INTERVIEW
PERSPECTIVES OF A QUANTITY SURVEYOR SADMIR CERIC
Sadmir Ceric started his career as a junior Quantity Surveyor in 2003, whilst completing his degree and graduating in 2004 from Curtin University of Technology (Bachelor of Applied Science, Construction Management and Economics). He joined Ralph Beattie Bosworth (RBB) in 2011 and in 2016 Sadmir accepted the position on the firm’s Board of Directors. Over the last 15 years, Sadmir has worked as a professional Quantity Surveyor across many sectors including traditional building and construction, mining, oil and gas, infrastructure, marine and civil, on projects of varying sizes and complexities.
Sadmir has been on the AIQS Western Australia Chapter council for around 10 years, holding the position of Councillor, Secretary, Vice President and is currently the President.
1. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD FOR THE QUANTITY SURVEYING PROFESSION? The Quantity Surveying profession today is different to that of the profession twenty or so years ago. Yes, the principals of the profession are still the same but the Quantity Surveying firms, in addition to the ‘Traditional QS’ services
of Bills of Quantities, Cost Planning and Estimating, Contract Administration and the like, offer a lot more services, such as Arbitration, Feasibility Studies, Due Diligence Reports, Value Management, Insurance Valuations, Expert Witness, Bank Reports and Audits. In short, the Quantity Surveying profession has had to evolve and/or diversify to provide a suite of ‘traditional’ and ‘non-traditional’ services to the dynamic market. In my opinion, Quantity Surveyors must ensure that the profession stays relevant in the fast paced, everchanging market conditions and technological advances that we see on daily basis. We know that Quantity Surveyors bring great value to
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