Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

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| name = Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

| logo = CICES_Logo.png

| image =

| established = 1969
(2009 charter)

| type = Civil engineering surveying professional association

| headquarters = Sale, Greater Manchester, England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.4236|-2.3243|region:GB|format=dec|display=inline,title}}

| region_served = Worldwide

| membership = 5,100
(2019){{cite web |last1=Preston |first1=Chris |date=2019 |title=New Challenges for Surveyors |url=https://www.gim-international.com/content/article/new-challenges-for-surveyors |website=Geomatics World |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315181003/https://www.gim-international.com/content/article/new-challenges-for-surveyors |url-status=live }}

| key_people = Alison Watson, president{{cite web |title=New CICES president Alison Watson MBE |url=https://www.cices.org/news/new-cices-president-alison-watson-mbe |website=CICES |access-date=5 December 2024}}

| subsidiaries = SURCO Ltd

| website = {{URL|http://www.cices.org}}

}}

The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors or CICES is a professional association in the field of civil engineering surveying, headquartered in the United Kingdom. CICES members consist mainly of commercial managers, quantity surveyors, and geospatial engineers working and studying within civil engineering surveying.{{cite book |author1=John Uren |author2=Bill Price |title=Surveying for Engineers |date=2010 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-22157-4 |page=3,20 |edition=5th}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Greenham |editor1-first=Phillip |title=The International Compendium of Construction Contracts |date=2021 |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=9783110712728 |page=900 |quote=ICES is an international qualifying body dedicated to the regulation, education, and training of surveyors working within civil engineering and is now recognised as the leading chartered professional body for civil engineering surveyors.}} The institution began in 1969 as the Association of Surveyors in Civil Engineering, became a registered educational charity in 1992, and received a royal charter in 2009.{{cite web |title=POCKET GUIDE TO PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION |url=https://ipowere.org/pink-book-2018.pdf#page=35 |website=Engineering Council |access-date=15 March 2023 |date=2018 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315181011/https://ipowere.org/pink-book-2018.pdf#page=35 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=2022-09-01-Record-of-Charters-Granted |url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-01-Record-of-Charters-Granted.pdf#page=64 |website=Privy Council |access-date=16 March 2023 |date=2022 |archive-date=2022-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231021142/https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-01-Record-of-Charters-Granted.pdf#page=64 |url-status=live }}

Publications

CICES publishes the Civil Engineering Surveyor, a monthly periodical publication, as well as annual supplements including Geospatial Engineering and the Construction Law Review.{{cite web |title=Civil Engineering Surveyor Portal |url=http://ces.pagelizard.co.uk/magazine |publisher=Surco |access-date=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601162204/http://ces.pagelizard.co.uk/magazine |url-status=live }} Further publications include industry white papers, and client guides to subjects such as utilities survey and infrastructure monitoring.{{cite web |title=CICES white papers |url=https://www.cices.org/publications/white-papers |website=CICES |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204133209/https://www.cices.org/publications/white-papers |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=PAS128 guidance |url=https://www.cices.org/publications/pas128-guidance |website=CICES |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204133207/https://www.cices.org/publications/pas128-guidance |url-status=live }}

Collaboration

In 1992, CICES became the first associated institution of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and together formed two joint boards to provide and disseminate surveying knowledge and expertise; the Geospatial Engineering Board and the Commercial Management Board.{{cite web |title=Geospatial Community of Practice |url=https://www.ice.org.uk/about-ice/what-we-do/geospatial-community-of-practice |website=What We Do |publisher=ICE |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729091436/https://www.ice.org.uk/about-ice/what-we-do/geospatial-community-of-practice |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Management Expert panel |url=https://www.ice.org.uk/about-ice/what-we-do/management-expert-panel |website=What We Do |publisher=ICE |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729091435/https://www.ice.org.uk/about-ice/what-we-do/management-expert-panel |url-status=live }} Uren and Price considered the 1997 book The Management of Setting Out in Construction to be one of the most important practice guides published by the Geospatial Engineering Board.{{cite book |author1=ICE |author2=CICES |editor1-last=Smith |editor1-first=Jim |title=The Management of Setting Out in Construction |date=1997 |publisher=Thomas Telford |isbn=9780727726148}} CICES also has reciprocal membership agreements in place with the ICE.

