Industry Resources

Practice Resources

Acts

• Builders Lien Act
• Building Act
• Limitation Act 

Building Codes

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

Contracts

• 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)

Employment

• Employment Standards

Handbooks

• 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

* indicates AIBC-endorsed stakeholder publications