LSI Architects is a Certified B Corporation, a movement of businesses that are committed to changing how business operates and that believe business really can be a force for good. Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
LSI is an RIBA Chartered Practice. The Royal Institute of British Architects is a global professional membership body driving excellence in architecture in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment.
LSI is a Registered CIAT Practice. The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists is the lead qualifying body for Architectural Technology and represents those practicing and studying within the discipline.
As a Registered Practice we abide by a strict Code of Conduct to uphold the values and standards of the Institute.
The Practice has been accredited with the Gold Standard by Investors In People, who stated “LSI presented itself as a very efficient and effective organisation that creates the best opportunities for its staff through a structured development strategy leading to succession planning that enables them to grow their own.”
LSI has been accredited with the Gold ‘Achieving Excellence’ standard in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index. This means that the practice has successfully embedded mental health into its policies and practices, utilising a variety of best practice approaches and demonstrating a long term, in-depth commitment to the mental health of our employees.
LSI Architects operates an integrated management system based upon ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015which has been assessed and registered by BSI (The British Standards Institution).
The BSI logo is therefore displayed on our correspondence and promotional literature as a sign that we are a ‘quality assured’ business, indicating that all our architectural and masterplanning projects are delivered in ways that reflect our determination to fulfil, if not exceed, all our customers’ expectations in terms of the quality of our service, whilst minimising environmental impact.
Acclaim is a member of ‘Safety Schemes In Procurement’ (SSIP), an umbrella organisation for stage 1 health and safety assessment schemes. SSIP is recognised by a large and growing number of buyers within the construction industry.
Acclaim works to support the objectives of the SSIP to improve health and safety standards across the UK and to reduce duplication of paperwork in procurement.