Technology & AI

Latest insights and podcasts on AI and technology in surveying, covering practical tools, automation and the RICS Professional Standard on AI.

Surveyors UK

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It flies, but not like a bird

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Surveyors UK

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What BEFA’s AI report means for surveying firms

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This Is Surveying

Podcasts

AI, Surveying, and the New RICS Standard with Christopher De Gruben

Firm membership referral network for UK surveying firms — Surveyors UK

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.

Surveyors UK

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You cannot sign it off after the fact

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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.

Surveyors UK

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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.

Surveyors UK

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How to plan for a capability that does not yet exist

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Close-up of two people leaning over technical drawings on a drawing board. An older hand points at a detail on the plan while a younger hand takes notes with a pen. Used to illustrate learning that is passed on in person rather than offloaded.

Surveyors UK

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You cannot offload your learning

A worn iron horseshoe photographed on a dark purple background. Used to illustrate elimination rather than automation: the work did not get faster, the need for it went away.

Surveyors UK

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Why I believe AI automation is the smallest of the changes coming

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A vintage manual typewriter with paper still in the roller, photographed on a dark purple background. The typewriter did the job. It just did not survive the arrival of something that reached the same outcome another way.

Surveyors UK

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How to Think About AI — Edition 3

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Drone

This Is Surveying

Podcasts

From Hobby to High Stakes: What Gets Surveyors Using Drones in Trouble

A Victorian gas street lamp glowing warmly against a dark purple night sky. The lamp is lit, but nobody had to climb up to light it.

Surveyors UK

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How to Think About AI — Edition 2

Technology & AI