7112 Engineering activities and related technical consultancy


This class excludes:

  • test drilling in connection with mining operations (see 091000, 099000)
  • development or publishing of associated software (see 582900, 620100)
  • activities of computer consultants (see 620200, 620900)
  • technical testing (see 712000)
  • research and development activities related to engineering (see 721900)
  • industrial design (see 741001)
  • aerial photography (see 742001)

Corresponding CPA codes

  • 71.12.1 Engineering services

    This category excludes:

    • research and experimental development services in engineering, see 72.19.3
  • 71.12.11 Engineering advisory services

    This subcategory includes:

    • provision of advice to clients concerning engineering principles and methods, when performed independently of an engineering project, including policy analysis, regulatory studies and audits
    • provision of testimony by a witness who, by virtue of experience, training, skill or knowledge of engineering, is recognised as being qualified to render an informed opinion on such matters
    • engineering investigation of a failed engineered system or structure to determine causal factors

    This subcategory excludes:

    • advice, studies, and reports performed in conjunction with a project, see based on the project type under 71.12.12-71.12.19
  • 71.12.12 Engineering services for building projects

    This subcategory includes:

    • provision of designs, plans, and studies related to residential building projects, such as: • new and existing homes • row housing, apartments etc. • mixed-use buildings that are predominantly used for residential housing
    • provision of designs, plans, and studies related to new and existing commercial, public and institutional building projects, including mixed-use buildings that are predominantly used for commercial, public, or institutional purposes, such as: • office buildings • shopping centres • hotels and restaurants • service stations and warehouses • bus and truck terminals • hospitals, schools, churches • prisons, stadiums and arenas • libraries and museums

    This subcategory also includes:

    • engineering advisory services that are related to a specific residential, commercial, public or institutional building project

    This subcategory excludes:

    • engineering advisory services not related to a specific project, see 71.12.11
  • 71.12.13 Engineering services for power projects

    This subcategory includes:

    • engineering services related to facilities that generate electrical power from: • coal and other fossil-fuel energy such as oil and gas • nuclear energy • the energy in falling water • other energy, such as solar power, wind power, geothermal power including cogeneration facilities
    • engineering services related to overhead or underground electrical power transmission and distribution lines
  • 71.12.14 Engineering services for transportation projects

    This subcategory includes all engineering services (including provision of designs, plans, and studies) related to:

    • highways, roads and streets, including elevated highways used for motor vehicle traffic
    • bridges and tunnels
    • ancillary road transport facilities such as rest stops, weigh stations, toll booths
    • mass transit systems, such as light rail or subway systems
    • railways and related structures
    • railway bridges and tunnels
    • marine and inland ports
    • harbours, locks, canals, and dams primarily used for transportation purposes
    • airports, runways, hangars
    • other aviation facilities
    • space transportation projects
    • oil and gas transportation projects
    • other transportation projects n.e.c.
  • 71.12.15 Engineering services for waste management projects (hazardous and non-hazardous)

    This subcategory includes:

    • engineering services related to household garbage collection and disposal systems, such as: • recycling facilities • composting facilities • transfer stations • resource recovery facilities • landfill sites
    • engineering services related to programs for the collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of industrial air, water and solid wastes, generally to a level such that the remaining waste stream can be safely released to the natural environment or ordinary municipal systems
    • engineering services related to programs for hazardous waste remediation, such as: • management of nuclear waste • chemical agent destruction • brownfield redevelopment • ground water modelling • contaminated site remediation
  • 71.12.16 Engineering services for water, sewerage and drainage projects

    This subcategory includes:

    • engineering services related to systems for the collection, distribution, treatment, and disposal of water such as: • drinking water distribution systems, pumping stations, reservoirs, water storage facilities, water transmission and distribution mains including dams used primarily for local drinking water distribution and desalination plants • systems for storm water management, drainage and detention systems including dams used primarily for flood control • systems for the collection, treatment, and disposal of wastewater • irrigation systems and water pipelines including dams primarily used for irrigation
  • 71.12.17 Engineering services for industrial and manufacturing projects

    This subcategory includes the application of physical laws and principles of engineering in the design, development and utilisation of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems.

