News Archive

Read on to keep yourself up to date with the work of the Society.

The printed version of ABS News is sent out to our donors and also distributed in BD magazine and Architectural Technologist.

RSUA President Completes 5 Peaks Challenge

On the weekend of the 18th and 19th of June, Dawson Stelfox, RSUA President, and a team of nine staff of the Consarc Design Group successfully climbed the county tops of Northern Ireland.

Help from the Institutes and the ARB

The ABS is grateful for assistance received from the ARB, CIAT and the Landscape Institute, as well as RIBA, RSUA, RSAW and the RIAS.

The Society has been fortunate in the amount of financial support and publicity that it has received from various regions, branches and individual members.

Dealing with the Recession - A CIC Event

With the fears that the full impact of the recession has still not hit, the construction industry is already reeling from the economic downturn; this event looks at how to survive.

Peggy Turns 100

Peggy on her 100th Birthday with ABS Welfare Officer Peta Whiston

Unable to manage in a large house Peggy moved to the Society’s sheltered accommodation, after her husband died in 1983. He had been a partner in the Guildford firm Lewis and Hickey where he had worked for 48 years.

President's Appeal

We would like to thank everyone who continues to contribute to the President’s Appeal by annual standing order. This provides a vital source of income every year for the Society.