Working with Others

The Association works with numerous bodies and is represented on a number of committees and working groups including:

  • The Awarding Body for the Built Environment (ABBE)
  • Asset Skills
  • Association d'experts europeans du batiment et de la construction (AEEBC)
  • British Board of Agrément (BBA)
  • British Standards Committees
  • Building Control Alliance (BCA)
  • Construction Industry Council (CIC)
  • Construction Skills
  • Edexcel
  • Electrical Safety Council
  • Federation of British Fire Organisations (FoBFO)
  • Professional Association's Research Network (PARN)
  • Society for the Environment (SocEnv) – Constituent & Licensed Body
  • World Organisation of Building Officials (WOBO)
  • Conference on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC)
  • Edinburgh Group

The Association also attends meetings of the All Party Parliamentary Groups in relation to:

  • Climate Change
  • Excellence in the Built Environment

The Association sits on working groups or participates in consultations with:

  • Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
  • Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
  • Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Environment Agency
  • Scottish Building Standards
  • Department of Environment. Community and Local Government in Ireland
  • Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)
  • Welsh Assembly Government

The ABE is a Constituent and Licensed member body of the Society for the Environment and as such is entitled to award the qualification of Chartered Environmentalist to members meeting the criteria.

The Association has close links with the Society of Professional Engineers, carrying out the administrative work for that body. Approximately 2/5ths of SPE members are also ABE members.

In addition the Association recognises the Professional standing of other Institutions and will consider memberships in relation to these bodies when assessing applicants. These bodies include:

  • Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
  • Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
  • Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
  • Chartered Insurance Institute (Fire Surveyors)
  • Hong Kong Institute of Engineers
  • Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
  • Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
  • Institution of Engineers in Ireland (Civil Engineers)
  • Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
  • Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)