Chapter of Land Surveyors

Land Management Surveyor is a professionally trained person to perform the functions mentioned above with a degree in Land Economics and is a member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK), Land Management chapter. The background of Land Economics equips such a person with a wide range of knowledge on issues related to the management and administration of the landed property which includes land laws, surveying and valuation and general economics. Such a professional is therefore conversant with the whole development schemes to completion and subsequent disposal of the property.

The diploma held by Land Management Surveyors from ISK further equips such a person with better ways of handling the process of land administration with a view to achieving optimum returns from such land.

Chapter of Valuation and Estate Management Surveyors

Building Surveyors Chapter

A building surveyor is the professional with the necessary academic and technical expertise that enables one to state and to implement property management needs and stated above.

• Registration and categorization of buildings.
• Surveying the structures and conditions of buildings to establish defects and prescribe appropriate remedial measures.
• Preparation of sketch plans, specifications and estimates of building renovations and maintenance works,
• Implementation of such works.
• Preparation of inspection reports on structural, sanitary and decorative condition of buildings.
• Planning and execution of necessary works to improve on building conditions.
• Giving expert advice and evidence with regard to building law and arbitration in building maintenance contracts and lease agreement disputes.
• Housing estate administration including overseeing allocation of space and letting.
• Preparation and renewal of leases.
• Rent collection/payment.
• Boarding and condemnation of structural or economically obsolete buildings.
• Compilation and updating of building inventory and maintenance manual.

Land Management Surveyors Chapter

In specific terms, a Land Surveyor is a highly trained person with a minimum qualification of a Bsc degree in Surveying and Photogrammetry from a recognized University or an equivalent institution of higher learning. In general terms, Land Surveyors include Technician Surveyors with Diploma level qualifications trained from medium level tertiary colleges such as the Kenya Institute of Surveying & Mapping (KISM, the Kenya Polytechnic or any other recognized equivalent medium level tertiary colleges.