In response to the letter regarding the failure of some Scottish authorities to recognise MCIOB as a professional qualification (‘CIOB? Sorry that just won’t do’ CM, May), I can confirm that I am in exactly the same position as your correspondent, and I would welcome the question being raised not only within CM, but also within CIOB and the Scottish Building Standards Agency.

I graduated in June 2002 with a BSc in Construction Management, and gained full membership of the CIOB in February 2004. I worked as an estimator with East Ayrshire Council for 12 years before becoming a building standards surveyor last year with the same authority.

A requirement of the new post - and the only way that I can progress to the top of the pay scale - is to gain full membership of RICS. East Ayrshire, like Inverclyde, does not recognise MCIOB as a professional qualification.

To do this I have had to go back to University to take further modules from the final year of the BSc in Building Control, which will enable me to enrol on the RICS APC programme.

This issue surely warrants further discussion and investigation.

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Construction Manager

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