Construction Economist - Spring 2011

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Construction mobile apps and their marketplace impact

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Upcoming Events/Congrès de l’AEECQ 2011 & Assemblée Générale Annuelle

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Reserve Fund Studies – an opportunity for quantity surveyors

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In Memoriam

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52nd Annual General Meeting

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CIQS hosts members of the China Engineering Cost Association

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A special announcement from CIQS Council

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CIQS Affiliated Association reports

CIQS Council President: Hervé Couture, ECA Email: president@ciqs.org 1st Vice President, Registrar & NLAQS Rep Roy Lewis, PQS(F) Email: nlaqs@ciqs.org 2nd Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer & QSBC Rep Mark Russell, PQS(F) Email: qsbc@ciqs.org OIQS Rep Jeff Logan, PQS Email: oiqs@ciqs.org NSAQS Rep Mark Gardin, PQS Email: nsaqs@ciqs.org AQSA Rep Chris Reinert, PQS Email: aqsa@ciqs.org AEQSQ Rep Bertin Bois, CEC Email: aeqsq@ciqs.org Past President Ian Duncan, PQS(F) Education Administrator David Lai, PQS(F) Statements of fact and opinion expressed are those of the authors and CIQS assumes no responsibility for the content, nor do they represent official policy of CIQS.

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CPD Corner Welcome new members Congratulations Connect with our Advertisers

Message du Président

À l’écoute de ses membres Hervé Couture, ECA u cours des dernières années, les différents conseils ont convenu que l’Institut canadien des économistes en construction (ICEC) se devait de se rapprocher davantage de ses membres et d’y assurer un support national à tous les niveaux. L’emphase a été initialement mise sur l’éducation. La révision des syllabus et l’accréditation de nouvelles institutions devraient aussi favoriser la reconnaissance de la profession et l’accroissement des adhésions. À la dernière assemblée générale annuelle, on nous a demandé de mettre de l’avant un plan marketing, et une augmentation des frais de cotisation annuelle a été votée afin de libérer un budget suffisant pour son implantation à court terme. Cette année, tous les membres actifs au 31 mars 2011, ont reçu directement l’avis de renouvellement par un envoi électronique massif. Quelques petits problèmes techniques sont survenus mais ils seront rapidement corrigés.

Le conseil d’administration a tenu une réunion spéciale le vendredi 18 mars dernier afin de rencontrer Mme Erin Brand de la firme Parcel Design, retenu à titre d’expert-conseil en marketing,

« Le premier audit fut un succès et ceci démontre le professionalisme de nos membres. » afin de recevoir les résultats et les conclusions tirées du sondage réalisé au début du mois. À la séance de travail qui a suivi, une kyrielle d’idées a été lancée et nous laisse entrevoir de grandes possibilités. La prochaine étape est de recevoir vers la mi-avril une première illustration de ce qui pourrait être le plan marketing et ses options potentielles. La revue de notre « image » (logo) et l’échéancier d’implantation feront aussi partie des discussions à l’ordre du jour de cette prochaine rencontre. Les objectifs visés et le budget correspondant seront présentés à la prochaine assemblée générale annuelle, le 13 juin prochain.

Nous sommes aussi aujourd’hui à l’aube d’une nouvelle étape du programme de formation continue.

L’année fiscale 2010-2011 a été celle qui a marqué l’obligation de fournir le pointage minimum de 50 points acquis au cours de l’année 2009 pour le renouvellement de

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votre accréditation ECC ou ECA. Le premier audit fut un succès et ceci démontre le professionnalisme de nos membres. Je tiens à vous rappeler que tout membre qui n’aura pas soumis son pointage ne pourra renouveler son accréditation par voie électronique et pourrait être exclu de la liste des membres en règle de l’ICEC. Dès lors, il ne pourra plus utiliser les abréviations PQS/ ECA ou ECC/ CEC certifiant sa qualification. Ce programme vise à assurer à tous les clients et autres professionnels de la construction, la mise à jour des connaissances de nos membres, pour une meilleure reconnaissance de notre profession. Je vous invite à lire, dans cette édition, l’article s’y rapportant, et de contacter votre association pour toute information complémentaire.

L’été sera bientôt à notre porte et le prochain congrès de l’association arrive à grand pas. Le Beaches Sandy Bay Resort de Négril en Jamaïque nous y attend tous, et l’assemblée générale annuelle sera le lieu de présentation du plan marketing proposé. L’AGA a toujours été l’événement annuel à ne pas manquer, et il pourrait marquer cette année le début d’une nouvelle ère!

Mes meilleures salutations à tous.

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President’s Message

Aligned with members’ needs or the past few years, it has been agreed at various council meetings that the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) should develop a closer relationship with the membership and also ensure that national support be available at all levels. Emphasis was initially put on training. The revision of course syllabi and the certification of new training institutions were to enhance the recognition of the profession and promote the growth of the membership.

During the last Annual General Meeting, we were tasked to develop a marketing plan and to that effect, an increase of the annual dues was voted in order to finance the short term implementation of the plan.

This year, all active members as of March 31, 2011 received their membership renewal notice directly through emails. A few minor technical glitches did occur but these will be resolved shortly.

The Board held a special meeting last Friday, March 18 to meet with Erin Brand from Parcel Design which had been selected as Marketing Expert and to conduct a survey.

“The first audit was a success and demonstrated the professionalism of our members.”

The meeting was held to receive the results and the analysis of the survey which had been conducted in the beginning of the month.

During the work session that followed, a multitude of ideas were put forward paving the way to vast possibilities. The next step will be to receive a first draft of the marketing plan and its potential options. The review of our logo and an implementation schedule will also be part of the agenda of this upcoming meeting. The goals and the corresponding budget will be tabled during the next annual general meeting on June 13.

Today, we are at the dawn of a new stage of the Continuous Professional Development program. Fiscal year 2010-11 marked the requirement for the members to provide a minimum scoring of 50 points earned during 2009 for the renewal of their accreditation to PQS/CEC. The first audit was a success and demonstrated the professionalism of our members. I wish to emphasize that any member

failing to submit his scoring will not be allowed to renew his/her accreditation and he/she will be excluded from the list of CIQS members in good standing. Therefore he/she will not be authorized to use the PQS/ECA or ECC/CEC abbreviations which certify his qualification. This program aims to confirm to customers and other professionals of the trade the up to date knowledge of our members thus ensuring a better recognition of our profession. I invite you to read the reference article in this edition and to contact your association for any additional information.

Summer will soon be here and the next congress is just around the corner. You are all convened to the Beaches Sandy Bay Resort of Negril in Jamaica and the Annual General Meeting will be venue for the presentation of the proposed marketing plan.

The AGM has always been a mustbe-there event and this year it could mark the beginning of a new era!

Best regards to all.

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Executive Director’s Message

2011-12 membership invoices have been sent Lois Metcalfe, CIQS Executive Director

y now, all members with an email address should have received their 2011-12 membership invoices electronically. If you did not receive your invoice by email, it is most likely because we do not have your current email address so please contact CIQS or your local affiliated association.

Change is difficult for some but our members are embracing this new technology for invoicing, receipts and membership cards and find it quite efficient and painless.

Our members particularly like the ability to pick up their receipt and membership card immediately upon payment.

Members with the designations, Professional Quantity Surveyor or Construction Estimator Certified, should complete their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) form before they start the renewal process. Please remember that a minimum of 50 points is mandatory for

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the 2011-12 membership year. Once you have completed the online renewal you should submit a copy of your completed CPD to your affiliated association maintaining a copy in your personal files in the event you are audited.

CPD forms were emailed by the affiliated associations, however, if you require another copy please visit the Member’s Only section at www.ciqs.org where all CPD forms are posted.

Members may, if they wish, continue to pay by cheque by printing off the invoice and sending it along with your cheque to your local affiliated association. If applicable, please include your CPD form.

If any members have any concerns or difficulties with the new technology, I encourage you to contact me at execdir@ciqs.org. We always value and appreciate comments from our members.

