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{{Short description|Real estate professional}}
'''Chartered Surveyor''' is the description (protected by [[law]] in many countries) of Professional ''Members'' and ''Fellows'' of the [[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]] (RICS) entitled to use the designation (and a number of variations such as "[[Chartered Building Surveyor]]" or "[[Quantity surveyor|Chartered Quantity Surveyor]]" or "Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor" depending on their field of expertise) in [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. ''Chartered'' originates from the [[Royal Charter]] granted to the world's first professional body of surveyors. Chartered Surveyors are entitled to use "MRICS" or "FRICS" after their names as appropriate.
'''Chartered Surveyor''' is the description (protected by [[law]] in many countries) of Professional ''Members'' and ''Fellows'' of the [[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]] (RICS) entitled to use the designation (and a number of variations such as "[[Chartered Building Surveyor]]" or "[[Quantity surveyor|Chartered Quantity Surveyor]]" or "Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor" depending on their field of expertise) in the (British) [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. ''Chartered'' originates from the [[Royal Charter]] granted to the world's first professional body of surveyors. Chartered Surveyors are entitled to use "MRICS" or "FRICS" after their names as appropriate.


Chartered Surveyors are highly trained and experienced [[real property|property]] professionals. Surveyors offer impartial, specialist advice on a variety of property related issues and the services which they provide are diverse.<ref>{{cite news|last=Benedictus|first=Leo|title=The chartered surveyor: Made to measure|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/sep/26/chartered-surveyor|accessdate=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=26 September 2009}}</ref>
Chartered Surveyors are highly trained and experienced [[real property|property]] professionals. Surveyors offer impartial, specialist advice on a variety of property related issues and the services which they provide are diverse.<ref>{{cite news|last=Benedictus|first=Leo|title=The chartered surveyor: Made to measure|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/sep/26/chartered-surveyor|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=26 September 2009}}</ref>

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Chartered Surveyors work in all fields of property and building consultancy. At the most basic level, their duties include valuing property and undertaking structural surveys of buildings. They also provide expert consultancy advice in property, [[construction]] and related environmental issues.


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Chartered Surveyors work in all fields of property and building consultancy. At the most basic level, their duties include valuing property and undertaking structural surveys of buildings. They also provide expert consultancy advice in property, [[construction]], and related environmental issues.


==United Kingdom==
==United Kingdom==
A '''Chartered surveyor''' in the [[United Kingdom]] is a [[Surveying|surveyor]] who is a member of the [[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]] ("RICS"). Until the end of the 20th century, some members were members of the ISVA ("Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers"), but this organisation merged into the RICS in 1999.<ref>[http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=2004614 Property Week]</ref>
A '''Chartered surveyor''' in the [[United Kingdom]] is a [[Surveying|surveyor]] who is a member of the [[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]] ("RICS"). Until the end of the 20th century, some members were members of the ISVA ("Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers"), but this organization merged with the RICS in 1999.<ref>[http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=2004614 Property Week]</ref>


In the reforms of the RICS in the 1990s, the former divisional structure of the institution was abolished and the use of the alternative designations retained solely for the use of members to retain clarification when informing clients of specialist areas of expertise. Despite the attempt to unify the profession under one title '''chartered surveyor''' there is very little in common across the whole range of disciplines that are within the grasp of all members. The core membership is based in the construction profession, and another large sector deal with property ownership and management. Beyond these cores there are marine, land, rural and antiques specialists.
In the reforms of the RICS in the 1990s, the former divisional structure of the institution was abolished, and the use of the alternative designations was retained solely for the use of members to retain clarification when informing clients of specialist areas of expertise. Despite the attempt to unify the profession under one title "chartered surveyor", there is very little in common across the whole range of disciplines that are within the grasp of all members. The core membership is based in the construction profession and another large sector deals with property ownership and management. Beyond these cores, there are marine, land, rural, and antiques specialists.


Chartered surveyors in the core of the profession may offer mortgage valuations, homebuyer's survey and valuations, full building surveys, building surveyors' services, quantity surveying, land surveying, auctioneering, estate management and other forms of survey and building-related advice. It is not usual for an individual member to have expertise in several areas, and hence partnerships or companies are established to create general practices able to offer a wider spectrum of surveying services.
Chartered surveyors in the core of the profession may offer mortgage valuations, homebuyer's surveys and valuations, full building surveys, building surveyors' services, quantity surveying, land surveying, auctioneering, estate management, and other forms of survey and building-related advice. It is not usual for an individual member to have expertise in several areas, and hence partnerships or companies are established to create general practices able to offer a wider spectrum of surveying services.
[[File:Heathrow Before World War II Map.jpg|thumb|350px|An old [[Ordnance survey]] map]]
[[File:Heathrow Before World War II Map.jpg|thumb|350px|An old [[Ordnance survey]] map]]

