The Chartered Membership exam is one of two essential elements you must complete to become a Member of the Institution, the other is the Professional Review interview.
You can attempt the exam before or after your interview - whichever option suits you best.
Complete your Expression of Interest form online before the exam booking deadline date to register your interest. If you have already submitted this before, please click on the green button 'Book Now' to take you straight to the exam booking page. The expression of interest is done once only for each grade you are applying for.
Once processed you will be sent an email with details of how to register for your exam online. Here you will be able to choose your preferred venue and make your exam payment to confirm your place. A fee is applicable for each exam attempt.
Two weeks before the exam you will receive your candidate number and details of your chosen venue, along with a few final reminders for the day.
This information is sent to you by email, so please ensure your contact details are up to date in My Account.
The exam assesses the validity of your training and experience. Our examiners need to be satisfied that you have:
- An understanding of structural engineering principles
- An ability to initiate and communicate structural design
- An ability to provide effective and viable solutions to a structural design problem
The exam is seven hours long.
You must choose one question from a choice of five. All questions have two sections and both parts of the question must be satisfactorily answered to achieve a pass:
Section 1 (50% of total mark) requires you to prepare a design appraisal with appropriate sketches indicating two distinct and viable solutions for the proposed structure, including the foundations. You are required to indicate the functional framing, load transfer, serviceability and stability aspects of each scheme. You must then appraise the schemes, identify the preferred solution and give reasons for your choice. Finally, you will write a letter to the client outlining design implications arising from a change in the client’s brief.
Section 2 (50% of total mark) requires you to provide sufficient design calculations to establish the form and size of all the principal structural elements, including the foundations. You must prepare general arrangement drawings and finally prepare a detailed method statement for the safe construction of the works and outline a construction programme.
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