Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors
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The Association of Building Engineers (ABE) was founded as the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors (IAAS) in 1925. It was among the bodies which opposed a draft bill which was presented to Parliament in 1927 by the Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...

' (RIBA) Registration Committee in the course of events which resulted in the passing of the Architects (Registration) Act 1931
Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938
The Architects Acts, 1931 to 1938 is the statutory citation for three Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament, namely:* The Architects Act, 1931;* The Architects Act, 1934; and...

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Under the 1931 Act, the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
Under an Act passed by the UK Parliament in 1931, there was established an Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom , referred to in the Act as "the Council". The constitution of the Council was prescribed by the First Schedule to the Act. The Act made the Council a body corporate...

 (ARCUK) was established with the duty of setting up, maintaining and publishing the Register of Architects
Register of Architects
From 1932 there has been a statutory Register of Architects under legislation of the United Kingdom Parliament originally enacted in 1931. The originating Act contained ancillary provisions for entering an architect’s name in the register and removing a name from it which later legislation has...

. 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
Architects Act 1997
The Architects Act 1997 is the consolidating Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the keeping and publishing of the statutory Register of Architects by the Architects Registration Board...

, 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the IAAS was no longer an appointing body, nor any of the other bodies named in the 1931 Act, which has been repealed.

The name of the IAAS was changed in 1993 to the Association of Building Engineers (ABE). It now states that it provides the prime qualifications of Building Engineer
Building engineering
Education in the field of Building Engineering, better known as Architectural Engineering in the United States, is the study of the integrated application of engineering principles and technology to building design and architecture...

, and that this is a title "that exactly reflects the professional expertise of members and one that is readily understood in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 and beyond".

See also

  • Society of Architects (1884-1925)
    Society of Architects (1884-1925)
    The Society of Architects was formed in 1884 and continued until 1925. At that time Fellows and Associates comprised two distinct classes of membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects . They were respectively entitled to use the post-nominal affix "FRIBA" or "ARIBA"...

  • Faculty of Architects and Surveyors
  • Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
    Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
    Under an Act passed by the UK Parliament in 1931, there was established an Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom , referred to in the Act as "the Council". The constitution of the Council was prescribed by the First Schedule to the Act. The Act made the Council a body corporate...

  • Architects Registration Board
    Architects Registration Board
    The Architects Registration Board is the statutory body for the registration of architects in the United Kingdom. It operates under the Architects Act 1997 as amended, a consolidating Act. It began under the Architects Act, 1931 which gave it the name the Architects' Registration Council of the...

  • Reform of Architects Registration
    Reform of Architects Registration
    "Reform of Architects Registration" was the title of a UK government consultation paper dated 19 July 1994 which was issued by the Department of the Environment...

  • Building engineering
    Building engineering
    Education in the field of Building Engineering, better known as Architectural Engineering in the United States, is the study of the integrated application of engineering principles and technology to building design and architecture...

  • Society of Professional Engineers UK
    Society of Professional Engineers UK
    In the United Kingdom, the Society of Professional Engineers is a private limited company incorporated on November 14, 1969. The Society traces its origins to the Society of Engineers, itself founded in 1854...

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