Meeting: Association of Commonwealth Societies of Architects in the Caribbean (ACSAC)

There will be an ASCAC meeting on the 9th and 10th October at the Normandie Hotel in St Ann’s.  The meeting is being attended by Presidents and representatives of regional architectural associations and institutes including Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Bahamas, St Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Guyana. A number of issues affecting architectural [...]

Government Tax Incentives in Favour of Climate Change Mitigation

Amongst the many things that one can do to mitigate climate change, some of these are in the hands of our CSME governments. And of CSME government actions, tax incentives should be relatively easy to implement and should work very well for all CSME players. Tax incentives, already adopted by many states in the U. [...]

CARICOM Single Market Economy Facts

If you’re not sure what the CSME is about, apart from visiting the links on our blog, you can read this neat summary of the CSME and related subjects such as implementation and the Treaty of Chaguaramas at the CARICOM Secretariat FAQs page: http://www.axses.com/encyc/caricom/nt/faqs.cfm

CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Qualtiy

FOR URGENT REVIEW by members of the CARICOM/CSME States and TTIA members. TTIA members are asked to review the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality document. Download the document HERE.  The TTIA hereby attaches herewith the project document for the new Caribbean Uniform Building Standards project forwarded by Tony Gibbs, Secretary General of the [...]

Model Draft Professional Bill – revised Architecture Profession Act of Trinidad & Tobago

CARICOM has issued a new Draft Professionals Bill (Act), dated 2004 fashioned after the medical profession which is intended to be implemented across all Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME) member states. The membership, with particular attention to the principals of firms, will be required to send their valuable input into the improvement of the document. [...]

Welcome to the TTIA News Feed

Welcome to the new Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects (TTIA) news feed. The feed generally communicates with our membership and enhances the web site www.ttia-architects.org. All news and events are automarically viewed on the “News and Events‘ page of the TTIA web site. This news blog presently serves to provide easy access to all [...]