 REPORT-BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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| Dear Members,  Once again may I wish you on behalf of the staff and Board of the Association a peaceful and prosperous 2012.
In light of the challenging past year (2011) that the Association has overcome and in gratitude to the patience that our members have shown, the Association wishes to inform all members that no annual membership fee increases will be implemented for 2012. This is true for every category of membership including annual membership fees payable for firms.
Over the December shutdown period, the office underwent an IT upgrade. A new and powerful server was installed as well as all staff PC's updated with the latest Windows software. This upgrade will thus ensure that the Association will have the provision to grow and expand its local network as well as ensure that the office is able to meet all technological and digital requirements for at least the next 5 years.
Modifications of the physical office infrastructure will begin in the next few weeks. These changes will affect the office staff seating arrangements and streamline the flow of internal administrational mechanisms. Bulk e-mailing systems that will allow the office to communicate with its members far more efficiently and effectively have also been upgraded, with the new changes taking effect within the next few days.
Planning for the ICEC 2012 conference continues in earnest, and the Association is pleased to announce that we have signed up our first Platinum Sponsor.
Projects Completed - Reinstatement of Voluntary Association status with the SACQSP
- Internal admin security processes relating to all invoices / payments complete
- Office IT Upgrade completed
- Database membership information upgrade Web link programming complete
Projects In Progress - Fraud Investigation and financial audit
- Database membership information upgrade and verification (on going)
Office modification / streamline - ICEC 2012 (23 – 27 June)
- Telephonic contact with all members that have not updated their membership details through our online portal and link
In closing, I strongly urge all of our members to assist the Association with verifying their membership details through our web link: http://asaqsmbase.co.za/mbasenet/ It will only take a few minutes of your time. This will be of enormous assistance to the Midrand office saving us valuable time and resources.
I am pleased to report that progress is fast being made in all critical areas of administration and look forward to a productive year for the ASAQS.
Thank you
Kind Regards
Larry Feinberg
Executive Director - ASAQS
Association of South African Quantity Surveyors
(W) - 011 - 315 - 4140
(F) - 011 - 315 - 3785
web - www.asaqs.co.za
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FEES AND HOURLY RATES REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 2012 | |
| Please note that the 2011 SACQSP Tariff of Professional Fees and Recommended Hourly Rates to be charged for Quantity Surveying Services (for the Private Sector only) for 2011 remain unchanged . The Tariff and Rates are available in the CUG as well as on the SACQSP website. | |
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CPD SUBMISSIONS DUE BY THE 31ST JANUARY | |
| There is still time to fulfil your CPD requirements for last year as your submission only needs to reach the SACQSP by the 31st January 2012. To assist you we beta-tested and then launched the new GoLearning during December 2011. The new GoLearning now includes Lunchtime CPD courses. These courses are designed so that you can keep abreast of your CPD requirements by spending one lunchtime a month to obtain one Category 1 hour. Courses also include additional activities to obtain at least 1,5 hours in Category 2 per month. Should you join up this month you can easily have your CPD requirements in the bag by October. Priced at only R95,00 per course, Lunchtime CPD makes keeping abreast of your CPD requirements easy and affordable. GoLearning will continue to publish longer courses for those who need to make up hours in larger chunks. Visit GoLearning by clicking on the permanent link in the menu to the left or by going direct to http://www.golearning.co.za. | |
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QS FORUM NEWS AND UPDATES | |
| An open invitation had been extended to all ASAQS practitioners to attend the meetings and in an informal format, to share their ideas and concerns, with a view to seeking solutions with the assistance of the Gauteng Chapter of the ASAQS. All are welcome to attend the meetings, with representatives from both large and smaller practices.
The ASAQS in support and recognition of the work being done by the Quantity Surveying Forum (QS Forum) would like to advise all members that the QS Forum will now be officially supported and have representation on the ASAQS Gauteng Chapter. The Gauteng Chapter, already having ASAQS Board representation will thus be able to represent the QS Forum at all further ASAQS Board meetings, bringing pertinent issues and matters for consideration or action to the Boards attention.
Dates of scheduled meetings during 2012 :
o Meeting 1/2012 – Tuesday 6 March 2012
o Meeting 2/2012 – Tuesday 15 May 2012
o Meeting 3/2012 – Tuesday 14 August 2012
o Meeting 4/2012 – Tuesday 20 November 2012
Meetings will start at 16h00 (to around 18h00 latest)
All meetings will be scheduled at the ASAQS offices (Suite G6, Building 27, Thornhill Office Park, Bekker Road, Midrand).
The minutes of the previous meeting are available by clicking here.
Items of interest which are covered in these minutes:
EDUCATION AT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS - It is clear that a preference exists in the Gauteng professional offices to employ graduates of 5 year degree courses over those graduating after a 4 year course. This is a disadvantage to those 4 year graduates and should be to brought to the attention of the local university.
JBCC EDITION 6.0 UPDATE - Reported that the next version of the JBCC update is now hoped to be published around March 2012.
AFRICA ASSOCIATION OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS (AAQS) - Apart from the registration of 16 institutional (primarily national) memberships, it was agreed to encourage the registration of practices and, to date, 21 practices have applied and paid.