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Editor’s Message

Canada’s construction material costs soaring up Joshua Mutize, PQS Construction Economist Editor

ased on raw data from Statistics Canada’s Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), construction materials are increasing in costs. Compared to the same time last year, this increase is between 4 and 5.5 %. According to RS Means, the main cause of this development was the revival in international commodity prices (Alex Carrick, Chief Economist, CanaData, Economy at Glance, dated March 22, 2011).

The cost of some materials is increasing faster than others. Materials showing an uptick include oil, copper, lumber and coal. Oil increases are due mainly to increased demand in crude oil globally, however, this is compounded by political unrests in the Middle East. Naturally, other energy sources such as petroleum, gas and coal follow suit. Petroleum and gas increases could reach as high as 15% by midsummer, compared to the same time last year.

Among all non-residential materials, engineering materials seem to lag behind lumber and metal prices.

Lumber price increases are currently tracking at over 6% weighted average.

Although Alberta and Ontario are the main two provinces that felt the economic downturn, these two provinces are already showing promising signs of economic recovery.

Home building in Ontario continues to be slow, with condominium construction very low compared to single-family homes. Canadian banks are helping keep residential home sales stable by offering low mortgage rates. Similarly, US banks’ mortgage rates continue to be favourable to home buyers. Continued favourable conditions in home sales will help resuscitate new home building.

The dollar value attributed to home building has continued to diminish during the first quarter of 2011 and is projected to continue lower than 2010 for the next couple of years. The total value of new construction is approximately 11% lower than in 2010. See partial graph below.

For a full copy, please visit www.journalofcommerce.com/ article/id43680.

Now that I have said my piece on construction material costs, please enjoy the rest of this issue. Good reading.

All new construction by region (current $ millions) 2008

2009

2010

2011

Atlantic

12,855

12,968

14,636

15,215

Québec

39,975

40,253

45,483

46,801

Ontario

63,005

59,380

68,147

69,208

Manitoba

6,793

6,719

7,556

7,452

490

10,808

11,258

11,656

Alberta

65,155

44,708

48,604

52,527

British Columbia

37,011

30,538

36,420

37,698

235,284

205,374

9.8%

-12.7%

Saskatchewan

Total % Change

232,104 240,557 13.0%

3.6%

(Graph by Journal of Commerce; www.journalofcommerce.com/ article/id43680) 2009 to 2011 are CanaData estimates based on Statistics Canada survey numbers.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Although I retired in the year 2000, I volunteered at this year’s AGM to assist in a review of the 8th edition and the preparation of the 9th edition of the Method of Measurement of Construction Works (MoM).

In August, I received by email a copy of the 8th edition and was astounded to see that, in the Preface, I was credited by the Author and Editor for being part of a combined effort in the production of that edition.

Older members will be aware that I was the Author and Editor of both the 6th and 7th editions of the MoM which were introduced in 1993 and 2000 respectively, but last month was the first time that I had seen the 8th edition, which was introduced in 2006. At no time did I have any input into the 8th edition.

Geoffrey Hadley, PQS(F)

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Education Updates

Education in British Columbia for the student quantity surveyor – investing in the future A background on the CIQS Board approval for accreditation. uring 2008, QSBC were approached by the construction industry, through the Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Faculty of Construction and the Environment, to look at designing and building specific courses associated with estimating and quantity surveying services that were not available from other professional bodies or institutions.

It was suggested that the construction companies, owners/ investors and their consultants had to respond to greater demands in the area of economics of projects at the preconstruction stage (e.g. P3, Design Build, etc. type work) including issues associated with risk, early assessment of probable cost and the viability of projects. The market was finding that the traditional quantity surveyor had many of the skill sets that satisfied the new marketplace but that there were extreme shortages of qualified quantity surveyors to fulfill these roles and there was no educational opportunity in BC to acquire these skills. BCIT were providing a construction management degree program that successfully provided the industry with management skills but the estimating and quantity surveying courses needed updating to reflect the new approaches to delivering projects and the special skill sets that were needed to successfully do that. It was also pointed out that students in today’s world wanted a more comprehensive educational experience and needed to attend classes to learn more effectively as well as have

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the resources of fellow students and lecturers to work with.

This was not being offered either by the quantity surveying community or local institutions in BC. Further that QSBC had for some time been in tentative discussions with BCIT on the subject of a degree program in quantity surveying.

In other words, the time was right for a serious educational initiative in BC and the board and membership were astute enough to realize this. The membership and board were fully supportive of the initiative and gave every encouragement required to move ahead.

This all started to take shape in March 2009 when a Memo of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the BCIT, VRCA, QSBC and CIQS organizations. The MOU was focused on providing the design and construction industry in BC with a program of courses to allow those interested in estimating and quantity surveying to have accredited courses available at a world leading academic Polytechnic institution leading to a PQS or CEC designation. Over the last two years, QSBC have been working with BCIT to fine tune those initial discussion points back in 2008 and accommodate industry suggestions for our profession. The MOU kicked off the process in earnest. We set about designing and building the courses that industry had identified as essential for our profession to specialize in going into the future and, having completed that, we would work towards the accreditation of those courses through CIQS that would allow us to offer them to students at BCIT at the appropri-

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Education Updates

ate degree level of education. But it needed to be carried out in a methodical way. The accreditation process is a complicated one and one that needs to have constant third party endorsement if it is to be completely successful.

As you may recall, during the summer of 2009, a country-wide survey was implemented by BCIT to survey the opinions of our industry in order to confirm the initial opinions we had from industry up to this point as well as take stock of our current syllabus to confirm its relevancy.

There were questions relating to each of our current syllabus courses as well as an opportunity to voice an opinion on what could be appropriate extra materials beyond our current syllabus that could enhance the services of our profession moving forward. BCIT received over 350 responses to that survey, many from our own members as well as architects, engineers and owners. An objective and professional analysis by the BCIT survey team was carried out and the findings were an education in themselves. You will be pleased to know that results found many of the courses in our current syllabus are still valid today and will stand us in good stead going into the foreseeable future – our CIQS education committee has done a good job. There was a small group of courses that were considered in need of review (e.g. Economics I & II) and others that needed reevaluation (e.g. Computers in Construction) given that the world has moved on since the last syllabus review nearly a decade ago. But what was interesting was the emergence of

three new courses relating to civil services to buildings, risk management and conceptual estimating. These courses were ideal for CIQS to take on as the vehicle to provide industry with this level of expertise. This extension of an additional three courses would, it was thought, provide our profession an opportunity to further consolidate our position as advisors and practitioners on these subjects given that industry had signaled very clearly that they were expecting this response from us. We, of course, were pleased to oblige. Two of the subjects, risk management and conceptual estimating, are key elements in today’s changing contract market and are very much subjects that industry now look to our profession to deliver. The other course was a more consolidated approach to civil engineering associated with the building environment as an option to the more general subject of addressing the broad scope of civil engineering in 306, Measurement and Pricing of Civil Works. In fact, there was talk at one time of extending 306 into a Civil QS syllabus, given the large infrastructure projects that many of our members were now involved in.

These three additional courses have now been prepared in outline and have been reviewed by the QSBC board, the CIQS Education Committee and the CIQS Board and have been accredited as courses that would qualify the successful student under the PQS program along with the original course syllabus. BCIT are now in the process of approving these three extra courses for inclusion in their CM degree program.

“The time was right for a serious educational initiative in BC and the board and membership were astute enough to realize this.”

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Education Updates

“The final step, given the anticipated growth in interest from students, will be the ability to offer a degree in quantity surveying at BCIT.”

The three subjects are an addition to the existing CIQS syllabus and do not replace or bump any of the original syllabus courses. This will allow those that are already in the throes of completing their correspondence courses or study work in academic institutions to continue to work towards qualifying for PQS status without complication. The extra subjects will be added to the construction management degree program at BCIT to allow students to add them to their degree credits courses as well as those courses that are now qualified as equivalency subjects. The approval and accreditation will allow the equivalency courses and the additional new courses to also qualify for a degree in construction management with a major in quantity surveying. The final step, given the anticipated growth in interest from students, will be the ability to offer a degree in quantity surveying at BCIT. It is the opinion

of the BCIT Program Advisory Committee for the CM degree program that the numbers will quickly increase for the QS major. This demand will be the driver to allow BCIT to offer the program as a degree in Quantity Surveying after the appropriate accreditation from the province.

