Andy51

Hi All, Similar to others on this thread I am looking into freelancing in addition to my day job. I am an experienced civil & structural engineer. I achieved chartership with the ICE in 2019. My experience is mostly in civil structures. I am based in Scotland. I am looking to carry out simple and low risk residential structural engineering designs as a freelancer, primarily those in RG1A as defined in SER Guidance Note 12. This is design work of a far lower complexity than that which I work on in my main job. On a topic similar to the points raised above by Carrerahill, I am trying to work out if based on costs and potential income this would be viable as additional work to my day job. Realistically I would only be able to take on a limited amount of design remits. My plan (ideally) would be to dabble in it initially and take it from there. As I am based in Scotland I would need SER accreditation for this to be worthwhile. I am trying to establish what is a cost effective way for sole practitioners to pay for access to design codes and standards. See below the part of the application related to access to documents. When working at a large consultancy, they generally have licences through "IHS". Looking on their website subscriptions are upwards of £4k, which would be a large initial cost. I am wondering if there is a more cost efficient way to get access. Question: - How do other sole practitioners get access to the required design standards and what are the approximate costs?