Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
- Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
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Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
| Type |
Civil engineering |
| Founded |
1969 |
| Headquarters |
Dominion House, Sibson Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 7PP, UK |
| Key people |
Ken Hall, President |
| Area served |
Worldwide membership |
| Members |
4171 |
| Membership cost |
£192 Full Member (free for students) |
| Website |
www.cices.org |
History
The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, referred to as ICES, prides itself on its achievement as an internationally renowned centre of excellence in the art and science of civil engineering surveying. ICES members consist mainly of quantity surveyors and geospatial engineers working and studying within civil engineering surveying. The institution began in 1969 as the Association of Surveyors in Civil Engineering and became a registered educational charity in 1992 and Fellows and Members are called " Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyors". Download the Guide to ICES eBook: http://cices.digitaleditions.co.uk/brochure/
International Recognition
ICES is an internationally recognised qualifying body established to regulate, educate and train surveyors working within civil engineering. The headquarters are based in the United Kingdom with 11 x ICES regions consisting of volunteer-led committee members. ICES Regions include, the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. ICES also has Memorandom of Understandings and Memorandom of Agreements with many international surveying institutions and is a member of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG).
Membership
Applicants for membership must demonstrate that they have fulfilled the institution's competency requirements and the general competencies plus at least one specialism must be met with and signed off by a sponsor. Anyone interested in applying to become a member can download the user-friendly Guide to Membership e-book: http://cices.digitaleditions.co.uk/gtm2010/
Members may use designations after their names such as:
- FCInstCES for Fellows " Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyors"
- MCInstCES for Members " Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyors"
- TCInstCES for Technical members
- GCInstCES for Graduate members
Categories:
- Engineering societies
- Engineering education
- Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
- Organizations established in 1969
- Civil engineering organizations
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