RICS AI standard · effective 9 March 2026

Prove your firm uses AI responsibly — without the paperwork burden.

ComplyQS is a compliance workspace for RICS-regulated quantity surveyors. Log your AI tools, record a defensible materiality decision on every instruction, and generate the client notices, registers and audit trail the standard expects. The app guides; your named surveyor decides; every decision is recorded against them.

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Three steps to a defensible record

1. Log every AI tool

Build your firm's AI tool inventory — standalone, embedded or surveying-specific. The material ones become your RICS AI Systems Register automatically.

2. Decide per job

On each instruction the app suggests whether a tool's use is material. Your named surveyor makes the call and records the reasoning — the app never decides for you.

3. Produce the evidence

Generate the client AI notice, the section 4.4 project record, your policy and Terms of Engagement clause. Keep an append-only audit trail behind every decision.

What you get

Built around the standard — mapped to the RICS professional standard on responsible use of AI in surveying practice, section 1 through section 4, plus the section 2 knowledge course. You decide, on the record — materiality is always the surveyor's judgement; the software guides and documents, it never makes the call for you. Registers that maintain themselves — the AI Systems Register is derived from the tools you actually use materially. Evidence you can hand over — permission notices, project records, a RAG-rated risk register, incident and law-conflict logs, and an immutable audit trail.

Built for quantity surveyors — ready for every RICS-regulated firm

ComplyQS is designed first for quantity surveying practices — cost consultants, PQS firms and commercial teams — but the compliance loop is the same for building surveyors, valuers and land professionals. If your firm is RICS-regulated and anyone in it uses AI on client work, the standard has applied since 9 March 2026.

The RICS professional standard, Responsible use of artificial intelligence in surveying practice, expects firms to understand the AI they use, judge on each instruction whether that use has a material impact, tell clients when it does, and keep records showing the judgement was made responsibly. ComplyQS turns that from scattered paperwork into one workflow — so the burden of keeping evidence stops falling on memory and spreadsheets.

Free templates & guidance

Plain-English explainers and free, downloadable templates for the RICS AI standard:

Simple pricing

Every plan starts with a 180-day free trial. Solo is £20/month for a sole practitioner; Team is £30/month for up to five users; Enterprise is £15 per user, per month as you grow. Prices exclude VAT; cancel any time before the trial ends and pay nothing. By creating an account you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Frequently asked questions

What is the RICS AI standard?

“Responsible use of artificial intelligence in surveying practice” is a RICS professional standard, in force since 9 March 2026. It applies to RICS members and regulated firms wherever AI has a material impact on surveying services, and expects firms to understand their tools, record materiality judgements, be transparent with clients and keep evidence. Read it in full at rics.org.

Is ComplyQS only for quantity surveyors?

No. It is designed around quantity surveying workflows first, but building surveyors, valuers and other RICS-regulated professionals follow the same loop: log the AI tools you use, decide materiality per instruction, notify clients where it matters and keep the records.

Does the software make the materiality decision?

Deliberately not. ComplyQS offers soft, rule-based guidance and links to the relevant part of the standard; a named surveyor at your firm makes the call and records the reasoning. Suggestion and decision are stored separately — that separation is what keeps the record defensible.

What evidence can we produce for clients or RICS?

An AI Systems Register derived from the tools you actually use materially, client AI notices, per-project records, a RAG-rated risk register, incident and law-conflict logs, and an append-only audit trail — so you can prove later who decided what, and when, without reassembling paperwork.

How does AI use interact with data protection?

The standard sits alongside your existing duties under UK GDPR. The ICO’s guidance on AI and data protection is the best starting point, and ComplyQS gives you a place to record the due-diligence questions you asked of each AI vendor.

How does the 180-day free trial work?

Every plan starts with 180 days free — the full product, not a cut-down version. Cancel any time before the trial ends and pay nothing; carry on and it is from £20/month (excl. VAT).