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We discuss health & safety for surveyors and property inspectors. This is an extremely important area of awareness for any property professional, especially if you are working on site or external premises. The core guidance that we will focus on is RICS Professional Standard Surveying Safely (2nd Edition), published in November 2018. The guidance covers best practice principles for both individual RICS members and Regulated Firms.

As an RICS APC Assessor or Chair, your questioning technique is key to determining if a candidate has hit level 3 in the Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professional mandatory competency. Here are our top tips to ensure that your questioning is robust, relevant and aligned with RICS best practice. It is also a helpful refresher for RICS APC candidates on how your interview should be structured, and, thus how you can prepare accordingly.

LionHeart is the independent charity dedicated to supporting RICS professionals, candidates, and their families across every stage of their career and personal life. Whether you need confidential emotional support, financial assistance, legal guidance or APC presentation support, LionHeart provides an essential lifeline to the surveying community. In this blog, we explore who LionHeart are, who is eligible for support, the range of services they offer and how you can suppo

Explore the legislative and strategic landscape of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for your RICS APC revision. This video covers 10 essential pieces of property and contract legislation across Bahrain, Dubai, KSA, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE, mapped directly to RICS APC competencies including Valuation, Purchase & Sale, Development Appraisals, Contract Practice and Conflict Avoidance, Management & Dispute Resolution).

Watch our RICS Matrics London & Property Elite speed mentoring panel. Get practical tips on RICS APC preparation and interview technique from an active assessor and newly Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Watch our RICS Matrics Kent & Property Elite speed mentoring panel. Get practical tips on RICS APC revision, case study selection and e-mock interviews from an active assessor and newly Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Preparing for your RICS APC in MENA? Explore 2026 hot topics including KSA Vision 2030, PIF Giga-projects and FIDIC contract management.

In this ACES Terrier article, learn how to navigate the RICS APC pathways , avoid key Commercial Real Estate pathway mistakes and ace your final assessment.

Master the complexities of viability and land allocation for your RICS APC. Discover how to navigate EUV, AUV and hope value under current RICS Professional Standards and UK Government planning guidance.

How does VAT impact property valuation and construction supply chains? Read our RICS APC commentary on Dan O’Regan’s hospitality tax breakdown.

In this week's video blog, Property Elite's Abigail Blumzon hosts Katie Corbett and Karl Brown in a discussion about social mobility and the property & construction industry. Understanding social mobility is not merely an exercise in corporate social responsibility, it is a requirement embedded within your mandatory competencies, including Inclusive Environments and Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professionalism.

In this week’s blog, we look at how to submit for RICS APC final assessment in MENA.

In this week's blog, we welcome Jason Ratcliffe MSc AssocRICS (The Wellbeing Surveyor) to Property Elite to discuss the invisible performance of buildings. This is ideal reading for RICS APC and AssocRICS Building Surveying and Residential pathway candidates, especially for the Building Pathology and Inspection competencies.

In this week’s blog, we look at the Schrijver damp proofing system - something that you might have seen on a building, but not known what it was! This is ideal reading for RICS APC Building Surveying and Residential pathway candidates, especially for the Building Pathology and Inspection competencies.

In this week’s blog, we look at the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA). This is essential knowledge for all qualified surveyors and RICS APC and AssocRICS candidates (relating to the Data Management mandatory competency).