Surveying Blog

Independent writing on AI, regulation, practice and the people behind UK surveying.

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Surveyors UK

The message surveyors have to carry

gap we are not filling

Surveyors UK

The surveying gap we are not filling

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Surveyors UK

How to Think About AI — Edition 2

Technology & AI

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Surveyors UK

How to Think About AI in Surveying – Edition 1

Technology & AI

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Surveyors UK

Your firm is worth something. Or it is worth nothing. Do you know which?

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Seagull

Prohibited Surveyors

Technology & AI

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Surveyors UK

AI Regulation for UK Surveyors: It Is Not Just the RICS Standard

Technology & AI

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Sprift

May 2026 Sales Market Intelligence Report: Sales agreed grew 10% as housing market rebounds in April

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Surveyors UK

Five things the people building AI admitted

Technology & AI

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Surveyors UK

Messy soup, AI agents, and what is now being sold into surveying

Technology & AI

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Surveyors UK

Surveyors keeps having the wrong argument about AI

Technology & AI

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Surveyors UK

What I am seeing across firms – and why I am running a free briefing on 20 May

Technology & AI