Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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| Motto | Est modus in rebus ("There is measure in all things") |
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| Formation | 1868 (1868) |
| Type | Professional body |
| Headquarters | London, SW1 United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′3″N 0°7′41″W / 51.50083°N 0.12806°W / 51.50083; -0.12806Coordinates: 51°30′3″N 0°7′41″W / 51.50083°N 0.12806°W / 51.50083; -0.12806 |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 125,000 (2018) |
Chief Executive Officer | Sean Tompkins |
President (2018-19) | Chris Brooke |
Staff | c. 900 |
| Website | www.rics.org |
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a professional body promoting and enforcing the highest international standards[1][2][3]in the valuation, management and development of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure.
RICS work at a cross-governmental level[4][5], delivering a single, international standard that will support a safe and vibrant marketplace in land, real estate, construction and infrastructure, for the benefit of all.
Professionals holding RICS qualifications may use the following designations after their name: AssocRICS (Associate), MRICS (Member), FRICS (Fellow). Those with the designation MRICS or FRICS are also known as chartered surveyors[6][7][8][9].
Contents
1 History
2 International presence
3 International standards
4 Membership
5 Professional groups
6 Specialist accreditations
7 Past Presidents
8 RICS Matrics
9 BCIS
10 Charitable works
11 See also
12 Notes
13 References
14 External links
History
RICS was founded in London as the Institution of Surveyors after a meeting of 49 surveyors at the Westminster Palace Hotel on 15 June 1868. The inaugural president was John Clutton (who founded Cluttons, a property firm still in business today). The organisation has occupied headquarters on the corner of Great George Street and Little George Street since then.[10] It received a Royal charter as The Surveyors' Institution on 26 August 1881.[11][note 1]
The Surveyors' Institution became the Chartered Surveyors' Institution in 1930.[12] In 1946, George VI granted the title "Royal" and in 1947 the professional body became the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.[13]
RICS Headquarters, Parliament Square, London
International presence
RICS headquarters is in London with its main support functions in Birmingham. There are regional offices in the United Kingdom, across mainland Europe, in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, North America and Brazil.
In 2018, there are RICS-qualified professionals in nearly 150 countries. RICS accredits 125,000 qualified and trainee professionals worldwide[14]. The majority of accredited individuals are still based in the United Kingdom with large numbers also in mainland Europe, Australia and Hong Kong. There is now a strong growth globally, particularly in China, India and the Americas.
RICS has close links with many national surveying institutions and is a founding member association of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Within RICS the primary areas of practice represented at FIG are geomatics (land and hydrographic survey), environment, planning, construction and valuation.
RICS works in close collaboration with other professional bodies, central banks and international organisations such as The United Nations, World Bank and The European Union.
International standards
In 2013, RICS was a founder member of the coalition to develop International Property Measurement Standards, which launched its first standard – for measuring office space – in November 2014. It launched its second standard, for measuring residential buildings, in September 2016. In 2014 RICS was a founder member of the coalition to develop International Ethics Standards[15], standards designed to add greater consistency to developing and reinforcing professional ethics globally – these launched in December 2016.
To add greater consistency to the benchmarking, measuring, and reporting of construction project costs, International Construction Measurement Standards[16] published in July 2017. And the coalition for International Land Measurement Standards – to add consistency to the interpretation and documentation of tenure – launched in June 2016. In each case, coalition member bodies are committed to implementing the new standards through training and guidance for professional practitioners.
Membership
Entry to membership of RICS is via four main routes: academic; graduate; technical; and senior professional. RICS has links with universities worldwide, with whom they have accredited approved courses which satisfy part of the qualification requirements to become trainee surveyors. RICS also offers expedited routes to membership for qualified professional members of some partner associations.
RICS requires members to update their knowledge and competence during their working life through Continuing Professional Development.
- Associate members may use "AssocRICS" after their names (previously members at this level were known as Technical Members and used the designation "TechRICS").[17]
- Professional Members may use "MRICS" after their names (previously members at this level were known as Professional Associates and used the designation "ARICS").
- Fellows may use "FRICS" after their names.
