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Why become a member?
The Faculty offers support and education for our members involved in Party Wall and related matters. We provide a number of levels of membership to suit different needs and levels of competency. You will have a construction knowledge, which is a pre-requisite to applying.
You are required to attend our Two-Day Party Wall Seminar before making your application for full membership.
The Faculty is a non-profit making organisation whose principles are the raising of the standard and awareness of party wall matters from an informed, proven academic background with an open information shared basis.
The Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors is an academic and educational-based organisation that specialises in representing surveyors who are active in the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
The Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors is a progressive professional organisation for Party Wall Surveyors in England and Wales.
The Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors protects the public and furthers the profession by insistence upon high standards of professional conduct and competence.
The objective of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors is to promote and extend the practice, knowledge and study of the Party Wall Act and to encourage the exchange of information and ideas amongst members.
The Faculty provides referrals for appointments as Party Wall Surveyors.
The Faculty has legal support and counsel when required, which is available to all members.
- Membership Benefits
- Membership Levels
- Membership Application
- Recent New Members
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
MEMBER
This is for practising party wall surveyors with sufficient knowledge of the Act. A construction background/knowledge is a pre-requisite for becoming a member as well as attending our Two-Day Party Wall Seminar.- Access to Members Area
- Members Blog Posts & Podcasts
- eBulletins
- Access to Directors
- Entry to Regional Forums
- Members only document downloads
- Use of designatory letters
- Details registered on website
- Referrals
- Use of logo on stationery
- Access to Faculty events
FELLOW
This is for extremely experienced party wall surveyors. Must have been a FPWS Member for one year. Also required to attend our One Day Third Surveyor Seminar.- Access to Members Area
- Members Blog Posts & Podcasts
- eBulletins
- Access to Directors
- Entry to Regional Forums
- Members only document downloads
- Use of designatory letters
- Details registered on website
- Referrals
- Use of logo on stationery
- Access to Faculty events
- Entry on Third Surveyor register
AFFILIATE
This is for those professionals within the construction and legal disciplines who are not practising the Act but would benefit from direct access to an experienced practising party wall surveyor for advice and guidance on party wall matters, enabling them to provide their clients with accurate, unbiased advice.- Access to Members Area
- Members Blog Posts & Podcasts
- eBulletins
- Access to Directors
- Entry to Regional Forums
- Use of downloads from website
How do I apply for membership?
The criteria and process to join the Faculty is dependent on the level of membership required but if you wish to become a practising party wall surveyor, having construction knowledge is a pre-requisite. Details of eligibility and application process for each level of membership we offer, are described below.
MEMBER
If you have a construction industry background and once you have successfully completed our two-day course you are eligible to apply for full membership of the Faculty, subject to attending an interview. Your membership application will be supported by submitting electronic copies of the following:
- Two awards – one where you are the agreed surveyor & one where you are one of two surveyors.
- Corresponding letters of appointment.
- A notice on behalf of the Building Owner.
- A letter to the Appointing Owners advising them of the name of the Third Surveyor that has been selected.
- A copy of the covering letter when serving the award.
Electronic copies of the documentation and £200 interview fee are required to be submitted prior to arranging an interview date. All of this will be prepared from information and plans provided. Upon successful completion of your interview, you will be invited into full membership.
The cost of the interview and obligatory purchase of the Faculty handbook are shown on our application form, which you can download below.
FELLOW
This is for extremely experienced party wall surveyors. Must have been a FPWS Member for one year. Also required to attend our One Day Third Surveyor Seminar.
You are required to be a Fellow if you wish to be recognised by the Faculty as a Third Surveyor.
Electronic copies of the documentation and £225 interview fee are required to be submitted prior to arranging an interview date. If a live award is not available, then please produce an award from instructions supplied with seminar paperwork. You must submit the following:
- Third Surveyor Award.
Once a Fellow of the Faculty, that person is then put on the Faculty’s Third Surveyor register used by both the appointing officer of the Local Authority and the Secretary of State.
AFFILIATE
This is for those professionals within the construction and legal disciplines who are not practising the Act but, as a duty of care, would like to keep abreast of party wall matters. An affiliate would also benefit from direct access to an experienced practising party wall surveyor for advice and guidance on party wall matters, enabling them to provide their clients with accurate, unbiased advice.
Examples of suitable applicants:
– Building Control
– Solicitors
– Other construction
– Corporate affiliations
New Members
We are very pleased to welcome the following individuals into the Faculty who have joined us since publishing our last newsletter:
MEMBERS:
- Gideon Foster-Grundy - Cohort Party Wall Surveyors - Mountain Ash
- Guy Wickett - Entodo Party Wall Surveying Limited - London
- Graham Eaton - - - Luton
- Muhammad Ali - - - Ilford
- Oliver Gristwood - Sillence Hurn - Southampton
AFFILIATES:
UPGRADE TO MEMBER:
Paul Gowers—Gowers Surveyors Ltd, Peterborough
Nigel Bostock—Fothergill, Surrey
Henry Grant—Earl Kendrick Associates, London
Robin Coleridge— M & R Services, Surrey
Raphael Stipic – Anglian Home Surveyors Ltd, Suffolk
Dorian Smith—Earl Kendrick Associates Ltd, London
Edward Shepherd—Cambridgeshire
Peter Colley—MAP Training and Consultancy, Hertfordshire
Nicholas Prinse—Surrey
Mark McGinty—Herfordshire
Mark Douglas – London
Stuart Francis – Surrey
Matthew Hillarby— London
UPGRADE TO FELLOW:
Doug Kingsley – Essex
Mark Eldridge – London
Martin Foster— Foster Property Servies Ltd, Bristol
Adam Linard—2110 Consult Ltd, Hertfordshire
If you have good experience in party wall surveying, you might be looking to upgrade toFellow status. This would entail attending our ‘Third Surveyor’ course (next one towards the end of the year) for an upgrade to be considered.
Please contact Nicky or Katy in the Administration office on 01424 883300 or by email enq@fpws.org.uk for details.
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