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===Real Estate Valuation in the UK===
{{Main|Real estate appraisal}}
The common public experience of chartered surveyors is in the process of obtaining a [[mortgage loan]].<ref name="RICS">[http://www.rics.org/Property/Residentialproperty/Acquisitionanddisposalofresidentialproperty/buying.htm Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117090234/http://www.rics.org/Property/Residentialproperty/Acquisitionanddisposalofresidentialproperty/buying.htm |date=November 17, 2007 }}</ref> Generally the surveyor is appointed by the lender after collecting a fee from the prospective borrower. The mortgage loan may be granted if the surveyor can confirm that the equity in the property in the present market is at or above the level of the loan requested.

Typically, chartered surveyors can be engaged in three types of real estate survey.

A mortgage valuation will be required by any mortgage lender as a condition of obtaining a mortgage loan. The homebuyer may take the option to instruct the same surveyor to carry out a "RICS HomeBuyer Report" or a "RICS Building Survey" (sometimes called a "Structural Survey"<ref>[http://www.shiredirect.com/mortgage-glossary/basic-valuation.html Shire Direct.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724184047/http://www.shiredirect.com/mortgage-glossary/basic-valuation.html |date=2008-07-24 }}'s mortgage glossary</ref>), usually at additional cost.<ref name="RICS" /> When the surveyor is instructed in this combined role, the mortgage valuation is still produced for the lender, and the HomeBuyer Report or Building Survey is additionally prepared for the borrower. This arrangement can avoid the potential conflict of interest where the surveyor has as client both the lender and the borrower in the transaction. Because of the ethics and professional liability division, borrowers should note that the lender's survey is produced solely for the lender and the surveyor will not extend any liability for loss or omission to the borrower. Since reform of the [[RICS Red Book]] of valuation practice in recent years, the definition of a mortgage valuation has been deleted. It is now a [[market valuation]] which is the same definition given to the valuation in the RICS HomeBuyer Report. Before it was removed from the RICS Red Book the valuation for mortgage lending had different criteria from the market valuation.

The [[Council of Mortgage Lenders]] recommends that buyers should not rely only on the mortgage valuation, but obtain a fuller survey for their own purposes. Various mortgage-related sources endorse this advice.<ref>[http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/help-and-advice/advice-banks/article.html?in_advicepage_id=97&in_article_id=394258&in_page_id=90 e.g. thisismoney.co.uk]</ref> However, a fuller survey is rarely a condition of the loan.<ref>[http://www.ourproperty.co.uk/guides/surveys_explained-p1.html ourproperty.co.uk]</ref>
[[File:Willowbank crack 1.jpg|150px|thumb|right|A structural defect]] The borrower may prefer to select an independent surveyor to undertake the HomeBuyer Report or Building Survey.<ref>[http://www.thehomebuyer.org.uk The HomeBuyer.org]</ref>

====Mortgage valuation report====
A mortgage valuation is for the benefit of the lender. Its purpose is merely to confirm the property is worth the price paid, in order to protect the lender's interests.<ref name="CML">[http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/consumers/homebuy/homebuy2#5 Council of Mortgage Lenders]</ref> Invariably there is a disclaimer on the report that confirms that the surveyor extends no responsibility to the borrower. This is a legally valid exclusion.

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====RICS Home Surveys====
Under the reforms undertaken by RICS in the early 21st century to better regulate the provision of professional products to the general public, a sector that is usually unable to fully appreciate the consequences of inadequate specification of the required items to be surveyed and how they are reported, RICS produced a new range of consumer products with RICS branding. Three consumer products are now available -
1. RICS Condition Report
2. RICS HomeBuyer Report
3. RICS Building Survey
These products have a consistent appearance over the range, with common typefaces and general format. The distinctions come in the detail that is subsequently provided. These are discussed below.

====RICS Condition Report====
This is short report that looks briefly at the property to report on the visual condition of nine external elements of construction, nine internal elements of construction, seven services supplied to the building, and three key components of the grounds in which the property is sited. The reports rates conditions from 1 - good, 2, - needing attention in the near future, 3 - needing attention now using a traffic light system to draw attention to things that matter.

