Professional Development Opportunities

The 2026 Certified Professional (CP) Course is based on the 2024 BC Building Code and the 2025 Vancouver Building By-law. The CP Course is conducted online, with the CP exams and site visit taking place in-person. Registration closes on December 1, 2025, or when all spots are filled. Early registration is advised, as capacity in both courses is usually reached well before the December deadline.

Partial grant funding for the courses is available through the WorkBC BC Employer Training Grant for those who are eligible. To learn more, visit the Government of BC’s Workforce Training Stream webpage.

Please note that while there are no specific prerequisites to register, these are advanced courses and having National Building Code, BC Building Code or Vancouver Building By-law knowledge is recommended. Contact CP Program Manager Anja Slusarzick-Seibt if you are uncertain about your readiness to take either course.

Certified Professional Program Overview

The CP Program is an alternative to the conventional building permit and inspection process adopted by Vancouver, Surrey, Abbotsford, Burnaby, West Vancouver, University Endowment Lands, Nanaimo, Ladysmith, District of Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, and Squamish Nation (Sen̓áḵw). Through the program, participating Authorities Having Jurisdiction can issue building permits on the assurances of a CP.

Although anyone may take the CP Course, only registered architects (Architects AIBC) and professional engineers (P.Eng.) may practice as CPs. Intern Architects AIBC, Engineers-in-Training (EITs), and other non-registered professionals who fulfill all CP Course requirements and successfully pass the CP Exams will become eligible to practice as CPs upon registration as architects or engineers.

2026 Certified Professional Course Schedule

The CP Course schedule consists of 12 full-day sessions on Wednesdays from January 14 to April 15, 2026. There are no classes on March 4, 2026 (reading break) and March 25, 2026 (spring break). There is an optional half-day tutorial on April 22, 2026. The CP Course concludes with 2 full-day exams April 29 and May 6, 2026. The site visits, mid-term and final exams will be conducted in-person in Greater Vancouver.

• Cost: $5,800+GST
• AIBC Learning Units: 75 Core LUs
• EGBC Continuing Education Hours: 75 CE Hours
• Registration: Registration for the CP Course closes on December 1, 2025 (Sold Out).

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Cancellation and Registration Policy

No refunds will be issued for a withdrawal within 30 days of the course date. If a request is received to withdraw from a course more than 30 days before the course date, refunds will be subject to a $60 administration fee plus applicable taxes, in addition to the transactional fees required to process the refund. Full refunds (i.e., not subject to administrative and transactional fees) will only be given in case of emergencies, at the AIBC’s entire discretion. An emergency refund form may be required to be completed.

Transferring registrations between individuals is not permitted.

The AIBC reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the courses. If the AIBC cancels the courses, full refunds will be issued.

Should you have any questions or concerns about your registration, please contact Krista Sutherland at ksutherland@aibc.ca.

CP Course Policy

CP Course students must have a minimum of 80% live attendance, have submitted both the high-rise and low-rise projects and have written the mid-term exam prior to writing the Final CP Exam. Students who do not meet these requirements will not be allowed to write the Final CP Exam and will fail to complete the Certified Professional Course. Please note that viewing a course recording in place of attending a live course day, or a portion of a live course day, will be considered as not having attended.

CP Course Students are required to have their own hard copies of the BC Building Code (BCBC) and the Vancouver Building Bylaw (VBBL) for the purpose of writing the CP midterm and final exams. The BCBC and VBBL hard copies are not included in the course cost.

Recording Policy

Each day of the Certified Professional (CP) and Advanced Code Knowledge (ACK) courses will be recorded. The intended purpose of these recordings is to provide students who were absent during a course day, to view the content that was missed.

The recordings will be stored on AIBC’s internal network drive, which is only accessible to AIBC staff and AIBC’s IT representatives. They will be shared through Sync.com, which is a secure, private, end-to-end encrypted online cloud storage platform with Canadian compliance built-in, including Canadian data residency.

Only students who have missed a course day, or a portion of a course day, will be given access to the recording and will be required to delete the file seven (7) days after it has been shared. CP and ACK students are not permitted to share the recordings. The AIBC will store the recordings on the AIBC network for six (6) months after the CP and ACK courses complete. 

By participating, you agree not to record any presentation using a personal device or external program.

Continuing Education Policy

This is an AIBC-Delivered event. Learning Units (LUs) are only recorded for AIBC CES Participants who have registered and paid for the event. No self-reports are accepted from individuals who have not registered and paid. LUs will be recorded on behalf of CES Participants and adjusted to reflect the actual time attended for each session.

Registrants of Engineers and Geoscientists BC can record this activity in the Continuing Education (CE) Reporting System in accordance with the CE Program.