The appealing thing is that industry and BCIT are fully supportive of the initiative and that industry in BC has been completely behind this and the role of the PQS in industry. With this level of commitment and support, the objective survey that BCIT carried out on CIQS’ behalf and the enthusiasm of the membership, we should also be in a strong position to seek accreditation with other quantity surveying institutions and associations around the world making the PQS and CEC qualifications valuable in other areas in the world as well as enhancing our position in the industry at home.

Working Together To Insure Your Future

About the author: Andrew Collins, PQS (F), MRICS, is a member of the QSBC Board of Directors; a member of the BCIT Program Advisory Committee for the Construction Management degree program; chair and CIQS representative on the PAQS Accreditation Committee that completed the UNITEC, Auckland, NZ, accreditation; a member and owner representative on the Best Practices Committee for the industry publication Management of Building Projects; and vice-chair of the Public Construction Council of BC. Andrew is the Assoc. Director of Project Services for Infrastructure Development at the University of BC, responsible for delivering the design and construction of $100 million a year of renewal and modernization of existing campus buildings. He specializes in the delivery of state-of-the-art alternative energy projects and is currently working on a Bioenergy Research Demonstration Project, a new low energy hot water district energy system, a continuous optimization program to improve the energy performance of existing building and a district Smart Energy System. His most recently completed alternative energy project, a feasibility study entitled ‘Alternative Energy Sources Projects’ for the University of BC Vancouver campus has just been given an Award of Merit by the Consulting Engineers of BC.

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CPD Corner

CIQS members = professionalism ur first CPD audit is now complete – and what a pleasant surprise. I was overwhelmed by the high level of professionalism and quality of the submissions. The inaugural audit was for the 2009 CPD year where 53 members (5% of active qualified) were randomly selected to participate and letters were sent out on January 11, 2011. Auditees were provided with submission criteria and a 30-day time frame to deliver their submission. Fifty-two members submitted and received an acceptable outcome. One member did not submit and unfortunately will be subject to disciplinary measures.

I would like to personally thank the members who submitted and congratulate them for their excellent efforts and thorough submissions. I was equally impressed by the wide range of continuous professional activity that was undertaken by our members. Surprisingly, many members achieved points by participating on chapter and affiliate committees and boards and many gained points by attending AGM’s plus received additional points attained from CPD seminars offered at the AGMs. This clearly shows our members care about the future our organization. Some volunteered to oversee diaries for Associates and CECs or invigilate examinations which indicates members recognized the future is in our education and with our youth. I was also encouraged by the members who not only attended construction-related presentations but the many who developed and facilitated presentations on a wide variety of construction-related topics. CIQS members are without a doubt, leaders in this industry. So, well done to all audited members.

Finally, on a different note, in response to one of the many suggestions that we have received, we will begin highlighting some of the learning and training providers and programs available across the country. Many are offered online and since I reside on the east coast, I thought I would highlight some of the providers offering courses and programs in the coming months in Halifax. In future issues, I will highlight providers and courses offered from different regions.

Construction Association of Nova Scotia (CANS) Continuing Education

www.cans.ns.ca

Dalhousie University, Continuing Education

www.cte.dal.ca

Nova Scotia Construction Safety Association (NSCSA)

www.nscsa.org

Epic Educational Program Innovations Center

www.epic-edu.com

Mark Gardin, PQS CPD Lead

Continuing Education at George Brown College We’re known for the variety, quality and convenience of our courses and programs. Our industry-professional instructors, innovative courses and up-to-date distance-education delivery methods keep our students coming back for more. Our series of OIQS/CIQS accredited courses provide the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the construction estimating/project management field.

Register now at coned.georgebrown.ca For more information, call 416-415-5000, ext. 4861 (long distance 1-800-265-2002, ext. 4861) or e-mail cetechqs@georgebrown.ca.

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Construction mobile apps and their marketplace impact The growth of the mobile device market over the last five years is based off of one

main principal: the faster you can transmit information, no matter where you are, the quicker things gets done – professionally, socially and personally. It is no surprise that estimates predict 50% of Americans to own a smartphone by the end of this year and one in five Americans will own a tablet device by 2015. By doing our own survey of construction industry professionals in our social network, from estimators to homebuilders, we found that most do not own a tablet device and most use their mobile phones for calls, texts and email but nothing more. Many are starting to hear about application capabilities and software extending services to mobile devices, but like any new trend in technology, it all looks a little complicated and maybe not worth their time to learn it.

The majority of mobile device users are on one of following platforms (phones): RIM (Blackberry), Apple (iPhone), Microsoft (Windows Phone), Google (Android) and Palm (now part of HP). In 2010, the majority of users were on Blackberry and iPhone with Microsoft’s market share diminishing and Google’s share, with the introduction of the Android phones, quickly taking its place1. Since Oct 2009, all five of these platforms have a mobile application store with a combined total of over 500,000 apps available for download. Surprisingly, though, as of May 2010 only 30% of smartphone users were actually utilizing apps on their devices – but that 30% had an average of 27 applications each, accounting for the $2 billion in revenue brought in by North American mobile applications in 20102.

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the same people. From our research, it seems the app user group does not contain a large amount of construction industry professionals.

Maybe they do not know what is out there? Maybe they do, but they are not convinced of the value in researching, purchasing, downloading and learning to use an application?

So for now, let us start with talking about what is out there. The AEC folks we know that are using smartphone applications are fans of the following (and where you can find them): • AutoCAD WS - Enables you to view, edit and share your AutoCAD drawings directly from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. (iTunes) • Autodesk Sketchbook – A full set of any and all sketching tools you could possibly need, ready to create, in your mobile device. (iTunes) • Google Earth– Google’s fantastic Earth application brought to your smartphone. Fantastic for virtual site visits. (www.google.com/earth) • Unit Conversion – A unit conversion utility for calculating measurements, cost and currency conversions. (iTunes) • Spending Tracker Plus - Tracks business expenses, material and equipment receipts. (spendingtrackerplus.com) • Vela Systems - Enables users to create and update issues, reference project documents and run QA/ QC, Safety and Commissioning checklists throughout all project phases, from anywhere, with or without an internet connection. (iTunes) • SmartBidNet – Our own product that syncs to your SmartBidNet database of subcontractors, suppliers, and bid projects for onthe-go project management and communications. (iTunes) • Construction Master 5 – With the complete functionality of the handheld Construction Master 5 device, this app allows for quick and Click Here to Return to Table of Contents

“There are a growing number of people using smartphones, but the majority of apps being used are being used by the same people.” easy construction-math calculation on-the-go. (iTunes) • LargeViewer – Allows you to view large/wide documents and plan files easily in your mobile device screen. (iTunes) • Google Docs – Manage, edit and share your Google Docs from your mobile device. (iTunes) • Various In-House Custom Apps – developed as extension of in-house applications and IT systems.

These are only some of the construction related apps available today and do not include the many software companies that are developing apps that integrate with their platforms as we speak. So why are more people not using them? Let us assume any type of new technology is chosen or rejected based on one main factor: efficiency. And let us say the two main components of efficiency are the time and cost to analyze each in terms of utilizing a mobile app.

The download time of a mobile app is negligible at 30 seconds to a couple of minutes. We spend more time waiting for our Facebook profile to load. But I think the time component mobile users are concerned about is the time it takes to figure out how to navigate the application. Many users do not realize that the application is made to practically duplicate whatever software or system it is connected to. The interfaces are similar and the navigation has to be simple and obvious as app developers know you are working with a small screen. Many mobile device users also assume in the same amount

of time it takes them to navigate a new app, they could have gotten to a laptop and completed the task.

What they are not thinking about is when their computer is not close by, when they can not get WiFi or times when a mobile phone could actually get the task done quicker, especially when it comes to communications.

Apps can integrate with your phones capabilities, allowing you to immediately call, text or email a contact or location you are viewing in an application.

