INTRODUCTION TO

BAPEQSBoard of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity

Surveyors

CONTENTS

BACKGROUND

POLICY

ROLE OF BAPEQS

APEQSO OVERVIEW

REGISTRATION

APPLICATION, ELIGIBILITY & FEES

PRACTICING CERTIFICATE & LICENSES

REGISTRATION

RECENT EVENTS

ORDER GAZETTED

• March 26th, 2011

ORDER ENFORCED

• September 13th, 2012

BOARD ESTABLISHED

• September 13th, 2012

RULES GAZETTED

• June 11th, 2016

BACKGROUND

POLICY

Regulated Competency Accreditation

Build Capacity & Promote Competitiveness

Promote best practices in developing professionals

Public Assurance

Benchmarking purpose

Comply with commitments on national and international level

BOARD ESTABLISHMENT

Committees under BAPEQS

Acts and Regulations Committee

Registration Committee

Discipline & Ethics

Committee

International

Affairs Committee

Architect Division

Engineering Division

Examinations & Qualifications

Committee

Scale of Fees Committee

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Management, Publication & IT Committee

APEQS Order SECTION 4 Board consists of

Permanent Secretary, MoD as chairman and

10 other members with relevant qualifications, knowledge and experience related to

Architecture, Engineering and Quantity Surveying Profession

ROLE OF BAPEQS

To provide for registration of

Architects, Professional

Engineers and Quantity Surveyors

To regulate the qualification and

practicing of Architects,

Professional Engineers and

Quantity Surveyors

To regulate supply of Architectural, Professional

Engineering and Quantity Surveying Services in Brunei

Darussalam

ILLEGAL PRACTICE

SECTION 10 (1) / 11 (1) / 12 (1)

No person shall engage in Architectural / prescribed branches of Professional

Engineering / Quantity Surveying Work unless he is –

a) a registered personnel with a practicing certificate

b) under the direction of a registered professional with a Practicing Certificate

c) authorised by the Board to work in collaboration (without right to independent

practice) with a registered professional with Practicing Certificate

ILLEGAL PRACTICE

SECTION 11 (4)

Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall use verbally or otherwise –

a) the word “professional engineer” or “engineer” or any additions to or derivative of

those words in connection with his designation;

b) the abbreviation “Ir.” or “Er.” as a title before his name; or

c) any word, name or designation that might lead to the belief that he is a registered

professional engineer,

unless he is a registered professional engineer.

ILLEGAL PRACTICE

SECTION 10 (4)

Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall use verbally or otherwise –

a) the word “architect” or any other derivatives in connection with his business

designation;

b) the abbreviation “Ar.” or “Arch.” as a title before his name; or

c) any word, name or designation that might lead to the belief that he is a registered

architect,

unless he is a registered architect.

ILLEGAL PRACTICE

SECTION 12 (4)

Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall use verbally or otherwise –

a) the word “quantity surveyor”, “building economist”, “building cost consultant” or any

additions to or derivative of those words in connection with his designation;

b) the abbreviation “QS.” or “Sr.” as a title before his name; or

c) any word, name or designation that might lead to the belief that he is a quantity

surveyor,

unless he is a registered quantity surveyor.

SECTION 10/11/12 (9)

Any person who contravenes subsections (1), (3), (4), (6) or (8) is guilty of an offence

and liable on conviction -

(a) in respect of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $10,000; and

(b) in respect of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000,

imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

ILLEGAL PRACTICE

APEQS Order Section 11 (11)

(a) civil engineering

(b) electrical engineering

(c) mechanical engineering

(d) such other branches of engineering as may be prescribed

• Chemical Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Building Services Engineering

• Structural Engineering

BRANCHES OF ENGINEERING

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a Recognised Institution

OR

b) Degree, Diploma or other Approved Qualifications

OR

c) Recognised training or Academic Qualification and passes the BAPEQS Examinations

** (SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS)

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1. Insurance

AND

2. Continuous Professional Education

** (SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS)

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Professional with Practicing Certificate

2. A Licensed Body Corporate

3. A Licensed Partnership

4. A Licensed LLP

5. A Partnership of Wholly Single Discipline (Architect or Engineer or QS)

** (SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS)

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION

Completed Registration Form

Identification Card or Passport*

Academic Qualification Certificates*

Certificate of current Chartered / Professional Status*

Membership Card of Recognised Institution* OR copy of Payment Receipts of Professional

Membership / Institution

*certified true copy

LIST OF RECOGNISED INSTITUTION

ARCHITECTURE

Royal Institution of British Architects -RIBA Royal Australian Institute of Architects -RAIA Singapore Institute of Architect - SIA Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia - PAM

SURVEYORS

Royal institution of Chartered Surveyors, UK – RICS Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors – AIQS Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia – RISM Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia – BQSM Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors - PAQS

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

Institution of Engineering & Technology , UK – IET (Mechanical and Electrical Engineering options)

Institution of Civil Engineers , UK – ICE Institution of Structural Engineers , UK – IStructE Institution of Mechanical Engineers , UK – IMechE Board of Engineers Singapore – BES Board of Engineers Malaysia – BEM Institution of Engineers of New Zealand – IPENZ Institution of Engineers Australia – IEAust Institution of Highway Engineers , UK – IHE

REGISTRATION PROCESS

Application Received

Registration Committee

Meeting

• Bimonthly

BAPEQS Meeting

• Monthly

Issuance of Certificates

Registration as of May 2017

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Government Registered Private Registration Practitioners

FEES

Description Fees

First time approval fees as Registered Architects, Registered

Professional Engineer or Registered Quantity Surveyor$200

Renewal Fees $150 /year

PRACTICING CERTIFICATE

For Sole Proprietor, Partnership and Body Corporate

APEQS Order Section 25

To engage in practice of

architecture, professional

engineering or quantity surveying

APEQS Order Section 27

To supply architectural, professional engineering or quantity

surveying services

For Multi Discipline Partnership and Body Corporate

LICENSES

Recent Events

Presentation of Certificates to ASEAN Architects (AA)

9 out of 41 local architects successfully registered as ASEAN

Architects.

Recent Events

Presentation of Certificates to ASEAN Chartered Professional

Engineers (ACPE)

11 out of 38 professional engineers registered as ASEAN Chartered

Professional Engineers

Recent Events

Presentation of Certificates to ASEAN Architects (AA) and

ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers (ACPE)

Being registered as an ASEAN Professional allows these

professionals to practice across ASEAN with respect to the Mutual

Recognition Agreement on Architectural and Professional

Engineering Services.

Welcoming new members elected to be on BAPEQS

THANK YOU