Essential Soft Skills and Basic Professional Skills Required for Successful QSs

Please note: This is an international webinar and will take place at 6:30pm Dubai time.

ABOUT THE TOPIC

Join Ramesh Palikila, FAIQS CQS as he discusses the following:

• Essential basic skills required to be an effective leader
• Quantification/measurement skills
• Communication skills
• Personal and interpersonal skills
• Business and management skills
• Professional practice skills
• Computer and information technology
• Construction law and regulation
• Effective leadership: growing stages of leadership self/team/organisational
• Committing to lifelong learning

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ramesh Palikila, FAIQS, CQS
B.Tech (Civil), FIS, FRICS

Ramesh Palikila is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (FAIQS) and Certified Quantity Surveyor. Founder and CEO – AIMS, Dubai- UAE. Civil Engineer and Chartered Quantity. Surveyor Senior Contracts and Procurement Management Professional. AIQS Trained Assessor and Chairman of APC professional interviews. AIQS Region 2 Steering Committee member. 

Ramesh has over 24 years of techno-commercial experience in the construction industry in UAE, Malaysia and India. He has been involved with a wide variety of largescale mixed development construction projects. His experience includes implementation of best practice with procurement strategies, contracts management, cost management and effective contract administration.

Ramesh is currently the CEO of a management consultant firm in the Middle East. Further to his hard work and selfless service to Quantity Surveying professionals in Middle East, he has received two international awards from RICS in the categories of “Outstanding Mentor” in MENA region in 2009 and “Best Counselor” in 2011 in Dubai. In November 2013, he received an AIQS  Infinite Value Award in the individual category of “QS Advocacy award”.