The AIBC publishes illegal practice resolutions on this webpage. To learn more about Illegal Practice, including misrepresentation and reporting a possible infraction, please visit the Illegal Practice webpage. To access older illegal practice resolutions, please contact IllegalPractice@aibc.ca.
At the time of publication, the following individuals and companies were not registered with the AIBC:
2024 Illegal Practice Resolutions
| Effective Date | Posted On | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-23 | 2024-09-27 | Aida Ziari of Stylux Design and Construction Ltd. (“SDC”) was using an unauthorized title on SDC’s website and misrepresenting the services she and SDC are permitted to provide on her personal LinkedIn profile, SDC’s website and company profiles on LinkedIn and Houzz.com. Ms. Ziari took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-09-13 | 2024-09-13 | Mojtaba Shahab of Parsi Development Ltd. (“PDL”) applied PDL’s name on the title-block of development permit drawings for a building which, based on its size, required the services of an architect under the former Architects Act and the current Architects Regulation under the Professional Governance Act (“PGA”). Mr. Shahab also misrepresented the services he is permitted to provide on his personal LinkedIn profile. PDL neglected to give proper attribution to the architect involved on a project posted on the company website and misrepresented the services the company is permitted to provide on a third-party website. Mr. Shahab took the necessary steps to correct the misrepresentations and provided proper attribution to the architect involved. Mr. Shahab did not agree to execute an Undertaking and Covenant agreement acknowledging his breach of the former Architects Act and current Architects Regulation under the PGA. |
| 2024-09-09 | 2024-09-13 | Liona Tran also known as Thao Tran and TCC & Designs were using unauthorized titles and misrepresenting the services they were able to provide on their personal and company social media websites, on third-party websites and on Ms. Tran’s personal email signature block. Ms. Tran took the necessary steps to correct the misrepresentations with the exception of one correction on a third-party website. Despite the AIBC’s numerous attempts to contact Ms. Tran, she did not take the necessary steps to correct the misrepresentation found on third-party website, Viet-Space.com. |
| 2024-09-09 | 2024-09-13 | Jason Milus of Milus Architectural Design is using an unauthorized title and misrepresenting the services he is permitted to provide on his company website. Despite the AIBC’s multiple attempts to contact Mr. Milus and have the misrepresentation corrected, Mr. Milus has not taken the necessary steps to make the corrections and his contact information cannot be confirmed as current. |
| 2024-08-30 | 2024-08-30 | Jamie Deck was misrepresenting the services she is permitted to provide on her personal LinkedIn profile. Ms. Deck took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-08-28 | 2024-08-30 | Brienne Miller of TEAL Architects and Planners (“TEAL”), an architectural firm in Nova Scotia, not registered with AIBC, was found advertising an architectural studio in Victoria, British Columbia on TEAL’s company website. Ms. Miller promptly took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentation. |
| 2024-08-28 | 2024-08-30 | Liang Engineering Ltd. was misrepresenting the services it is permitted to provide on its company website and one third-party website. The company promptly took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-08-27 | 2024-08-30 | David Witzel P. Eng of Witzel Dyce Engineering Inc. (“WDE”) prepared drawings for a project which, based on its size, required the services of an architect under the former Architects Act and continues to require the services of an architect under the Architects Regulation and the Professional Governance Act ("PGA"). Mr. Witzel has committed to compliance with the PGA in the future through a signed Undertaking and Covenant Agreement (“Undertaking”). The scope of work included preparation of drawings illustrating the removal of an existing interior partition and interior finishes within an existing tenant space. After issuing drawings for permit, the building department requested a letter from AIBC stating that an architect was not required for this project. WDE immediately contacted AIBC to determine if an architect was required. After reviewing the project scope, AIBC determined that an architect was required. Following AIBC's decision, WDE immediately engaged an architect to complete the project and AIBC decided to initiate an Illegal Practice Inquiry against WDE which led to this Undertaking. As per AIBC Bulletin 31, Section 5.1, it is understood that many alterations or repairs (tenant improvements/renovations) may not require architectural services. David Witzel and WDE were not aware that AIBC provided the service of reviewing projects prior to commencing design work to determine if an architect is required. WDE should have contacted IllegalPractice@aibc.ca prior to commencing design work to determine if an architect was required for this project. |
