BUILDING TYPES AND OCCUPANCIES ALLOWED UNDER PART 9 AND THE BY THE ARCHITECTS REGULATION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
UPDATED MARCH 19, 2025

Architects Regulation

Reserved practice

5 (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), the following do not require the advice or services of a registrant:

(a) a building alteration that otherwise would require the advice or services of a registrant and that is not related to any of the following:
(i) a change of the building's occupancy type;
(ii) the building's structural integrity;
(iii) fire separations within the building;
(iv) the building's enclosure;
(v) the building's exiting;
(vi) the building's energy utilization;
(vii) access to the building for persons with disabilities as prescribed in the building code;

(b) a building set out in Schedule 1 if advice or services are provided by a registrant in the reserved practice of professional engineering.

ARCHITECTS REGULATION FEBRUARY 10, 2023

SCHEDULE 1

BUILDINGS WITHIN THE RESERVED PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE RESERVED PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING

1 The following types of buildings are set out for the purposes of section 5 (3) (b) of this regulation:

(a) a specialized industrial building that shelters, or is a component of, an industrial process, including the following:
(i) an electrical substation;
(ii) a grain elevator;
(iii) a power plant;
(iv) a chemical manufacturing or processing plant;
(v) a waste paper processing plant;
(vi) a bulk plant for a flammable liquids;
(vii) a bulk storage warehouse for hazardous substances;

(b) an outdoor stage without fixed seating or ancillary facilities;

(c) an unheated industrial roof;

(d) an unheated industrial shed;

(e) an unheated tent building for industrial use;

(f) a farm building as defined in the building code that is within an industrial occupancy type;

(g) a power-generating station;

(h) an electrical substation;

(i) a public water treatment and storage facility;

(j) a pumping station;

(k) a sewage treatment facility;

(1) sheltering for vehicles, including aircraft and boats, used for emergency response.