In practice this report is of little value to the buyer unless the surveyor attends at the same time as the buyer is carrying out a viewing and wants an early indication of general condition, making the most of the surveyor's expert knowledge about how buildings can fail that are not obvious to the average buyer. Some surveyors agree to carry out these surveys as a precursor to then extending the service with a more detailed report in either of the other two types in the RICS Home Surveys suite.<ref>[http://www.adrianjsingleton.co.uk]</ref> Usually, the fee for the first report is discounted in the fee for the detailed follow up report, since when the surveyor returns to the property, there is already an understanding of what problems are in the property.

====RICS HomeBuyer Report====
This document format has been revised in 2010 to include an easy to assimilate format for the reader. The problem with the earlier format often reported to RICS by clients in receipt of the previous 'Homebuyer's Survey and Valuation' was that the structure did not easily distinguish the faults from the main description. A '''traffic light''' system was introduced and surveyors have to rate each element of the inspection according to priority. In this way, serious impediments are identified easily, and less critical defects commented upon to give the reader advice on what will need attention in the near future. It does not comment on the maintenance requirements for items found to be in satisfactory condition, only confirming that there is no cause for concern at this time. This format is suitable for a wide range of properties, but is best suited to traditionally built houses that are not subject to very serious distress or previous major alterations or extensions. This report is much longer than the condition report and looks in more detail at the property to report on the visual condition and maintenance needs of nine external elements of construction, nine internal elements of construction, seven services supplied to the building, and three key components of the grounds in which the property is sited. The reports rates conditions from 1 - good, 2, - needing attention in the near future, 3 - needing attention now using a traffic light system to draw attention to things that matter. The report also includes commentary to advise your solicitor on issues that need addressing in the conveyance, and any risks that affect the building, grounds and people of a more general nature. There is also a market valuation of the property and an assessment of rebuilding costs for insurance purposes.

Not all chartered surveyors are permitted to undertake providing the RICS HomeBuyer Report as it contains a market valuation. Under rules of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, any surveyor undertaking these surveys must also be an RICS Registered Valuer and carry professional indemnity insurance for this task. This is an attempt by RICS to provide consumer confidence after the older valuation reports came into disrepute.

====RICS Building Survey====
[[File:Thatched cottage, Great Wratting, Suffolk.jpg|thumb|150px|A thatched cottage]]
There are a number of variations to a residential building survey which offers the home purchaser a choice of products. The two main variants are the RICS Guidance note version stemming from the earlier RICS guidance note 2004 (more recently updated by the "Surveys of residential property RICS guidance note 3rd edition" which was introduced in December 2013). The primary difference between guidance note and the practice note for the consumer is the format of the reports. A bespoke style or a framework (traffic light signal) style. For surveyors guidance is "best practice" and practice note is "mandatory".

The guidance note version can be provided in an agreed word document style format with an appendix for photographs etc. There is also a choice (at extra commissioning cost) to add a market valuation and other services such as costing for repairs and project management / further investigation services by agreement as cited at the end of this description. In effect, is a fully bespoke report.

The alternative is the practice note version (introduced to the market in November 2012). It is a similar traffic light signal format as the other RICS survey products such as the RICS condition report and the RICS homebuyer reports.

Both report formats (guidance note and practice note versions) are appropriate for virtually all properties, including but not limited to [[listed building]]s, [[thatched cottage]]s, timber frame homes and so on,.<ref>[http://www.home.co.uk/guides/buying/building_survey.htm home.co.uk]'s home buying guide</ref>

The building survey is the most detailed survey available from most firms of Chartered Surveyors.<ref name="CML" /> Thorough though it is, it may still lead to recommendations for further investigation from other specialists; see below. The building survey report is much longer than the condition report but may not be much longer than the homebuyer report as its content depends on the condition observed in each individual case. The practice note version building survey looks in more detail at the property to report on the visual condition and maintenance needs of nine external elements of construction, with scope for sub-division into individual features, with the nine internal elements of construction and the seven services supplied to the building examined in a similar manner. Also the three key components of the grounds in which the property is sited can be subdivided as necessary.

The practice note version of the report also rates conditions from 1 - good, 2, - needing attention in the near future, 3 - needing attention now using a traffic light system to draw attention to things that matter. In this format, if there is a defect, not only will it be identified but its causes analyzed and methods of repair and elimination of the cause discussed in some detail. The report also includes commentary to advise your solicitor on issues that need addressing in the conveyance, and any risks that affect the building, grounds and people of a more general nature. There is also discussion on the means of escape in case of fire, which in older houses in particular can be compromised by poor design and alterations. There is no market valuation or an assessment of rebuilding costs for insurance purposes in the document. These can be added, along with cost estimates for the repairs by a separate agreement as discussed in the helpful RICS explanatory notes to clients.

