BCIS Elemental Standard Form of Cost Analysis (SFCA)
BS 8544:2013 — Life Cycle Costing of Maintenance
BS EN 12973 — Value Management
BS ISO 15686 / PD 156865 — Life Cycle Costing Standard
CIBSE Guide M — Maintenance Engineering and Management
Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Methodology
FIDIC Conditions of Contract
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
HM Treasury Green Book / VFM Guidance
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended)
ICMS: International Construction Measurement Standards
International Ethics Standards (IES)
International Property Measurement Standards (IPMS)
ISO 31000 — Risk Management Guidelines
ISO 9001:2015 — Quality Management Systems
JCT Design and Build Contract (DB)
JCT Standard Building Contract (SBC)
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989
NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract
NRM 1: Order of Cost Estimating and Cost Planning
NRM 2: Measurement of Building Works
NRM 3: Order of Cost Estimating and Cost Planning for Capital Building Works
PAS 1192 / BS EN ISO 19650 — BIM Standards
PAS 91:2013 — Construction Prequalification
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 / Procurement Act 2023
RICS Appropriate Contract Selection
RICS Ascertaining Loss and Expense
RICS Cash Flow Forecasting
RICS Change Control and Management
RICS Conflict Avoidance and Dispute Resolution
RICS Construction Security and Performance Documents
RICS Cost Analysis and Benchmarking
RICS Cost Prediction (Professional Statement, 2021)
RICS Cost Reporting (Professional Statement)
RICS Damages for Delay to Completion
RICS Defects and Rectification
RICS Defining Completion of Construction Works
RICS Developing a Construction Procurement Strategy
RICS Employer's Agent: Design and Build
RICS Expert Witness Professional Statement
RICS Final Account Procedures
RICS Interim Valuations and Payment
RICS Procurement of Construction Contracts
RICS Professional Statement: Conflicts of Interest
RICS Project Financial Control and Reporting
RICS QS & Construction Professional Statement (2021)
RICS Regulations (Membership & Firm Registration)
RICS Responsible Use of AI in Surveying Practice
RICS Retention in Construction Contracts
RICS Rules for Registration of Firms
RICS Rules of Conduct (2021)
RICS Surveying Safely (Professional Standard)
RICS Tendering Strategies (Guidance Note)
RICS Value Management and Value Engineering
RICS Whole Life Costing (1st edition, 2016)
SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol
Soft Landings Framework (BSRIA)
VAT Act 1994 / HMRC VAT Guidance
Contract Administration L3
Design Economics & Cost Planning L2
Errors most frequently encountered in cash flow forecasting and reporting:
Legal & Regulatory Compliance L1
Procurement & Tendering L1
Programming & Planning L1
This guidance note is relevant to the following RICS APC competencies: Cost Management (, Levels 1–3); Client Care (B2, Levels 1–2); Communication and Negotiation (B4, Level 1); Data Management (, Level 1).
This guidance note is relevant to the following RICS APC competencies: Cost Management (, Levels 1–3); Client Care (B2, Levels 1–2); Risk Management (, Levels 1–2); Financial Management (, Level 1).
This guidance note is relevant to the following RICS APC competencies: Cost Management (, Levels 1–3); Procurement and Tendering (, Levels 1–2); Risk Management (, Levels 1–2); Data Management (, Level 1).
This guidance note is relevant to the following RICS APC competencies: Cost Management (Levels 1–3); Quantification and Costing (Levels 1–2); Data Management (Level 1); Client Care (B2, Level 1).
This guidance note is relevant to the following RICS APC competencies: Risk Management (, Levels 1–3); Cost Management (, Levels 1–3); Procurement and Tendering (, Level 1); Client Care (B2, Level 1).
This guidance note is relevant to the following RICS APC competencies: Risk Management (Levels 2–3); Cost Management (Levels 2–3); Quantification and Costing (Level 2); Client Care (B2, Level 1).
