Building Surveyor
Job Description
A Building Surveyor in Hong Kong provides the following services:
Projects of New Buildings
- Surveyors in Buildings Department: monitor the construction of buildings
- Provide technical advice and development consultancy service on various laws
- Perform the project management duties during the development stage
- Prepare plans, specifications and estimates of expenditure and administer the building contracts
Projects of Existing Buildings
- Conduct structural surveys on all types of properties and keep record on their conditions
- Examine the buildings to identify the causes for defects and advice on remedial works required
- Inspect on the fire safety condition of buildings
- Renovate the existing buildings
- Apply for various licenses
- Conduct measurement survey on buildings
- Perform fire insurance valuation
- Plan and implement the building maintenance programmes
- Manage the real properties and facilities
Career Opportunities
- Employed in government departments such as the Architectural Services Department, Buildings Department and Housing Department
- Employed in quasi-government agencies such as the Hospital Authority, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation, the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation and the Land Development Corporation
- Employed in other institutions such as post-secondary institutions
- Employed in private practices
- Engaged in property development projects of the property developers