REGISTER AND PROTECT AS REGISTRATION BODY FOR THE PROTECTED TITLES OF BUILDING SURVEYOR AND QUANTITY SURVEYOR, THE SCSI HAS A VITAL ROLE.
T
he Building Control
coupled with your Chartered status, you
takes such decisions carefully and objectively,
Act 2007 (The Act)
immediately
taking into account the strength of the
designates the SCSI
unregulated competitors and provide an instant
evidence, the public interest and time limits.
guarantee of your credentials.
When the SCSI is informed of a potential
as Registration Body for the purposes of the
distinguish
yourself
from
registration of the protected titles ‘Building
misuse of the protected title it will, where
Surveyor’ and ‘Quantity Surveyor’ in the State.
SCSI v William Doran
possible, contact the persons or businesses
As well as investigating misuse of title, we raise
The Act makes it an offence for persons to use
who have been reported and help them to
awareness of the title’s protected status and
the title Building Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor or
regularise their position.
the importance of checking the Register. We
Architect, or to practise or carry on business
However, where a person or business fails to
explain the benefits of using a registered
under any name, style, or title containing the
regularise their position and/or repeatedly
Building Surveyor and/or Quantity Surveyor to
words Building Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor or
ignores written requests to cease and desist
the public, and engage with the media to
Architect, unless registered with either the
from misusing the protected title, the SCSI,
ensure title references are accurate.
SCSI or the Royal Institute of the Architects of
through
The SCSI Register – https://scsi.ie/the-
Ireland.
proceedings and bring a prosecution for misuse
register/check-the-register/ – is a definitive list
The Board of the SCSI is the body responsible
of title in the District Court.
of all of Ireland’s Building and Quantity
for bringing and prosecuting cases of misuse
In the case of the SCSI v Willian Doran, Mr Doran
Surveyors.
of titles. A decision by the SCSI to prosecute any
was convicted in the District Court in July 2021
We encourage you to let your clients know that
person is a serious decision.
of representing himself as a Building Surveyor
you are registered, and help them to spot those
However, a decision not to prosecute can
and Architect while not having satisfied the
who aren’t by helping us raise awareness of
undermine the confidence of registered
requirements
your registered status and of the Register. By
Building and Quantity Surveyors and the public
profession under the Act. He was fined a total
highlighting your registered status, and if
in the SCSI as a responsible regulator. The SCSI
of €7,500.
THE LAST WORD Gwendolyn Wilson SCSI Director of Regulation and Registrar
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its
Registrar,
for
will
registration
commence
of
either
