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The environment changed before the surveying profession did

Technology & AI

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It flies, but not like a bird

Technology & AI

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Stop scoring points and look up

Careers, Jobs & CPD

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What BEFA’s AI report means for surveying firms

Technology & AI

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Pass on the work you cannot take

Firm membership referral network for UK surveying firms — Surveyors UK

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Firm membership on Surveyors UK: the referral network

A close-up of a car brake disc glowing red hot, with a purple brake caliper gripping it. Used to illustrate that a reliability decision has to be made in the moment, under load, rather than reconstructed afterwards.

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You cannot sign it off after the fact

Technology & AI

Ancient Lights plaque fixed beneath a window on an old brick building in London

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Ancient Lights

Property/Built Environment

Two young children dressed as superheroes in capes and eye masks, arms raised, standing outdoors against a bright sky. Used to illustrate the question of why surveying matters and who it matters to.

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Why does surveying matter?

An illustration of a lead generation machine. A figure in a dark coat stands at a bank of industrial gears and pipes. A sign on the wall reads: built to convert, built to scale, built to sell. Labels on the machinery show a lead costing £20 to generate, then sold five times at £15 each to six different surveyors, producing £75 of platform revenue from a single enquiry.

ADVRTISE - The Lead Gen System Surveyors Own

The dark cogs of the lead generation sites, explained by someone who helped build one

Business Development & Marketing

Infographic on the five principles of AI governance for surveying firms: safety, security and robustness; transparency and explainability, where RICS Section 4.3 requires firms to disclose AI use to clients in writing; and fairness and accountability, where liability for discriminatory AI outputs stays with the firm under the Equality Act 2010. It also shows the mandatory RICS risk register, which must be updated at least quarterly by a named responsible person, the red, amber and green rating system, and the four ways to respond to a risk: mitigate, transfer, avoid or accept.

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Managing AI risks in surveying

Technology & AI

A brass weathervane with north, south, east and west markers and an arrow pointing into the wind, photographed against a dark background. Used to illustrate watching the trajectory rather than the current state.

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How to plan for a capability that does not yet exist

Technology & AI