What about cost? The apps listed above range from free to $14.99, a one-time fee (some have the caveat that you already have to be a subscribing user of their core software product). I would not say the purchasing cost is a deterrent but more the perceived cost of putting work matters into the hands of a mobile device. Many users and their companies are concerned about the security of data transmitted through a mobile device. A study by the Global Information Security Workforce shows that security professionals are hard at work over the same concern, 73% admitting that application vulnerabilities are currently their top security threat concern3.

So it seems app producers need to do a better job of convincing people, and construction professionals specifically, that using their app can increase the efficiency of those using it. There needs to be more demonstration of app capabilities, more marketing and, especially, more integration with systems

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“Many users do not realize that the application is made to practically duplicate whatever software or system it is connected to.” professionals already use daily.

They need to ensure the security of all data that passes through the app and offer a user interface that even the least tech-savvy can operate.

Apps could be offered in bulk to companies willing to buy access for all employees or come custom on company phones. Apps need to be presented with IT packages as an essential tool and not just a techie luxury. The mobile industry and construction software have both come a long way and have an exciting future ahead of them.

End notes:

1 www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_ Releases/2010/7/comScore_Reports_ May_ 2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_ Market_Share 2 www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/ mobile-application-growth-will-feedadvertising-revenue-profit/19627827/ 3 www.securityweek.com/application-andmobile-security-top-concerns-thinlystretched-security-professionals

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Upcoming events May 5-6, 2011 AEQSQ Annual General Meeting Hotel de la Montagne, Montreal, QC Technical Session: Transparency on Cost Luncheon keynote speaker: Mr. Sam Hamad, Minister of Transport Quebec Call AEQSQ for details: 1-514-324-0968 May 13, 2011

AQSA Annual General Meeting Edmonton, AB Visit www.aqsa.ca for more details.

May 13, 2011

OIQS Annual General Meeting Cartier Place Suites Hotel, Ottawa, ON Technical Sessions: • James Benham - Building Technology into Estimates: The Estimator’s Technology Toolkit • Monica Bialski - Loan monitoring and risk management for construction financing – perspective of cost consultant Visit www.oiqs.org for more details.

May 19, 2011

QSBC Annual General Meeting Sutton Place, Vancouver, BC Visit www.qsbc.ca for more details.

Congrès de l’AEECQ 2011 & Assemblée Générale Annuelle Le coût de la transparence dans l’industrie de la construction 5 et 6 mai 2011, à Montréal Programmation Jeudi le 5 mai, à l’Hôtel de la Montagne

18h00 19h30 AGA 2011 suivi d’un cocktail dînatoire

Vendredi le 6 mai, à l’École de Technologie Supérieure 8h00 – 8h30 Accueil, café et viennoiseries 8h30h – 8h45 Mot de bienvenue 9h00 – 11h45 Séminaire 1 ;

L’estimation des travaux civils 9h00 – 16h00 Séminaire 2 ;

L’estimation en milieu industriel 9h00 – 9h45 Conférence 1; Le rôle d’Infrastructure Québec dans la

gouvernance des grands projets d’infrastructure publique,

M. Normand Bergeron, Infrastructure Québec 9h00 – 9h45 Conférence 2; La productivité dans la construction,

M. Jacques Denault, BPR-Bechtel 10h00 – 10h45 Conférence 3; La transparence dans les appels d’offres avec le BIM,

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M. Louis Delagrave, CCQ 11h00 – 11h45 Conférence 5; Pourquoi et quand faire appel à un gestionnaire de

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Reserve Fund Studies

– an opportunity for quantity surveyors

By Lenny Simonelli, B.Arch.Sci.,M.Sc.,GSC,PQS

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ou are a quantity surveyor? So you survey the land, right?”

How many of us have been asked this question by an individual who has heard the term ‘quantity surveyor’ for the first time? Granted, the term, along with the professional designation, has been gaining momentum and recognition over the past several years due, in large part, to the efforts of several individuals of the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors. The reality, however, is that there is still a great deal of collective effort required to clarify the term and enforce its importance to the built environment.

The latest publication of Available Services & Finding, Selecting and Engaging a Professional Quantity Surveyor (available at www.ciqs.org) provides the following definition of this oft-confusing idiom: “A Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS) is one who has dedicated his or her career to the practice of construction economics and the management of construction through effective cost control.”

While this broad definition bodes well in its attempt to generalize the work of a PQS, a more in-depth review of the booklet named above provides a wide range of potential services offered by individuals who have successfully completed the stringent academic and workexperience requirements to call themselves a Professional Quantity Surveyor.

Among the common services provided by a PQS such as cost consulting, cost planning, estimating, value management, mortgage monitoring and life cycle costing, one little-known service (and one that is rarely provided by members holding the PQS designation) is that of Reserve Fund Studies.

The Condominium Act provides a list of the individuals who are permitted to conduct a Reserve Fund Study to a registered condominium corporation. Did you know that “…members of the CIQS holding the designation of Professional Quantity Surveyor…” are on the list!1

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Great news, but what does that mean for me as a PQS? I do not even know what a Reserve Fund Study is, much less how to go about producing one!

What is a Reserve Fund Study?

A Reserve Fund Study is a budget planning tool that is created for the benefit of a property with multiple owners, such as a condominium corporation or association. It is an instrument that identifies the current status of the Reserve Fund and produces a stable and equitable Funding Plan to offset the anticipated future major common area expenditures. Reserve Fund Studies are, in essence, planning tools designed to help the Board anticipate and prepare for the property’s major repair and/or replacement costs.2 In the province of Ontario, Reserve Fund Studies are a mandatory requirement for every registered condominium corporation and must be completed in accordance with the requirements listed in this document, generally every three years.

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What are the objectives of a Reserve Fund Study?

A Reserve Fund Study is intended to allow the board and management to offset the ongoing deterioration of the common area elements with funds to ensure their timely repair and/or replacement. By performing a Reserve Fund Study, any irregular reserve expenses are typically offset by an ongoing reserve contribution, or via a periodic special assessment.

The maintenance and/or full replacement of all physical common area assets can be achieved in a predictable manner with respect to their inevitable deterioration. Therefore, it is entirely plausible to prepare in advance for these inevitable expenses, spreading out these contributions evenly over a given period of time, rather than special assessing the residents at one particular time.3 In a language that is more conducive to the laymen, a Reserve Fund Study’s principal objectives are to explain:

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• What you own • How much money you have • When things need to be replaced • What it is going to cost for future repair and/or replacement • What you can do to pay for future repairs and/or replacement What are the components of a Reserve Fund Study?

Reserve Fund Studies typically contain two distinct components: • Physical analysis • Financial analysis The physical analysis section essentially attempts to answer the question, “how long will the common area elements last?”

This section contains a component inventory, a condition review of the assets, the effective age of the assets and an estimated remaining life of the assets.

The financial analysis section provides a reply to the question, “how much do these things cost?”

This section contains information

about the future replacement costs of the assets, a review of the current funding level, contributing factors such as inflation and interest rates and a recommendation for the annual allocation to the reserve fund.4 Conclusion With Reserve Fund contributions generally making up 15% to 25% of the typical Community Association’s budget, a systematic review of the current funding platform is crucial and should be performed by a costing professional highly familiar with construction materials and costs.

This systematic review also ensures that the facility is kept in better condition, thereby maintaining higher property values. However, if the Reserve Fund Study is not done appropriately or is done to excess, it has the potential to adversely affect the value of the units.

However, regular maintenance, periodical major repairs and replacements can result in dramatic

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costs. Collecting monies from unit owners on short notice to pay for the replacement and/or repair costs of the common elements within the condominium is often a difficult task to perform. As a result, a proper Reserve Fund Study should be performed in a manner that allows the establishment of a minimum desired annual balance, which should be maintained through annual contribution amounts. Factors such as inflation and interest should also be factored into the study. These monies should ensure that all maintenance,

repairs and/or replacement costs are covered in full without the need for periodic, large special assessments.

