Building the environmental capacity of the surveyor
Wilbourn, Philip
The floods of June 2007 created wide spread damage and there has been increased focus as to how these are affecting the appraisal of property from all perspectives at a local, regional and national level. There is increasing evidence of the environmental damage affecting real estate appraisals and the challenges for the surveyor or how to integrate other professionalisms into core business activities. The UK professional services market recognizes these issues and the RICS has tried to integrate a number of initiatives into core work of chartered surveyors through the SiLC and Society for the Environment Projects. There is much to do for the profession as a whole and changes to appraisal methodology go a long way to reflect this. What tools are there to assist the surveyor in the market place and in the front line recognize and assess the impacts upon real estate. Through the medium of case studies this paper will demonstrate how environmental capacity of the surveyor is being greatly enhanced. Surveyors are facing a new challenge that of embracing the practical implications of sustainability. What does this mean for each of the wide variety of disciplines that make up the surveying profession.
Only personal, non-commercial use of this document is allowed.