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QLD Chapter Breakfast: AIQS Construction Preliminaries Education Tool
18 November @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am AEST
$48.00 - $60.00
Join us for an exclusive industry breakfast compered by Tony Avsec OAM FAIQS CQS and featuring Gary McDonald LFAIQS CQS and Tom Ford Fellow AIQS CQS demonstrating the recently released AIQS Construction Preliminaries Education Tool.
The AIQS Construction Preliminaries Education Tool has been developed in Queensland with the purpose of developing the skills and knowledge of first principles preliminaries pricing, and is recommended for those wishing to develop their skills and knowledge of estimating Preliminaries on a first principles basis.
The event will also provide an opportunity to network with fellow industry professionals over breakfast.
Timing: Please arrive by 7:00am for a 7:30am start
Discount: Students are eligible to receive a 50% discount on the ticket price. If you are a current Student, please enter the code STU50 when booking your ticket.
CPD: 1.5 points
NOTE: If you are booking tickets on behalf of other people, please provide the names, special dietary requirements and email addresses of these other people during the ticket booking process.
Disclaimer: The information presented at this event is accurate to the best of the speaker’s knowledge at the time of the event. AIQS does not independently verify the content and accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or changes that may occur. Attendees are encouraged to exercise their own judgement and seek professional advice where appropriate.
Our speakers
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- Gary McDonald LFAIQS, CQS
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Gary is Life Fellow of the AIQS with over 45 years industry experience. He started his career in New Zealand where he worked as a PQS as well as a Builders QS before immigrating to Papua New Guinea with Fletchers as an Estimator and Contract Administrator.
Gary immigrated to Australia in 1990. Working predominantly as a PQS he had time with Leighton Contractors before joining Davis Langdon / AECOM in 2004.
Gary was President of the AIQS in 2012 and 2013. He was the lead for the AIQS in the preparation of the ASMM Edition 6 which the Kiwis liked so much they decided to adopt it and this led to the ANZSMM Edition 1. Gary was part of the QLD Team that updated the Australian Cost Management Manual and was a member of the committee that created the Preliminaries Estimating tool to be presented at this event.
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- Tom Ford FAIQS, CQS
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Tom is a Fellow of the AIQS, with over 24 years of industry experience. He started his career working with PQS’s and has since transitioned to working with Builders over the last 8 + years.
Tom has had experience working with the Department of Public Works – Project Services at the beginning of his career from 2002, before joining Davis Langdon / AECOM in 2007. In 2018, Tom made the move to work for Contractors including Hutchinson Builders for a number of years before moving to Buildcorp in 2024 and more recently has joined Hansen Yuncken.
Tom has been heavily involved with the AIQS for a number of years, with roles including Qld Chapter Council President, numerous Qld Chapter and National Membership roles and also National Board Director.
During his time with the AIQS, Tom has been involved with National Membership and Contractor committees, also part of the Qld Chapter committee that created the Preliminaries Estimating tool being presented at this event.