    This subcategory includes:

    • engineering services related to industrial facilities and processes: • mining and metallurgical facilities such as mines, smelters, mills, mineral refineries, including integrated facility and process engineering projects • mining and metallurgical processes, such as mineral extraction, smelting, refining, metal forming • petroleum and petrochemical facilities such as oil and gas platforms, refineries, pipelines, petrochemical plants, including integrated facility and process engineering projects • processes for the production of petroleum and petrochemicals, such as extraction, refining, formulation, mixing • microelectronics facilities and processes, such as those that produce microprocessors, silicon chips and wafers, microcircuits, and semiconductors • textile and clothing facilities and processes • iron and steel facilities and processes • other industrial and manufacturing facilities and processes n.e.c.
    • engineering services related to the design of industrial and manufactured products: • industrial machinery such as agricultural, construction, mining, metalworking, commercial and service industry, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, power transmission machinery • electronic equipment such as computers and peripheral equipment, communications equipment, audio and video equipment, semiconductors and other electronic components • electrical equipment such as lighting, major and minor appliances and components thereof • transportation equipment such as motor vehicles, aircraft, trains, marine vessels, space vehicles • industrial and manufactured products not elsewhere classified

    This subcategory excludes:

    • industrial design services, see 74.10.12
  • 71.12.18 Engineering services for telecommunications and broadcasting projects

    This subcategory includes:

    • engineering services related to systems for the transmission of voice and data between network termination points by copper wire, fibre-optic cable, co-axial cable, and hybrid fibre-coax cable
    • engineering services related to systems for the transmission of voice, data and programming between network termination points by short-wave or microwave, such as: • wireless telephony systems • satellite radio systems • direct-broadcast satellite systems
    • engineering services related to systems for the transmission of radio and television signals
    • engineering services related to systems for the transmission or distribution of voice, data or programming, not elsewhere classified
  • 71.12.19 Engineering services for other projects

    This subcategory includes:

    • engineering services related to: • natural gas and steam distribution projects • other utility projects n.e.c.
    • engineering services related to systems, processes, facilities or products n.e.c., including the provision of designs, plans and studies related to them
  • 71.12.2 Project management services for construction projects
  • 71.12.20 Project management services for construction projects

    This subcategory includes:

    • services of assuming overall responsibility for the successful completion of a construction project on behalf of a client, including organising the financing and the design, requesting tenders, and performing management and control functions
    • project management services provided by engineers or architects

    This subcategory excludes:

    • general construction works, see divisions 41, 42
  • 71.12.3 Geological, geophysical and related prospecting and consulting services
  • 71.12.31 Geological and geophysical consulting services

    This subcategory includes:

    • geological consulting services relating to mineral deposits, oil and gas fields and groundwater by studying the properties of the earth and rock formation and structures
    • provide advice with regard to exploration and development of mineral, oil and natural gas properties
    • consultation services on evaluation of geological, geophysical and geochemical anomalies
    • consultation services on geological mapping or surveying at surface or subsurface
  • 71.12.32 Geophysical services

    This subcategory includes:

    • services providing information on subsurface earth formations by different methods: • seismographic, gravimetric, magnetometric methods • other subsurface surveying methods

    This subcategory excludes:

    • test drilling and boring work, see 43.13.10
  • 71.12.33 Mineral exploration and evaluation services

    This subcategory excludes:

    • test drilling in connection with petroleum and natural gas extraction, see 09.10.11
    • test drilling and boring work, see 43.13.10
  • 71.12.34 Surface surveying services

    This subcategory includes:

    • gathering services of information on the shape, position and/or boundaries of a portion of the earth's surface by different methods, including transit, photogrammetric and hydrographic surveying, for the purpose of preparing maps
    • collection of data by satellite
    • land surveying services (e.g., marking of property, boundary marking)

    This subcategory excludes:

    • aerial photography services, see 74.20.24
  • 71.12.35 Map-making services

    This subcategory includes:

    • map-making services consisting in the preparation and revision of maps of all kinds (e.g. road, cadastral, topographic, planimetric, hydrographic), using the results of survey activities, other maps and other information sources

    This subcategory excludes:

    • publishing of maps and atlases, see 58.11.15 and 58.11.16