Collectively, a key feature of RICS building surveys are that they provide an opportunity for clients and surveyors to strike up a detailed dialogue about the property they are intending to purchase. Purchasers find a building survey useful in allowing for further negotiations on price or for providing a clients briefing document for extensions or repairs. The building survey is a very interactive process.

====Energy performance certificate====
Chartered surveyors can also provide an energy performance certificate.<ref>[https://www.comparemymove.com/chartered-surveyors/epc Compare My Move guide to EPC](webpage)</ref>

====Limits====

Chartered Surveyors are not necessarily specialists in other fields, and may recommend further investigations by an [[electrician]], a [[gas engineer]], a [[structural engineer]] or expert of another kind, depending on what they find during their inspection. They may also recommend work by the buyer's [[solicitor]] to confirm matters which might affect their valuation, such as (with [[leasehold]] properties), the unexpired term of the [[lease]], who is responsible for the boundaries, and so forth.

The Chartered Surveyor's inspection is typically non-intrusive. They do not have the authority to lift floorboards, drill holes, or perform excavations at a property which the prospective buyer does not, at this stage, own, which means that certain defects or problems may not be apparent from their inspection.<ref>[http://www.northernrock.co.uk/mortgages/valuations.asp Northern Rock] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228061315/http://www.northernrock.co.uk/mortgages/valuations.asp |date=February 28, 2009 }}</ref>

Their fees are a component of the [[Cost of moving house in the United Kingdom]].


===Building surveying===
===Building surveying===
{{See also|Surveying#Building surveying}}
{{See also|Surveying#Building surveying}}


As well as surveying, building surveyors in the UK give advice on design, construction, maintenance and repair.<ref>[http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile481/ Government careers advice] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210054157/http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile481/ |date=February 10, 2009 }} site</ref> They may also assess damage or dilapidations on behalf of an [[insurance company]].
As well as surveying, building surveyors in the UK give advice on design, construction, maintenance and repair.<ref>[http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile481/ Government careers advice] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210054157/http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile481/ |date=February 10, 2009 }} site</ref> They may also assess damage or dilapidations on behalf of an [[insurance company]].


A Chartered Surveyor is one who attains MRICS professional membership via the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) by undergoing rigorous training and attaining key work experience across various technical competencies set out by the RICS who then in turn test, scrutinize, examine and assesses such candidates before awarding them Chartered status (MRICS). It is therefore accurate to say that all chartered surveyors can be qualified building surveyors, but not all qualified building surveyors are necessarily Chartered Surveyors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Residential Building Surveys London|url=https://www.zfn.co.uk/building-surveyors-london|access-date=2021-03-10|website=ZFN|language=en}}</ref>
Fully qualified building surveyors in the UK are frequently, but not always members of the RICS.


===Quantity surveying===
===Quantity surveying===
{{Main|Quantity surveyor}}
{{Main|Quantity surveyor}}


Quantity surveyors work for private and commercial clients, [[general contractor|main contractors]] and [[subcontractor]]s in the [[construction]] industry. Their function is management of the commercial interfaces of construction: writing, negotiating, awarding and administering contracts, including variations and claims arising during the performance of a contract; cost control and [[cost engineering]],<ref>[http://www.icoste.org/ceqspm.htm Icoste]</ref> i.e. to document and estimate costs, progress, and risks. In the UK, not all quantity surveyors are necessarily chartered surveyors; some may be chartered through the [[Chartered Institute of Building]] ("CIOB").<ref name="Salford University">[https://archive.is/20030921143451/http://www.salford.ac.uk/course-finder/course/47 Salford University]</ref>
Quantity surveyors work for private and commercial clients, [[general contractor|main contractors]] and [[subcontractor]]s in the [[construction]] industry. Their function is the management of the commercial interfaces of construction: writing, negotiating, awarding, and administering contracts, including variations and claims arising during the performance of a contract; cost control and [[cost engineering]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icoste.org/ceqspm.htm |title=Icoste |access-date=2016-07-07 |archive-date=2007-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713115726/http://www.icoste.org/ceqspm.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> i.e. to document and estimate costs, progress, and risks. In the UK, not all quantity surveyors are necessarily chartered surveyors; some may be chartered through the [[Chartered Institute of Building]] ("CIOB").<ref name="Salford University">[https://archive.today/20030921143451/http://www.salford.ac.uk/course-finder/course/47 Salford University]</ref> Albeit, the title of 'Chartered Quantity Surveyor' can only be used by Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.


