A-21, r. 0.1 - Regulation respecting the professional activities that may be engaged in by a professional technologist whose competency is in architectural technology

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chapter A-21, r. 0.1

Regulation respecting the professional activities that may be engaged in by a professional technologist whose competency is in architectural technology

Architects Act

(chapter A-21, s. 5.1).

Professional Code

(chapter C-26, s. 94, 1st par., subpar. h).

DIVISION I GENERAL

O.C. 2-2024, Div. I.

1. The purpose of this Regulation is to determine, among the professional activities that are reserved to architects, those that, in accordance with the conditions set out herein, may be engaged in by a professional technologist whose competency is in architectural technology, hereinafter called “professional technologist”.

O.C. 2-2024, s. 1.

2. For the purposes of this Regulation, “building area” means the largest horizontal surface of the building above average ground level, measured between the outside surfaces of exterior walls or between the outside surfaces of exterior walls and the centre line of firewalls.

O.C. 2-2024, s. 2.

DIVISION II PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ENGAGED IN ACCORDING TO AN ARCHITECT’S PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

O.C. 2-2024, Div. II.

3. A professional technologist may supervise work related to the construction, enlargement or alteration of a building where

(1)  the professional technologist uses plans and specifications signed and sealed by an architect and relating to

(a)  a building referred to in Part 9 of the National Building Code, as incorporated in Chapter I of the Construction Code (chapter B-1.1, r. 2), or a combination thereof; or

(b)  an agricultural establishment with, after the work is completed, no more than 1 storey and a building area of less than 1,050 m2 or no more than 3 storeys and a building area of less than 600 m2;

(2)  the architect sent the professional technologist the documents and information relating to the building and to the related plans and specifications in order to ensure the integrity of the project.

O.C. 2-2024, s. 3.

4. To meet the requirements of the worksite, a professional technologist may modify all plans and specifications of a building when supervising the work, provided that the modification does not result in a change in the building’s use or significantly affects the building’s structural integrity, walls or firewalls, envelope or exits or access to the building’s exits.

O.C. 2-2024, s. 4.

5. A professional technologist may prepare, modify, sign and seal a report, a certification or a written opinion related to the work when supervising that work in accordance with section 3.

O.C. 2-2024, s. 5.

DIVISION III PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ENGAGED IN INDEPENDENTLY

O.C. 2-2024, Div. III.

6. A professional technologist may engage in a professional activity reserved to architects when it relates to

(1)  a detached single-family dwelling unit;

(2)  the insertion of a single and non-repetitive single-family dwelling unit between existing attached dwellings or the addition of such a dwelling unit at their extremity; or

(3)  the enlargement or alteration of a semi-detached or attached single-family dwelling unit.

The buildings referred to in the first paragraph must, after the work is completed, have no more than 1 basement storey, a building height not exceeding 3 storeys and a building area of less than 600 m2.

O.C. 2-2024, s. 6.

DIVISION IV FINAL

O.C. 2-2024, Div. IV.

7. (Omitted).

O.C. 2-2024, s. 7.

REFERENCES

O.C. 2-2024, 2024 G.O. 2, 277