Ensuring an optimum balance between the actual needs and the amount of monies being collected every month as part of the maintenance fee is challenging. If the amount is too low, the monies in the fund may not be sufficient when some major repair or replacement is needed, thereby causing a deficit. On the other hand, collecting more monies than actually required would needlessly increase the monthly contribution

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amounts paid by unit owners of the condominium. In this latter scenario, the overall market value of the individual units with higher monthly fees would obviously be lower than a unit of a similar nature, but with lower fees. Achieving the correct balance between the actual needs and the monies collected for the Reserve Fund is very crucial and has a farreaching influence on the property value.5 By virtue of their training and related work experience, a Professional Quantity Surveyor is the ideal individual to produce highly detailed and accurate Reserve Fund Studies to condominium corporations and community associations.

Don’t let your reservations about Reserve Fund Studies stand in your way of something better!

“Lay aside in the good times for the bad. The one who does not is like the one who, while lucky at Russian roulette, continues to play indefinitely.”

– Fred W. Smith End notes: 1 The Condominium Act, Ontario Regulation 48/10 www.reservestudy.com 2 Class 2 Updated Reserve Fund Study for York Region Condominium Corporation No. 848, prepared by ReXcon ConstruXion Corp., 2010 3 The Condominium Home Owner’s Association, www.choa.ca 4 Class 2 Updated Reserve Fund Study for York Condominium Corporation No. 351, prepared by ReXcon ConstruXion Corp., 2011 20 | Construction Economist | www.ciqs.org | spring 2011

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In memoriam Kenneth Agnew, PQS Professional Quantity Surveyor

The OIQS sadly announces the passing of Kenneth Agnew on December 30, 2010 in his 79th year. Kenneth was a dedicated member of the Institute since its inception in 1959 (Diploma # 34). He immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1955. After working for Finlay McLachlan and D.J. Sinclair Construction in Toronto, he joined Camston Limited as an Estimator. In the early 1980s, he became the President and Owner of Camston Agnew, General Contractors where he remained until his retirement in the late 90s. Kenneth leaves his dear wife, Margaret and three children, Stephen, Donald and Julie. Along with his family, friends and colleagues, we mourn his passing.

Robert Croucher-Wiles, PQS Professional Quantity Surveyor

It is with much sadness and regrets that NLAQS announces the passing of Robert (Bob) Croucher-Wiles, PQS. Bob passed away with his loving wife, Andrea, at his side on March 2, 2011 at age 63 years. Leaving to mourn Bob’s passing are a large circle of friends and colleagues.

Bob joined NLAQS in 1995 and became a PQS member of the association in 1996. Bob was educated in London, England and served for 14 years with the British Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Navy as a reserve officer. Bob’s carrier took him to most provinces of Canada and overseas but he always had a special fondness for Newfoundland and Labrador which he called his home. Bob was appointed aide-de-camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1980.

Daniel Norona, PQS Professional Quantity Surveyor

Raymond H. Sulley, PQS Professional Quantity Surveyor

It is with much sadness and regrets that NLAQS announces that long serving member Raymond (Ray) H. Sulley, PQS passed away peacefully at the age of 69 with his loving wife at his side on December 18, 2010. Leaving to mourn Ray’s passing, with fond and loving memories, are his wife Christine, daughter Tonya, son Brian and a large circle of relatives and friends.

Ray was a founding member and president of NLAQS for one year, served as the NLAQS representative to CIQS and was previously a long serving member of NSAQS. He served as a mentor and friend of many in the Institute and his professionalism, dedication and mild natured manner will be sadly missed by his colleagues and associates.

Michael G.H. Yates, PQS Professional Quantity Surveyor

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Michael Yates. We just learned of his passing in 2008 from his wife Christina recently. Michael became a member of CIQS in 1959 (Diploma # 98) when he was living in Calgary. After his departure from Canada in 1969, we lost touch with Michael while he was working all over the world but he resurfaced in 2000 when he was in Malaysia. In an email to the CIQS in 2000, he recalled fondly Malcolm Milton as the first CIQS President and Alan Mott who was instrumental in getting CIQS running in Calgary. He also recalled Arthur Hooker as a ‘good buddy from Montreal’ remembering him with warmest of regards. Michael was good friends with Roy Howes’ parents in South Africa (Roy is one of our members in BC). His latest assignment was with Murray and Roberts in Botswana. It is indeed a small world!

Sadly, on January 9, 2011, Daniel Norona, a member of OIQS, passed away. Daniel attended George Brown College. He worked for cm2r Inc., Hanscomb Ltd. and most recently O’Keefe and Associated Ltd. where he obtained his PQS status in 2008.

Dan leaves behind his loving wife Amanda and their three beautiful children; Ever – age 10, Audrey – age 8 and Axel – age 3.

Thanks to all members and companies who donated to help Dan’s family.

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Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

June11-15, 2011

52nd Annual General Meeting Location: Beaches Sandy Bay Resort & Spa (by Sandals) Norman Manley Boulevard – Negril, Jamaica Phone: 876-957-5100 Fax: 876-957-5229 www.beaches.com/main/sb/sb-home.cfm

Date Saturday, June 11, 2011

Reservations: Limited group space is available through Travel Professionals International.

To reserve, please contact Janna Guay.

Phone: 416-998-0539 or toll free: 1-866-794-5226 Email: jguay@tpi.ca

Schedule of events Morning Lunch Afternoon Travel day for 4 nighters and 7 nighters

Evening Reception 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location: Ixora Lawn

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Council meeting (CIQS Council only)

Free time

9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: Conference Room

Monday, June 13, 2011

AGM

Free time

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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President’s Dinner

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Saturday, June 18, 2011

Travel day for 4 nighters Travel day for 7 nighters Earn valuable CPD points by attending these events Dress for all events “smart casual”

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CPD Seminar 2

CPD Seminar 1

Quantity Surveying in St. Lucia

Entry Strategy for International Construction

by Natalie Dione Alexander, PQS, PLE, LEED®-AP

by Edward Traore, MSc, PQS

The spectrum of duties associated with the profession of quantity surveying include but are not limited to cost planning, value management, feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis, life cycle costing, tendering, valuation, dispute resolutions and cost estimation. These methods employed within the field of construction, collectively impact the total cost/budget of any given project.

This paper considers possible approach for strategic entry into an international marketplace using East Timor’s construction industry as a case study.

It highlights the various uncertainties and constraints associated with entering a foreign market. The discussion that follows demonstrates the urgency of East Timor’s development needs and, as such, it makes a case for a broad ranging scope of market opportunities and challenges that exist in East Timor. Particular information and discussion focuses on the assessment of the country’s stability and political situation and thus strengthens the argument for a strategic entry approach.

On October 30, 2010 hurricane Tomas caused extensive damage to the island of St. Lucia. This category two hurricane hovered over the island for 14 hours; which was undoubtedly enough time to cause significant infrastructural and structural damages to the gentle 238 sq mile Helene of West Indies. The Government of St. Lucia has currently estimated the damages throughout the island at a staggering $500 million USD. Furthermore, the island’s Prime Minister, Stephenson King has projected a reconstruction period of 12 months.

Cost control and project monitoring is unquestionably a key role in any division of the construction industry. As such, this paper will outline various sectors of work (exclusively related to the construction industry), which is expected to be undertaken as a result of hurricane Tomas. This paper will also explain how quantity surveying will play an integral role in the redevelopment of St. Lucia, especially when there is evidently a high dependency on adequate financial planning. Furthermore, this paper will also explain how quantity surveying will be of utmost importance in understanding the implications of design decisions, in order to ensure that good value is obtained for the forecasted monies to be expended in St. Lucia.

Essentially, a range of assumptions on the main features that underscore East Timor’s economic and political outlook are considered. These include the assumption that: (1) oil and gas revenues from the Trust Fund of East Timor and donor assistance from the international community (bilateral and multilateral agencies) will continue to support the Government’s development program; (2) the Government is expected to make reasonable progress to improve its capital budget execution and; (3) that an improvement of law and order will entrench stability and enable a sustainable growth in the economy.

