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<h4>Chartered Membership Exam July 2024: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership Exam July 2024: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a university teaching hub, an industrial building with overhead cranes, and a new coastal path cycleway and pedestrian bridge.

Date – 16 July 2024
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2024

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 24 January 2024.

Date – 4 June 2024
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership Exam January 2024: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership Exam January 2024: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a community centre building, a private leisure facility, and a conversion of an industrial building to apartments.

Date – 24 January 2024
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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<h4>Critiqued exam answer script - February 2023</h4>

Critiqued exam answer script - February 2023

A new piece of preparation material from the Examinations Panel, designed to help candidates understand how to structure their answers using a real example.

Date – 14 November 2023
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership examiner report - July 2023

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 18 July 2023.

Date – 15 January 2024
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership Exam July 2023: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership Exam July 2023: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a medical centre, a distillery and museum, and an airport secondary fire station.

Date – 18 July 2023
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
<h4>Chartered Membership examiner report - February 2023</h4>

Chartered Membership examiner report - February 2023

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 8 February 2023.

Date – 8 August 2023
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership Exam February 2023: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a hillside building, a lakeside cafe and bar, and an access bridge to private housing estate.

Date – 8 February 2023
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership examiner report - September 2022</h4>

Chartered Membership examiner report - September 2022

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 7 September 2022.

Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership exam September 2022: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a main library building, a waterfront pedestrian pier, and a railway station building.

Date – 7 September 2022
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership exam March 2022: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a waterfront exhibition building, capacity improvement of a bridge over the river, and a house extension.

Date – 3 March 2022
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership exam September 2021: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a residential building with a car park, a crossing over a river and railway line, and a forestry lookout station.

Date – 27 September 2021
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – 0
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Chartered Membership examiner report - September 2021

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 27 September 2021.

Date – 11 February 2022
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership exam April 2021: past paper

Including questions on a headquarters office building, a replacement bridge over a highway and an underground car park.

Date – 8 April 2021
Price – 0
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Chartered Membership examiner report - April 2021

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 08 April 2021.

Date – 5 January 2022
Author – Examinations Panel
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership exam September 2020: past paper

This past paper includes questions on a new residential development, a pedestrian access bridge, and an astronomical observatory.

Date – 7 September 2020
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership examiner report - September 2020

A report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 07 September 2020.

Date – 8 June 2021
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership exam January 2020: past paper

Including questions on a new stadium stand, a bridge for a light rail transit system, and a multi-storey hotel.

Date – 6 January 2020
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2020

A report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 06 January 2020.

Date – 14 July 2020
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam July 2019: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership exam July 2019: past paper

Including questions on a new stadium stand, a bridge for a light rail transit system, and a multi-storey hotel.

Date – 4 July 2019
Price – Free
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Examiner report - July 2019

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 04 July 2019.

Date – 20 November 2019
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam January 2019: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership exam January 2019: past paper

Including questions on a new manufacturing facility, mixed use building, canal footbridge, city-centre hotel and temporary site offices.

Date – 3 January 2019
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2019

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Chartered Membership exam, 03 January 2019.

Date – 2 July 2019
Author – IStructE
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam July 2018: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership exam July 2018: past paper

Including questions on a car auction facility, a mixed-use development, a road crossing over a river, and a supermarket over a railway.

Date – 5 July 2018
Price – Free
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Chartered Membership examiner report - July 2018

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Chartered Membership exam of 05 July 2018.

Date – 1 November 2018
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam January 2018: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership exam January 2018: past paper

Including questions on a covered market, a science park development and a canal bridge over a shipping channel.

Date – 1 January 2018
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2018</h4>

Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2018

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Chartered Membership exam sat on 04 January 2018.

Date – 1 May 2018
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam July 2017: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership exam July 2017: past paper

Including questions on a steel fabrication unit, an airport control tower, a railway viaduct, a supermarket deck, and protection for an ancient building.

