The Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors (BORAQS) has invited consultants to a four-day virtual CPD seminar to run on 10th, 11th, 17t and 18th June 2021.
The theme of the training is Sustainable Professional Practice in the Built Environment. The objectives of the seminar are to sensitize participants on enhancing sustainable professional practice; to edify participants on the processes, challenges and strategies towards sustainable professional practice and to share knowledge on best practices leading to sustainable professional practice.
According to a notice by Registrar George Omondi, the invitation is also extended to Landscape Architects, Engineers, Construction Project Managers, Interior Designers, Planners, EIA experts, Contractors and other relevant practitioners in the built environment.
In Kenya, there are 1450 registered Architects, 880 registered Quantity Surveyors, 420 architectural firms and 300 quantity surveying firms. According to BORAQS, the level of compliance of these professional entities is always fluctuating, a phenomenon that raises questions of inadequate exposure to operational and regulatory tenets.
Architects and Quantity Surveyors are occasionally faced with challenges ranging from setting up of practices, pitfalls in project implementation, financial management, business succession and ethical issues among others.
This CPD seminar is expected to educate the practicing professionals and prospective ones on how to endure and thrive in the profession, maintaining growth and presence regardless of the prevailing circumstances. Participation in the seminar will cost Kes 20,000 for BORAQS registered persons and Kes 25,000 for others.