- Honorary members may use “HonRICS” after their names.
Individuals holding the professional MRICS or FRICS designation are entitled to use the professional title designation "Chartered Surveyor" and variations such as "Chartered Building Surveyor" or "Chartered Quantity Surveyor", depending on their chosen specialist qualifications and field of expertise.
Professional groups
RICS specifies areas of specialism, each with its own professional group, clustered into Land, Property and Construction. Within each professional group there may be further specialisms.[18]
| Property Professional Groups | Land Professional Groups | Built Environment Professional Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Arts & Antiquities | Environment | Building Control |
| Commercial Property | Geomatics | Building Surveying |
| Dispute Resolution | Minerals & Waste | Project Management |
| Facilities Management | Planning & Development | Quantity Surveying & Construction |
| Machinery & Assets | Rural | Dilapidations forum |
| Management Consultancy | Telecom forum | Insurance forum |
| Residential property | ||
| Valuation | ||
| Building conservation forum |
Specialist accreditations
RICS aims to cover, among its practising members, property and construction related expertise generally. Specialised areas of practice expertise for which accreditation is available include:
Building Information Modelling (BIM) Manager Certification- Building Conservation
- Chartered Environmentalists
- Dispute Resolution
- ECO Assessor Certification
- Fixed Charge Receivership Scheme
- Valuer Registration.
Past Presidents
A list of Past Presidents is set out below. The first President was John Clutton, who was elected in 1868. The first female President was Louise Brooke-Smith, who was elected in 2014. [19] Presidents of RICS have included Amanda Clack, Martin J Brühl, Michael Newey, Alan Collett, See Lian Ong and Robert Peto.
1868 John Clutton
1870 Richard Hall
1872 Edward Norton Clifton
1874 Thomas Huskinson
1876 Edmund James Smith
1878 William Sturge
1880 Edward Ryde
1883 Thomas Smith-Woolley
1885 Edward L’Anson
1886 William James Beadel MP
1888 Elias Putts Squarey
1890 Robert Collier Driver
1892 Charles John Schoppe
1894 Thomas Chatfield Clarke
1895 Daniel Watney
1897 Christopher Oakley
1898 Robert Vickers
1899 Thomas Miller Mickman
1900 John Sharp
1901 Sir John F L Rolleston MP
1902 Arthur Vernon
1903 Albert Buck
1904 Herbert Thomas Steward
1905 Charles Bidwell
1906 George Langridge
1907 Thomas Taylor Wainwright
1908 Howard Martin
1909 Sir Alexander Rose Stennard
1910 Leslie Robert Vickers
1911 Sir W Edgar Horne MP
1912 Hon Edward Gerald Strutt CH
1913 William Edward Wooley
1914 Howard Chatfield Clarke
1915 John Henry Hanson
1916 Rt Hon George Fancies Stewart
1917 Arthur Lyon Ryce
1918 Sir John Hubert Oakley GBE
1919 Andrew Young
1920 John Willmot
1921 Joseph Henry Sann
1922 John McClarke Clarke
1923 Sir James Ingus Davidson
1924 Sir Edwin Savill OBE
1925 John David Wallis
1926 Denly Watney
1927 Edward Samuel Cox
1928 Charles Browning Fisher CBE
1929 Charles Henry Bidwells
1930 Ernest Hootham Lecester
1931 John Evans Bidwell
1932 Percival Fox Tuckett
1933 Charles Gerald Eve
1934 Alan Arnold
1935 Harry Mercow Stanley
1936 John Medows Theobald
1937 Robert Cobb
1938 Sir Charles Bressey CB CBE
1939 Oswald Healing
1940 Herbert Arthur Stweward
1941 Maj-Gen Sir Herbert Covington Cole CB
1942 Geoffrey Leslie Vickers
1943 William Charles Farnsworth
1944 James Bark
1945 Edward Bailey Gillet
1946 Alfred George Harfield
1947 Richard William Trumpler
1948 Stanley Vivian Hoys
1949 John Arthur Fowls Watson
1950 Herbert Percival Hobbs
1951 John Anthony Arnold-Forster OBE
1952 John Cassles Pinkerton MC
1953 George Arnold Coombe MC
1954 Charles Percival Bowyer TD
1955 William Robinson Brackett OBE TD
1956 Walter Edward Avison Bull
1957 William Morton Balch
1958 Frances George Fruley OBE
1959 John Lewe Postlethwaite
1960 John Douglas Tristram Eve
