Building Standards Workforce Data Collection Analysis Report 2022

The Building Standards Workforce Data Collection Analysis Report 2022 provides a national-level view of the challenges facing the building standards profession in relation to resourcing, development of competencies and levels of turnover.


10.0 Professional Membership

10.1. The number of staff with professional membership has reduced by 25 since 2021. See Table 6.

10.2. The biggest decline continues to be membership of RICS.

Table 6: Professional Memberships
Membership 2020 2021 2022 Difference from 2021 (+/-)
CABE 97 92 93 +1
CIAT 1 7 4 -3
CIBSE 0 2 0 -2
CIOB 30 34 33 -1
iFire 6 6 6 0
iStructE 3 3 2 -1
RIAS 6 5 5 0
RICS 97 95 82 -13
RTPi (Planning) 15 15 16 +1
Other Construction Related Professional Body 15 12 5 -7
Total 270 271 246 -25
Illustration 5 – Professional Memberships Held
the number of professional memberships held by permanent employees, by membership type

Contact

Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot

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