Member benefits

The advice also includes advocacy services, which are available to both employee and self-employed members. The lawyer assists in all legal disputes, including contract disputes, construction and design defects, remuneration disputes, safety violations and labour disputes.

Cooperation between RIA and YTN

The RIA and the YTN have joint shop stewards who provide advice and assistance at the workplace. The RIA shop stewards, shop stewards and health and safety representatives can participate in training courses for YTN staff representatives.

Ask more: edunvalvonta@ria.fi

• The RIA magazine is the members’ own magazine that deals with current issues related to construction, lobbying and working life. The magazine is mailed to all RIA members as a membership service. In addition, the magazine is distributed to a number of industry companies, universities of applied sciences and decision-makers working in the industry.
• Rakennuslehti is the largest news and trade magazine in the Nordic countries, reaching all trained staff and companies in the construction sector. Its weekly readership includes architects, engineers, construction managers and other construction professionals in various planning and management positions. RIA is one of the owners of the magazine.
• Concrete is a trade magazine dedicated to providing construction professionals with the latest information and developments in concrete construction.
• Teräsrakenne magazine provides high quality information on metal construction. The magazine covers topical issues and professionally important subjects such as architecture, construction technology and engineering.
• Masonry from Stone is an information magazine on comfortable and sustainable living environments, published by the Masonry Structures Group of the Building Products Industry RTT ry.
• Valo-magazine is a specialist lighting magazine for electrical and lighting designers, architects, interior designers and electrical contractors. The magazine is mailed to RIA’s building architects.
• Puu magazine presents Finnish wood architecture and construction and promotes the correct and high-quality use of wood products.

If you did not subscribe to the magazine when you joined, please contact the RIA Member Service: toimisto@ria.fi. You can subscribe to Puu magazine directly from Puuinfo.

RIA members and employees under the age of 80 who are permanently resident in Finland for more than six months in a calendar year, have their permanent residence in Finland and are covered by the Finnish Health Insurance Act are insured.

Insurance cover is linked to membership of the association. If a member resigns or is expelled from the association, cover ends immediately.

When a member reaches the age of 80, cover ends at the end of the current year.

The insurance is valid for a maximum of 45 days from the start of each individual leisure trip at home or abroad. The Union’s electronic membership card contains the details of the insurance, so it also serves as a travel insurance card.

Children under the age of 20 travelling with their insured parent on the same trip are covered, but only under one policy at a time. The children are covered under the same insurance as the member.

• More information on passenger insurance
• Terms and conditions of passenger insurance
• The insurance number is 201-2048538

Employees working for another person and self-employed persons, whether full-time or part-time, who do not have subordinates and who carry out assignments under commissioned contracts are covered.

The insurance covers personal injury, damage to property and other expenses incurred by the insured person as an employee in connection with his or her employment.

Please note the specific conditions:

The liability insurance shall not cover damages and costs caused to the Client by errors or omissions, results of surveys or measurements, calculations, drawings or specifications, advice or instructions given in the course of professional consultancy or advisory activities.

Liability insurance is valid in the Nordic countries. Legal expenses insurance is also valid outside the Nordic countries, subject to certain conditions laid down in the collective agreement.

Student and senior members are not covered by liability and legal expenses insurance.

Compensation under the insurance is paid to members of the Union whose membership has lasted at least ten months at the time of the accident. For memberships of less than two years, the cause of the dispute or claim must have arisen during the period of membership.

• Read more about liability and legal expenses insurance

The organisational insurance covers RIA members during the association’s organisational activities and events. The insurance covers personal injury and property damage.

• Read more about organisational insurance
• The insurance number is SP0001377247

Two free months of home insurance and cover for serious illness

You can get the first two months of your new home insurance and serious illness cover from If free of charge when you leave your contact details on the If membership website. You can also use the benefit for just another policy.

• Find out more and leave your contact details here

Life and accident insurance

Kaleva’s Primus life and accident insurance policies protect your family’s finances in the event of accidents and death. Insurance benefits are also available for members’ family members – even children have comprehensive accident insurance.

• See here for more information and the membership price for Ria members

A powerful information modelling tool for structural and building design

CADMATIC Oy offers two membership benefits to those who purchase CADMATIC Building software: the Rasta application (hybrid image processing) and the first year of software maintenance free of charge. The membership benefit applies to new CADMATIC customers.

• Vierumäki
  As a member of RIA, you will receive a 20% discount on the daily accommodation price for Vierumäki contracted destinations when booking with code RIA20 through Vierumäki’s own online shop: vierumaki.fi. See instructions and conditions at this link!
  
• Ikaalinen Spa & Resort
  At Ikaalinen Spa & Resort you can stay at a 20% discount on the daily rate in the rooms of the main building and the Lofts building. Use the discount code RIA when booking. The discount is valid until 31.12.2025. The discount code cannot be combined with other offers. Book directly with Ikaalinen Spa & Resort: ikaalinenspa .fi or 0600 12340 / myynti@ikaalinenspa.fi. See instructions and conditions at this link!
  