Code of Conduct

The AIBC is committed to providing a collegial, inclusive, healthy, and safe environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and are free from discrimination against race, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, body size, genetic characteristics, and disability.

As such, the AIBC does not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind, including sexual and personal harassment, at the AIBC’s offices and wherever AIBC operations are carried out, including virtual events. Some examples of this type of behavior are: verbal aggression or yelling; vandalizing personal belongings; use of discriminatory language; threats; name calling; inappropriate physical contact; and unwelcome sexual attention.

All AIBC staff, Registrants, speakers, AIBC PD Day delegates, volunteers, sponsors, service providers, and guests are expected to observe and adhere to this code of conduct. Anyone who feels this code of conduct has been breached, is encouraged to report it as soon as possible, either as a victim or a witness, to any AIBC staff member or to hr@aibc.ca.

December Update: The registration deadline has been extended to December 15, 2025. 

The ACK Course is designed to provide advanced building code knowledge without CP certification. It provides all the building code content of the CP Course, but excludes exams, projects, and site visits. The ACK Course is comprised of seven full-day sessions on Wednesdays from January 14 to February 25, 2026.

• Cost: $3,715+GST.
• AIBC Learning Units: 49 Core LUs
• EGBC Continuing Education Hours: 49 CE Hours
• Registration: Registration for the ACK Course closes on December 15, 2025 (or when capacity is reached).

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Cancellation and Registration Policy

No refunds will be issued for a withdrawal within 30 days of the course date. If a request is received to withdraw from a course more than 30 days before the course date, refunds will be subject to a $60 administration fee plus applicable taxes, in addition to the transactional fees required to process the refund. Full refunds (i.e., not subject to administrative and transactional fees) will only be given in case of emergencies, at the AIBC’s entire discretion. An emergency refund form may be required to be completed.

Transferring registrations between individuals is not permitted.

The AIBC reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the courses. If the AIBC cancels the courses, full refunds will be issued.

Should you have any questions or concerns about your registration, please contact Krista Sutherland at ksutherland@aibc.ca.

CP Course Policy

CP Course students must have a minimum of 80% live attendance, have submitted both the high-rise and low-rise projects and have written the mid-term exam prior to writing the Final CP Exam. Students who do not meet these requirements will not be allowed to write the Final CP Exam and will fail to complete the Certified Professional Course. Please note that viewing a course recording in place of attending a live course day, or a portion of a live course day, will be considered as not having attended.

CP Course Students are required to have their own hard copies of the BC Building Code (BCBC) and the Vancouver Building Bylaw (VBBL) for the purpose of writing the CP midterm and final exams. The BCBC and VBBL hard copies are not included in the course cost.

Recording Policy

Each day of the Certified Professional (CP) and Advanced Code Knowledge (ACK) courses will be recorded. The intended purpose of these recordings is to provide students who were absent during a course day, to view the content that was missed.

The recordings will be stored on AIBC’s internal network drive, which is only accessible to AIBC staff and AIBC’s IT representatives. They will be shared through Sync.com, which is a secure, private, end-to-end encrypted online cloud storage platform with Canadian compliance built-in, including Canadian data residency.

Only students who have missed a course day, or a portion of a course day, will be given access to the recording and will be required to delete the file seven (7) days after it has been shared. CP and ACK students are not permitted to share the recordings. The AIBC will store the recordings on the AIBC network for six (6) months after the CP and ACK courses complete. 

By participating, you agree not to record any presentation using a personal device or external program.

Continuing Education Policy

This is an AIBC-Delivered event. Learning Units (LUs) are only recorded for AIBC CES Participants who have registered and paid for the event. No self-reports are accepted from individuals who have not registered and paid. LUs will be recorded on behalf of CES Participants and adjusted to reflect the actual time attended for each session.

Registrants of Engineers and Geoscientists BC can record this activity in the Continuing Education (CE) Reporting System in accordance with the CE Program.

Code of Conduct

The AIBC is committed to providing a collegial, inclusive, healthy, and safe environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and are free from discrimination against race, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, body size, genetic characteristics, and disability.

As such, the AIBC does not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind, including sexual and personal harassment, at the AIBC’s offices and wherever AIBC operations are carried out, including virtual events. Some examples of this type of behavior are: verbal aggression or yelling; vandalizing personal belongings; use of discriminatory language; threats; name calling; inappropriate physical contact; and unwelcome sexual attention.

All AIBC staff, Registrants, speakers, AIBC PD Day delegates, volunteers, sponsors, service providers, and guests are expected to observe and adhere to this code of conduct. Anyone who feels this code of conduct has been breached, is encouraged to report it as soon as possible, either as a victim or a witness, to any AIBC staff member or to hr@aibc.ca.

