientiously
Standard 7
Be trustworthy and look after your clients’ money properly
Standard 8
Have appropriate insurance arrangements
Standard 9
Maintain the reputation of architects
Standard 10
Deal with disputes or complaints appropriately
Standard 11
Co-operate with regulatory requirements and investigations
Standard 12
Have respect for others
What is the RIBA?
The Royal Institute of British Architects. It is a registered charity with over 40,000 members in 100 countries.
What are the main objectives of the RIBA?
- The advancement of architecture and the promotion and acquirement of the knowledge of the arts and science connected therewith.
- is committed to the improvement and enjoyment of the physical environment through the development and sharing of values, ideas, learning, and practices.
What is the RIAS?
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. They act on behalf of the RIBA within Scotland. It is the professional body for all chartered architects in Scotland.
What are the main objectives of the RIAS?
- to organise and unite in fellowship the architects of Scotland and to combine their efforts for the general advancement of architecture
- to foster the study of the national architecture of Scotland and to encourage its development
- to maintain the status and protect the interests of the profession
- to research, collate and publish information on services of interest to members of the profession and to the public at large
- to exercise professional supervision over the members of the Royal Incorporation.
What does Construction Design & Management Regulations involve?
imposes responsibility on clients, designers & contractors in relation to health and safety issues.
What does Housing Grants, Construction & Regeneration Act 1996 (part 2 - Construction Contracts) involve?
Imposes ‘adjudication’ or ‘mediation’ on the construction industry as a means of resolving disputes rather than litigation.
What does the Disability Discrimination Act
achieve?
progressively imposes increased standards for access and facilities within buildings
What does The Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006
entail?
Introduces the biggest change to the planning system in 60 years.
What are the main points from Sir John Egan’s ‘Rethinking Construction’ which have changed the construction industry?
He stated that the industry create an integrated project process around the four key elements of ‘product development’, ‘project implementation’, ‘partnering the supply chain’ and ‘production of components’. Sustained improvement should then be delivered through use of techniques for eliminating waste and increasing value for the customer‘.
- The industry must provide decent and safe working conditions and improve management and supervisory skills at all levels. The industry must design projects for ease of construction making maximum use of standard components and processes’.
- ‘The industry must replace competitive tendering with long term relationships based on clear measurement of performance
