Professor Harriet Harriss, Dean of the prestigious Pratt School of Architecture in New York, will be the next guest speaker at the Architecture Alive talks with a stimulating presentation titled 'Architecture's Afterlife'. The event is being hosted by studjurban and the Planning Authority, and supported by Kamra tal-Periti, Elia Catering, and Marsovin. The event will take place at the National Library of Malta in Valletta on Wednesday February 26th at 7 - 9 pm. Doors open at 6.30 pm, and…

The Kamra tal-Periti has been entrusted for the second year running to organise three architectural design competitions on behalf of the Housing Authority and the Ministry for Social Accommodation. A Briefing Session will be held on the 16th December 2020, from 15.00hrs to 17.00hrs at the Valletta Campus and via Zoom. During this session we will be launching the regulations of the Competition, as well as presenting the Project Briefs. The Briefing Session forms an integral part of the architectural briefs.…

The Permanent Committee on Engineering of the Kamra tal-Periti and SFPE Malta are hosting a seminar on fire safety in construction. As our main speaker, we have invited Professor António Moura Correia, Professor and Researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal.   The talk will cover the following topics: Designing Reinforced Concrete, Steel and Composite Steel-Concrete Structures in Fire Simulation of Structures in a fire situation by the finite element method Simulation of the spread of fires in buildings…

The Permanent Committee on Property of the Kamra tal-Periti, in collaboration with the Malta Bankers’ Association (MBA) and Archi+, is organising a half-day workshop titled “Property Valuation: A Practical Approach”. The event will be held on 18th April 2023 at The Notch Conference Centre in Kappara, San Ġwann, and is supported by Bank of Valletta (BOV). The workshop will focus on the differences between property market value and prudent value. These two notions will be explained, and insights will be…

The landmark judgement annulling a permit on a site in Santa Luċija has sent ripples through the profession and beyond. While this brings welcome reprieve to our battered built environment, it also creates uncertainty within the profession which needs to be addressed.   To this end, the Council of the Kamra tal-Periti is organising a seminar in the form of a debate panel during which the various aspects of this and other recent judgements will be explored and analysed.  …

Fire safety is an area of great concern for the general public, insurers and also for health and safety professionals. Malta currently follows a set of guidelines that are now out of date and which in themselves do not hold the power of law, while the new Fire Safety Act still awaits ratification. The Malta Chamber is organising this event so that this topic is given priority and visibility, also in view of the proliferation of office buildings, apartment blocks…

The position of periti working as court experts for the Civil Courts, RRB and RLCB has been deteriorating in recent months. From incorrect tariff calculations, to arbitrarily set fees for services not envisaged in Tariff K, to the unacceptable passing of legal notices introducing capping to valuations without prior consultation with the Kamra, the attitute towards periti has become increasingly hostile and disrespectful. To this end, the Council has decided to organise a consultation meeting to be held at the…