Building standards verification services - national performance and workforce: annual report 2023-2024

This report provides an overview of the performance of building standards verification services across Scotland and information on the professional workforce employed by local authorities to provide verification services.


11. Professional membership

11.1.Professional memberships held is down by 15. After a slight increase last year this number has now fallen below the number held in 2022. See Table 7.

11.2.The number of RICS memberships continues to fall, from 82 in 2022 to 77 in 2024, however as an overall percentage of the workforce this remains around 33%.

11.3.The only increase is in CIAT memberships, which has increased by 75% from 4 to 7.

Table 7: Professional memberships

Membership

2022

2023

2024

Difference from 2023 (+/-)

CABE

93

94

93

-1

CIAT

4

4

7

+3

CIBSE

0

0

0

0

CIOB

33

33

29

-4

IFE

6

5

4

-1

iStructE

2

2

2

0

RIAS

5

5

5

0

RICS

82

81

77

-4

RTPi (Planning)

16

17

12

-5

Other Construction Related Professional Body

5

9

6

-3

Total

246

250

235

-15

Chart 15 – Number of professional mmberships held
Chart 15 presents the number of professional memberships held, by professional body, at a Scotland level.

Contact

Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot

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