Professional Judgement Under Review – Records and accountability in practice across procurement, valuations and condition assessments
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Professional Judgement Under Review – Records and accountability in practice across procurement, valuations and condition assessments
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25/02/2026
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11:00
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12:00
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Online
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Join us on 25th February for a CPD on Professional Judgement Under Review – Records and accountability in practice across procurement, valuations and condition assessments.
Speaker
Padraig Neylon is a practising Quantity Surveyor & Building Surveyor with over 20 years’ experience across public and private construction contracts, procurement, building surveying, planning, BC(A)R and project delivery.
Through his work, Padraig has seen that audit queries, disputes and professional exposure often arise not from poor judgement, but from how decisions, approvals and supporting information were recorded and evidenced over time. Fragmented records and informal approval trails regularly become the weak point when decisions are reviewed retrospectively.
He is CEO and co-founder of +AddJust, a CDE platform combining Properties, Projects and People. It is used by property owners and all 31 Local Authorities in ROI, to support clearer accountability and auditability. His focus is on how structured approaches to information and communication management can support professional judgement by simply delivering clarity to stakeholders and reducing risk and exposure in professional practice.
Webinar Focus
Scrutiny of professional decisions across the built environment has intensified. Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors and Valuation Surveyors are now routinely expected to evidence decisions months or years after they were made, often relying on records never designed for retrospective review.
This practice-led CPD webinar examines where professional exposure typically arises in everyday workflows such as tenders, instructions, variations, records and valuation inputs. Using recognisable scenarios, the session explores why reasonable decisions can become difficult to defend later, and what defensible practice looks like in a more governed environment.
This session is not specifically about BIM, ISO standards or litigation scenarios, but will make reference to these where relevant. It is about opening the conversation on protecting professional judgement when decisions are scrutinised after the event. We explore how having the correct tools and processes in place within your organisation can really help when an auditor comes knocking.
Who Should Attend
- Quantity Surveyors involved in procurement, variations, contract management and final accounts
- Building Surveyors involved in carrying out condition assessments, managing compliance records, specifying works, or managing projects.
- Valuation Surveyors who carry out inspections and rely on collecting and collating data for standards or valuation analysis
- Professionals working in public sector, regulated or audit-heavy environments
Why Attend
Professional exposure is increasingly shaped by the quality of records rather than judgement alone. Decisions that felt reasonable at the time are now regularly re-examined by clients, auditors, regulators and dispute forums.
This webinar helps practitioners understand how weak documentation and communication management translates into real exposure, and what proportionate, defensible practice looks like when decisions must stand up over time. It will also outline how better-structured information can reduce rework and support more efficient audit processes.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify where professional exposure arises when decisions are reviewed retrospectively
- Explain how documentation gaps and informal approvals translate into audit, dispute and PI risk
- Recognise the characteristics of robust, auditable practice
- Apply clearer, more structured thinking to recording decisions and approvals in everyday workflows
Visualise how technology can help protect practitioners when it comes to better communication and information management
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