The role of health and building surveyors in your community Councils employ health and building surveyors, often called inspectors , to do an important job for the community. Your dealings with council health and building surveyors If you are building or developing a property, or run a business, at some stage this will involve contact with your local council, and with a health and building surveyor. Council health and building surveyors are all public officials. This means that they work for the community s best interest.
Surveyors act according to professional standards and within councils code of conduct.
This requires them to act honestly and impartially when performing health and building inspections. They need your support to help them do so. Councils are responsible for regulating health and building standards for all the community. Councils set all fees and charges associated with development applications and inspections, and collect the money. Councils do not tolerate corruption.