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Design and Specification, 1st edition

Provides professional practitioners with best practice guidance relevant to the tasks and processes of design and specification for small to medium-size construction projects.

Conflicts of Interest for Members Acting as Dispute Resolvers, 1st edition

Covers the appointment of surveyors as arbitrators, independent experts, mediators, adjudicators, and other dispute resolvers.

Condition Report: Description and Standard Terms of Engagement

The RICS Condition Report should be used for a conventional house, flat or bungalow built from common building materials and in reasonable condition.

HomeBuyer Report (Survey & Valuation), Description and Standard Terms of Engagement

Surveys of Residential Property, 3rd edition (reissue)

Provides a clear, flexible framework for practitioners to develop their own services the public can trust, consistent with the quality standards expected from RICS members.

Building Survey: Description and Standard Terms of Engagement

The RICS Building Survey is the most comprehensive report of its kind and should be used for larger or older properties, or when planning major works.

HomeBuyer Report (Survey & Valuation) Report

HomeBuyer Report (Survey & Valuation), 5th edition

Surveying Assets in the Built Environment, 1st edition

This guidance note provides a professional practitioner or individual commissioned to undertake a survey with outlined guidance on fulfilling elements of a client's brief, along with unique aspects arising from the myriad of asset...

Rights of Light, 2nd edition

Produced by a cross-professional group specialist panel of associate and chartered surveyors, this guidance deals with easements known as rights of light and outlines current best practice for surveyors in this field.

Daylighting and Sunlighting, 1st edition

Focuses on the daylight, sunlight and shading encountered in the design, planning and environmental impact assessment of developments.

Asbestos and its Implications for Surveyors and their Clients, 3rd edition

Written as a starting point in the subject, this note provides guidance on the dangers of asbestos to health and business, protecting professional indemnity (PI) insurance, complying with legislation, and implementing an effective...

Dilapidations, 7th edition

This guidance note seeks to advise members on the factors they should take into consideration when producing Schedules of Dilapidations, Quantified Demands, Responses, Scott Schedules and Diminution Valuations for reference to or ...

HomeBuyer Report (Survey): Description and Standard Terms of Engagement

HomeBuyer Report (Survey) Professional Statement, 1st edition

Condition Report: Sample report

The RICS Condition Report should be used for a conventional house, flat or bungalow built from common building materials and in reasonable condition.

Home Surveys: Maintenance Tips

Building Surveys and Technical Due Diligence of Commercial Property, 4th edition

Written to apply to England and Wales, though with relevance elsewhere, this note provides guidance for surveyors on conducting commercial and industrial property surveys.

Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment, 1st edition

This guidance mandates a whole life approach to reducing carbon emissions within the built environment.

The Mundic Problem, 3rd edition

Provides guidance for surveyors and other professionals likely to encounter cases of mundic in the south west of England.