Additional duties may include performing feasibility studies, preparing tenders, procuring materials, managing subcontractors, and even advice on taxation or building management.<ref>[http://www.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/quantity_surveyor_job_description.jsp Prospects website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330024843/http://www.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/quantity_surveyor_job_description.jsp |date=March 30, 2009 }}</ref> Surveyors may also be involved in dispute resolution.<ref>[http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile467/ Government careers advice] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210050353/http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile467/ |date=February 10, 2009 }} site</ref>
Additional duties may include performing feasibility studies, preparing tenders, procuring materials, managing subcontractors, and even advice on taxation or building management.<ref>[http://www.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/quantity_surveyor_job_description.jsp Prospects website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330024843/http://www.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/quantity_surveyor_job_description.jsp |date=March 30, 2009 }}</ref> Surveyors may also be involved in dispute resolution.<ref>[http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile467/ Government careers advice] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210050353/http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile467/ |date=February 10, 2009 }} site</ref>
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===Land surveying===
===Land surveying===
{{Main|Cartography}}
{{Main|Land surveying}}
{{See also|Surveying#Land surveying}}
{{See also|Cartography}}


Essentially, land surveying is making accurate maps and plans.<ref name="Ourprop">[http://www.ourproperty.co.uk/guides/land_surveyor.html Our property] website</ref> Land surveying encompasses [[Cadastre|cadastral surveying]], [[cartography]], [[engineering surveying]], [[hydrographic surveying]] and [[oceanographic surveying]].<ref name="Ourprop" /> Land surveyors may be accredited by the RICS, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), or the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES),<ref name="Ourprop" /> but only RICS members can call themselves "chartered land surveyors".
Essentially, land surveying is making accurate maps and plans.<ref name="Ourprop">[http://www.ourproperty.co.uk/guides/land_surveyor.html Our property] website</ref> Land surveying encompasses [[Cadastre|cadastral surveying]], [[cartography]], [[engineering surveying]], [[hydrographic surveying]] and [[oceanographic surveying]].<ref name="Ourprop" /> Land surveyors may be accredited by the RICS, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), or the [[Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors]] (CICES),<ref name="Ourprop" /> but only RICS members can call themselves "chartered land surveyors". Members and Fellows of CICES are eligible to attain Chartered Engineer status through the [[Engineering Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Quick Guide Plus to Chartered Engineer (CEng) |url=https://www.cices.org/content/uploads/2015/10/Quick-Guide-CEng-Plus.pdf |website=CICES |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507212717/https://www.cices.org/content/uploads/2015/10/Quick-Guide-CEng-Plus.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===Auctioneering===
===Auctioneering===
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===Other aspects of surveying practice===
===Other aspects of surveying practice===
As well as the services mentioned above, UK chartered surveyors may offer advice in boundary disputes, business rates, [[compulsory purchase]] matters and [[party wall]]s.<ref>[http://www.rics.org/Usingasurveyor/Findasurveyor/helplines_mar05.html RICS website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302113940/http://www.rics.org/Usingasurveyor/Findasurveyor/helplines_mar05.html |date=March 2, 2009 }}</ref> ("Party walls" in the UK are walls on your property shared with your neighbours.)
As well as the services mentioned above, UK chartered surveyors may offer advice in boundary disputes, business rates, [[compulsory purchase]] matters and [[party wall]]s.<ref>[http://www.rics.org/Usingasurveyor/Findasurveyor/helplines_mar05.html RICS website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302113940/http://www.rics.org/Usingasurveyor/Findasurveyor/helplines_mar05.html |date=March 2, 2009 }}</ref> ("Party walls" in the UK are walls on your property shared with your neighbors.)


===Employers===
===Employers===
The largest employer of Chartered Surveyors is [[Turner & Townsend]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 50 Surveyors|url=https://www.building.co.uk/data/top-50-surveyors-2018/5095798.article|work=[[Building (magazine)|Building]]|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref>
The largest employer of Chartered Surveyors is [[Turner & Townsend]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 50 Surveyors|url=https://www.building.co.uk/data/top-50-surveyors-2018/5095798.article|work=[[Building (magazine)|Building]]|access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref>