• Levi Hotel Spa
  Levi Hotel Spa and Design Hotel Levi offer a 20% discount on the room rate (accommodation price excluding breakfast) to RIA members. The discount applies only to bookings made directly with the hotel, please use the promotional code when booking:
  
  – Levi Hotel Spa: PROMO81
  – Design Hotel Levi: PROMO818D
  
  You can make your reservation by phone, email or by using the promotional code in the hotel’s online shop.
  
• Strawberry hotels
  When travelling for leisure, members of STTK affiliated unions are entitled to a 25% discount on the daily flexible rate including breakfast at most Strawberry hotels. Use the code PROLEISURE when booking. See the hotels eligible for the discount and booking instructions and conditions at this link!
  
• Sokos Hotels
  As a member of RIA, you have access to a network of Sokos and Radisson hotels throughout Finland and the Original Sokos Hotel Viru in Tallinn. With the booking code LIITOT you get 15% off the daily accommodation price. For more information and instructions, click here!
  
• Hostel association
  As a member of RIA, you get a 10% discount on domestic hostels. You can get the discount when you book at www.hostellit.fi or directly with the hostel. The discount is given on arrival at the hostel and on proof of your membership. You can also prove your entitlement to the discount with a Domestic Hostel Card, which you can order free of charge from the Hostel Association.
  
  Domestic hostel card free of charge
  As a member benefit, you can also order a domestic hostel card free of charge. It gives you a 10% discount on accommodation at hostels in Finland in the Hostel Association network, as well as many other hostel card benefits. Order your card at www.hostellit.fi/jasenet.
  
  International hostel card
  You can also buy the International Hostel Card at a reduced price. It gives you a 10% discount on your stay in all Hostelling International (HI) hostels. You will receive a discount when you book directly with a hostel. To order your international hostelling card, visit www.hostellit.fi/shop.

• Eckerö Line
  Eckerö Line offers RIA members a 20% discount on the daily online purchase price of passenger and vehicle tickets for cruises and itineraries (-10% discount during the summer holiday period). A valid membership card and identity card must be presented on request at the time of ticketing. The preferential rates apply to personal members of STTK member organisations and associations and to other persons travelling with the same booking number.
  
  The benefit can be used for three bookings per person during 2025, up to a maximum of 5 tickets per person. 9 persons per booking. Discounts cannot be granted retrospectively and cannot be combined with other discounts or product packages. The benefits are valid until the end of 2025. See the link for instructions on how to use the benefit!
  
  
• Tallink Silja
  Tallink Silja offers benefits for leisure travel through the Club One loyalty programme. The Club One loyalty programme has three levels. When you join Tallink Silja’s Club One loyalty programme, you will have direct access to the Silver level of the programme as a member.
  
  – When joining the Club One loyalty programme, use contract number 7342.
  – If you are already a Club One member, your current loyalty number will remain valid.
  – If you are a Bronze customer, we will upgrade you to Silver.
  
  However, please email your Club One loyalty number, a mention of your membership and your contract number to erikoisliittymiset@tallinksilja.com, so we can register you as a contract holder and mail you a Silver card if required. Read more and join the loyalty programme!
  
  
• Viking Line
  Viking Line cruise and itinerary benefits:
  
  – The product code for leisure cruises is FPKRY. Depending on the season and destination, the discount is up to 30-50% of the daily price.
  – The product code for leisure itineraries is FVRES. Depending on the season and the destination, the advantage is between 10 % and 20 % of the daily price, and up to 50 % on the Helsinki-Tallinn route with the product code FPREIT.
  
  Note: The benefits are not valid during high season and public holidays. For more information and booking instructions , click here!

Situated at the foot of Yllästunturi in the stunning Lapland scenery, RIA-Majat offers holiday accommodation for skiers and their families. From the courtyard of the huts you have direct access to cross-country skiing or hiking trails, and you can even ski directly from the slopes into the hut’s courtyard.

• Discover the RIA countries

As an RIA member, you get a 10% discount on domestic hostels. You can get the discount when you make a reservation at www.hostellit.fi or directly from the hostel. The discount is given on arrival at the hostel and on proof of membership. You can also prove your entitlement to the discount with a Domestic Hostel Card, which you can order free of charge from the Hostel Association.

Domestic hostel card free of charge

As a member benefit, you can also order a free domestic hostel card. It gives you a 10% discount on accommodation at hostels in the Hostel Association network in Finland, as well as many other hostel card benefits. Order your card at www.hostellit.fi/jasenet.

International hostel card

You can also buy an International Hostel Card at a reduced price. It entitles you to a 10% discount on your stay in all Hostelling International (HI) hostels. You will receive a discount when you book directly with a hostel. To order your international hostelling card, visit www.hostellit.fi/shop.