| 2024-08-26 | 2024-08-30 | Agerico T. Ong was misrepresenting the services he is permitted to provide on his personal LinkedIn profile. Mr. Ong promptly took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-08-13 | 2024-08-16 | Kapoor Home Design Ltd. used an unauthorized title and misrepresented the services it is permitted to provide on the company website. The company took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-08-07 | 2024-08-12 | Kirsten Sutton of D3 Dimension Drafting and Design Inc. (“D3”) was using an unauthorized title on her personal LinkedIn profile and misrepresenting the services D3 is permitted to provide on the company website. Ms. Sutton promptly took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-08-01 | 2024-08-12 | Canadian Timberframes Limited’s (“CTL") website displayed unauthorized titles for two employees by describing them as “architectural designers” and the company’s title block misrepresented CTL as “architectural designers”. CTL took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns to correct the misrepresentations on the website and the title block. |
| 2024-08-01 | 2024-08-12 | Federico Mussetti was using the title “architect” and misrepresenting the services he is permitted to provide on his personal LinkedIn profile. Mr. Mussetti promptly took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-07-31 | 2024-08-12 | Valeria Pesce-Butrón was found using an unauthorized title and misrepresenting the services she is permitted to provide on her personal LinkedIn profile. Ms. Pesce-Butrón took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-07-29 | 2024-08-12 | Clint Gavel of Part Nine Designs was using an unauthorized title and misrepresenting the services he and his company are permitted to provide on the company’s website and his LinkedIn profile. Mr. Gavel took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-07-23 | 2024-08-12 | Vida Farrokhnejad was using an unauthorized title on her LinkedIn profile. Ms. Farrokhnejad promptly took steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentation. |
| 2024-07-18 | 2024-08-12 | Denise Mitchell of Denise Mitchell Interior prepared and provided renderings for a building which, based on its occupancy and size, required the services of an architect pursuant to the former Architect Act. She also misrepresented the services she was able to provide on the company website, her personal LinkedIn profile, and other third-party websites. Ms. Mitchell took immediate steps to correct the misrepresentations and has acknowledged her breach of the former Architects Act and committed to future compliance with the Professional Governance Act through a signed Undertaking and Covenant Agreement. |
| 2024-07-18 | 2024-08-12 | Informed Lines Design Studio misrepresented the services it is permitted to provide on the company website and other third-party websites. The company took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-06-28 | 2024-07-02 | Pedram Hakimishokati of Hectagon Design & Construction Group Ltd. was misrepresenting the services his company is permitted provide on the company website and on third-party websites. Mr. Hakimishokati corrected the misrepresentations to address the AIBC’s concerns. |
| 2024-06-11 | 2024-07-02 | Bilal Mehmood of UDC Design Center Ltd. was misrepresenting the services he was able to provide on his LinkedIn profile. UDC Design Center Ltd. was misrepresenting the services they were able to provide on the company website, LinkedIn profile, and third-party websites. Mr. Mehmood and UDC Design Center Ltd. took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-06-02 | 2024-07-02 | Colin Crystal misrepresented the services he is permitted to provide on third-party websites. Mr. Crystal took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-05-30 | 2024-05-30 | Ashley Gesner was using an unauthorized title and mispresenting the services that she was permitted to provide on her LinkedIn profile and a third-party social media website. Ms. Gesner corrected the misrepresentations to address the AIBC’s concerns. Ms. Gesner did not agree to execute an Undertaking and Covenant agreement acknowledging her breach of the former Architects Act and current Architects Regulation under the PGA. |
| 2024-05-07 | 2024-05-28 | Tylor Versteeg of North Valley Design & Consulting Ltd. misrepresented the services his company was permitted to provide on the company’s logo on the title block of a set of drawings. Mr. Versteeg took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns. |
| 2024-04-15 | 2024-04-15 | Nima Gerani, who is not registered with the AIBC, was using unauthorized titles and misrepresenting the services he was able to provide on his LinkedIn profile. Mr. Gerani corrected the misrepresentations to address the AIBC’s concerns. |
