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Quantity Surveyors, project managers, cost engineers or anybody interested in the construction industry and built environment should find really useful information on this large web site dedicated to the quantity surveying profession in South Africa. Our Events Calendar lists seminars and events for quantity surveyors, cost engineers, project managers and other role players in the construction industry. Visit our online store to purchase contracts, documents, apparel and software or take time out to catch up on the latest "News". Browse around... we hope you enjoy your stay! Welcome. We're glad you're here.
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Meet the President
Deon Vermeulen took up the presidential chain during the recent Board meeting in Johannesburg.
Click here to find out more about him.
Support for Dr Prieur du Plessis as candidate for the PPS Board of Trustees
The Notice to the members of PPS Holdings Trust regarding the Annual General Meeting on 3 June 2013 has just been sent out. Included on the agenda is the election of Trustees. Several people have asked Prieur du Plessis to stand for election, specifically for the following reasons:
- Three decades’ experience in financial services, finance, economic analysis and investment management, and appropriate academic qualifications.
- Proven leadership qualities, business acumen and experience.
- Sound knowledge of corporate governance, financial and risk management
- Strong commitment to sustainable and socially responsible development
If you are interested in supporting his candidature, please allow us to introduce him to you. Prieur is 58 years old and lives in Stellenbosch with his wife, former television presenter Isabel Verwey, and their two children. He is non-executive chairman of Grindrod Asset Management and Plexus Holdings, the latter which he founded in 1995. He also serves on the Council of the University of Stellenbosch (chairing the Audit and Risk committee), and is professor extraordinaire at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, and Honorary Consul of Slovenia for South Africa. The fact that he qualified as a quantity surveyor in 1979 and started his career in this profession may also be of interest to you. The salient points of his CV are included in the Notice of the meeting: https://www.pps.co.za/portal/docs/SA NOTICE and CVs.pdf (p 221).
If you can identify yourself with the above, we would appreciate it if you would consider completing the proxy form and voting for him.
The form must be received by the Company Secretary (e-mail: companysecretary@pps.co.za or fax: 011 644 4641) by not later than 18:00 on Wednesday, 29 May 2013.
The proxy form is available here or can also be downloaded from the PPS website : https://www.pps.co.za/portal/docs/PPS SEPERATE PROXY.pdf
We welcome Log Aluminium as a sponsor of the ASAQS
Log Aluminium (Pty) Ltd specializes in the manufacturing and installation of Aluminium Doors, Windows and Sliding Windows and Doors. Marthinus (Marnus) Coetzee is currently the only director. Marnus gained his experience in the Aluminium Industry while working for Hulamin.
Before venturing on his own he worked for Technal, a French Aluminium System, where he was a key player in growing the Technal brand into the South African Market. Some, but not limited to the most prominent buildings, specified by Marnus include:
• Travenna Office Blocks (DTI Office Blocks, Meintjies Str, Pretoria)
• FNB (Johannesburg)
• Podium (Menlyn Pretoria)
• Lebone School (Rustenburg)
• Musanda (Pretoria)
• Universal Church of God (Johannesburg)
• Unisa Campus (Pretoria and Florida Johannesburg)
The name Log is derived from the process used to make aluminium. The starting material for making aluminium extrusions is the aluminium log. To read more about this process and the company please feel free to visit their website http://www.logaluminium.co.za/ or call Marthinus Coetzee on 083 391 4583.
QS receives Order of the Baobab from President Zuma
Colin Wells Eglin received the Order of the Baobab in silver for serving the country with excellence and for his dedication and courage in standing up for the principles of equality for all South Africans against the unjust laws of the past. Click here to read on...
CSCC request all QS firms to submit BBBEE scorecards
The Construction Sector Charter Council (CSCC) has commissioned a baseline study into the status of BBBEE in the construction sector. This is required to assess the state of transformation and progress of the industry in implementing the gazetted sector code.
This survey will provide the basis of the annual reports that must be submitted to the BB BEE Advisory Council, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Public works, as mandated by the conditions of gazette of the construction sector code.
The ASAQS has been requested to make available the contact details of all members to the CSCC and all members are hereby urgently requested to email their 2009 to 2012 scorecards to scorecard@cscc.org.za
KZN CPD event to be held on 23 May from 14h30
Frans van der Walt will speak in Kwambonambi on Developments on the Cards in the uMhlathuze region
The event will also be available to members in the rest of the world via CNN Webinar.
To find out more click here
Does your firm have spare capacity for an audit job (46 days) in the Netherlands Antilles?
