In order to qualify as a Chartered Practice, each separate office within a practice must comply with the following criteria:

 

• At least one of the full-time principals (Director or Partner) in the architects’ practice must be a Chartered Member of the RIBA.
• All architectural work must be under the supervision of a Chartered Architect.
• At least 1 in 8 of all staff employed in the architect’s practice must be a registered architect (on ARB register) or chartered architectural technologist (CIAT member) with RIBA Affiliate membership.
• At least 1 in 10 of all staff employed in the architect’s practice must be a Chartered Architect (i.e. chartered RIBA member).
• The architects’ practice must have a current Professional Indemnity Insurance policy appropriate for the work undertaken.
• The architects’ practice must operate an appropriate Quality Management System.
• The architects’ practice must operate an appropriate Health and Safety Policy.
• The architects’ practice must have a written Employment Policy in place which address the principles of the RIBA policy statement on employment.
• The architects’ practice must have an appropriate CPD Framework in place.