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 Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
All Discipline Violations are Published in accordance with the requirements under the AIBC Bylaw heading 8.0 Public Disclosure.
Note: The breaches noted below reference the repealed Architects Act, former AIBC Bylaws, and former Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct that were in force at the time of the infractions. The corresponding current Professional Standards in Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct are also identified for reference.
AIBC Discipline Decisions
Mary Joann Zulueta Architect AIBC made admissions, by way of a consent order, that she breached:
- former AIBC Bylaw 30.1 and 33.3 in the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct effective March 25, 2021 (current Professional Standards 3.1 and 4.2 in the AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct), by failing to exercise reasonable care and competence and apply the knowledge, skill and judgment which is ordinarily applied by architects currently providing architectural services when she signed letters of assurance with respect to documents she did not prepare and were not in accordance with the BC Building Code, provided services for a fee that was inadequate to provide minimum scope of services, and facilitated the illegal practice of architecture;
- former AIBC Bylaw 32.3 and 33.3 in the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct effective March 25, 2021 (current Professional Standards 10.7 and 4.2 in the AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct), when she failed to notify the local authority after she learned that a design firm had engaged in the illegal practice of architecture when it submitted drawings on two occasions for a project that required an architect;
- former AIBC Bylaw 32.5(a) and 33.3 in the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct effective March 25, 2021 (current Professional Standards 8(a) and 4.2 in the AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct), when she failed to notify the AIBC in writing, or at all, when she learned that the design firm had illegally practised the profession of architecture; and
- former AIBC Bylaw 34.1 (current Professional Standard 2 in the AIBC Bylaws Schedule A: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct), by failing to have direct knowledge and supervisory control of the services for a project when she reviewed the construction drawings, when in fact she was required to directly supervise the preparation of the drawings.
The facts and terms of this consent order were acknowledged and agreed to by Mary Joann Zulueta Architect AIBC and the AIBC Investigation Committee on January 17, 2025.
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Further information about the AIBC’s professional conduct and discipline 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.