Then you may be interested in this RFQ received via the SACQSP.
CREODEV – Dutch Antilles/EU – is looking for experts for the Technical Audit of the project Bonaire Sewerage and Sanitation
The objective of the audit is to provide a factual report on the works carried out by the contractor in charge of the works contract and the consultant in charge of the associated supervision, with regard to the organizational, technical, contractual and financial aspects, during the implementation of the project. The auditor shall provide to the Contracting Authority, the Supervisor and the European Commission with a general review of the works execution based on the latest design and provide any recommendations to remedy errors that could have occurred or which can lead to improvements in implementation and report on the factual results of the project.
If interested then download the following:
Board meeting held 2 May 2013
A full board meeting took place at OR Tambo yesterday.
During the meeting the presidential chain exchanged shoulders with the new President of the ASAQS, Mr Deon Vermeulen taking up the position that was so ably filled by Mr Qinisani Mbatha during the past year.
After a year of flux followed by a year of consolidation under the capable leadership of Mr Larry Feinberg, the ASAQS is now in a position to deliver on it's promise to it's members.
During the meeting I was privy to a healthy budget presented by Deon Vermeulen. The budget included exciting items on the expenditure side which will not only underpin us in our professional duties, but will also actively promote quantity surveying within South Africa as it has never been done before.
More details about these exciting developments will be shared with members during the coming weeks.
Bert van den Heever
ASAQS Webmaster
Netspot : The Wonderful World Wide Web turns 20!
Ever wondered what the world's first website looked like?
It's just been recovered from electronic archives and re-activated so that today's Internet search engines like Google can see it, to celebrate 20 years of the World Wide Web.
The European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Tuesday that they recreated the site that started it all.
The first site was all about the technology itself and to help early users to know more about the new system and learn how to create their own websites.
The recreated project will enable future generations to learn about the origin and importance of the Internet and to understand its impact on modern life, Dan Noyes, web manager of CERN, said.
British physicist Tim Berners-Lee (he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 and is now Sir Tim), developed the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989 to help physicists to exchange information among themselves.
Although the first website was launched in 1991, it was on April 30, 1993 when CERN made the WWW technology available on a royalty-free basis.
Go check out the website (and the sum total of the World Wide Web 20 years ago!) by clicking on the link http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
We welcome Log Aluminium as a sponsor of the ASAQS
Log Aluminium (Pty) Ltd specializes in the manufacturing and installation of Aluminioum Doors, Windows and Sliding Windows and Doors. Marthinus (Marnus) Coetzee is currently the only director. Marnus gained his experience in the Aluminium Industry while working for Hulamin.
Before venturing on his own he worked for Technal, a French Aluminium System, where he was a key player in growing the Technal brand into the South African Market. Some but not limited to the most prominent buildings specified by Marnus include:
• Travenna Office Blocks (DTI Office Blocks, Meintjies Str, Pretoria)
• FNB (Johannesburg)
• Podium (Menlyn Pretoria)
• Lebone School (Rustenburg)
• Musanda (Pretoria)
• Universal Church of God (Johannesburg)
• Unisa Campus (Pretoria and Florida Johannesburg)
The name Log is derived from the process used to make aluminium. The starting material for making aluminium extrusions is the aluminium log. To read more about this process and the company please feel free to visit their website www.logaluminium.co.za
Important tweaks to our website
We have made some important changes to certain website functions this week.
Weekend Property and Construction News
The Weekend Property and Construction Newsletter is a free service to anyone interested to receive a weekly overview of news from the built environment in South Africa. It also includes a section of news specific to home owners and another section featuring construction news from Africa,
To subscribe to our newsletter, you now require a profile.
ASAQS members ALREADY HAVE A PROFILE, so to subscribe, simply sign in and:
- Under your Profile Home click on the Bio tab, then scroll down to the:
- Additional Information section where you will find the:
- Subscribe to Weekend Property & Construction News field, and click YES to subscribe
Non-members of ASAQS:
Please click here to complete your profile and subscribe to the WP&CN
Please note: If you are already receiving the WP&CN you do not have to do anything
Another important tweak concerns the placing of job vacancies on the website.
If you are a recruiter or a non-member of the ASAQS you will also now require a profile on our website in order to place adverts or seek ASAQS members who wish to be recruited. Please click here to read more.
SACQSP Conference 2013 : Green Vision 2020
Please be advised that delegates can now book online for this exciting conference taking place in Cape Town on the 20th and 21st of June 2013.
Click here for more information about this conference
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