ADD ADVICE TO FAVBuilding surveyor
Building surveyors provide advice on all aspects of property and construction: design, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, restoration.
What building surveyors do
- advise clients on proposed projects
- assess the quality of, and identify any structural faults of, buildings
- locate the cause of structural problems and provide solutions
- deal with planning applications and advise on property legislation and building regulations
- design, build, maintain, renovate and extend new and existing buildings
- represent clients in contract and building disputes
- project-manage, control budgets and supervise building projects on site.
Key skills
- good technical knowledge of planning, construction and design
- logical, practical mind
- communication skills, both written and verbal
- good IT skills
- knowledge of business, economics and law
- willingness to work both inside and outside
- problem-solving ability.
Training to be a building surveyor
A degree accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is usual, followed by the completion of the Assessment of Professional Competence.
However, the Chartered Institute of Building, the Association of Building Engineers and the British Institute of Facilities Management also offer related professional qualifications.
Salaries
Salaries start at £16,000 to £23,000 and can rise above £45,000 with experience.
Professional bodies
- Association for Project Safety
- Association of Building Engineers
- British Institute of Facilities Management
- Chartered Institute of Building
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
