The Institute and the Members

We are a professional academic institute providing services to our professional members and the society of Hong Kong. Our members are employed by works owners under the direction of Architect and Engineer to superintend of construction works for the purpose of ensuring a proper use of labour and materials.
Our members usually employed as Resident Engineers, Superintendents of Works, Inspectors of Works, Clerks of Works and other similar capacity in civil, building and E&M works. The HKICW is run by an executive council with assistance of several committees to suit the change of the social situations. A current organization chart is attached to this introduction letter for easy reference. The long term goal of the institute from the launching day to now is to seek wider acceptance of its qualification by the construction industry and to achieve full recognition on employment of Clerk of Works within the Hong Kong government and private sector to serve the society of Hong Kong. We have achieved the first written recognition within Hong Kong government from the Buildings Department as one of the recognized qualification for the Technical Competence Person (TCP) grade 3 of the safety supervision plan under the Building Regulations. We obtained wide acceptance of the qualification of the Institute for the employment of Clerk of Works among client organizations.

We have various grade of membership as listed below:

Membership
Grade	Title Hold	Remarks
Fellow Member	FHKICW	Corporate level
Member	MHKICW	Corporate level
Licentiate Member	LHKICW
Probationer
Student

A current path to membership and distribution of members in various grades is attached here for your easy reference.