1961 Eric Codwill Strathem
1962 Geofrey Henry Haywood
1963 Charlie Dennis Pilcher
1964 George Dixon Walford
1965 Sir Henry Weston Wells CBE
1966 Guy Biscoe
1967 Hugh Brian Eve
1968 Sir Oliver Sidney Chesterton MC
1969 John Clarke OBE TD
1970 Edmund James Battersby
1971 John Brendon George MBE TD
1972 Martin Somervill Aroles
1973 Edward Norman Harris AFC
1974 Bernard John Collins CBE
1975 David MacFarland Doic
1976 Charles Field Frankton MBE
1977 Frank Cecil Knowles
1978 Peter Witheroe Grafton CBE
1979 Richard Marshall Wilson
1980 John Nigel Courtenay James
1981 Philip Richard Vincent James
1982 Richard William Peter Luff
1983 Clifford Thomas Dann
1984 Geoffrey Malcolm Townsend
1985 Paul David Orchard-Lisle CBE TD DL
1986 Donald Alexander Gordon Toley
1987 Michael Garth Clarke TD
1988 David Harris Robert Youce
1989 David Ronald Male
1990 Sir Daniel Norton Idris Pearce CBE
1991 Edward Watts
1992 Christopher William Jonas
1993 Clive Hewitt Lewis
1994 Ron Swanston
1995 Simon Frances Pott
1996 Jeremy David Baggot Bayliss
1997 Peter McKinnon
1998 Richard Neville Lay
1999 Simon Henry Kolesar
2000 Jonathan David Harris OBE
RICS Matrics
The junior branch of RICS, known as Matrics (pronounced "matrix"), provides educational support, charitable and networking activities for surveying students, trainee surveyors (of any age) and Chartered Surveyors with ten years or less post-qualification experience.[20] It comprises some 40 local groups across the United Kingdom. Established in 1889 as the Junior Committee, it became the "Junior Organisation" ("JO") in 1928 and was re-branded as "RICS Matrics" in 2003. It also has links with the Young Chartered Surveyors in the Republic of Ireland.
BCIS
BCIS is the Building Cost Information Service of RICS. Established in 1962 BCIS provides independent cost and price information to the construction industry and anyone else who needs comprehensive, accurate and independent data.[21] BCIS pioneered elemental cost planning in the early 1960s that is now the basis of early cost advice in the construction industry today. The organisation holds the largest independent database of cost plans in elemental form.
Services, available to government bodies and private developers, include measuring price movement, bench-marking, market research, statistical analysis, forecasting, and impact studies, relating to construction, maintenance, rebuilding and insurance. BCIS International offers survey-based cost information for markets outside the UK.
Charitable works
Lionheart is the benevolent fund for past and present RICS members and their families. The charity was established in 1899 and provides financial support, health and well-being packages, and work-related counselling and befriending support. RICS also supports the Chartered Surveyors Training Trust, which helps young people enter the profession through apprenticeships;[22] Charity Property Help, which provides property advice to charities and voluntary organisations,[23] and The Chartered Surveyors' Voluntary Service (CSVS), a registered charity providing free property advice to people who would otherwise struggle to access professional assistance.[24]
See also
- Chartered surveyors in the United Kingdom
- Construction Industry Council
International Valuation Standards Committee, of which the RICS is a founding member
Chartered Institute of Building, a sister professional body within the built environment
Notes
^ Under the charter, full members were classed as Fellows (FSI) or Professional Associates (PASI). Non-chartered associate and student memberships were also provided for.[11]
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^ Professional Groups of the RICS
^ A full list of past presidents
^ RICS
^ Designing Buildings Wiki, Last edited 08 Jul 2014
^ RICS Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ RICS Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ RICS Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- RICS website