| 2024-04-09 | 2024-05-28 | Eric White of Eclipse Projects Ltd. misrepresented the services he was permitted to provide on the company website. Eclipse Projects Ltd. misrepresented the services they were able to provide on third-party websites. Mr. White took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-03-07 | 2024-04-03 | Peter Yee of P.Y. & Associates Engineering Ltd. (PYA), who is not an architect, and PYA, which is not a registered architectural firm with a certificate of practice, applied PYA’s name on building permit drawings for a building that required the services of an Architect under the former Architects Act. Mr. Yee also applied his Professional Engineer seal and signature to a Letter of Assurance for the architectural components of a second building that required the services of an Architect under the Architects Regulation. Mr. Yee has acknowledged his breach of the former Architects Act and the Architects Regulation and committed to compliance with the Professional Governance Act in the future through a signed Undertaking and Covenant Agreement. |
| 2024-03-07 | 2024-04-03 | Khang Q. Nguyen and Architrix Design Studio are not registered with the AIBC. Khang Q. Nguyen mispresented the services that both he and the company could provide on Mr. Kang’s personal LinkedIn profile, the company’s profile on Houzz and other third-party websites. Mr. Kang corrected the misrepresentations to address the AIBC’s concerns. To mitigate the public’s confusion about the company name, Mr. Kang added a disclaimer to the company website and other promotional materials stating “Architrix is not registered with the AIBC to provide architectural services on buildings requiring an Architect”. |
| 2024-03-04 | 2024-05-28 | Warren Friesen of WF Design + Build and W. Friesen Construction were misrepresenting the services they were permitted to provide on the company website for WF Design + Build and on third-party websites for WF Design + Build and W. Friesen Construction. Mr. Friesen took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-03-04 | 2024-05-28 | Harrison Nesbitt was using an unauthorized title on his personal LinkedIn profile. Mr. Nesbitt took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and corrected the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-03-04 | 2024-05-28 | Harichand Singh Dhaliwal and Dilbagh (Sahej) Singh Randhawa of Anand Ishwar Designs (“AID”), neither of whom is registered with the AIBC, were using unauthorized titles and misrepresenting the services they were able to provide on their company website and personal social media websites. AID’s Instagram also neglected to give proper attribution to the architect involved on a building which, based on its size, requires the services of an architect pursuant to the Architects Regulation. Messrs. Dhaliwal and Randhawa took immediate steps to address the AIBC’s concerns and correct the misrepresentations. |
| 2024-02-13 | 2024-03-04 | Brett Sichello of Brett Sichello Design and NIDO Design Inc. was misrepresenting the services his company is able to provide on his personal LinkedIn profile, NIDO Design Inc.’s company profile on Houzz and other third-party websites. Mr. Sichello corrected the misrepresentations to address the AIBC’s concerns. |
| 2024-01-23 | 2024-03-04 | Gaetan Royer, previously associated with CityState Consulting Group (“CityState”), neither of whom are registered with the AIBC, provided architectural services for a building which based on its size required the services of an architect under the former Architects Act and the current Architects Regulation under the Professional Governance Act (PGA). Mr. Royer has acknowledged his inadvertent breach of the former Architects Act and committed to compliance with the PGA in the future through a signed Undertaking and Covenant Agreement. |
| 2024-01-16 | 2024-03-04 | The services John Spick and John Spick Design Construction are able to provide was misrepresented on several third-party websites. The AIBC’s concerns have since been addressed. |
| 2024-01-04 | 2024-03-04 | Adil Dharshi of Bite Design Inc., also known as Bite Design Group (“BDG”), neither of whom are registered with the AIBC: 1) applied BDG’s name on the title-block of pre-application drawings for a building which, based on its size, required the services of an architect under the former Architects Act and the current Architects Regulation under the Professional Governace Act (PGA); 2) misrepresented the services they were able to provide on a personal LinkedIn profile, various company profiles, and other third-party websites; and 3) failed to give proper attribution to the architects involved on various projects posted on BDG’s website. Mr. Dharshi took the necessary steps to correct the misrepresentations and provide proper attribution to the architects involved. Mr. Dharshi did not agree to execute an Undertaking and Covenant agreement acknowledging his breach of the former Architects Act and current Architects Regulation under the PGA. |