===Becoming a Chartered Surveyor===
===Becoming a Chartered Surveyor===
In order to become a Chartered Surveyor, trainees must undertake a degree accredited by the RICS and pass the Assessment of Professional Competence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Liz|title=So you want to work in ... Building surveyancy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2007/dec/01/workandcareers.graduates1|accessdate=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 December 2007}}</ref> Occasionally RICS withdraws accreditation of degree courses.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bassey|first=Amardeep|title=SURVEYOR SNOBS IN UNI WRANGLE|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SURVEYOR+SNOBS+IN+UNI+WRANGLE.-a070899504|accessdate=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[Sunday Mercury]]|date=25 February 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Degree without license|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/105409.article|accessdate=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[Times Educational Supplement]]|date=19 January 1998}}</ref>
In order to become a Chartered Surveyor, trainees must undertake a degree accredited by the RICS and pass the Assessment of Professional Competence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Liz|title=So you want to work in ... Building surveyancy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2007/dec/01/workandcareers.graduates1|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 December 2007}}</ref> Occasionally RICS withdraws accreditation of degree courses.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bassey|first=Amardeep|title=SURVEYOR SNOBS IN UNI WRANGLE|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SURVEYOR+SNOBS+IN+UNI+WRANGLE.-a070899504|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[Sunday Mercury]]|date=25 February 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Degree without license|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/105409.article|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[Times Educational Supplement]]|date=19 January 1998}}</ref>


==Notable Chartered Surveyors==
==Notable Chartered Surveyors==
*[[Andy Irvine (rugby union)|Andy Irvine]] - retired [[rugby union]] footballer who played for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Find a member: Andy Irvine|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=andrew&ln=irvine&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|accessdate=28 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commercial Property Services in Edinburgh|url=http://www.joneslanglasalle.co.uk/UnitedKingdom/EN-GB/Pages/Edinburgh.aspx|publisher=[[Jones Lang LaSalle]]|accessdate=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622182110/http://www.joneslanglasalle.co.uk/UnitedKingdom/EN-GB/Pages/Edinburgh.aspx|archive-date=22 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Andy Irvine (rugby union)|Andy Irvine]] - retired [[rugby union]] footballer who played for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Find a member: Andy Irvine|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=andrew&ln=irvine&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commercial Property Services in Edinburgh|url=http://www.joneslanglasalle.co.uk/UnitedKingdom/EN-GB/Pages/Edinburgh.aspx|publisher=[[Jones Lang LaSalle]]|access-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622182110/http://www.joneslanglasalle.co.uk/UnitedKingdom/EN-GB/Pages/Edinburgh.aspx|archive-date=22 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Gavin Kerr]] - retired [[rugby union]] footballer who played prop for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] is a Chartered Building Surveyor.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dunton|first=Jim|title=Former Scots rugby star swaps scrum for surveying|url=http://www.building.co.uk/former-scots-rugby-star-swaps-scrum-for-surveying/5055169.article|accessdate=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[Building (magazine)|Building]]|date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[Gavin Kerr]] - retired [[rugby union]] footballer who played prop for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] is a Chartered Building Surveyor.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dunton|first=Jim|title=Former Scots rugby star swaps scrum for surveying|url=http://www.building.co.uk/former-scots-rugby-star-swaps-scrum-for-surveying/5055169.article|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[Building (magazine)|Building]]|date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[Paul Morrell]] - a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=Paul&ln=Morrell&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Paul Morrell|accessdate=28 September 2013}}</ref>
*[[Paul Morrell]] - a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=Paul&ln=Morrell&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Paul Morrell|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref>
*[[Tim Wonnacott]] is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=Tim&ln=Wonnacott&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Tim Wonnacott|accessdate=28 September 2013}}</ref> and television presenter.
*[[Tim Wonnacott]] is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=Tim&ln=Wonnacott&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Tim Wonnacott|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> and television presenter.
*[[Marianne Suhr]] - writer, expert on historic buildings and co-presenter of the television series ''[[Restoration (TV series)|Restoration]]'' is a Chartered Building Surveyor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=marianne&ln=&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Marianne Suhr|accessdate=28 September 2013}}</ref>
*[[Marianne Suhr]] - writer, expert on historic buildings and co-presenter of the television series ''[[Restoration (TV series)|Restoration]]'' is a Chartered Building Surveyor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/uk/find-a-member/?sd=y&cc=GB&fn=marianne&ln=&ct=|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Marianne Suhr|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref>
*[[Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington]] - a landowner and [[life peer]] who sits as a [[crossbench]] member of the [[House of Lords]].
*[[Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington]] - a landowner and [[life peer]] who sits as a [[crossbench]] member of the [[House of Lords]].
*[[Philip Serrell]] - Television presenter, chartered valuation surveyor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/us/find-a-member/member-profile/1125496|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Philip Serrell|accessdate=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226163014/http://www.rics.org/us/find-a-member/member-profile/1125496|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and racing driver.
*[[Philip Serrell]] - Television presenter, chartered valuation surveyor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rics.org/us/find-a-member/member-profile/1125496|publisher=[[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]]|title=Find a member:Philip Serrell|access-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226163014/http://www.rics.org/us/find-a-member/member-profile/1125496|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and racing driver.

