‫لجنة قيد وترخيص مزاولة مهنة االستشارات الهندسية و المقاولين‬

The Committee of Registration and Licensing the Practice of Engineering Consultancy& contracting

Educational Qualifications Required For The License Owners ,Manager, and Technical Staff of Local offices of
( Construction Engineering Services and Architectural Design Consultancy )
License
Technical staff
Category and holders/Manger
Notes
grade Number of technical
local Others Years of Experience
staff

3 architects 10 years

First 10 15 10 years
3 Structural Engineer
UL years years

1 Engineers Any experience & any specialty

 The required qualification for
both licensees, managers and
2 architects 7 years
technical staff is : Bachelor of
Second 5 7 Civil or Architect. Engineering.
2 Structural Engineer 7 years
G+12 years years
 The full-time licensee (owner(is
1 engineer Any experience & any specialty
considered part of the technical
staff .
1 architects 5 Years

Third 3 5
1 Structural Engineer 5 Years
G+4 years years

1 engineer Any experience & any specialty

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 ‫لجنة قيد وترخيص مزاولة مهنة االستشارات الهندسية و المقاولين‬
The Committee of Registration and Licensing the Practice of Engineering Consultancy& contracting

Local engineering offices (or branch of foreign engineering offices) with the activity of:
Projects Management Engineering &Technical Feasibility Studies Services (742138)
License
Technical staff
Category and holders/Manger
Notes
grade
local Others Number of technical staff Years of Experience

10 years
• Bachelor of Engineering from a
3 architects
10 15 recognized university according to his
(unclassified) years years 3 Structural Engineer 10 years specialization.
1 Engineers Any experience & any specialty • The full-time licensee is considered
part of the technical staff.
3 architects 10 years
First  The engineers are accredited to the
10 15 10 years
3 Structural Engineer [Engineering Project Management].
UL years years
Any experience & any specialty  Compliance with the degree of license
1 Engineers
in the case of its use with existing
2 architects 7 years
Second local offices.
5 7 2 Structural Engineer 7 years  All national engineers who have any
G+12 years years
Any experience & any specialty specialization of engineering
1 engineer
disciplines can establish an office for
1 architects 5 Years the activity of: [engineering services
for projects], and provide
Third 3 5  technical staff by field of practice.
1 Structural Engineer 5 Years
G+4 years years  (Unclassified) are engineering offices
Any experience & any specialty engaged in activities that are not
1 engineer
classified by degrees and categories.

 Please see Circular No. (162) for the year 2008 regarding: Criteria for registering, licensing and practicing
activity: [Engineering Project Management Services]

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 ‫لجنة قيد وترخيص مزاولة مهنة االستشارات الهندسية و المقاولين‬
The Committee of Registration and Licensing the Practice of Engineering Consultancy& contracting

Local engineering offices :

License holders Technical staff
Category and
The minimum number Years of Notes
grade local Others
of technical staff Experience
 License owner with full time commitment to
3 5 Technical staff for
(unclassified) 5 Years the office is considered one of the technical staff.
Years Years each activity
 Requires )1 (engineer for each activity
• (Unclassified) are engineering offices engaged in activities that are not classified by degrees and categories.
• The required academic qualification for each of the license holders, the manager and the technical staff is: Bachelor of
Engineering in a scientific specialization suitable for the licensing activity.

Branch of foreign engineering offices :

Category and Years of
The minimum number of technical staff Notes
grade Experience
License owner: (a legal person) 15 years  owner of license is the mother company
(in the foreign country) and it requires
Without category Manager 15 years
an engineer for each activity.
and without grade
Technical staff for each activity (Chief Specialist) 15 years  permissible to appoint one of the
(unclassified)
specialization heads as a resident office
Technical staff for each activity (Associate) 7 years general manager .
The Associate Engineering Firm: the local engineering firm classified in the first category may associate with a foreign
engineering firm to carry out some specialized engineering works, provided that such firms should have previously practiced the
engineering profession for a period not less than 10 years inside or outside the country in the field required to be licensed.

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 ‫لجنة قيد وترخيص مزاولة مهنة االستشارات الهندسية و المقاولين‬
The Committee of Registration and Licensing the Practice of Engineering Consultancy& contracting

Standards Licensing / Renew license Registration for Consulting Engineering Offices

Standards
Category Grade No of engineers Office area
standards *minimum (m2)
Third Ground +4 3 2 100 m2
Second Ground+12 5 3 150 m2
First Un Limited 7 5 200 m2
•No of engineers is the minimum requirement to activate license registration and are increasing directly with the
growing area of projects (ongoing+ under design) as standard area for each engineer.
•Engineering consultancy activities are licensed only in offices, according to the following areas:
Local Engineering Offices:
Minimum office area required for engineering offices engaged in infrastructure activities 100 m2 .
The minimum office area required for the engineering offices engaged in sub-activities is 80 m2 for local offices licensed
with one activity, 150 m2 for Tow activities , and 200 m2 for more than two activities .
Foreign engineering offices and participation branches:
Minimum office area required 150 m2 licensed with one activity and 200 m2 for two activities .

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 ‫لجنة قيد وترخيص مزاولة مهنة االستشارات الهندسية و المقاولين‬
The Committee of Registration and Licensing the Practice of Engineering Consultancy& contracting

Standards Licensing / Renew license Registration for Consulting Engineering Offices

Category Grade Projects area for each Eng.(COTA)

Third Ground +4 6000 m2 /each engineer

Second Ground+12 7500 m2 /each engineer

First Un Limited 9000 m2 /each engineer

• No of engineers is the minimum requirement to activate license registration and are increasing directly
with the growing area of projects (ongoing+ under design) as standard area for each engineer.