Maintaining your designation:
Associate or Certified Professional Constructors are required to maintain their Certification status through a documented program of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Certificants must obtain ten (10) credits of CPD in areas specified by the AIC Constructor Certification Commission during each four-year Certification period. The four areas specified by AIC for CPD credits are (1) Education; (2) Teaching research and publication; (3) Professional practice and professional affiliation and (4) Community service.

How to Get CPD Credit for Continuing Education:
AIC provides to members and nonmembers a means of obtaining Continuing Education Credits for certification maintenance. Certificants may

1. Take a course (i.e. workshop, seminar or lecture) from an AIC Approved Provider, or
2. Take a course from a non approved provider that has been reviewed and approved by AIC.

Either of these methods doubles the amount of CPD credits earned over a nonapproved course.

Approved Providers:
Approved providers of continuing education have completed a formal application process to AIC to ensure the suitability of the content and format of their continuing education activities. Providers may include accredited institutions and private organizations. The process of pre approving providers ensures that certificants have access to appropriate, high-quality continuing education activities.

You may receive CPD credit for specified courses that you attend from an AIC approved provider. Below is a current list of AIC approved providers. Click on the provider to see the list of courses available.

American Institute of Constructors
Red Vector
FMI Corporation
Associated General Contractors of America
Sundt Corporation (employees only)
Restoration & Renovation Exhibition and Conference

Pre approved Courses:
On courses (i.e. workshop, seminar or lecture) that you wish to attend that are not given by an approved AIC provider, you may submit to the AIC National office for review and approval. For a course to be approved, submit the following information to the AIC national office by fax, mail or email preferably two weeks prior to taking the course:

Certificant Name and Contact Information
Course Title
Course Outline
Course Learning Objectives
Instructor’s Name and Qalifications
Number of Contact Hours
Name of Course Provider

Effective January 1, 2004 the fees for an independent course approval by AIC are:

All fees are payable to the American Institute of Constructors via credit card, check or money order and are non-refundable, regardless of course approval outcome. A letter confirming approval or nonapproval will be sent to the certificant from AIC for his/her CPD records.