CONTENTS3President's newsletter4Institute news6AGM and Presidents' Dinner Dance: a look ahead to CIAT's premier event8Living the high life: Highest Graduating Student Awards13Cut out and keep information leaflet for clients15Review: Code of Practice for Safety in Roofwork16Saved by the survey: the rebuilding of Warsaw18Planning to save: online planning submissions20 Mastering the discipline: Accredited Masters degrees24What BIM really is...and isn't. 26Role models: getting appointments right ATmagazine is published byThe Chartered Institute ofArchitectural Technologists397 City Road London EC1V 1NH UKTel. +44(0)20 7278 2206Fax. +44(0)20 7837 3194info@ciat.org.ukwww.ciat.org.ukChief ExecutiveFrancesca BerrimanEditorHugh Morrisoneditorial@ciat.org.ukAdvertisingadvertising@ciat.org.ukCopy deadline for next edition21 October 2011Edition published 1 December.Advertising deadline for next editionOrders must be placed by 4 November.The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) representsprofessionals working and studying in thefield of Architectural Technology. CIAT isinternationally recognised as the qualifyingbody for Chartered ArchitecturalTechnologists, MCIAT and professionallyqualfied Architectural Technicians,TCIAT.Printed byThe Lavenham Press Ltd, Lavenham,Suffolk.Publication of an article or item does notimply that CIAT or any of its staff is inagreement with the views expressed, nordoes CIAT or any of its staff acceptresponsibility for errors or omissions.©CIAT 20112 ATSEPTEMBER/OCTOBER2011The cover shows Warsaw Old Town inPoland, a World Heritage site, which wasrebuilt from almost total ruin after theSecond World War thanks to detailedarchitectural surveys. Guy Isitt MCIATshows how this was achieved and asks ifsuch an undertaking could ever besuccessful in the United Kingdom.See page 16 for the full article. Cover: Saved bythe surveyAnnual Review with this issueYou should receive your copy of CIAT's Annual Review with this issueof AT magazine. If you have not received your copy please tel +44 (0)207278 2206 or email info@ciat.org.uk to request one.© Przemyslaw Niekrasz - Fotolia.comDo we have your current email address?If not please email info@ciat.org.uk.Follow us on...Facebook Twitter Linkedin Youtube

MEMBERSHIPDear fellow member As I mentioned in my last newsletter I was justabout to leave for my visit to Region 15,Northern Ireland and later in the week traveldown to Dublin to meet the members of Centre02, Republic of Ireland. As this was a difficultplace to reach from Jersey and would have takenup four working days, I decided to take a week'sholiday with my wife, which allowed us to flythere and back direct at the weekends and thenfit the two functions into our holiday.That week we met in Belfast with Jan Deluxe,PA to the Chief Executive and Adam Endacott,Public Relations Director, as well as severalmembers of the Region Committee, where weproceeded to review the venues for next year'sAGM and President's Annual Dinner Dance. We also had the opportunity to visit theunfinished Titanic building which will house theTitanic Museum and which without doubt willbe a spectacular place when complete. For thosewho may not know, the Titanic was built inBelfast, which has a very long history of shipbuilding, and 2012 is the centenary of its launch.To mark this anniversary some of the Institute'sevents will be based around the area known asthe Titanic Quarter.During the same visit, I gave my presentation atthe University of Ulster, to some 40 or soRegional members, students and their guests, asthis was followed by an awards ceremony to theleading students on the built environmentprogrammes.The following morning we took the train toDublin to meet our Centre 02 contingent and itwas lovely to meet up with a few 'old faces' thatI have not seen for a while. The 37 attendeeswere treated to a meeting with James Banks,Membership Director who gave a POP RecordWorkshop before I gave my Presidentialpresentation. Between us we gave what Ithought was a thorough and detailed review ofhow to join the Institute and where it standstoday, especially for our members studying andpractising in the Republic of Ireland, who assome of you are aware have difficulty in gainingrecognition. They can be rest assured that we asan Institute are working hard to rectify this andI say the same to them as to any of you, if youdo have difficulty in your everyday working lifewith a recognition issue, then please contact thestaff at City Road, so that we can tackle the issueas soon as possible. These two visits brought me to the end of a verybusy 12 week period where I managed tocomplete nine Regional and Centre visits,including Hong Kong, as well as six Awardpresentations, six meetings, a two- dayconference and a lunch to honour anotherInstitutes new president (and of course tocontinue with my day job, but hey, I wouldn'thave it any other way.) That leaves me with justfour Regions to visit in the autumn and then it isall over for me as President.The previous issue of ATsaw the last CIATTaskforce covered, so you have now received acomplete picture of the functioning of ourInstitute and how many of your fellow membersgive up their time freely to make this Institutefunction. With this issue you should have received yourcopy of the Annual Review. I hope you enjoyreading about what the Institute has been doingin the past year on your behalf.Regards,Barry Le BeuvantPRESIDENT'SNEWSLETTERPresident'snewsletterThe Titanic Museumwill without doubt bea spectacular placewww.bbseven.comFREE INITIAL DESIGN APPRAISALS | t 0870 974 7706 e info@bbseven.comCHALLENGING THE ACCEPTED WISDOM & PUSHING BOUNDARIES WITHOUT COMPROMISING SAFETYven.APPRAISALS|t0870 bbseven.www.bbsevATSEPTEMBER/OCTOBER20113