A Chartered Building Engineer is a professional who designs, constructs, evaluates and/or maintains buildings.
Their work includes both technical and management processes, by which buildings are designed, constructed, renewed and maintained.
As a Chartered Building Engineer, you can specialise in the following areas:
- Principles of Design & Aesthetics
- Detailed Construction Design
- Regulatory Compliance
- Facilities Management
- Fire Engineering
- Building Pathology & Defect Analysis
- Repair & Maintenance
- Energy & Certification
- Accessibility Surveys and Audits
- Conservation
- Project Co-ordination and Management
- Fire Risk Assessment
- Quantity Surveying
- Certification
- Warranties
- Planning
As a Chartered Building Engineer, you can also provide professional services in:
- Design and preparation of plans
- Remedial works
- Site inspections and certification of works
- The repair and maintenance of buildings
- Energy auditing and energy performance certificates
- Measured survey of land and buildings
- Advice on energy-saving designs
- Access audits
- Rehabilitation of properties
- Conservation
- Construction management
- Quantity surveying
- Fire safety and health and safety
- Demolition
- Negotiating, obtaining and implementing grants and claims
- Building variations
- Building inspections and surveys
- Advice on building law/party wall issues
