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Acts

  • Builders Lien Act
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Building Codes

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    • Letters of Assurance (Schedules A, B, C-A and C-B)
  • National Building Code of Canada
  • Vancouver Building Bylaw

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  • CCDC Contracts and Guides (To download AIBC Contracts and order AIBC Authorization Stickers/CCDC Electronic Documents, Publications & Copyright Stickers)
  • RAIC Client-Architect and Architect-Consultant Contracts (refer to Practice Guideline: AIBC Standard Form of Contract 6C: Between Client and Consultant about when to use AIBC Contracts and RAIC Contracts)
  • Documents & Guidelines to BCDC-2: Standard Documents and Guidelines for a Stipulated Price Bid for use on Publicly Funded Building Projects In the Province of British Columbia (Released July 2013)
  • Resource Information BCDC-2:Resource Information and Guidelines for BCDC-2 (Released July 2013)

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  • Canadian Handbook of Practice (CHOP)

Insurance

  • Health Insurance Providers: BCCA Employee Benefit Trust offers AIBC registrants health insurance. For more information contact BCCA Employee Benefit Trust at 1.800.665.1077 or info@bccabenefits.ca

Procurement

  • BC Bid (procurement for BC public sector bid opportunities, including architectural services)
  • MERX (procurement for Canadian Public Tenders, including Canadian public-sector buying organizations, including architectural services)

Regulation

  • Pool Regulation: Public Health Act
  • Pool Regulation: Statement of Compliance *

Construction Resources

  • EGBC: Professional Practice Guidelines Building Enclosure Engineering Services (PDF) *
  • EGBC: Professional Responsibilities for the Design and Installation of Elevating Devices in New Buildings (PDF) *
  • BC Housing, Building Guides
  • BC Housing: Housing Foundations and Geotechnical Challenges *
  • BC Housing: Building Enclosure Design Guide – Wood-Frame Multi-Unit Residential Buildings *
  • BC Housing, Research Library (including Illustrated Guides for Energy Efficiency for Houses in BC)
  • BC Hydro, Commercial New Construction, Resources including Building envelope thermal bridging guide
  • Canadian Wood Frame House Construction (PDF)
  • CMHC About Your House Fact Sheets
  • CMHC Publications & Reports, Building & Design
  • Construction Specifications Canada (CSC)
  • NRC Construction Technology Updates

 

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