Chartered Surveyor
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Chartered Surveyor is the description (protected by law
in many countries) of
Professional Members and Fellows of the 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 Commonwealth
countries and Ireland
. Chartered originates from the Royal Charter
granted to the world's first professional body
of surveyors.
CS's 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.
CS's work in all fields of property and building consultancy. At the most basic level, their duties include valuing property and looking for structural defects in buildings. They also provide expert consultancy advice in property, construction
and related environmental issues.
The representative professional body is the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
.
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
in many countries) of
Professional Members and Fellows of the 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 Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
countries and Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. Chartered originates from the Royal Charter
Royal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
granted to the world's first professional body
Professional body
A professional association is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession, and the public interest.The roles of these professional associations have been variously defined: "A group of people in a...
of surveyors.
CS's are highly trained and experienced property
Real property
In English Common Law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is any subset of land that has been legally defined and the improvements to it made by human efforts: any buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, roads, various property rights, and so forth...
professionals. Surveyors offer impartial, specialist advice on a variety of property related issues and the services which they provide are diverse.
CS's work in all fields of property and building consultancy. At the most basic level, their duties include valuing property and looking for structural defects in buildings. They also provide expert consultancy advice in property, construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
and related environmental issues.
The representative professional body is the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an independent, representative professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other sovereign nations....
.
See also
- Australian Property InstituteAustralian Property InstituteThe Australian Property Institute is a professional industry body representing residential, commercial and plant and machinery valuers, analysts, fund managers and property lawyers....
, a similar professional body which has a reciprocity agreement with RICS - Construction Industry CouncilConstruction Industry CouncilThe Construction Industry Council is the representative body for the professional bodies, research organizations and specialist business associations in the construction industry in the United Kingdom...
- RICS
- Chartered surveyors in the United KingdomChartered surveyors in the United KingdomA Chartered surveyor in the United Kingdom is a surveyor who is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors . Until the end of the 20th century, chartered surveyors could also be members of the ISVA , but this organisation merged into the RICS in 1999.Chartered surveyors may offer...