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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a professional body representing and regulating property professionals and surveyors of all types. The institution originated in and is based in the United Kingdom but as at 2005 has a worldwide membership of over 110,000 in more than 100 countries. A professional body or professional organization is an organisation, usually non-profit, that exists to further a particular profession, to protect both the public interest and the interests of professionals. ...
Real property is a legal term encompassing real estate and ownership interests in real estate (immovable property). ...
Surveying is concerned with the application of mathematics and physics in obtaining accurate measurements for the determination of the position of points on the Earths surface. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The institution was founded in London in 1868 as the "Institution of Surveyors" and has occupied headquarters on the corner of Great George Street and Parliament Square since that date. The institution received its Royal Charter in 1881 and became the "Institution of Chartered Surveyors" in 1930. In 1946 the institution became a royal institution entitled to add "Royal" to its name and, thereby, achieived its present name. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...
1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
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A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...
1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The majority of members are based in Britain, however there is a strong international membership in many Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Hong Kong and Australia and membership is growing rapidly in the United States and in countries across Europe, Asia and Africa. The RICS has close links with many national surveying institutions and is a member association of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...
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Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ...
Outside of the United Kingdom (and particularly in non-Commonwealth countries), the institution generally avoids the use of the full name including "Royal" and styles itself as "RICS". The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
Expertise The expertise of RICS members covers all property and construction related activities. Activities in which members may be specialists include: Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ...
Estate agent is a United Kingdom term roughly synonymous with the United States term real estate broker, a business that arranges the selling, renting or management of homes, land and other buildings. ...
A real estate appraisal is a service performed, by an appraiser, that develops an opinion of value based upon the highest and best use of real property. ...
An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ...
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Project management is the discipline of defining and achieving targets while optimizing the use of resources (time, money, people, materials, energy, space, etc) over the course of a project (a set of activities of finite duration). ...
A Quantity Surveyor is a professional person associated with the construction industry. ...
Party wall is a building term which, in England, apart from special statutory definitions, may be used in four different legal senses. ...
Membership Entry to the membership of the RICS is by examination only following a suitable course of training (usually at degree level). The RICS has links with universities around the world which run approved courses which satisfy part of the entry requirements. It has been suggested that double degree be merged into this article or section. ...
// History Because of the above definition, the oldest universities in the world were all European, as the awarding of academic degrees was not a custom of older institutions of learning in Asia and Africa. ...
Designations - Technical members may use "TechRICS" after their names.
- 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.
Professional Members and Fellows of the RICS are entitled to use the designation "Chartered Surveyor" and a number of variations such as "Chartered Building Surveyor" or "Chartered Quantity Surveyor" depending on their field of expertise.
External links - RICS
- International Federation of Surveyors
- IVSC, the International Valuation Standards Commitee
- TEGoVA, The European Group of Valuers' Associations, of which the RICS is a member
- RICS DRS Australia, The RICS Dispute Resolution Service, Australian branch
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