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The RICS AI Standard: What It Means for QSs and the Future of Professional Practice

Project Flux

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Send us Fan Mail In a special collaboration, we join Own the Build podcast for their 250th episode alongside the RICS. This conversation arrives at a pivotal moment: the RICS has just published its first-ever global professional standard for the responsible use of AI in surveying, coming into effect in March 2026. Unpacking what this means for Quantity Surveyors (QS'), valuers, project professionals, software vendors and construction leaders, is: James Garner — Head of AI & Data at Gleed...

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