Based on the expectation that these conditions are feasible and in recognizing the construction market opportunities in East Timor, it is desirable to take advantage of what can be described as emerging opportunities for sustainable long-term growth. Thus the premise of this paper draws upon these fundamental features and a risk-based analysis for a consistent strategic decision in the context of doing business internationally. As a principal benefit, it is believed that the internationalization of construction services should result in stabilization of workload/profits and diversification of risk. This can further lead to competitive advantage in the domestic construction market as firms find the opportunity to learn from foreign partners and clients.

Earn valuable CPD points by attending these events

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For 2 people sharing 1 golf cart, the price is $89.00 per person. This price includes green fees, golf cart and caddy.

Golf club rentals are available at three price points: $18.00/$25.00/$40.00 The golf course is approximately 10 to 15 minutes from Beaches Sandy Bay. Transportation will be arranged.

If you would like to golf please email Lois Metcalfe at execdir@ciqs.org to reserve your spot or register online.

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CIQS hosts members of the China Engineering Cost Association On Monday, January 17, the CIQS were pleased to receive a delegation from China, here on a fact finding mission to investigate how Professional Quantity Surveyors in Canada perform their duties and, more particularly, how they interact with Government agencies.

Our visitors were members of the China Engineering Cost Association (CECA) with whom CIQS is associated with through the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS). They also represent various Chinese Government organizations, mainly the Ministry of Housing and

Urban Redevelopment (MHURD).

CIQS was represented by President Hervé Couture, International Co-Chair Ian Duncan and Executive Director Lois Metcalfe. Several other members also gave up their time to present various topics of interest including Lief Malling and Domenic Leadson with special appreciation to Naren Chande for his excellent contribution. Bing Ma and George Wu were in attendance to assist as interpreters. Our guests understood very little English or French and our guys really made a difference, both from a language and technical perspective.

The delegation left after a pleasant lunch expressing gratitude for the hospitality afforded them

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A special announcement from CIQS Council The CIQS Council has approved an exciting new branding and marketing strategy with the objective to build our profile within the industry on both the national and local levels. With the changing market, many new opportunities have opened up for CIQS members and, as such, a re-positioning of the CIQS brand is needed to ensure that our stakeholder community understands the valuable services our members provide.

We’ve engaged Parcel Design, a brand strategy and communication design firm, who are currently guiding us through the development of this branding and marketing plan, the details of which will be announced at our Annual General Meeting in Jamaica June 11-15, 2011.

We look forward to sharing with you the plans for supporting the growth of the Institute and promotion of our profession.

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New Members

welcome

TheCIQS CIQSwould would like new members (Including Reinstatements): The like to to welcome the following the following new members (Including Reinstatements): A Mayowa Adeyeni, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Manouchehr Adim, Gatineau, QC Abbas Akhavan, Toronto, ON Kevin Alexander, Whitby, ON Nabel Alhamad, Kitchener, ON Maysaloon Al-Kaisy, Ottawa, ON Jordan Almond, Parksville, BC Roger Anderson, Inuvik, NT Victoria Anderton, Sylvan Lake, AB Mohamed Ariff, Calgary, AB Mahdi Askarzadeh, Burnaby, BC B James Baah, Brampton, ON Chris Babia, Mississauga, ON Donna Baker, Vancouver, BC Trevor Bass, Toronto, ON Jon Bawdon, Toronto, ON David Beaudry, St Catharines, ON Harpreet Bhullar, Surrey, BC Christopher Boivin, Niagara Falls, ON David Boudreau, Dieppe, NB Victoria Bowness, Edmonton, AB James Brouwer, St. Catharines, ON Roxann Brown, Calgary, AB C Kristofer Cacciotti, Azilda, ON Mike Cameron, Ottawa, ON Daniel Campkin, Toronto, ON Secondo Caponecchia, Mississauga, ON Manish Choubey, Surrey, BC Jonathan Copfer, Niagara Falls, ON D Thomas Daka, Regina, SK Charles Dean, Toronto, ON Alistair Dearie, Calgary, AB Isabelle Delisle, Quebec, QC

Paul Della Smirra, Fonthill, ON Steven Demerling, Warwick, Bermuda Deroy Destang, Mississauga, ON Arslan Djumaev, Waterloo, ON Teresita Docusin, Toronto, ON Sean Durcan, Vancouver, BC E Joe Ethier, Oshawa, ON F Hongxia (Faith) Fan, Toronto, ON Merzoug Fatiha, Oran, Algeria, Joy Feyisara, Lagos, Nigeria, Alex Freeman, St. Catharines, ON G Brent Gagnon, Vancouver, BC Lenie Gania, Toronto, ON Jeewani Geekiyanage, Kalawana, Sri Lanka Martin Goddard, Vancouver, BC Sasha Gokool, Pickering, ON John Gouveia, Hamilton, ON Simon Gowan, Toronto, ON H Hassan Hamam, Toronto, ON Candace Harris, Ajax, ON Michael Heimlich, Toronto, ON Sammar Husam, Mississauga, ON I Nasir Iqbal, Toronto, ON J David Jacques, Montreal, QC Poobalasingam Jerushan, Kalmunai, Sri Lanka K Thanushan Kailayapillai, Etobicoke, ON Muhammed Khan, Markham, ON Mike Kindrat, Barrie, ON John Kirkpatrick, Mississauga, ON

Katherine Kirkpatrick-Wahl, Toronto, ON Nikita Kizel, Toronto, ON Jamie Koniuch, Barrie, ON Brett Kristiansen, Fall River, NS Stew Kyle, Waterdown, ON

Mahmoud Pirzadeh, Thornhill, ON Guy Poisson, Trois-Riviéres, QC Teresa Purtill, Burlington, ON

L Joshua Lalonde, Thorold, ON Matthew Lane, Thorold, ON Saman Lanerolle, Galle, Sri Lanka Mathew Law, Sam Pui Chau, Sai Kung, Hong Kong Poh Fung Liew, Richmond Hill, ON M Gary MacKenzie, St. Catharines, ON Saoud Manuoullah, Vacoas, Mauritius Amr Maraie, Richmond, Saint Kitts and Nevis Zahid Masood, Doha, Qatar Scott McElroy, Grimsby, ON Rachel McNeice, Burnaby, BC Amir-Kianoush Mousavi-Iliaei, Toronto, ON N Todd Napper, Welland, ON Shanmugananthan Navatharshan, Colombo, Sri Lanka Huyen Nguyen, Saskatoon, SK Justin Norton, Surrey, BC Langton Nthala, Francis Town, Botswana O Andy Oh, Thornhill, ON Bashorun Olasunkanmi, Ibadan, Nigeria P Harshit Patel, Scarborough, ON Kiritkumar Patel, North York, ON

R Sami Rabbani, Mississauga, ON Shameem Rahman, Brampton, ON Sayanthan Ramachandran, Scarborough, ON Bhagya Ranadeera, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka Iyyad Rend, North York, ON Raeh Roker, Nassau, Bahamas Steven Routledge, Oakville, ON S Patricio (Pat) Salgado, Woodbridge, ON Aderemi Sanusi, Lagos, Nigeria Atika Sarker, Brampton, ON John Schriel, Toronto, ON Peter Segeren, Oakville, ON Sutharsan Selvarajah, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Steve Shypowskyj, Port Colborne, ON Nilofar Sidiqi`, Woodbridge, ON James Smith, Calgary, AB Mark Snowdowne, London, ON Sansajan Subramaniam, Bilston, United Kingdom T Chris Theriault, Welland, ON V Robert Verret, Quebec, QC W Christopher Warren, Maidstone, ON Thomas Wells, Shrewsbury, ON Charith Wijethunga, Homagama, Sri Lanka Y Mohamed Yoosuf, Colombo, Sri Lanka Z Feng Zhang, Burnaby, BC

Congratulations to the following members who have qualified as a PQS or CEC: OIQS Manouchehr Adim, CEC Nabel Alhamad, CEC Basil O. Anaide, PQS Innocent Ariajegbe, CEC Jermaine Chin, CEC Jinseok Choi, CEC Thomas Curtin, CEC Deroy M. Destang, CEC Teresita A. Docusin, CEC Jane Gowing, CEC Ashish Gupta, CEC

Yousri Z. Ibrahim, CEC Kenneth R. Jackson, CEC Poh Fung Liew, CEC Petrit Mata, PQS Sajith Parchali, CEC Mehul Patel, CEC Greymi Peralta, CEC Steven Routledge, PQS Patricio Salgado, CEC Jimmy Davis Simwanza, PQS Luis Sosa-Larrosa, CEC Brian Smyth, CEC

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Maqsood Tajbhai, CEC Lian Xue, PQS AEQSQ Patrick Blanchet, CEC Gunther Conard, PQS Stèphane Grègoire, PQS Guy Jobin, PQS Louis-Yves Lebeau, PQS Martin Villeneuve, CEC

AQSA Milan Niksic, PQS Choudhary Mureed Ahmed Sahi, PQS QSBC Wanhai Li, PQS Westley Davidson, PQS CIQS Koshy Varghese, PQS

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CIQS Affiliated Association reports Quantity Surveyors of British Columbia (QSBC) The Board continues to have dialogue and discussions with the Office of the Comptroller General (OotCG) and these have proved fruitful thus far. We are hoping to have a workshop session with the OotCG in mid-April.

