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We are also organising the annual national seminar What are your views on the
on contemporary astronomy and sharing our Q.misconceptions about Surveyors?
knowledge of using celestial objects for the purpose of
positioning, and determining latitudes and longitudes. I think the public still has a lot to learn about surveyors.
This seminar is attracting great interest among Old mind sets still pigeon-hole us in a stereo-type way;
government officials handling religious matters. that land surveyor is one who looks into the theodolite
and building surveyor only works with local authorities.
We need to educate the public of our complete range
Professional Services & the of services and how we can value add in the built
Construction Industry environment.
In recent years and especially with multi-national
What are your views on the quality companies, the services of a Quantity Surveyors are
Q.of construction projects and often term as “Cost and Commercial Consultancy
professional services as delivered in services”. Much as we are proud of the brand “QS”
the construction industry? we must start to adapt to a more modern expression
of our services where the value-added aspects are
RISM has attended many international conferences immediately recognised.
which gave us the opportunity to benchmark ourselves
against global counterparts. I must say that in terms of Pacific Association of Quantity
technical expertise and professional services, we are
comparable and can be competitive in every aspect Surveyors (PAQS)
and we are delivering these services locally.
Congratulations on your appointment
In terms of quality of construction, there are many
developers and contractors who take pride in their Q.as the Chairman for PAQS 2019/2020.
product. You can see from recent advertisements of What are your plans for PAQS?
those projects winning local awards that the design PAQS is a coalition of 15 quantity surveyors and cost
concepts are well translated to actual good quality engineering national associations from 14 countries.
construction.
I am indeed honoured to be elected as their Chairman
for this 2-year session. PAQS provides a regional
Global Challenges and platform for the Quantity Surveying profession to
Misconceptions benchmark against each other and foster a community
of leaders for the profession. We will continue to
work together in areas of research, innovations with
What are the ways to improve the BIM, sustainability and accreditation of academic
Q.future of the surveying profession in programmes, all for the betterment of the profession.
facing local and global challenges? My personal wish is to ultimately see the mobility of
cost management professionals across the region.
The recent advancement in geospatial information,
augmented reality and blockchain in real estate
and 5-D BIM are among the rapid changes in the The Younger Generation
built environment industry that will affect all of us.
Someone once said that we must change with time What are your advice to future
unless we are big enough to change time. Q.professionals entering the
We must always try to be “one up” on these changes construction industry?
or perceived challenges. I do not mean to say we Even with all the rapid technological and Artificial
have to be market leaders all the time, but we must Intelligence driven changes to our industry, I want to
embrace and understand the changes in order to tell all future professionals entering the construction
remain relevant so that the public have confidence in industry, that we will never be a sunset industry.
us and understand our scope of services. We can do Construction is a major multiplier of economic growth.
this individually on a continuous personal development However, we must move with times and find new roles
basis or in a bigger picture, through RISM on issues and services for ourselves in the industry in line with
that will benefit the industry as a whole. technological advances.
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