GENERAL COMPLAINTS TO BE LODGED WITH PUBLIC PROTECTOR - Several issues that will be raised with the Public Protector by the SACQSP.
NEW ENGINEERING CONTRACT (NEC) - It was agreed that the NEC does not work for us as a profession.
PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION - This document will line up with the JBCC 5.0 version (and not the 4.1 version) and meets all the requirements of the CIDB.
TIMING AND LOCATION OF QS CONFERENCE - The meeting was advised that the ASAQS, SACQSP and AAQS have all been collaborating their annual conferences in one single event, that will coincide with the 8th ICEC World Congress to be held 23-27 June 2012 at the: ICC in Durban.
CIDB REGISTER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS - Prof Tinus Maritz had attended a briefing session at the CIDB and the first draft of the document was rejected as totally unacceptable and the lawyers responsible were sent "back to the drawing board".
... and much more! We urge your to download the minutes and attend the next meeting! | |
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UPDATE FROM THE CHAPTERS | |
| Gauteng Members are advised that the recommended student rates for 2012 (for the Gauteng Chapter only at this stage) have been finalised and are now available for scrutiny by employers and students alike on the Gauteng web page. Western Cape The Western Province Chapter Committee meeting dates and the provisional diary of events detailing the dates for CPD lectures has been updated and can be viewed here. | |
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YQSG PROGRAMME 2012 | |
| The PAQS International Congress takes place in Brunei Darussalam (northern state on the island of Borneo) from 7th to 10th July. For the very first time the Surveying Division of PUJA (B) will be hosting one of the most significant events for the Quantity Surveyors in the Pacific Region.
The theme of the congress is Innovation and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities. The PAQS sent us a the Young Quantity Surveyors Group Programme which takes place on the 7th July 2012 and which can be viewed by clicking here. | |
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GUEST LECTURE | |
| HOSTED BY THE SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND 26th January 2012: 5.00pm for 5.30pm Guest Speaker:
Professor Professor Akintola Akintoye, Chair of Construction
Economics and Management and Dean of School of Built and
Natural Environment, University of Central Lancashire, UK COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS IN A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT
Collaborative relationships have brought advantages to companies in many industries; consequently there is an increasing use of various collaborative working relationships including partnering, joint venture, strategic alliance and mostly recently public private partnerships. This lecture will outline cutting edge research covering the reasons, roles, risks and success factors of collaboration within the UK construction environment. Issues to be reported on include the importance of clear objectives and vision, trust, teamwork, communication and consultation, and joint risk and reward sharing. Venue: Lecture Theatre A1, John Moffat Building, East
Campus, University of Witwatersrand,
RSVP to Prof Dave Root
david.root@wits.ac.za
011 717 7669 (office)
ADMISSION FREE | |
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IMPORTANT CLOSING DATES ON THE SACQSP CALENDAR: | |
| Friday, 17th February: Application for attendance at the Examinations Workshop
Wednesday, 7th March: Application for admission to the Council Examinations:
(Part 1: 15th March; Part 2: 16th March)
NEXT CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APC DOCUMENTS TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE
Friday, 27th July 2012: Visit the SACQSP website for more details as well as, application forms, etc. | |
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NETSPOT :TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS: 2012 -2022 | |
| The future already happened, it just isn't equally distributed - William Gibson. Pieter Geldenhuys, the well known futurist and technology strategist recently made some predictions regarding the future use of technology in the home and market place. How will future technology impact you at your local mall? Pieter predicts that: "Malls will start leveraging their hold on real estate by moving into the wireless communication and Electronic Find transfer space. Expect malls to manage their own EFT switches, and take a commission from all the financial transactions within the mall.
Malls will no longer allow Cellular Operators to duplicate the wireless infrastructure within the mall. Malls will start managing their own wireless infrastructure (GSM, UMTS, LTE and WiFi) and create a peering point where all the operators can access a unified infrastructure. They will start offering free access to their own Mall app via its WiFi infrastructure. It will also offer free WiFi to repeat visitors. Expect malls will start offering free VoIP calling to friends and family while you are within its building." Click here to read the rest of his predictions on Moneyweb... | |
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PAIA ACT DEADLINE | |
| The deadline to meet the requirements of the Promotion of Access to Information Act was on 31 December 2011 but rather do a late submission than no submission at all. In August 2005 your webmaster compiled a guide for quantity surveyors to assist them in compiling their PAIA manuals. Subsequent to that, the deadline for submission of Section 51 manuals by private bodies was extended to 31 December 2011. Your accountants most probably contacted you recently with an offer to assist you in compiling the manual at a nominal fee (usually around R400,00 per business entity). You may choose to follow that route or you could compile your own manual as it is nothing more than a simple cut and paste exercise for most businesses. Click here to follow the guidelines and example published by the Human Rights Commission. OR You can find a handy template in the CUG NOTE : Please do not send a copy of your PAIA manual to the ASAQS. It should be sent to the HRC as indicated in the CUG. | |
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VACANCY : REGISTRAR OF THE SACQSP | |
| The South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) is a statutory body that regulates the quantity surveying profession in terms of the Quantity Surveying Profession Act (Act 49 of 2000). REGISTRAR
(Total annual cost to employer: R650k – R750k negotiable dependent on experience) A position of Registrar exists in the SACQSP office located in Gauteng. The successful incumbent will report to the Council and will be a member of the Executive Committee of Council
The candidate must hold an appropriate Bachelors degree or an equivalent qualification, augmented by excellent (English) linguistic skills, and proven and relevant experience of the competent areas of at least 10 years. In-depth understanding of the built environment professions and in particular the quantity surveying profession, is a prerequisite competence, supported by proven financial experience and sound administrative, human resources / general management skills. Click here to download full information regarding this position. Closing date for applications: 22 January 2012 | |
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ASAQS MEMBERS DATABASE UPDATE | |
| The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) is currently embarking on a project to update and verify all our individual members' details currently being stored on our database.
