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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