Date – 7 July 2017
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - July 2017</h4>

Examiner report - July 2017

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Chartered Membership exam sat on 07 July 2017.

Date – 1 November 2017
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam January 2017: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership exam January 2017: past paper

Including questions on a distribution warehouse, a lakeside development, a replacement footbridge, a multi-storey office and a floating studio.

Date – 6 January 2017
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2017</h4>

Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2017

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Chartered Membership exam sat on 06 January 2017.

Date – 1 May 2017
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam July 2016: past paper</h4>

Chartered Membership exam July 2016: past paper

Including questions on a new headquarters building, hospital extension, light railway bridge and a climbing wall.

Date – 8 July 2016
Author – IStructE
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - July 2016</h4>

Examiner report - July 2016

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Chartered Membership exam sat on 08 July 2016.

Date – 1 November 2016
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam January 2016: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam January 2016: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a new car showroom with residential accommodation, a new infill shopping centre, a taxiway bridge, a new city hospital building and an emergency generator building.

Date – 8 January 2016
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2016</h4>

Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2016

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Chartered Membership exam sat on 08 January 2016.

Date – 1 May 2016
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam July 2015: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam July 2015: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a visitor centre, a high level road bridge, and a glazed civic building.

Date – 10 July 2015
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - July 2015</h4>

Examiner report - July 2015

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 10 July 2015.

Date – 1 July 2015
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam January 2015: past paper and sample solution</h4>

Chartered Membership exam January 2015: past paper and sample solution

Including questions on a new hotel and conference facility, a temporary pedestrian bridge, and an industrial building conversion.

Date – 9 January 2015
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2015</h4>

Chartered Membership examiner report - January 2015

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Chartered Membership exam on 09 January 2015. 

Date – 1 January 2015
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2014: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2014: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a university building, a vehicle crossing for a waterway, and an offshore wind farm substructure.

Date – 25 April 2014
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2014</h4>

Examiner report - 2014

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 25 April 2014.

Date – 1 April 2014
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2013: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2013: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a sports hall, a footbridge over a waterfall, and an underground car park and garden.

Date – 5 April 2013
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2013</h4>

Examiner report - 2013

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 05 April 2013.

Date – 1 April 2013
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2012: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2012: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a headquarters extension, a road bridge over a river, and a new arts school.

Date – 13 April 2012
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2012</h4>

Examiner report - 2012

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and  Chartered Membership exams on 13 April 2012. 

Date – 1 April 2012
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2011: past paper and sample solution</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2011: past paper and sample solution

Past papers are useful study aides if you are planning to sit the exam.

Date – 28 April 2011
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2011</h4>

Examiner report - 2011

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 28 April 2011.

Date – 1 April 2011
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2010: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2010: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a yachting exhibition hall, a museum building, and a road bridge over a ravine.

Date – 9 April 2010
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2010</h4>

Examiner report - 2010

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 09 April 2010.

Date – 1 April 2010
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2009: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2009: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a hazardous liquid storage building, a footbridge, and a commercial building.

Date – 17 April 2009
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2009</h4>

Examiner report - 2009

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 17 April 2009. 

Date – 1 April 2009
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2008: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2008: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on a sports arena, a waterfront development, and a road bridge.

Date – 3 April 2008
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2008</h4>

Examiner report - 2008

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates who sat the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams on 03 April 2008.

Date – 1 April 2008
Price – Free
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<h4>Chartered Membership exam 2007: past paper and sample solutions</h4>

Chartered Membership exam 2007: past paper and sample solutions

Including questions on an office building extension, an access bridge with opening span, and a swimming pool.

Date – 13 April 2007
Price – Free
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<h4>Examiner report - 2007</h4>

Examiner report - 2007

Report on the results, questions, and general issues encountered by candidates during the Associate-Membership and Chartered Membership exams held on 13 April 2007. 

Date – 1 April 2007
Price – Free