The 2024 BC Building Code Update Course focuses on updates to Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the BC Building Code. The 2024 BCBC includes most of the 2020 National Building code updates, but there are some British Columbia-specific Code changes.

Course instructors include:

• Alan Brown Architect AIBC, CP, Alan Brown Architect
• Allison Chen P.Eng., Engineers and Geoscientists BC
• Anja Slusarzick-Seibt Architect AIBC, CP, Architectural Institute of BC
• Barry Thorson P.Eng., CP, Thorson Consulting
• Jack Hui P.Eng., CP, Pontem Group
• Kai Mikkelsen P.Eng., CP, Thorson Consulting
• Maura Gatensby Architect AIBC, CP, Architectural Institute of BC
• Ron Bijok Architect AIBC CP, Radiant City Architecture Inc.

The course takes approximately 6.5 hours to complete.

Please also be advised that the 2024 BC Building Code Update Course is not a substitute or replacement of the mandatory Internship in Architecture Program BC Building Code course.

• Cost
  $450+GST
  $360+GST (Subsidized pricing for Intern Architects AIBC and Engineers-in-Training – please email professionaldevelopment@aibc.ca  for the pricing code)
• Learning Units
  6.5 Core LUs
• Registration
  AIBC Online Course Portal (under “Other PD Courses” tab in top menu)

Access to Courses & Course Materials

You will have access to the course for three (3) months from the date of purchase. All course materials will be available to download through each course. Remember to download and save the materials if you would like to keep them beyond the three months.

Cancellation, Registration and Learning Unit Policy

Purchasers may cancel the course registration by emailing Miiro Projects at support-miiro@miiro.ca within 72 hours of the date of purchase. To receive a refund, the first module of the course must not have been viewed in its entirety. The start date of access is the date of purchase. No credit request made after 72 hours from the date of purchase or after completely accessing the first module will be accepted unless extenuating situations exist and will be reviewed by the AIBC for refund eligibility.

Individuals who purchase a session using a pricing code that is not intended for their respective AIBC or EGBC registrant category will be contacted and charged the correct price. Intern Architects AIBC and Engineers-in-Training who purchase the course at the full price, without using the pricing code, will not be refunded. Transferring registrations between individuals is not permitted.

This is an AIBC-Delivered course. Learning Units (LUs) are only recorded for AIBC CES Participants who have registered and paid for the course. No self-reports are accepted from individuals who have not registered and paid. Course completion and LUs will be recorded to all applicable AIBC registrants’ CES transcript. Please do not self-report these courses.

Presented in partnership with Construction Standards and Digital Solutions Branch, this course reviews the changes to Subsection 3.8.5. of the 2024 BCBC.

Adaptable dwelling units are defined as “a dwelling unit designed and constructed with some accessible features, and which accommodates the future modification to provide more accessible features.” This course will focus on the rationale for these code requirements, and design strategies for meeting them.

More information on adaptable dwellings units is available through the Construction Standards and Digital Solutions Branch website, including an information bulletin on the transition period (No. B24-01-R2), and a  Frequently Asked Questions Bulletin (No. B24-09-R4).

Course instructors include:

• Ron Bijok Architect AIBC CP, Radiant City Architecture Inc.
• Andy Chase, Construction Standards and Digital Solutions Branch (formerly named Building and Safety Standards Branch)

This course takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete.

• Cost: $200+GST, $150+GST for Intern Architects AIBC (email professionaldevelopment@aibc.ca for the subsidized pricing code)
• Learning Units: 2.5 Core LUs
• Registration: AIBC Online Course Portal (under “Other PD Courses” tab in top menu)

Access to Courses & Course Materials

You will have access to the course for three (3) months from the date of purchase. All course materials will be available to download through each course. Remember to download and save the materials if you would like to keep them beyond the three months.

Cancellation, Registration and Learning Unit Policy

Purchasers may cancel the course registration by emailing Miiro Projects at support-miiro@miiro.ca within 72 hours of the date of purchase. To receive a refund, the first module of the course must not have been viewed in its entirety. The start date of access is the date of purchase. No credit request made after 72 hours from the date of purchase or after completely accessing the first module will be accepted unless extenuating situations exist and will be reviewed by the AIBC for refund eligibility.

Individuals who purchase a session using a pricing code that is not intended for their respective AIBC registrant category will be contacted and charged the correct price. Intern Architects AIBC who purchase the course at the full price, without using the pricing code, will not be refunded. Transferring registrations between individuals is not permitted.

This is an AIBC-Delivered course. Learning Units (LUs) are only recorded for AIBC CES Participants who have registered and paid for the course. No self-reports are accepted from individuals who have not registered and paid. Course completion and LUs will be recorded to all applicable AIBC registrants’ CES transcript. Please do not self-report these courses.

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