Architecture & Engineering CPD

Digital CPD certificates for architects, engineers & AEC professionals

CPD is the credential layer of an architect's or engineer's career. Hours have to be logged, evidence has to be kept, and audits can show up at any time. TRUE Original turns each CPD record into a tamper-proof, instantly verifiable digital document — issued under your brand, on your domain, secured by blockchain.

Who it's for

TRUE works for the organisations that train and certify the AEC profession. If your learners need CPD evidence they can show to a registration body, an employer, or a client, TRUE issues that evidence.

AEC firms

Running internal CPD programmes for architects, engineers, project managers, and BIM specialists. One source of truth for who is trained on what.

Professional associations

Accredit CPD hours for your members with clean audit trails. Members get a credential that looks and feels like yours, not a third-party platform's.

AEC training providers

Deliver BIM, sustainability, building-safety, structural, and code-update courses. Issue branded CPD certificates at the moment of completion.

In-house academies

At large engineering, design, and construction groups. Centralised dashboard for consistent issuance across teams and offices.

Why digital CPD wins

A PDF can be edited in a browser. A scanned signature proves nothing. A spreadsheet of completions is not an audit trail. TRUE replaces all of that with a single document type built for the AEC profession.

Tamper-proof

Written to blockchain, so the record cannot be altered after issuing. The certificate issued on day one is identical to what an auditor sees on day one thousand.

Verifiable forever

Anyone can confirm authenticity via QR code or verification portal, with no email chain back to your team. Works whether the recipient is still inside your firm or has moved on.

Branded

The certificate lives on your firm's or association's own domain, not ours. Every share, every verification, every click reinforces your brand.

Beautiful and trackable

Animated, interactive documents that members are proud to share on LinkedIn, not flat PDFs that sit in a downloads folder. See when documents are opened, shared, and verified.

Use cases across AEC CPD

CPD in architecture and engineering covers a wide spread of subjects. TRUE handles all of them as the same document type, issued, branded, and verified the same way.

BIM & digital delivery

BIM authoring, ISO 19650 information management, common data environment training, and software-specific CPD. Recipients can prove competency to project leads and clients on day one.

Sustainability & net zero

Embodied carbon, whole-life carbon, LEED, BREEAM, Passivhaus, energy modelling. As sustainability requirements harden, verifiable CPD evidence becomes part of the bid pack.

Building safety & fire

Post-Grenfell competence frameworks, fire safety design, façade inspection, structural safety. When a regulator or insurer asks who is competent on a project, the answer is verifiable in seconds.

Ethics, regulation, code updates

Professional ethics, anti-bribery, planning law refreshers, building regulation updates. Short CPD modules add up to a lot of certificates, automation pays back fastest here.

PDF CPD certificate vs TRUE CPD certificate

What changes when AEC CPD evidence is automated and audit-ready.

CapabilityPDF CPD certificateTRUE CPD certificate
Tamper-proofEditable in any PDF toolBlockchain-anchored, immutable
Registration-body auditManual reconciliationQR or URL, seconds
Bid-pack evidenceEmail chain to find PDFsPermanent verifiable links
LMS integrationManual exportCanvas, Moodle, Learnster + REST API
LinkedIn-shareableStatic image, low engagementOne-click Add to LinkedIn
Lives on your domainNo domainYes, branded URL on your firm's domain
Revocation & reissueSend a new email; old version still circulatesOld version stops verifying instantly
Long-term verifiabilityFiles lost across employer changesPermanently verifiable on-chain

Built for professional bodies

Associations exist to protect a standard. The certificate is where that standard is made visible.

Issue at member scale

TRUE has issued 500,000+ documents across our customer base, serving 200+ organisations in 15+ countries. Bulk issuance via API or dashboard handles national-association volume.

Brand every document

On your association's own domain. Members get a credential that looks and feels like yours, not a third-party platform's. Every share drives traffic back to your association.

Give every member a verifiable record

Members can link to their CPD on a portfolio, in a tender, or on LinkedIn, driving traffic and recognition back to your association.

Cut verification overhead

Third parties verify a member's CPD themselves instead of emailing your team. The verification URL works without contacting anyone.

Built for AEC firms

Inside an AEC firm, CPD evidence is scattered across LMS exports, HR systems, and email folders. TRUE gives your L&D and HR teams one place to manage it.

Automate issuing

Through the REST API or by sending a structured email, no more manual PDF runs. Five simple endpoints handle issuance, revocation, and bulk operations. For a rollout playbook, see our guide on how to implement digital credentials.

Connect your LMS

Native integrations with Canvas, Moodle, and Learnster mean completing a course inside the LMS automatically triggers a TRUE document. Zero manual workflow.

One source of truth

For who is trained on what. Ready for a client audit, a tender response, or a registration-body inquiry without scrambling through inboxes.

Reissue or revoke

Without sending a new email chain, the verifiable record updates and the old version stops verifying. Useful when a course is superseded or a credential expires.

Skanska

"This is absolutely brilliant! A thousand thank you's!!"
Tania Sjöberg, Skanska

Branschutbildarna

Construction-sector training providers like Branschutbildarna already use TRUE to issue construction safety training certificates. The same engine handles licensed-professional CPD.

A shared certificate is a credibility signal for the recipient and a marketing asset for the issuer. In AEC, that matters more than most professions.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions from AEC firms, training providers, and professional associations evaluating digital CPD certificates.

Does TRUE meet the CPD requirements of bodies like RIBA, ICE, or Sveriges Arkitekter?

Each registration body sets its own rules for what counts as CPD evidence. TRUE provides tamper-proof, branded, verifiable documents that hold the data those records typically need: course title, hours, recipient, issuer, date, and a verifiable record of issuing. We don't make claims on behalf of any specific registration body. The CPD framework is yours; TRUE is the document layer.

Can certificates carry our firm's or association's branding?

Yes. Documents live on your own domain with your design, colours, and logo. Recipients see your brand, not ours.

Can we connect TRUE to our existing LMS?

Yes. TRUE has direct integrations with Canvas, Moodle, and Learnster, plus a REST API for anything else.

Can we issue at the volume of a national association?

Yes. TRUE has issued 500,000+ documents across our customer base, serving 200+ organisations in 15+ countries.

Are documents verifiable years from now, even if a member changes employer?

Yes. Each document is written to blockchain and stays verifiable indefinitely via QR code or verification portal, independent of any LMS or HR system the recipient happens to be inside.

What about GDPR?

TRUE is a Swedish company built for the European market. Data handling is designed around EU rules, and TRUE is eIDAS compliant and Cyber Hygiene Certified by OneMore Secure.

See it on your CPD program

The fastest way to understand the difference is to see one of your own course titles issued as a TRUE document — branded, verifiable, on your own domain.