Welcome to Construction Survey Group (CSG)

CSG is a firm of Chartered Building Engineers, specialising in the provision of Professional Consultants Certificates. With over 20 years experience in the construction industry, our Chartered Engineers can ensure a seamless process to certification. Our committed attitude and client focussed approach is what sets us apart from our competitors and an appreciation that our staff and clients are key to our future success.

What is a Professional Consultant’s Certificate?

When constructing a new commercial building, new dwelling or carrying out a change of use- mortgage lenders and finance providers will typically require either a Building Warranty, or a Council of Mortgage Lenders compliant Professional Consultants Certificate to be in place

“Lenders will generally only lend on a newly built (or newly converted) property where the property is covered by a warranty scheme (for example, NHBC warranty) or the Professional Consultant’s Certificate (PCC). The PCC is for use by professional consultants when designing and/or monitoring the construction or conversion of residential buildings.

The purpose of the PCC is to confirm to the lender (or its conveyancer) that a professional consultant:

• has visited the property to check its progress of construction, its conformity with drawings approved under building regulations and its conformity with drawings/instructions issued under the building contract;
• will remain liable to the first purchasers and their lender and subsequent purchasers and lenders for the period of 6 years from the date of the certificate;
• has appropriate experience in the design and/or monitoring of the construction and conversion of residential buildings; and
• will keep a certain level of professional indemnity insurance in force to cover his liabilities under the certificate.”

(ref: Council of Mortgage Lenders)

Our Professional Consultants Certificates comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders guidelines and are accepted by the majority of mortgage lenders.