1976 – 2026 · Golden Jubilee
The mark of competence in demolition engineering
Demolition is the highest-risk work in construction. For fifty years the Institute has assessed the engineers who do it — examining, interviewing and holding them to a standard that clients, contractors and regulators recognise.
Members' area
CPD record, papers library, directory, renewals and your digital credential.
Log in →I want to joinWhich grade am I?
Three questions and we'll tell you the grade to apply for — then start the application.
Check eligibility →I'm checking someoneVerify a member
Confirm a person's grade and standing with the Institute before you appoint them.
Verify →I need guidanceLessons & guidance
Lessons learned from jobs that went wrong, the reference library, and the competence standard.
Browse →Why the letters matter
Competence has to be demonstrated.
Across construction, the burden has shifted. It is no longer enough for a firm to say its people are competent — clients and principal designers increasingly expect that competence to be evidenced by an independent body.
That is precisely what the Institute exists to do. Our grades are earned through examination, professional interview and continuing development — and they belong to the engineer, not the employer.
Read the competence frameworkAssessed, not asserted
The corporate grades are examined and interviewed by practising engineers. Nobody buys their way in.
Kept current by CPD
Continuing professional development is a condition of membership, not a badge to collect.
Bound by a code
Members practise under the Institute's rules and code of conduct, and are accountable to it.
Independent of any employer
Membership belongs to the engineer, and travels with them across firms and borders.
Public register
Check anyone's standing in ten seconds.
Appointing a demolition engineer, assembling a tender or assuring a duty-holder? Search the register to confirm a person's grade and that their membership is current. Members carry a verifiable credential they can share with any client.
Verify a memberSeven grades. One standard.
Since the Walls of Jericho
Demolition is as old as building.
So are its standards.
Demolition has been a key construction practice since the walls of Jericho came tumbling down around 1500 BC — you can see the story in our logo. Since 1976 the Institute has carried that discipline forward: a hub of innovation and knowledge, with recycling and re-use at the core of a sustainable life cycle for the UK's buildings and structures.
The Institute is managed by an elected Council of Management, each member serving a two-year term — talent and experience in demolition engineering, given back to the profession.
Education & CPD
A culture of learning, insisted upon.
Lessons learned
Anonymised accounts of incidents and near misses, and what the profession took from them. The knowledge that usually never leaves the firms that lived it.
More →The technical paper library
Members' papers and the Library of Useful Reading — the industry's collected knowledge, in one place.
More →CPD — a condition of membership
12 hours a year, six of them core. CPD isn't optional here; it's what the letters stand for.
More →Bursaries & degrees
A bursary programme, and a Foundation Degree in Demolition Management — a world first, with the Institute behind it.
More →Events
The 50th Anniversary Gala Ball
The Institute's Golden Jubilee evening: drinks at 18:00, dinner at 19:00. £160 a place, £1,600 for a table of ten; golf and clay shooting from 10:00.
Book your place →CPD & news
CPD is recorded in the members’ area
Attendance at Institute events is credited automatically; anything else takes a minute to log.
Open the members’ area →Join the Institute.
Applications are considered at four Membership Committee meetings each year, with a professional interview on the path to corporate grades. Create an account, start your application, and book your own interview slot when you reach that stage.