Did you miss it?
The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) quietly published the disciplinary panel’s findings for Aaran Marriner-Clark about a week ago.
You can find the page listing all disciplinary outcomes here. For this specific outcome, you’ll find that here.
One thing worth bearing in mind is that these documents do not stay online forever. If you are interested in this sort of thing, it is probably worth downloading a copy while it is still available.
And if it has already disappeared by the time you read this, feel free to contact me and I will happily send it over.
What did they find?
Aaran Marriner-Clark was providing structural engineering services to a client. Not surprisingly, this didn’t go well.
Some of the key findings were as follows:
- He had misrepresented himself as a structural engineer
- The report he provided was limited in scope and contained minimal technical detail
- His communications with the client were threatening, unprofessional, and amounted to bullying
- He was found to be in breach of Professional Standards 2 and 3
- His Fellowship was removed
- He was required to provide a written undertaking confirming that he would not misrepresent himself or suggest that he possessed competencies beyond those held again
None of that makes for particularly comfortable reading.
The made up degree
No, I’m not talking about his made up PhD. That’s already been confirmed by the universities in writing.
On his CV, he claims to hold an MSc in Structural Building Surveying from Suffolk College.
So I decided to look into it.
Apparently, this MSc was obtained in the early 1990s. At that time, Suffolk College didn’t have any degree awarding powers, so all degrees were validated externally by the University of East Anglia.
I submitted a Freedom of Information request.
The University of East Anglia responded on 9 April 2026 and confirmed that they have never run courses in Building Surveying, Structural Building Surveying, or anything remotely similar.
I then contacted the University of Suffolk, which now holds the historical records for Suffolk College.
The University of Suffolk responded on 30 April 2026 and the answer was exactly the same. They have never run courses in Building Surveying, Structural Building Surveying, or anything remotely similar.
LinkedIn has more than a billion users worldwide. I could not find a single person with a degree in Structural Building Surveying, or anything remotely similar, from Suffolk College. Not one.
Naughty boy.
Final thoughts
Structural engineering is not a game. If you get this wrong, someone could get killed.
How can someone with no qualifications or formal training in structural engineering go out and start providing structural engineering services?
Absolutely crazy.