Read the latest edition of the Surveyors Journal to read ‘Empowering Construction’ featuring an interview with Dara Deering, CEO of Home Building Finance Ireland, ‘Opening up the profession’ the launch of a new Quantity Surveying appreitcieship, ‘Addressing defects’ on the apartment defects redress scheme and more.

Contents:

President’s message 4
Editorial 5
News 6
Empowering construction 12
Opening up the profession 15
Addressing defects 16
Measuring moisture 18
Property arbitration in the Courts Service 20
Weaving sustainability into valuations 22
Critical skills 26
True diligence 28
A voice for young surveyors 29
The last word 30

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Guide to Mapping National Standard Building Elements to International Construction Measurement Standard ‘International Cost Management Standard’

Contents:

Introduction

• Main Differences between NSBE and ICMS3
• Life Cycle of ICMS Cost Data 6

Cost Control 7

• The Requirements for a Cost Control System 7
• ICMS Cost Categories / Cost Groups 7

DEFINITIONS 12

Appendix 1 – ICMS mapped to NSBE Codes 17

Appendix 2 – IPMS Selected Definition Diagrams 38

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A User Guide for the International Cost Management Standard 3 (ICMS 3)

Contents include:

1. Introduction:
   • Cost Reporting Standards
   • Purpose
   • Intended audience
2. Design principles and philosophy
   • Objectives
   • Why is it important?
   • Addressing both buildings and civil engineering
   • Projects and sub-projects
3. Structure, framework, hierarchical levels, attributes and values
   • Structure
   • Cost and carbon framework and hierarchical levels
   • Project attributes and values
4. Life cycle cost considerations
5. Carbon emissions considerations
6. Other ICMS appendices
7. Uses
   • Early conversations
   • Benchmarking and reporting
   • Cost and carbon emissions classification and analysis
   • Claims analysis and forensics
   • Work breakdown structures
   • Digital tools
8. Limitations
   • Level of detail
   • Currency and specification
   • Extent of coverage – civil engineering
   • Availability of life cycle data
9. Differences from elemental cost planning
   • Classification principles
   • Substructure and structure delineation
   • Loadbearing and non-loadbearing delineation
   • Alignment to design disciplines
10. Appendix 1a: ICMS cost example
11. Appendix 1b: ICMS carbon emissions example
12. Appendix 2: ICMS codes for buildings and civil engineering projects
13. Appendix 3: ICMS and other construction information and cost classification
14. Appendix 4: Survey detail accuracy band table
15. Appendix 5: Further information
16. Appendix 6: Introduction to IPMS: All Buildings

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