This guidance note is relevant to the following RICS competencies under the Quantity Surveying and Construction pathway (December 2025): Design economics and cost planning (Levels 1–3); Quantification and costing of construction works (Levels 1–2); Data management (Levels 1–2). Refer to the current RICS Quantity Surveying and Construction Pathway Guide (December 2025) and the RICS APC Candidate Guide (February 2024) for full competency definitions and assessment requirements. See also the RICS Sector pathways page for updates.
This topic is relevant to the following APC competencies:
This topic is relevant to: Business Development (Level 1–2), Client Care (Level 1–2), Commercial Management of Construction (Level 1), RICS Rules of Conduct.
This topic is relevant to: Business Development (Level 1–2), Client Care (Level 1–2), Commercial Management of Construction (Level 1–2), Contract Practice (Level 1–2).
This topic is relevant to: Business Development (Level 1–2), Client Care (Level 1–2), Communication and Negotiation (Level 1–2).
This topic is relevant to: Business Development (Level 1–2), Client Care (Level 1–2), Diversity, Inclusion and Teamworking (Level 1), RICS Rules of Conduct.
This topic is relevant to: Business Management (Level 1–2), Client Care (Level 1–2), RICS Rules of Conduct, Ethics & Professional Practice.
This topic is relevant to: Business Management (Level 1–2), RICS Rules of Conduct, Risk Management.
This topic is relevant to: Business Planning (Level 2–3); Contract Practice and Contract Administration (Level 2–3); Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 2); Procurement and Tendering (Level 2–3).
This topic is relevant to: Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 2–3); Business Planning (Level 2); Contract Practice and Contract Administration (Level 2–3); Procurement and Tendering (Level 2–3); Quantification and Costing of Construction Works (Level 2).
This topic is relevant to: Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 2–3, mandatory), Client Care (Level 2–3, mandatory), Communication and Negotiation (Level 2), and Risk Management (Level 1).
This topic is relevant to: Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 2–3, mandatory); Business Planning (Level 1–2); Accounting Principles and Procedures (Level 1).
This topic is relevant to: Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 2–3, mandatory); Client Care (Level 2–3); Contract Practice and Contract Administration (Level 2–3); Business Planning (Level 1–2).
This topic is relevant to: Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 3 mandatory to Final Assessment); Client Care (Level 2); Conflict Avoidance, Management and Dispute Resolution Procedures (Level 2).
This topic is relevant to: Contract Practice (Level 1–2), Client Care (Level 1–2), Business Development (Level 1–2), RICS Rules of Conduct.
This topic is relevant to: Contract Practice (Level 1–3), Business Management (Level 1–2), Risk Management, RICS Rules of Conduct.
This topic is relevant to: Data Management (Level 2–3); BIM Management (Level 2–3 for specialist pathways); Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 2–3); Quantification and Costing of Construction Works (Level 2–3).
This topic is relevant to: Health and Safety (Level 1–2 mandatory across all pathways; Level 3 for specialist roles); Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice (Level 2–3); Contract Practice and Contract Administration (Level 2–3).
This topic is relevant to: Procurement and Tendering (, Levels 1–3); Contract Practice (, Levels 1–2); Risk Management (, Levels 1–2); Client Care (B2, Levels 1–2); Project Administration (, Level 1) where procurement advice is integrated with the Project Execution Plan.
• CPD supports all competencies — it is not assessed as a standalone competency but underpins the evidence for every competency in your pathway
• Ethics, Rules of Conduct and professionalism — Level 3 (mandatory for all candidates)
• Ethics, Rules of Conduct and professionalism — Level 3 (mandatory, all pathways)
• Ethics, Rules of Conduct and professionalism — Level 3 — Rules of Conduct, Conflicts of Interest PS, Countering Bribery PS
• Ethics, Rules of Conduct and professionalism — Level 3: understanding professional responsibilities including the role of counsellors and supervisors in the APC process
• QS Pathway — Level 3 required: Ethics + Commercial Management (or DECP)
• The case study should demonstrate your core Level 3 competency: Commercial Management or Design Economics and Cost Planning