Arb to quiz every architect in the country ahead of fundamental reforms

The Architects Registration Board

Research will guide post-Grenfell review of professional competence

Arb is to grill architects and other stakeholders on the future of the register ahead of fundamental reforms planned in response to the Grenfell tragedy.

The regulator today announced a two-pronged research programme, with a call for evidence and a survey that will be sent to all 42,500 registered architects.

Arb, which lost its chief executive and chair without explanation in June, said it was one of the largest projects it had ever undertaken. The last review into the criteria for registration was 10 years ago.

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