Since the 1980s CICES has worked with The Survey Association and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, together forming the Survey Liaison Group, to provide leadership for the UK survey industry including organisation of the annual GeoBusiness conference and publication and endorsement of technical guidance.{{cite web |title=Survey Liaison Group |url=https://www.tsa-uk.org.uk/about-tsa/the-survey-liaison-group/ |website=The Survey Association |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204121355/https://www.tsa-uk.org.uk/about-tsa/the-survey-liaison-group/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Earth observation and aerial surveys |url=https://www.rics.org/uk/upholding-professional-standards/sector-standards/land/earth-observation-and-aerial-surveys-6th-edition-global-guidance-note/ |website=RICS |access-date=4 December 2022 |language=en |date=September 2021 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204121358/https://www.rics.org/uk/upholding-professional-standards/sector-standards/land/earth-observation-and-aerial-surveys-6th-edition-global-guidance-note/ |url-status=live }} Members of CICES are eligible for direct entry to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.{{cite web |title=Qualifications approved for direct entry to MRICS – as of August 2022 |url=https://www.rics.org/globalassets/rics-website/media/approved_qualifications_for_direct_entry_to_mrics_august_2022.pdf |website=RICS |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902102721/https://www.rics.org/globalassets/rics-website/media/approved_qualifications_for_direct_entry_to_mrics_august_2022.pdf |url-status=live }}

CICES and the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) have agreed specialist discipline competencies for membership of CICES through the Geographic Information Science (GIS) route.{{cite web |title=Are you interested in applying for membership of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) |url=https://www.agi.org.uk/are-you-interested-in-applying-for-membership-of-the-chartered-institution-of-civil-engineering-surveyors-cices/ |website=AGI |date=8 December 2021 |access-date=5 December 2022 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205085417/https://www.agi.org.uk/are-you-interested-in-applying-for-membership-of-the-chartered-institution-of-civil-engineering-surveyors-cices/ |url-status=live }}

International recognition

CICES is an internationally recognised qualifying body established to regulate, educate and train surveyors working within civil engineering. The headquarters are in the United Kingdom, with 11 regions consisting of volunteer-led committee members. CICES regions include the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. CICES also has memoranda of understandings agreements with many international surveying institutions and is a member of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG).{{cite web |title=FIG Member Associations |url=https://fig.net/members/member_associations/index.asp |publisher=FIG |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727074252/https://fig.net/members/member_associations/index.asp |url-status=live }}

Membership

Applicants for membership must demonstrate that they have fulfilled the institution's competency requirements including general and core competencies, plus at least one specialism, and applications must be reviewed and signed off by a sponsor.{{cite web |title=Quick Guide to... Member (Graduate and Mature Entry Route) |url=https://www.cices.org/hawkfile/306/original/Quick%20Guide%20Member%20Grad%20Mature%20Route%202%20Pages.pdf |website=Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors |access-date=11 December 2022 |date=2022 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211215504/https://www.cices.org/hawkfile/306/original/Quick%20Guide%20Member%20Grad%20Mature%20Route%202%20Pages.pdf |url-status=live }}

Members may use designations after their names such as:

FCInstCES for Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
MCInstCES for Member of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
TCInstCES for Technical Member of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
GCInstCES for Graduate Member of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

Members and Fellows of CICES are eligible to attain Incorporated Engineer and Chartered Engineer status through the Engineering Council.{{cite web |title=Quick Guide Plus to Chartered Engineer (CEng) |url=https://www.cices.org/content/uploads/2015/10/Quick-Guide-CEng-Plus.pdf |website=CICES |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507212717/https://www.cices.org/content/uploads/2015/10/Quick-Guide-CEng-Plus.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Engineering Council announces new Licensed Member |url=https://www.engc.org.uk/news/press-releases/pr2020/engineering-council-announces-new-licensed-member/ |website=Engineering Council |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729090834/https://www.engc.org.uk/news/press-releases/pr2020/engineering-council-announces-new-licensed-member/ |url-status=live }} Members of CICES are eligible, as engineers, to directly undertake consultation or instruction of Bar Council barristers via the licensed access scheme.{{cite book |author1=Robert Gaitskell |author2=Keating Chambers |title=Engineer's Dispute Resolution Handbook |date=2006 |publisher=Thomas Telford |isbn=9780727734501 |page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WHW6OCxkOT4C}}{{cite web |title=Licensed Access Recognition Regulations |url=https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/for-barristers/public-and-licensed-access/licensed-access-recognition-regulations.html |website=Bar Standards Board |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315194411/https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/for-barristers/public-and-licensed-access/licensed-access-recognition-regulations.html |url-status=live }}