In order to facilitate this process as smoothly as possible, the Association has created a web link which will enable our members to access and update their membership profile data currently held by the Association. We respectfully ask you to please utilize this aforementioned link to check your membership details and amend and update any details on your individual membership profiles which may be incorrectly captured and held on the Associations database. Please read the following information carefully:- - Kindly utilize Internet Explorer when accessing the web link, to ensure that you have full functionality of the website.
- You will be asked to enter your e-mail address and cell phone number before being able to gain access to your profile.
- Should you be unable to gain access to the website after you have entered your cell phone number and e-mail address, kindly send an e-mail to databaseadmin@asaqs.co.za and we will contact you either by return e-mail or phone call as soon as we can.
It is imperative for the Association that the correct details are captured on our database for every one of our members. It is with this in mind, that we sincerely thank you for assisting us with this verification process by clicking on the link http://asaqsmbase.co.za/mbasenet/ and carefully checking the information displayed. Should you require any further assistance or information, kindly contact the ASAQS office on the numbers listed below. Larry Feinberg
Executive Director - ASAQS
Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (W) - 011 - 315 - 4140
(F) - 011 - 315 - 3785
(C) - 082 322 83 73 | |
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CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE COMPANY SOC LTD | |
| INVITATION TO BID The Cape Town International Convention Centre ("CTICC"), located at Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Foreshore, Cape Town, which is owned and operated by Cape Town International Convention Centre Company SOC Ltd ("Convenco"), opened in 2003 and has traded very successfully since then. To further grow its business and maintain its global competitiveness, Convenco needs to expand its operations and requires additional conference and exhibition space to be able to achieve this. Convenco has secured the right to develop a 21 000m2 expansion and requires the following professional services: Quantity Surveying Services – Tender No: CTICC2 005/2011 Convenco hereby invites proposals from firms and/or consortia suitably qualified and experienced to form part of the professional team, reporting to the Project Manager, provide quantity surveying services in respect of planning, design and construction for the expansion of the CTICC. Bidders are required to have a proven track-record of similar major developments and building construction projects. Professionals must be registered with an appropriate statutory body and must provide proof of professional registration and indemnity insurance cover. In line with the Convenco's Supply Chain Management Policy, companies that are Black Economically Empowered (BEE) are encouraged to respond. Non-compulsory briefing sessions will be held at the CTICC, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa. For more information please click here. | |
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MISSED THE NEWS? | |
| We have archived all news stories from 2008 and 2009 in the News Section. You can also glance back at more recent news by following the links at the bottom of this page. | |
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WHERE TO PURCHASE YOUR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ? | |
| Following on numerous enquiries from members as to where they can purchase the various and different forms of contract, we have prepared the following easy-to-read schedule that will assist in this regard. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS | AVAILABLE FROM | CONTACT DETAILS | JBCC CONTRACTS | ASAQS | 011 315 4140 | PROCSA CLIENT/CONSULTANT AGREEMENTS
(entire suite of documents) | ASAQS | 011 315 4140 | NEC (New Engineering Contract) | SAICE | 011 805 5947/8 | FIDIC | CESA | 011 463 2022 | GCC (General Conditions of Contract - Civil) | SAICE | 011 805 5947/8 |
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This schedule can also be downloaded in PDF-format by clicking here. | |
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF FORTHCOMING CONGRESSES | |
| In order to assist members to plan their diaries this year in terms of forthcoming congresses and conferences they may wish to attend, attached the preliminary dates of some of these congresses for your attention (more details to follow):  ICEC World Congress 2012 "Quest for Quality"
Congress Dates: 23 - 27 June 2012
Venue: International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa
Hosts: The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS)
In collaboration with
South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP)
The South African Project Controls Institute (SAPCI)
PAQS Congress 2012
• July 2012
• Brunei Members are encouraged to plan ahead and to support these conferences/congresses !! | |
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The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors
Postal address:
P.O. Box 3527
Halfway House 1685
Physical address:
Suite G6, Building 27
Thornhill Office Park
Bekker Road,
Vorna Valley Ext 21,
MIDRAND
Contact details:
Telephone : 011-3154140
Fax : 011-3153785
E-mail : association@asaqs.co.za
Office hours:
08h00 to 17h00
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