This document was reissued in June 2024 as a professional standard. It had previously been published in 2018 as a guidance note. The regulatory requirements remain the same and no material changes have been made to the document. For more information on the document category changes, see Standards document types.

This professional standard is intended as a guide for surveyors who carry out reinstatement cost assessments of buildings. 

The professional standard provides detailed recommendations on:

  • the manner in which assessments should be approached
  • the nature and extent of the information to be collated and
  • the manner in which this information should be processed and the assessment calculated and submitted.