Architects to strive for excellence

Business News of Friday, 23 August 2013

Source: B&FT

The acting Registrar of the Architects Registration Council of Ghana (ARC), Mrs. Stella Naa Dzagble Arthiabah, has announced that its Continuous Professional Development Programme will soon be made mandatory for all architects.

In addition, she said, the ARC will from this semester collaborate with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on lecturing relevant topics in the Professional Practice and Management course.

This, she explained, is to get all architects to be abreast with new and current information necessary to make informed decisions and offer the best service to clients.

She further noted that, globally, buildings of public interest and of an iconic nature are subject to Architectural Design Competitions, and recommended that We could start ... with the new airport the government is speculating of building at Dodowa.

Mrs. Arthiabah made the announcement on Thursday in Accra, during the 13th Induction Ceremony of the ARC.

In all, 23 Probationers were inducted out of 63 candidates who sat for the 2012 Professional Practice Examination (PPE) conducted by the ARC.

The induction ceremony is a major event on the ARCs calendar which bridges the academic and professional life of every architect.

It climaxes six years of academic qualification at the university, a minimum of two years coaching and apprenticeship under a qualified senior architect, and passing the PPE to gain state licencing.

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Architects to strive for excellence