APC Building Surveying Course
UK candidates only
Our APC Building Surveying revision course consists of the modules and units listed below. It will provide you with approximately 27 hours of formal CPD. You may record reading the additional revision materials as informal CPD.
You can subscribe to the course as a whole or purchase modules separately (Click on the module title or visit our online shop). You will be granted a 6 month license, renewable free of charge upon request.
Please contact us if you cannot see your selected optional competencies. It is likely to be listed under a different pathway and we can naturally grant you access upon request.
We have included a large number of optional competencies in the course but you only need to complete those relevant to you.
A CPD certificate will be generated upon completion of each module.
Disclaimer: Please note that if you are working in a highly specialised field, you will need need to carry out private studying to supplement our training course.
Technical Competencies
Module 1 – Procurement and Tendering (2 hours)
While this is only an optional competency, a sound knowledge of this competency is a distinct advantage to pass the contract administration competency.
- Unit 1: Procurement Strategies
- Unit 2: Tendering and Tender Analysis
Module 2 – Contract Practice and Contract Administration (4 hours)
- Unit 1: Subcontract / Contract Selection
- Unit 2: Payment Provisions in JCT and NEC Contracts
- Unit 3: Time related Provisions in JCT and NEC Contracts
- Unit 4: Securities and Termination in JCT and NEC Contracts (Including Insurance + Corporate Recovery and Insolvency to level 2)
Module 3 – Construction Technology (3 hours)
- Unit 1: Civil Engineering Works / Substructure
- Unit 2: Superstructure
- Unit 3: Mechanical and Electrical Works
Module 4 – Inspection (2 hrs 45 min)
Module 5 – Design and Specification (2.5 hours)
Module 6 – Building Pathology (2 hours)
Module 7 – Legal and Regulatory Compliance (10 hours)
Covers England, Wales and Scotland.
- Unit 1: Building Control and Building safety Act 2022
- Unit 2: Planning and Listed Buildings
- Unit 3: Specialist Compliance
- Unit 4: Dilapidations and Building Surveying Services
Module 8 – Fire Safety (2 hours)
Optional Competencies
Development / Project Briefs (50 minutes)
Works Progress and Quality Management (1 hour 10 minutes)
Client Care to level 3 – Included in Module A – RICS Regulations
Maintenance Management (1 hour)
Design Economics and Cost Planning (1 hour)
Quantification and Costing (1 hour)
Project Finance (1 hour)
Risk Management (40 minutes)
Mandatory Competencies
Module A – RICS Regulations (2.5 hours)
- Unit 1: Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professional Practice – Part 1 (1 hour)
- Unit 2: Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professional Practice – Part 2 (1 hour)
- Unit 3: Client Care (30 minutes) – To Level 3
Module B – Business Skills (1 hour)
- Unit 1: Business Planning
- Unit 2: Accounting Principles and Procedures
Module C – Health and Safety ( 1 hour 45 minutes)
Module D – Conflict Avoidance, Management and Dispute Resolution Procedures ( 1 hour)
Unit E – Sustainability (to level 2) (1 hour)
Unit F – Data Management (40 minutes)
Module G – Inclusive Environments (to level 2) (40 minutes)
Module H – Soft Skills (1 hour)
- Unit 1: Communication and Negotiation
- Unit 2: Diversity, Inclusion and Teamworking