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SHORT COURSE ON ‘LOSS AND EXPENSE IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT’
and CKUB have conducted a series of 2 days short
BQSM course on ‘Loss and Expenses in Construction
Contract’ for the first half of 2010. The short course was presented
by Sr Amran Mohd Majid, Senior Assistant Director of CKUB, PWD
Malaysia.
The main objective of this course was to enhance and upgrade the
participant’s knowledge on loss and expense in construction contract.
The first series was held on 23rd and 24th January 2010 at Mandarin
Court Hotel, Kuala Lumpur and attended by 69 participant.
The second series was held on 11th and 12th May 2010 at
Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with collaboration from PWD
Sabah. More than 50 people attended the short course including 1
engineer from Brunei. Sr Hj. Malaya Sibuku, the Assistant Director of
Quantity Surveying Division, PWD Sabah was present for the closing
ceremony.
Among the topics covered during the course was The Position of
Claim in Law, The Provision of Contractual Claim in the Form of
Contract, Attributes of an Adequate Notice, Defects in the Submission
of Notice, Procedure for Claims, Problem Of Evaluating Loss And
Expense etc.
Eight (8) CPD points was approved by BQSM for the said short course.
Reported by: Mardiana Mohd Sidki
INSTITUTION OF SURVEYORS, MALAYSIA (ISM) COURTESY VISIT TO
BOARD OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS MALAYSIA (BQSM) – 25 JANUARY 2010
Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia conducted a courtesy visit
The to the Board on the 25 January 2010. The ISM delegation
consisting of 12 delegates was led by Associate Professor Sr Dr Wan
Maimun Binti Wan Abdullah, the President of ISM and Sr Chew Nane
Cheong, Chairman QS Division. YBhg. Dato’ Sr Abdull Manaf bin Hj
Hashim, the President of the Board, Sr Abd Shukor bin Ibrahim, the
Board’s Registrar, and Board Members, were present to receive the ISM
delegation. The Board Members with the ISM Council and QS Division
Committee Members had a good exchange of views on the latest
development in the construction industry.
Key issues discussed during the visit were as follows:-
1. 2-Tier Registration System
2. Direct Entry via Special Route without going through the Test of
Professional Competence (TPC)
3. Pre-fix “Sr”
4. Green Building Index (GBI)
5. Status of Scale of Fees
6. Code of Product Classifications (CPC)
7. Promotion of The Profession
Reported by: Loh Mei Ling
DIALOGUE SESSION WITH PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER LEARNING (IPTA & IPTS)
dialogue session with representatives from the institutions of
A Higher Learning was held on 3rd March 2010 at the Bilik Gerakan,
14th Floor, Menara Tun Ismail Mohamed Ali, Jalan Raja Laut. It was
also attended by QSAC members, including representative from
MQA, ISM and Public Service Department.
Assoc. Prof. Sr Dr. Hjh. Wan Maimun Wan Abdullah presented on the
objectives and functions of BQSM and ISM and the responsibilities
of the QSAC. She emphasized that the accreditation of QS degree
programmes is conducted by BQSM and the accreditation of QS
Diploma is conducted by ISM. This was followed by a powerpoint
presentation by Sr Chua Siow Leng regarding the accreditation
process of a degree programme conducted by BQSM.
The fruitful dialogue session discussed about the following issues:-
a) Encouragement of students’ registration with BQSM and
membership of ISM;
b) Local IPT’s twinning programmes or alliance with accredited
overseas universities;
c) Duration of Practical training;
d) Best dissertation award by BQSM;
e) Accreditation of Master programmes
i) Masters Programme – Melbourne Model.
ii) Masters in Quantity Surveying related programmes
iii) Masters in Conversion – Postgraduate Conversion
Programme
f) Softskills issues;
g) Talks to IPTs by BQSM and ISM;
h) Number of quantity surveying graduates.
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