As a building surveyor, you’ll need to:
- ensure projects are completed on budget and to schedule
- advise clients on schemes and projects and determine requirements
- prepare scheme designs with costings, programmes for completion of projects and specification of works
- organise documents for tender and advise on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes
- determine the condition of existing buildings, identify and analyse defects, including proposals for repair
- advise on energy efficiency, environmental impact and sustainable construction
- instruct on the preservation/conservation of historic buildings
- advise on the management and supervision of maintenance of buildings
- deal with planning applications and advise on property legislation and building regulations
- assess and design buildings to meet the needs of people with disabilities
- instruct on construction design and management regulations
- negotiate dilapidations (when there is a legal liability for a property’s state of disrepair)