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General Criteria Introduction
- The Australian Institute of
Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) in response to the demands of
clients and the law courts, has developed criteria that the
quantity surveying profession considers suitable to identify
members who may classify themselves as Expert Witnesses.
- Exclusion of an AIQS member
from the Register does not exclude them from testifying as an
expert witness. Nor does inclusion on the Register provide any
guarantee of competency or experience of the listed members
and the AIQS will not be held liable to any party for any loss
or injury arising from the engagement of such members (please
note the Warning and Disclaimer shown on the inside cover).
- However, members on the
Register are required to satisfy the following criteria:
Criteria for Inclusion on the Register
- (a) The member must have a
minimum of ten (10) years general professional experience as a
qualified quantity surveyor.
(Note: a qualified quantity surveyor is one with
educational qualifications and practical QS experience
equivalent to those required for AIQS corporate membership and
membership of the AIQS College of Expert Witnesses).
(b) The member must be a
corporate member of the AIQS (i.e. an Associate or Fellow of
the AIQS).
(c) The member must have
achieved a satisfactory level of Continuing Professional
Development over the last three (3) years.
(d) The member must have worked
on appropriate construction projects in appropriate positions
over the last ten (10) years.
(e) The member must have
undertaken specific training as an Expert Witness, or:
(f) Have appropriate experience
as an Expert Witness.
USING THIS REGISTER
AIQS Membership and Postnominals
– What it Means to You
Members of the AIQS are bound by a strict
code of professional conduct and are required to maintain high
standards of ethics and professionalism in their dealings with
clients and each other.
Postnominals are used within the AIQS to
identify the level of service to the Institute and the
profession that a member has achieved. Such postnominals may
also be an indicator of the experience and skills that the
member possesses, as well as the level of seniority they have
achieved within the profession. There are strict standards and
approval processes for admission of members to each grade of
AIQS membership. All AIQS members listed in this register must
be at least Associate grade members ie full or corporate
members. The post nominals shown in the Register are:
Life Fellow (LFAIQS) – this is the greatest honour bestowed by the
profession on its members. It is awarded to those members who
have already reached the highest grade of "Fellow" to recognize
the outstanding achievements and/or service that they have made
to the Institute and the profession at a national and state
level. It requires a unanimous vote of the AIQS National Council
to be approved.
Fellow (FAIQS) – this is the highest grade of full membership and
is awarded to those members by the AIQS National Council to
recognize their high level of education, professional service
and contribution to the Institute. Nominees for "Fellow" must be
current "Associate" grade members.
Associate (AAIQS) – are members who have appropriate accredited
tertiary qualifications, the required years of approved
supervised work experience and who have passed the AIQS
Assessment of Professional Competence.
International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC)
Accreditation
The postnominals ICECA stand for
"International Cost Engineering Council Accredited". The ICEC is
the world body representing quantity surveyors, cost engineers
and project managers. It approves and accredits the Continuing
Professional Development Programs conducted by the ICEC member
national organizations such as the AIQS. This provides
international recognition for all those members with the ICECA
postnominals and means that those members have been assessed as
meeting the required level of further education, training and/or
professional experience required by the world body.
Industrial Areas Covered by Quantity
Surveyors
Quantity
Surveyors (also called Construction Economists, Construction
Cost Managers, Cost Consultants, Cost Engineers, Estimators) are
involved in all phases of construction and building, with
individuals developing experience in areas such as :
Airports,
bridges, civil construction, commercial developments, education
projects, harbours, health projects, heritage listed projects,
industrial construction, justice projects, mining, petro-
chemical, pipelines, power supply, prisons, process engineering,
railways, residential high rise, retail, service industry,
sewerage, swimming pools, theme parks, tunnels, water supply,
waterways, sports complexes, theatres, entertainment centres.
While some
members may have experience in all these areas, clients should
discuss their requirements with selected members and ascertain
whether the member has the necessary experience in the required
area.
Who uses Quantity
Surveyors
Quantity
Surveyors / Construction economists are used by a wide range of
other professionals, entrepreneurs, governments and members of
the public. These include:
Building and Construction
Architects, builders,
construction companies, developers, property owners/managers,
body corporates and building managers.
Related Professions
Accountants, solicitors,
banks, finance companies, insurance companies.
Governments
Federal and State
government departments of health, education, transport, minerals
and energy, telecommunications, public works and finance. Local
government (Councils) and statutory authorities.
The Resources Industry
Mining, petro-chemical,
agriculture, forestry, gas and electricity.
The Public
Investors, home owners,
rental property owners, body corporates, heritage listed
building ownersetc.
ABOUT THE AIQS
The Australian Institute of Quantity
Surveyors (AIQS) is the regulatory body of the quantity
surveying profession in Australia. Its role includes but is not
limited to the following:
- Setting professional standards of
practice and ethics
- Accrediting university and other
educational courses
- Conducting continuing professional
development programs for members
- Conducting and sponsoring professional
research
- Developing the professional and
industrial resources of the nation
- Publishing journals, texts, manuals,
guidelines and information
- Producing training videos
- Promoting the use of QS services
- Assisting the industry and public to
obtain QS services
- Representing the profession to
governments and peak councils
- Promoting international standards and
co-operation in the profession
- Representing the Australian QS
profession in international forums
- Providing information services to
industry and the public.
The first Institute of Quantity Surveyors
was formed in Australia in January 1908. Since then it has grown
and expanded in both role and numbers to become both a well
respected national and international professional body.
The AIQS is a member of the
International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) – the world
body, and is a founding member of the Pacific Association of
Quantity Surveyors (PAQS).
It is also a member of the:
- Australian Construction Industry Forum
- The Australian Council of Building
Design Professions
- Professions Australia
- The National Building and Surveying
Alliance
The AIQS is an active participant in
committees and working groups of various industry and government
bodies eg
- Nat Spec
- Australian Building Codes Board
- Standards Australia
- CRC in Construction
- Year of the Built Environment
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