TPBC has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the BC Association of Building Designers (BCABD) as a means of confirming our joint wish to work together in areas of common interest. Building Designers provide a valuable service to communities throughout BC and it is fitting that TPBC connect formally with BCABD in order that we can work cooperatively on behalf of the interests of Building Designers. In signing the Agreement the BCABD President, Tony Giroux, CTech, RBD, said, “The Agreement sends a signal that both the BC Association of Building Designers and Technology Professionals BC share a number of common interests such as practice rights and promoting education and careers in building design. We will strive to work together whenever such serves both memberships and enhances building design needs and standards.”
The MoA, in part, indicates areas in which the two organizations will work together, such as the following:
- collaborate in offering continuing professional development to its members,
- share information on benefits and services of interest to its members and, where practical, collaborate in the development and delivery of services,
- cooperate in promoting education and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), and more particularly in home and building design, and,
- will liaise on matters affecting professional services by its members, to the benefit of the public.
TPBC continues its goal of building linkages with other organizations who share common interests.