Building standards - workforce data collection: analysis report 2021

The report 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 remained almost static with the addition of one new member.

10.2. The biggest decline is with CABE and RICS, and the biggest increase CIAT and CIOB.

Table 6: Professional Memberships
Membership 2019 2020 2021 Difference from 2020 (+/-)
CABE 96 97 92 -5
CIAT 1 1 7 +6
CIBSE 0 0 2 +2
CIOB 33 30 34 +4
iFire 5 6 6 0
iStructE 3 3 3 0
RIAS 4 6 5 -1
RICS 112 97 95 -2
RTPi (Planning) 10 15 15 0
Other* 0 15 12 -3
Total 264 270 271 +1
Illustration 5 – Professional Memberships Held

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