There are a few Directors who will be finishing their terms this year and the search for replacements will begin next week with the posting of the AGM notice.

QSBC have now scheduled five official dinner meetings and two informal gatherings this year. The BCIT gathering was less than successful due to the scheduled date falling the night before a term paper was due. Lesson learned. The January Dinner meeting with Geraldine Rayner on BIM and the March Dinner meeting, cohosted with RICS, with James Benham on Computing Advances in Construction were well received. The April Dinner meeting will be with FHM, a law firm in town.

The AGM Dinner Speaker has yet to be confirmed.

MOU with BCIT + CIQS + VRCA – Andrew Collins, PQS(F), via separate agenda item, is seeking the consent of CIQS Council on the BCIT Degree Program. This stage has been achieved in no small part by the tremendous efforts of Andrew and the QSBC volunteers and it is a testament to their dedication that we are now at the trigger stage for this course.

We have a scheduled date of March 24 for our QSBC presentation to the BCIT 1st and 2nd year student body.

The speakers are in place and we look forward to another successful event in promoting both the Society and the Profession in general. Recent attendance at the QSBC Dinner Meetings by some of the students appears to reinforce that we are making progress.

Source: Mark Russell, PQS, QSBC Representative and President

Association of Quantity Surveyors of Alberta (ASQA) In February, AQSA co-hosted a student event at Red River College with the CIOB, Morgan Construction and Public Works and Government Services Canada. Red River College is one of the few prairie colleges offering a Construction Management Degree Program. Roger Ward (sponsored by AQSA) organized this event in conjunction with the College, while I attended this event representing the CIQS. The presentation was called ‘Giant Mine Remediation Procurement Strategy’ and was presented by Mr. Cronk and Mr. Byaska. The presentation was well attended by approximately 40 students, offering many excellent questions to the presenters.

Earlier that day, the same presentation was given to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of Manitoba, which again was well received with lots of questions from the floor. Plans are now underway for the 2012 event.

The AQSA is presently preparing for our AGM in May and will be holding our next board meeting in Red Deer in April to prepare the budget and prepare our mandate for the next year. AQSA Registrar Doug Eastwell is constantly assessing new members.

These new members represent the strength of the association as we continue to grow. The next issue of the AQSA newsletter Cost Connections will be out at the end of the month and will be posted on our website at www.AQSA.ca.

Source: Chris Reinert, PQS, AQSA Representative and President

Nova Scotia Association of Quantity Surveyors (NSAQS) NSAQS has made Hugh Thomas, PQS(R) an Honorary Life Member this past month. Hugh is a founding member of NSAQS, instructed the Business and Finance Development course at NSIT for the CAT program for many years and was a pioneer and leader for quantity surveying consulting in Halifax for the past 40 years. Hugh arrived in Montreal from England in 1955 and made his way west to Vancouver. Through his career, Hugh worked in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, UK, Jamaica, Ghana and finally settled in the mecca of quantity surveying, Halifax. A ‘NSAQS Recognition Night’ was held March 31 to honour this great PQS. Also during our Recognition Night, NSAQS presented Jenna Sharpe with the 2010 Frank Helyar Memorial Award for her outstanding efforts in

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achieving the highest mark for exam 302, Measurement of Construction Works. Surprisingly, Jenna, unlike most new members to NSAQS who are typically graduates of the CMT program offered at NSCC and received partial accreditation (all Level 100and 200 plus 301), started her quantity surveying education writing some 100 and 200 level exams. NSAQS are very proud of Jenna’s accomplishments to date and look forward to her continued success in achieving her PQS designation.

Over the past few years, NSAQS has been organizing a library of text books to assist its members with writing examinations. The initial goal is to have all the level 300 required and recommended textbooks and once we are current, continue to the level 200 book requirements. Our members who have been

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CIQS Affiliated Association reports Nova Scotia Association of Quantity Surveyors (NSAQS) continued registering for exams seem to be taking advantage of this resource and NSAQS has noticed an increase in examination registrations as a result.

The NSAQS Board continues to meet on a monthly basis. Progress continues on many fronts such as finance, website, education and social activities. The new Board members are keen and

energetic and in turn have made quantity surveying more prominent in the Maritimes. As a result, our membership is on the rise and we will continue to promote the benefits of this profession to both future members and clients.

Source: Mark Gardin, PQS, NSAQS Representative and President

Association of Estimators and Quantity Surveyors of Québec (AEQSQ) During the last meeting, we had mentioned that our 2011-12 budget would result in a deficit. We have increased the member’s dues to partially cover the CIQS increase. It is too early at this time to assess the member’s reaction and impact it may have. However we have done the adjustment to avoid a deficit and hope that with the usual combination of seminars at our AGM, we will have a positive result.

We are now over 100 members and hope this increase will continue well within 2011-12. During our AEQSQ meeting, we had nine possible members being evaluated, another possible 10% increase.

AEQSQ has accepted the CIQS request to analyze Comparable des programmes de formation et des critères d’accréditation des Économistes en France submitted

by CEEC/UNTEC from France. The above study for Reciprocity agreement should be completed for the next CEEC meeting which will be held in May 2011.

While we do have great representation within CIQS for Education, we stay convinced that at least one meeting be held with all affiliated Education representatives to ensure homogeneity.

AEQSQ kindly ask CIQS if it is possible to send to our Education director a copy of their TPE exam so we can use it as a new basis to update and modify our French TPE. AEQSQ is now considering giving four bursaries of $500.00 to the students looking to complete certificates at the CEGEP and ETS schools. What is CIQS’ position on the above action which we consider to be a good marketing tool? We are now preparing the admission criteria for these bursaries.

Since our AGM in 2007, we have combined our meetings with seminars. This has proven to be good for recruiting new members and as a great source of revenue to cover possible deficit. We have decided that we would add a debate to the seminars at our AGM on ‘Transparency on Cost.’ In this debate, nine representatives from different Associations will participate in giving us the opportunity to promote our association within other organizations. During our lunch seminar on May 6, 2011, Sam Hamad, Minister of Transport Québec, will be our speaker and guest of honour. We do hope that this exposure will translate as a first contact to introduce our profession with the Québec government. You will find included our 2011 program that will be held on May 5 and 6.

We also concluded that we needed to be present within other Congress in order to promote our organization further. We chose, as a first, to help with the CIQS booth during the ‘Construction Day’ which was held on March 23, 2011 in Montreal. We choose this time to thank CIQS in the preparation of translating part of the booth. You will find attached the Congress registration formula where you will find this to be a great source for future reference in French translation.

AEQSQ are anxious to see what will come out in CIQS’ new marketing plan that should come out in the following month.

AEQSQ is ready to collaborate and take the challenge for CIQS that is to translate documents from English to French. We do think that as a strategic marketing plan, the collaboration between CIQS and AEQSQ shall be a plus for CIQS and its affiliates.

