Chartered Association of Building Engineers

Chartered Association of Building Engineers
Abbreviation The CABE
Motto Probitate et arte
("Probity and art")
Predecessor The Association of Building Engineers
Formation 1925
Type Professional body
Purpose The building engineering profession in the United Kingdom and overseas.
Headquarters Billing Brook Road, Weston Favell, Northampton  NN3 8NW
Coordinates 52°15′32″N 0°50′11″W / 52.25889°N 0.83639°W / 52.25889; -0.83639Coordinates: 52°15′32″N 0°50′11″W / 52.25889°N 0.83639°W / 52.25889; -0.83639
Region served
 United Kingdom
Official language
 English
Key people
 John Hooper, Chief Executive
Main organ
 Presidential Team and Council
Website
Formerly called
 Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors

The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) is a professional body for building engineers in the United Kingdom and overseas.

History

The Chartered Association of Building Engineers was founded as the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors (IAAS) in 1925 in London. The Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors became the Association of Building Engineers in 1993 and then the Chartered Association of Building Engineers in 2014, its current name.[1]

The IAAS was among the bodies which opposed a draft bill which was presented to Parliament in 1927 by the Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) Registration Committee in the course of events which resulted in the passing of the Architects (Registration) Act 1931.

Under the 1931 Act, the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) was established with the duty of setting up, maintaining and publishing the Register of Architects. The IAAS was among the bodies named, together with the RIBA, in the First Schedule of the Act as being entitled to appoint one member in respect of every five hundred of their own members.

The Register of Architects is now maintained and published under the Architects Act 1997, which reconstituted ARCUK. In consequence, the IAAS was no longer an appointing body, nor any of the other bodies named in the 1931 Act, which has been repealed.

Structure

The CABE is a membership organisation and is governed by a board of directors that sets the objectives of the organisation - the executive team deliver these objectives. Entry to membership of the CABE is via several routes, and members must undertake continuing professional development throughout the lifetime of their membership of the association in order to maintain their professional standards.[2]

Designations

The CABE has several designations for members, these are:[2]

Registered Chartered Members of the CABE are entitled to use the description "Chartered Building Engineer" and the designation C.Build E

Regions

The CABE has regions in the United Kingdom and Ireland each with elected Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee, these are:[3]

  • Eastern
  • East Midlands
  • Northern
  • Northern Ireland
  • North West
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Southern
  • South West
  • Wales
  • West Midlands
  • Yorkshire & Humber

Education

The CABE is an accredited assessment centre and offers a range of qualifications including BSc (Hons) Building Engineering.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the ABE". Association of Building Engineers. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Membership". Association of Building Engineers. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Regions". Association of Building Engineers.
  4. ↑ "Learning". Association of Building Engineers. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

External links

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