23-27 June, 2012

8th ICEC World Congress, Durban, South Africa

 www.icec2012.org.za

GS2011

The IET and the Association of Cost Engineers Project Controls Technical and Professional Network take pleasure in inviting you and your guests to a PROJECT CONTROLS FESTIVAL On Tuesday 29th November 2011, from 5.30pm At the IET Riverside Dining Hall, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT Project Controls affects all of us within the Engineering, Design, Manufacturing, Building and Construction sectors. Your Project Controls Technical and Professional Network have arranged a festival of Project Controls for your information, understanding, participation and enjoyment. You can choose which events that interest you. These will include: • Networking with colleagues from other organisations and industries • Presentation on Project Controls Accreditation • A Masterclass in Stakeholder Management • Information Zones, including; Women in Project Controls, and the Online Project Controls Community • Lessons Learned and Risk Management webcasts • Opportunity to discuss future events with the Project Controls Technical and Professional Network, Executive Team • Join us for a drinks and snacks reception To attend please contact Anne Fairless at Anne@acoste.org.uk giving your Name, Organisation and Email address

What are the attributes of efficient project management? And of an
effective one? And does efficiency and effectiveness automatically lead to
success?

Which competences do project managers require to work efficiently,
effectively and successfully? Which tools and methods are available and when
does it make sense to use them?

These questions – and many more – will be discussed at the pma focus
2011 in Vienna. Respected scientists and practitioners will present their
knowledge and perspectives. Participants will be informed about national and
international developments and gain insight into different worlds of work as
well as receiving valuable knowledge for their daily business needs.

Visit www.p-m-a.at for more information.

On behalf of assistant secretary of ICEC Region 2 Rob van Hoeve (The Netherlands), Assistant Director – Alec Ray (United Kingdom) and myself, I have pleasure in inviting you to our regional meeting which will be hosted by Association of Cost Engineers (ACostE – United Kingdom).

On Saturday October 29th 2011 in London starting from 9:00 until 17:00

Venue: The Royal Overseas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1L.

The link for further details of the venue is: http://www.rosl.org.uk/rosl/pages/rosl_london.php

A proposal of Agenda is attached and you are welcome to add some item or comment the agenda. Further details will be advised in due course.

The venue is in the heart of London and the attendees will appreciate its location, history and culture, thanks to ACostE, which confirmed the date and venue of the meeting according to the Meeting minutes of Copenhagen.

ACostE will be celebrating its 50th anniversary, with a two day Conference and Dinner in Coventry (the West Midlands area of the Country) on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2011 (the week after the Region 2 Meeting) Besides Alec Ray recommends a further incentive for the Region 2 Delegates to attend, the following link will explain how they can arrange visits to the London 2012 Olympic Stadium/Park. http://golondon.about.com/od/london2012olympics/a/Olympic-Park-Tour.htm

Please be kind enough to prepare the reports of your association and inform us about your participation on the ICEC Region II meeting a.s.a.p. Please find attached also the Copenhagen Region 2 meeting minutes to see the agreements we agreed upon in November last year. Carsten, Rob, Alec and I all hope to meet you all in London.

Kind regards, and best wishes,

Andrej Kerin Director of ICEC Region 2

Ricoh Arena, Coventry, CV6 6GE

2-3 November 2011

www.acoste.org/conference

ACostEConf2011

Call for Registration

ACostE will be celebrating its 50th anniversary, with a two day Conference and Dinner in Coventry (the West Midlands area of the Country) on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2011 (the week after the Region 2 Meeting)

This is a very special year for the ACostE as we are celebrating half a century of representing the wide diversity of disciplines, which make up the Cost Engineering and Project Controls profession.

To this end, we would like to take this opportunity of inviting all members, and others with an interest in Cost Engineering and Project Controls, to attend the two-day Annual Conference to be held this year on the 2^nd – 3^rd November at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

We have put together a very comprehensive array of presentations and structured learned workshops that will be of interest to all those in Cost Engineering and Project Controls. On the first day the Prestige Lecture will be given by Tim Banfield, Director, National Audit Office on ‘Estimators and decision-makers: making the marriage work’, and we have prominent speakers from industry and academia. These include presentations from BAE Systems and Jaguar Land Rover, presentations by The Assessment Service Centre (TASC) on the new QCF Diploma which replaces the NVQ qualifications, and the development of routes for tiered accreditation through the ACostE .

Day One

Twelve technical presentations will be given covering the following topics:

-       The computer age and estimating – don’t ignore the fundamentals!

-       DACE Labour Productivity Norms – The New Gulf Coast?

-       Project Control & Schedule Maturity in Project Delivery

-       Cost Engineering in China

-       Integrated Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis

-       The Aims & Ambitions of the ACostE Tiered Accreditation

-       Cost Forecasting for International Projects

-       NVQs are dead – so what are QCF Diplomas in Project Control?

-       Formation of Cost Normative Base

-       Role of the Cost Engineer during  early stages of design within the Aerospace industry

-       More Successful Projects on Schedule and Costs

-       Framework for Unit Cost Refinement

Day Two

Day two is a Learning Event at which delegates will have the opportunity to further explore the speciality of their choice in the following series of workshops (CPD points to be awarded):

-       Project Team Sizing and Cost Forecasting using Norden-Rayleigh Curves

-       Awaiting Confirmation

-       Risk assessment – gut feel or hard cash

-       Can your supply chain estimate?

-       Communication Workshop

-       Using Enterprise Architecture to support and underpin strategic investment

For further information please contact Anne Fairless at Anne@acoste.org.uk. Please note 2nd November evening there is a conference dinner for all the registered delegates.

For Registration form please visit:

www.acoste.org/conference

It gives me pleasure to serve official Notice of the forthcoming ICEC Region 3 meeting, details of which are as follows:

• Date          :    Friday 26 August 2011
• Time         :    15h30 to 17h30
• Venue       :    Leisure Lodge Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya

In preparation for the meeting, attached please find the following attachments:

• Cover
• Index
• Agenda for ICEC Region 3 Meeting – dated 26.08.2011
• Attendance Register
• Minutes of ICEC Region 3 Meeting – dated 30.10.2010
• Reports – to follow
• Programme of Events

Please also be advised that the IQSK and AAK representatives and organisers of the Mombasa AAQS conference around that time have been informed that this ICEC meeting has been scheduled for the Friday afternoon and a general invitation to attend the ICEC meeting will be extended to their delegates as well.

I would also point out that there is a busy programme over the days preceding the ICEC Region 3 meeting, to which all ICEC representatives are invited. The programme is datiled in the attached Programme of Events.

The Research Management Board of International Project Management Association (www.ipma.ch) jointly with International Cost Engineering Councile, Region 2 (http://www.icoste.org/) and Slovenian Project Management Association (http://sl.zpm-si.com/) invites you to join this open collaborative research event, on  11th May 2011.

The purpose of this event is to present the status and trends from the field of project management profession. In the plenary part, experts from various professional backgrounds will present their views and visions. The event will conclude with an open discussion forum, where you can contribute your views and visions.
The event is open to all who are dealing with the challenges of project management profession, as researchers, developers, professionals, and users.
The event outputs will contribute to our future activities on the field of project management profession development.
Link for the event http://event.einovainstitut.eu/slovenia2011/

Link to the ZPM web site and ZPM Project Forum sounds: http://sl.zpm-si.com/forum-2011/

Link with more information ofthe ZPM Project Forum is: http://www.zpm-forum.si/

You are cordially invited!
Brane Semolic

Chairman of IPMA Research Management Board

President of ZPM Board of Experts
Andrej Kerin

Director of ICEC Region 2

President of ZPM