AIBC Professional Conduct - Complaints

As a self-governing professional organization, the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) has been empowered by the provincial government to establish, monitor, and enforce standards of conduct and ethics for its member architects and associates. To meet this responsibility, the AIBC has established a process to receive and investigate complaints and, when necessary, to hold a formal Disciplinary Inquiry into a member’s alleged unprofessional conduct.

The AIBC also strives to ensure that both the complainants and those registrants under investigation are treated with respect and fairness throughout the course of a complaint. The AIBC’s professional conduct process is designed to protect the parties’ right to a full and impartial review and to incorporate the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness.

AIBC Professional Conduct Documents:

• AIBC Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

• Rules of Professional Conduct

• The Complaint Process - AIBC Professional Conduct Process

• AIBC Professional Conduct Complaint Form

If you believe an architect or associate is behaving in an unprofessional manner and has contravened the AIBC bylaws or the Architects Act of British Columbia, a complaint can be made to the AIBC. For more information about the AIBC professional conduct complaint process, including what information the AIBC needs in order to investigate a complaint, please consult the AIBC Professional Conduct Complaint Form, or contact:

Gayle Roberts
Professional Conduct Coordinator
E-mail: groberts@aibc.ca
Phone: 604.683.8588, ext. 310

To view recent findings and admissions of professional misconduct or for information about accessing older professional conduct decisions click here:

• Current Findings and Admissions of Unprofessional Conduct

Click here to read a modified excerpt from Trending Up, Trending Down; first published in Architecture BC 2011.