==United Arab Emirates==
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A '''Chartered surveyor''' in the {{UAE}} are professionals who provide expert advice on various aspects related to real estate, construction, and property-related matters. Their primary role is to offer specialized services to individuals, businesses, and government entities to help them make informed decisions about property assets. Here are some of the key tasks and responsibilities of chartered surveyors in the UAE:

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===Property Valuation===
Chartered surveyors assess the value of [[residential]], [[Commerce|commercial]], industrial, and [[agricultural]] properties. They consider factors such as location, condition, market trends, and other relevant variables to provide accurate and impartial property valuations.

===Property Management===
They manage and oversee real estate properties on behalf of property owners, ensuring that they are well-maintained and generating maximum returns. This may include rent collection, lease negotiations, and property maintenance.

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===Building Surveys===
{{Main|Land surveying}}
{{See also|Cartography}}

Chartered surveyors conduct detailed inspections of buildings to assess their condition and identify any structural issues, defects, or potential risks. They provide comprehensive reports to clients, which are crucial for buyers, sellers, and property investors.

===Project Management===
{{Main|Project Management}}
{{See also|Management}}
They may act as project managers for construction and development projects. They oversee the planning, design, and execution of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meeting quality standards.

===Feasibility Studies===
Chartered surveyors conduct feasibility studies for proposed real estate developments. These studies assess the viability of a project, taking into account factors such as market demand, costs, and regulatory requirements.


== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Wiktionary|survey}}
{{Wiktionary|survey}}
*[[Australian Property Institute]], a similar professional body which has a reciprocity agreement with RICS
*[[Australian Property Institute]], a similar professional body which has a reciprocity agreement with RICS
*[[Construction Industry Council]]
*[[Construction Industry Council (United Kingdom)|Construction Industry Council]]
*[[RICS]]
*[[RICS]]
*[[Chartered surveyors in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors]]


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Chartered Surveyor is the description (protected by law in many countries) of Professional Members and Fellows of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) entitled to use the designation (and a number of variations such as "Chartered Building Surveyor" or "Chartered Quantity Surveyor" or "Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor" depending on their field of expertise) in the (British) Commonwealth of Nations and Ireland. Chartered originates from the Royal Charter granted to the world's first professional body of surveyors. Chartered Surveyors are entitled to use "MRICS" or "FRICS" after their names as appropriate.

Chartered Surveyors are highly trained and experienced property professionals. Surveyors offer impartial, specialist advice on a variety of property related issues and the services which they provide are diverse.[1]

Chartered Surveyors work in all fields of property and building consultancy. At the most basic level, their duties include valuing property and undertaking structural surveys of buildings. They also provide expert consultancy advice in property, construction, and related environmental issues.

United Kingdom

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A Chartered surveyor in the United Kingdom is a surveyor who is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ("RICS"). Until the end of the 20th century, some members were members of the ISVA ("Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers"), but this organization merged with the RICS in 1999.[2]

In the reforms of the RICS in the 1990s, the former divisional structure of the institution was abolished, and the use of the alternative designations was retained solely for the use of members to retain clarification when informing clients of specialist areas of expertise. Despite the attempt to unify the profession under one title "chartered surveyor", there is very little in common across the whole range of disciplines that are within the grasp of all members. The core membership is based in the construction profession and another large sector deals with property ownership and management. Beyond these cores, there are marine, land, rural, and antiques specialists.

Chartered surveyors in the core of the profession may offer mortgage valuations, homebuyer's surveys and valuations, full building surveys, building surveyors' services, quantity surveying, land surveying, auctioneering, estate management, and other forms of survey and building-related advice. It is not usual for an individual member to have expertise in several areas, and hence partnerships or companies are established to create general practices able to offer a wider spectrum of surveying services.

An old Ordnance survey map

Building surveying

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See also: Surveying § Building surveying

As well as surveying, building surveyors in the UK give advice on design, construction, maintenance and repair.[3] They may also assess damage or dilapidations on behalf of an insurance company.

