Regulatory Authorities, Professional Frameworks & Organisations within the profession Flashcards

1
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What is the role of the ARB?

Regulatory Authorities

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To deliver the Architect’s Act and in doing so observe other statutory requirements

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Who sets the standards for professional competence?

Regulatory Authorities

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ARB

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How was the ARB originally first established?

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By an Act of Parliament called ‘The Architects Act’

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Who is the independent statutory regulator of all UK architects?

Regulatory Authorities

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ARB

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What Act is “The legislation which provides the framework for the ARB’s statutory duties, responsibilities and activities needed to support them”?

Regulatory Authorities

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The Architect’s Act

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What are the aims of the ARB?

Regulatory Authorities

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  • to protect the users and users of architects’ services
  • to support architects through registration
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To which regulatory body does the architect’s code belong?

Regulatory Authorities

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ARB

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What is the purpose of the Architect’s code?

Regulatory Authorities

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to lay down the standards of professional conduct and practice expected of persons registered as architects under the Act

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When was the RIBA’s conception?

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1834

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who are/ what is the role of the RIBA?

Regulatory Authorities

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Global professional membership body driving excellence in Architecture

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Name a few of the benefits of becoming a chartered RIBA member

Regulatory Authorities

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  • access to a range of professional services
  • advice on legal matters
  • demonstrate best practice
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What does it show you/your practice can do if you are RIBA accredited?

Regulatory Authorities

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That you can demonstrate best practice

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What is the RIBA code of professional conduct?

Regulatory Authorities

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document which sets out the standards of conduct and practice that the RIBA requires of its members

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14
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what is the purpose of the RIBA plan of work?

Regulatory Authorities

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to explain expected outcomes, core tasks and information changes throughout the life of a construction project

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When was the RIBA Plan of work conceived?

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1963

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Why do the CDM Regulations 2015 exist?

Regulatory Authorities

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due to the Grenfell distaster the givernment requested that HSE establish a new building safety regulator

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Define CDM regulations

Regulatory Authorities

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Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

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What do the CDM regulations 2015 do?

Regulatory Authorities

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  • cover the management of health, safety and welfare while carrying out construction projects
  • provides advice on how law should be complied with
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Broadly, what are the aims of the CDM 2015 Regulations?

Regulatory Authorities

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  • risk management
  • communicate risks
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What did the CDM regulations 2015 take over from?

Regulatory Authorities

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CDM Regulations 2007

21
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5 parts

Name the five parts of the CDM

Regulatory Authorities

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  1. Applications and Definitions of CDM
  2. Duties of clients (for all construction projects)
  3. Health and safety duties of other duty holders
  4. General requirements of construction sites
  5. Transitional arrangements and revocations
22
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What is the role of a Principal Designer?

Regulatory Authorities

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To mange, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase

23
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Who is the principal designer appointed by?

A

the client

24
Q

Define LETI

Organisation

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London Energy Transformation Initiative

25
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What is LETI?

Organisation

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a voluntary **network **of built environment professionals working together to put the UK on the path to a zero carbon future

26
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Name the organisation who wish to put the UK on the path to a zero carbon future

Organisation

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LETI

27
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What are LETI’s aims?

Organisation

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  • develop the actions needed to meet the UK climate change targets
  • influence energy policy in London
28
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What year was LETI established?

A

2017

29
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Why was LETI established?

Organisation

A

to support the transition of London’s built environment to meet Net Zero Carbon

30
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3 bullets

LETI’s achievements

Organisation

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  • published the emergency design guide in 2020
  • which outlined requirements for new buildings to ensure our climate targets are met
  • widely adopted by building professionals
31
Q

Define ACAN

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Architects Climate Action Network

32
Q

3 bullets

What are the 3 aims of ACAN?

Organisation

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  • decarbonise now
  • ecological regeneration
  • cultural transformation
33
Q

4 bullets

Name some of the key values and principles of ACAN

Organisation

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  • seek urgent radical change
  • believe in collective agency
  • need a new kind of professionalism
  • recognise systemic issues
34
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3 groups

what are the three main groups in ACAN and their purposes?

Organisation

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  • steering group - strateigic decisions
  • core movement group - things needed to help run ACAN e.g website, social media etc
  • Thematic groups - run campaigns and events
35
Q

Name the organisation who have:
* showsn how they could regulate embodied carbon in building regs
* helped to write policy with local governments
* run workshops with educators
* were at COP26

Organisation

A

ACAN

36
Q

Who are Architect’s Declare?

A

Network of architectural practices committed to addressing the climate and biodiversity emergency

37
Q

Name the organisation who are a network of practices comitted to addressing the climate and biodiversity emergency

Organisation

A

Architects Declare

38
Q

2 bullets

When was Architects Declare established and by who?

Organisation

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  • 2019
  • Steve Tompkins and Michael Pawlyn
39
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2 bullets

What are the main aims of Architects Declare?

Organisation

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  • to encourage each signed up practice to self-govern achieving the goals it has made
  • an opportunity for signatories to explore challenging aspects of the architects declaration and share learning on better ways to meet goals
40
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What does the practice commit to doing when signing the AD Declaration?

Organisation

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  • demonstrating thir shared commitment to its points and principles
41
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3 bullets

what does Architects Declare do to support its signatories?

Organisation

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  • run events
  • share best practice advice
  • coordinate response to issues
42
Q

What is Retrofirst?

Organisation

A

AJ campaign championing re-use in the built environment

43
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What are the demands of Retrofirst?

Organisation

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  • Tax
  • Policy
  • Procurement
44
Q

What is the Tax demand of Retrofirst?

Organisation

A

to cut refurbishment, repair and maintenance VAT from 20% to 5% or less

45
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What is the policy demand of Retrofirst?

Organisation

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to** promote** the re-use of existing building stock and reclaimed construction material by introducing new clauses into planning guidance and building regs

46
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3 bullets

What are the procurement demands of Retrofirst?

Organisation

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  • stimulate the circular economy
  • support a whole-life carbon approach in construction
  • insist that all publicy funded projects look to retrofit solutions first
47
Q

Why should retrofitting be a primary way to build over demoiltion?

Organisation

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demolition is not environmentally friendly and is socially and economically undesirable

48
Q

2 bullets

what is a key benefit of retrofitting?

A
  • cost
  • conserves and enhances existing places
49
Q

can more embodied carbon be saved through demoiltion or retrofitting?

Organisation

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retrofitting