Editing Building design (section)

== Occupations ==

===Architect===
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An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and supervision of the construction of buildings. Professionally, an architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus an architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a practicum (or internship) for practical experience to earn a license to practice architecture. In most of the world's jurisdictions, the professional and commercial use of the term "architect" is legally protected.

===Building engineer===
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[[Building engineering]] typically includes the services of [[Electrical engineers|electrical]], [[Mechanical engineers|mechanical]] and [[structural engineers]].

===Draftsperson===
A [[technical drawing|draftsperson]] or [[Documentation|documenter]] has attained a certificate or [[diploma]] in architectural drafting (or equivalent training), and provides services relating to preparing [[Technical drawing|construction documents]] rather than building design. Some draftspersons are employed by architectural design firms and building contractors, while others are [[self-employment|self-employed]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics|url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes173011.htm|date=7 September 2022}}</ref>

===Building designer===
In many places, [[building code]]s and legislation of professions allow persons to design single family residential buildings and, in some cases, light commercial buildings without an architectural license. As such, "Building designer" is a common designation in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and elsewhere for someone who offers building design services but is not a licensed architect or engineer.

Anyone may use the title of "building designer" in the broadest sense. In many places, a building designer may achieve certification demonstrating a higher level of training. In the U.S., the ''National Council of Building Designer Certification'' (NCBDC),<ref>[http://www.ncbdc.com/about.htm National Council of Building Designer Certification] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520084800/http://www.ncbdc.com/about.htm |date=2008-05-20 }}</ref> an offshoot of the ''American Institute of Building Design'',<ref>[http://www.aibd.org/professional_certification.html American Institute of Building Design] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518104652/http://www.aibd.org/professional_certification.html |date=May 18, 2008 }}</ref> administers a program leading to the title of ''Certified Professional Building Designer'' (CPBD). Usually, building designers are trained as [[architectural technologist]]s or draftspersons; they may also be architecture school graduates that have not completed licensing requirements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deinjob.de/job-bauzeichner|title=Steckbrief: Bauzeichner|language=de|date=7 September 2022}}</ref>

Many building designers are known as "residential" or "home designers", since they focus mainly on residential design and remodeling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329412762|title=Lessons in tropical design and planning (Erich Meffert and beyond): Chapter seven (Building design thinking and issues)|author=Yusuf Ebrahim, University of Nairobi|date=7 September 2022}}</ref> In the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nevada]], "Residential Designer" is a regulated term for those who are registered as such under Nevada State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design, and one may not legally represent oneself in a professional capacity without being currently registered.

In [[Australia]] where use of the term architect and some derivatives is highly restricted but the architectural design of buildings has very few restrictions in place, the term building designer is used extensively by people or design practices who are not registered by the relevant State Board of Architects. In [[Queensland]] the term building design is used in legislation which licenses practitioners as part of a broader building industry licensing system. In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] there is a registration process for building designers and in other States there is currently no regulation of the profession. A Building Designers Association operates in each state to represent the interests of building designers.

===Building surveyor===
[[Chartered Building Surveyor|Building surveyors]] are technically minded general practitioners in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]] and elsewhere, trained much like [[architectural technologist]]s. In the UK, the knowledge and expertise of the building surveyor is applied to various tasks in the property and construction markets, including building design for smaller residential and light commercial projects. This aspect of the practice is similar to other European occupations, most notably the ''geometra'' in [[Italy]], but also the ''géomètre'' in [[France]], [[Belgium]] and [[Switzerland]].
the building surveyors are also capable on establishment of bills of quantities for the new works and renovation or maintenance or rehabilitation works.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Murtagh|first1=Niamh|last2=Ashkar|first2=Loulwa|last3=Roberts|first3=Aeli|date=2018|title=The role of building control surveyors and their power in promoting sustainable construction|journal=Construction Management and Economics|volume=36|issue=7|pages=363–374|doi=10.1080/01446193.2017.1397721|s2cid=115923683|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10025855/}}</ref>

The profession of Building Surveyor does not exist in the US. The title ''Surveyor'' refers almost exclusively to [[Surveying|Land surveyors]]. [[Architect]]s, Building Designers, Residential Designers, Construction Managers, and [[Home Inspector]]s perform some or all of the work of the U.K. Building Surveyor.