In addition it comments on planning applications and developments likely to have an effect on the preservation and survival of industrial structures.
Every year it organises a series of half-a-dozen lectures (held in Central London) on industrial archaeology.
It also hosts a series of popular walks around sites of industrial archaeological importance in London, usually led by people who are expert about the areas in question.
In the early 1990s AIA developed a national standardised method for collecting industrial archaeology data.
An early version was demonstrated to a special committee of the society, the Recording Group, and this was later presented to the AIA.