RICS Certification Scheme goes live with Quest

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team Apr 9, 2007

Using Quest Associates technology, the RICS has now submitted its first live Energy Performance Certificate and Home Condition Report.

Using Quest Associates technology, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has now submitted its first live Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and Home Condition Report (HCR) to the HCR Register central database, hosted by Landmark Information Group.

Working closely with the RICS, Quest is supplying technology to support the generation of both EPCs and HCRs.

This provides the dependable and cost effective infrastructure necessary to support the RICS Home Inspector Certification Scheme.

The thousands of RICS members using Quest systems now have easy access to HCR and EPC lodgement.

Quest leads the market in providing Home Information Pack (HIP), Energy Certificate and Certification Scheme infrastructure.

With a solid reputation, Quest is the premier choice amongst 85%+ of the surveying industry.

Comments Tom Parker, Quest's Managing Director: "Quest systems handle over two million valuation cases every year, year after year, and we see the EPC as a natural extension of this".

"We provide economies of scale and proven dependability, earned through 25 years of experience".

"Nobody wants to go live this June on untried infrastructure, nor get locked into expensive contracts with suppliers in what is still an uncertain market".

"Quest offers reliability, some of the very best technology and the most competitive price in the market - a winning combination for both ourselves and our customers".

Gillian Charlesworth, RICS Head of Regulation Policy, comments, "It's great to see the RICS Scheme go live and to have Quest on board as a key partner in making this happen".

"We believe that RICS' scheme is the only Certification Scheme to offer a choice of delivery systems to its members - allowing them to maintain their present business relationships and minimise any disruption brought about by the new data banking requirements".

"We have listened to the market and wanted to ensure that our scheme offers maximum flexibility to our members, enabling them to give their customers the best possible service.".