The Discipline Notice publishes findings and admissions of unprofessional conduct by AIBC Registrants.
As the regulator of the architectural profession in British Columbia, the AIBC establishes, monitors, and enforces standards of ethical and professional conduct for all AIBC Registrants: Architects, Architectural Firms, Intern Architects, Architectural Technologists, Retired Architects, and Temporary Licensees (Architects). More information is available on the AIBC’s professional conduct webpage and in the Professional Governance Act, the AIBC Bylaws, and the AIBC’s Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
All Discipline Violations are Published in accordance with the AIBC Bylaw 8.0 Public Disclosure.
Note: Effective February 10, 2023, the Architects Act (Act) was repealed and the AIBC continued under the authority of the Professional Governance Act (PGA). As part of the transition, AIBC Bylaw 7.51, allows the Consensual Resolution Review Panel established under the Act to continue to exercise its powers and duties with respect to any matters where the Registrant agreed to enter into a Consensual Resolution before the transition. The below matter proceeded under the former Act and refers to bylaw breaches in force at the time of the conduct. The referenced bylaw breaches remain in force under the PGA but are now known as Professional Standards under the AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The corresponding Professional Standards to the former bylaw breaches have been identified in the Discipline Notice for this matter.
AIBC Disciplinary Decisions
Lukas Armstrong Architect AIBC made admissions, by way of a consensual resolution agreement, that he breached AIBC Bylaws by:
- failing to act with reasonable care and competence and to the standard expected of an architect, when he submitted several documents to an authority having jurisdiction for projects that failed to accurately calculate measurements; classify the proper limits of his responsibility; and identify the occupant load. In addition, he relied on the authority having jurisdiction to identify these issues for him to correct (a breach of former AIBC Bylaw 30.1 and current Professional Standard 3.1 in AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct);
- submitting a Schedule C-B Letter of Assurance to the authority having jurisdiction, for a project knowing that the fire alarm verification was in process and had not been completed (a breach of former AIBC Bylaws 33.1 and 33.4. and current Professional Standard 4.1 in AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct); and
- failing to provide adequate direction, supervision, or control with respect to architectural services provided for projects and allowed firm staff to unduly rely on an authority having jurisdiction for direction and guidance (a breach of former AIBC Bylaw 34.1 and current Professional Standard 6.2 in AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct).
The facts and terms of this consensual resolution agreement were acknowledged and agreed to by Lukas Armstrong Architect AIBC and the AIBC, and approved by the Consensual Resolution Review Panel on October 6, 2023.
View the consensual resolution agreement
Further information about the AIBC’s professional conduct and disciplinary processes, including current Discipline Violations, and how to file a complaint, can be found on the AIBC Professional Conduct webpage.
The AIBC also publishes recent summaries of illegal practice resolutions involving individuals and companies not registered with the AIBC, which can be found on the AIBC Illegal Practice webpage.