Source: Bertin Bois, ECC, AEQSQ Representative

L’Association des Estimateurs et des Économistes en Construction du Québec (AEECQ) Nous avions parlé dans notre dernier rapport que l’année 2011-12 résulterait en une année avec une perte sur le budget. Pour le moment, nous avons fait un ajustement à la hausse pour couvrir une certaine partie de la hausse de CIQS et est trop tôt pour en tirer une conclusion sur l’impact. Cependant, l’ajustement a été fait pour éviter une perte et espérons qu’avec la combinaison habituelle de conférencier à notre AGM, le résultat sera positif.

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Nous sommes maintenant au-dessus du cap des 100 membres et espérons que l’accroissement continuera en 2011-12. Au cours de notre dernière réunion, neuf nouveaux membres possibles étaient en évaluation, une augmentation possible de 10 pourcent. À la demande de CIQS, l’AEECQ accepte de faire les analyses de documents Comparable des programmes de formation et des critères d’accréditation des Économistes en France émis par le CEEC et, plus précisément,

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L’Association des Estimateurs et des Économistes en Construction du Québec (AEECQ) continued « UNTEC » de la France. Cette analyse d’entente de réciprocité sera complétée si possible pour la déposée à la prochaine réunion du CEEC en mai 2011.

Malgré la bonne représentation Éducation que nous avons à l’intérieur de CIQS, nous demeurons convaincus qu’une rencontre avec les directeurs de tous les affiliés est requise, en ce moment, pour assurer une homogénéité.

L’AEECQ demande s’il était possible pour CIQS d’envoyer à notre directeur d’Éducation une copie de leur examen TEP pour être utilisé comme base de modification de notre TEP français.

L’AEECQ considère présentement la possibilité de données quatre bourses de 500,00$ aux étudiants visant des certificats reliés et donnés aux CÉGEP et à l’ÉTS. Quelle est la position de CIQS dans ce type de démarche que nous considérons une bonne façon de faire du Marketing. Nous sommes en ce moment dans la préparation de critères d’admissibilité.

Depuis 2007, nous combinons un Congrès à notre Assemblée Générale Annuelle « AGM » et avons convenu que ceci était en premier lieu une bonne source Marketing pour le recrutement de nouveaux membres et en second lieu, une bonne source de revenus pour renflouer les pertes possibles durant l’année. Un « Débat sur le coût de la transparence » sera tenu avec des représentants de divers organismes qui, nous l’espérons, sera des plus prometteurs dans la démarche de nous faire reconnaître vis-à-vis d’autres organismes. Durant ce Congrès, le

ministre des Transports du Québec M. Sam Hamad sera l’invité d’honneur pour le diner du 6 mai 2011, une bonne démarche pour débuter un premier contact gouvernemental. Vous trouverez ci-joint le programme du Congrès qui sera tenu le 5 et 6 mai 2011 à Montréal.

Nous avons aussi convenu que nous devions se faire plus présents dans différents Congrès et, pour se faire, l’installation du kiosque CIQS est une bonne façon de s’exposer. Nous avons choisi une première présence dans la « Journée de la Construction » qui sera tenue le 23 mars 2011. Nous remercions CIQS d’avoir bien voulu préparer l’une des banderoles en français. Vous trouverez-ci-joint les formulaires requis pour la participation à cette journée. Aussi, CIQS pourra trouver dans ce formulaire une bonne source d’information pour certaines traductions futures.

L’AEECQ demeurera attentif dans les prochains mois concernant le rapport du nouveau plan Marketing de CIQS. On remarquera durant la lecture de ce rapport que l’AEECQ est prête à collaborer au défit que représente la traduction à la langue française de certains documents que CIQS fait face.

Nous croyons que sur le plan stratégique de Marketing, cette collaboration est un plus pour tous « CIQS et les affiliés ».

Bertin Bois, ECC

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Quantity Surveyors (NLAQS) Our tight band of members is saddened by the loss of two long-term friends – Ray Sulley, PQS and Robert CroucherWiles, PQS. Their presence will be sorely missed in the local community where both were well known.

However, despite this set back, we are pleased to announce that NLAQS will host the CIQS 2012 AGM in the St. John’s area. By this time, the projects described below will be underway and there will be opportunities for those attendees to get a close experience of the region’s exciting development projects. These were described in our last report but for those who may need reminding a description is included again.

The next generation of Offshore Oil Platforms, the Hebron Platform, has awarded the two Major Contracts for this Project and FEED work has commenced. The Topsides Work is awarded to Worley Parsons of Houston, Texas and the Gravity Base Structure (GBS) is awarded to the AckerKeiwit Partnership. The Hibernia Southern Extension Project is underway with the three major contracts expected to be awarded in December 2010 with work to commence in 2011. Between this expansion and the Hibernia OLS Replacement Project there will be four project work years for engineering and two seasons of offshore sub-sea work involving large sub-sea construction and diving vessels.

The construction of the Hebron Platform will provide work

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for at least seven years and there will be openings for quantity surveyor and estimator disciplines. There is also a strong indicator that Husky Energy may develop a hybrid GBS (Gravity Base Structure) for well drilling operations in their field assets offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

Progress on the Lower Churchill Project has been given a major boost with the execution of the MOU between the governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia for the development of the Muskrat Falls portion of the scheme. A transmission line from the Muskrat Falls Generating Station will carry power from Labrador, through Newfoundland and then across to Nova Scotia and eventually to New England. This project will involve extensive Heavy Civil and Electrical Work and will likely involve PQS Teams as the project is to be majority privately funded. There are also indications of additional Iron Ore Mine Development in Labrador which would include an overland ore slurry pipeline.

Once again we are hopeful that this surge in major project development will result in an increase in our local membership and enable our Affiliate to operate in an expanded capacity in the future.

Source: Roy Lewis, PQS (F), NLAQS Representative and President

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CIQS Affiliated Association reports Ontario Institute of Quantity Surveyors (OIQS) The OIQS Board of Directors has had productive meetings over the past few months. As we get closer to the fiscal year end for OIQS, the invoices for membership renewal have gone out and the use of new invoice software has made this job much easier for the staff at head office to circulate to existing members. This new technology will save time and money which will be allocated for use in other more critical areas. Since the invoices have gone out, we have not heard much negative feedback from members about the fee increase. Hopefully this is a good sign that members are reading the media announcements that we are publishing to keep them informed. We are preparing a separate letter that will go to students and college faculty to advise them of the resurrected fee in Ontario for student membership.

A member in the Bahamas has brought forward an idea that CIQS or OIQS should host online seminars or webinars to allow our members in remote locations to view these via the internet in order to adequately maintain their CPD points. The OIQS Board of Directors thought this idea had merit and wondered if CIQS could host a secure page on its web site that would allow members to view these webinars. The page could become an archive for various educational items and would allow overseas members to keep engaged with how things are going in Canada.

Bert Ofoha, PQS, OIQS Education Administrator has submitted his final draft update to the OIQS Board of Directors for the proposed revisions to the Ontario College Accreditation Report. The OIQS Board of Directors will be reviewing this document and providing feedback for our

April meeting. The update includes the programs at Georgian College that were not part of the original accreditation report in 2006.

The OIQS Board of Directors has finalized their AGM program and will host their AGM in Ottawa this year from May 13-15 at the Cartier Place Hotel and it will be hosted by the Ottawa Chapter. We will have seminars/technical sessions for members in the morning and the AGM in the afternoon following a networking lunch.

The various chapters in the province have been holding seminars, site tours and other networking events over the past few months. The GTA Chapter has hosted a deep foundations seminar and a new Canadians seminar. Ottawa chapter has held a BIM seminar and the London Chapter attended a career fair and will be presenting the Alan Ross Memorial award later this month. The GTA Chapter would also like the CIQS to consider donating some prizes for the Annual OIQS Golf tournament that will be held later this year.

OIQS recently held a TPE information seminar in an effort to assist members struggling with the diary process.

This seminar was facilitated by our TPE Chair, Graham Randall, and was well received. We are considering sending the power point presentation to all members starting their dairies.

The OIQS continues to publish a newsletter to its members to keep them updated on institute business and industry news.

Source: Jeff Logan, B.Arch.Sc., PQS, GSC, LEED AP, OIQS Representative and President

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