A Chartered Surveyor is one who attains MRICS professional membership via the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) by undergoing rigorous training and attaining key work experience across various technical competencies set out by the RICS who then in turn test, scrutinize, examine and assesses such candidates before awarding them Chartered status (MRICS). It is therefore accurate to say that all chartered surveyors can be qualified building surveyors, but not all qualified building surveyors are necessarily Chartered Surveyors.[4]

Quantity surveying

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Main article: Quantity surveyor

Quantity surveyors work for private and commercial clients, main contractors and subcontractors in the construction industry. Their function is the management of the commercial interfaces of construction: writing, negotiating, awarding, and administering contracts, including variations and claims arising during the performance of a contract; cost control and cost engineering,[5] i.e. to document and estimate costs, progress, and risks. In the UK, not all quantity surveyors are necessarily chartered surveyors; some may be chartered through the Chartered Institute of Building ("CIOB").[6] Albeit, the title of 'Chartered Quantity Surveyor' can only be used by Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Additional duties may include performing feasibility studies, preparing tenders, procuring materials, managing subcontractors, and even advice on taxation or building management.[7] Surveyors may also be involved in dispute resolution.[8]

Quantity surveyors sometimes act as project managers of a construction site.[6]

Land surveying

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Main article: Land surveying
See also: Cartography

Essentially, land surveying is making accurate maps and plans.[9] Land surveying encompasses cadastral surveying, cartography, engineering surveying, hydrographic surveying and oceanographic surveying.[9] Land surveyors may be accredited by the RICS, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), or the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES),[9] but only RICS members can call themselves "chartered land surveyors". Members and Fellows of CICES are eligible to attain Chartered Engineer status through the Engineering Council.[10]

Auctioneering

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Main article: Estate sale

Firms of chartered surveyors sometimes act in property auctions.[11]

Other aspects of surveying practice

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As well as the services mentioned above, UK chartered surveyors may offer advice in boundary disputes, business rates, compulsory purchase matters and party walls.[12] ("Party walls" in the UK are walls on your property shared with your neighbors.)

Employers

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The largest employer of Chartered Surveyors is Turner & Townsend.[13]

Becoming a Chartered Surveyor

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In order to become a Chartered Surveyor, trainees must undertake a degree accredited by the RICS and pass the Assessment of Professional Competence.[14] Occasionally RICS withdraws accreditation of degree courses.[15][16]

Notable Chartered Surveyors

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United Arab Emirates

[edit]

A Chartered surveyor in the  United Arab Emirates are professionals who provide expert advice on various aspects related to real estate, construction, and property-related matters. Their primary role is to offer specialized services to individuals, businesses, and government entities to help them make informed decisions about property assets. Here are some of the key tasks and responsibilities of chartered surveyors in the UAE:

Property Valuation

[edit]

Chartered surveyors assess the value of residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural properties. They consider factors such as location, condition, market trends, and other relevant variables to provide accurate and impartial property valuations.

Property Management

[edit]

They manage and oversee real estate properties on behalf of property owners, ensuring that they are well-maintained and generating maximum returns. This may include rent collection, lease negotiations, and property maintenance.

Building Surveys

[edit]
Main article: Land surveying
See also: Cartography

Chartered surveyors conduct detailed inspections of buildings to assess their condition and identify any structural issues, defects, or potential risks. They provide comprehensive reports to clients, which are crucial for buyers, sellers, and property investors.

Project Management

[edit]
Main article: Project Management
See also: Management

They may act as project managers for construction and development projects. They oversee the planning, design, and execution of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meeting quality standards.

Feasibility Studies

[edit]

Chartered surveyors conduct feasibility studies for proposed real estate developments. These studies assess the viability of a project, taking into account factors such as market demand, costs, and regulatory requirements.

See also

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Look up survey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

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  1. ^ Benedictus, Leo (26 September 2009). "The chartered surveyor: Made to measure". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. ^ Property Week
  3. ^ Government careers advice Archived February 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine site
  4. ^ "Residential Building Surveys London". ZFN. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  5. ^ "Icoste". Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  6. ^ a b Salford University
  7. ^ Prospects website Archived March 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Government careers advice Archived February 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine site
  9. ^ a b c Our property website
  10. ^ "Quick Guide Plus to Chartered Engineer (CEng)" (PDF). CICES. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  11. ^ RICS Archived March 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ RICS website Archived March 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Top 50 Surveyors". Building. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  14. ^ Ford, Liz (1 December 2007). "So you want to work in ... Building surveyancy". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  15. ^ Bassey, Amardeep (25 February 2001). "SURVEYOR SNOBS IN UNI WRANGLE". Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  16. ^ "Degree without license". Times Educational Supplement. 19 January 1998. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  17. ^ "Find a member: Andy Irvine". Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  18. ^ "Commercial Property Services in Edinburgh". Jones Lang LaSalle. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  19. ^ Dunton, Jim (23 May 2013). "Former Scots rugby star swaps scrum for surveying". Building. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  20. ^ "Find a member:Paul Morrell". Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  21. ^ "Find a member:Tim Wonnacott". Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Find a member:Marianne Suhr". Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  23. ^ "Find a member:Philip Serrell". Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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