Welcome to RICS

As a globally recognised professional body, everything we do is designed to effect positive change in the built and natural environments.

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Find out about your professional fees, how to renew your status, apply for one of our concessions and how to pay your renewal fee.

Q4 2025 Global Quarterly Report

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RICS Valuation - Global Standards 'Red Book'

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RICS consumer guides

Navigating property decisions can be overwhelming. RICS has created a library of free, easy-to-understand consumer guides to help.

News & Insights

RICS calls for expressions of interest in new data, analytics and intelligence pathway

RICS is leading change and innovation in the built environment through today’s announcement of a pilot programme for a new Data, Analytics and Intelligence pathway to become a chartered surveyor.

Women in Construction Scholarship: Victoria Clapp

This year, Victoria Clapp has successfully completed the RICS Diploma in Adjudication through the scholarship, marking a significant milestone in her development as both a Quantity Surveyor and an emerging voice in dispute resolution.

Women in Construction Scholarship: Iona Morrison

As part of the RICS Women in Construction Scholarship, Iona Morrison has now successfully completed the RICS Diploma in Adjudication, a significant achievement that reflects both her professional growth and her passion for strengthening dispute resolution practices within the construction sector.

RICS in Europe: Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe 2025

In this article we combine the survey findings with broader market observations and industry trends to explore how ESG expectations are reshaping demand, value and risk across the built environment.

DRS 50 Tutor Spotlight - David Parratt KC (Scot)

Here we speak with David Parratt KC (Scot), who shares how his day‑to‑day work across litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and negotiation informs his DRS teaching, why ongoing education across all dispute resolution methods matters, and how expert‑witness competency training helps raise

DRS 50 Tutor Spotlight - Matt Molloy

Here, we hear from Matt Molloy, who reflects on how active engagement in hearings, evidence analysis and decision writing strengthens the practical learning he delivers for DRS, and how his contributions to training, assessment and programme development help enhance professional standards across the

Developing the Next Generation of Project Managers

Discover Paul Wilson’s insights on the growing demand for strong project managers and his experience delivering the RICS Certificate in Construction Project Management.

DRS 50 Tutor Spotlight - Andrew Crease

Today, we speak with Andrew Crease, who reflects on how his professional expertise informs his lectures on the Diploma in Arbitration, and how his work with RICS continues to support raising professional standards.

Strengthening the construction industry: Addressing the pressures facing tier 2 contractors

As part of DRS 50, our first Insight Series event brought professionals together to discuss cash flow challenges, contractual risks and the growing need for early intervention to keep projects on track for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Contractors.

Meet David Street MRICS: Lead Assessor in Australia and New Zealand

Read the Q&A to gain insight into the critical role Assessors have and advice for candidates currently on the journey to becoming members of RICS.

Good Practice Building Product Information Guide Released by National Building Products Coalition

RICS Australia is pleased to announce and support the release of the Good Practice Building Product Information Guide by the National Building Products Coalition.

DRS 50 Tutor Spotlight - Paul Jensen

As DRS marks 50 years, we are celebrating the people who have shaped our education programmes and supported the development of dispute resolvers across the built environment.

Profession & Standards

RICS develops and enforces leading international standards, protecting consumers and businesses by ensuring the utmost level of professionalism is employed across the built and natural environment.

The regulatory functions of RICS relating to Standards and Professional Development are led and overseen by the Standards and Regulation Board (SRB).

Profession & Standards

Profession & Standards Quick Links

RICS Valuation - Global Standards ('Red Book')

Black Book

Fire Safety

Rules of conduct

RICS Professional Development Packages

Embrace your professional development, navigate your way to professional status or drive your organisation forward with our support packages.

Upcoming Training and Events

Networking

RICS in Guernsey – Spring meeting

Mon 09 Mar 2026 • 14:30 - 17:00 GMT • 1.5 hours structured CPD • Les Cotils, L'Hyvreuse, Guernsey GY1 1UU, Guernsey

Free

RICS Wales International Women's Day Brunch Meeting (Cardiff)

Tue 10 Mar 2026 • 10:00 - 12:00 GMT • 2.0 Hours Informal CPD • The Botanist, Church Street, Cardiff

Free

Networking

RICS Matrics Tayside and Fife: Networking - Netwalking at Pittencrieff Park “The Glen”

Tue 10 Mar 2026 • 12:00 - 13:00 GMT • Pittencrieff Park, Pittencrieff St, Dunfermline KY12 8QH

Free

Webinar

UK&I Data quality and governance in building control webinar

• 1 hour structured CPD • Online

£36

+ VAT

Seminar

RICS in Birmingham: Common NEC 4 problems and their solutions

Wed 11 Mar 2026 • 08:45 - 11:00 GMT • 1 hour structured CPD • RICS, 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2AA

Free

Global Digital inspection tools for home surveys webinar

• 1.0 Hours Formal CPD • Online

£36

+ VAT

Webinar

Global Using AI in commercial property management webinar

• 1.0 Hours Formal CPD • Online

£36

+ VAT

RICS Matrics South Wales: Candidate Support – The Ethics Competency

Wed 11 Mar 2026 • 09:30 - 12:00 GMT • RICS Wales Office, 8a Creative Quarter, Morgans Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1AF

Free

Networking

RICS in East of England: Norwich - Lunchtime Lectures - Responsible use of ‘Artificial Intelligence’

Wed 11 Mar 2026 • 12:00 - 14:00 GMT • 1.0 Hours Formal CPD • The Maids Head Hotel, 20 Tombland, Norwich NR3 1LB

£25

Webinar

RICS Matrics Glasgow & Stratum Masonry: Webinar - Stonework

• 1.0 Hours Informal CPD • Online

Free

Networking

RICS Matrics London: Networking - Run Club

Wed 11 Mar 2026 • 18:00 - 19:00 GMT • Fresson and Tee Chartered Surveyors, 6th Floor, Queens House, 55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ

Free

Webinar

Global GIS for asset management: Strengthening commercial property decision making webinar

• 1 hour structured CPD • Online

Free

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