8th ICEC World Congress, Durban, South Africa

 www.icec2012.org.za

The ICEC Council meeting will be held in conjunction with the ICEC 8th World Congress being held from 23-27 June 2012 at the same venue in Durban, South Africa. Further details including the preliminary program can be obtained from the Congress website at: www.icec2012.org.za

Click below for more details about the meeting and a proforma for ICEC member association reports.

It is very important that all ICEC members be represented in the ICEC Council meeting. The full Council meets only once every two years and it is at this meeting that major decisions are made for the coming two year period. The agenda for the meeting will include written reports from member associations. It would be greatly appreciated if member associations could email their reports to the ICEC Secretariat (secretariat@icoste.org) by 31 May 2011 so that they can be included in the formal Agenda Book. Click the following to download a copy of the template for ICEC Member Association Reports. Report of ICEC Member Association

Any proposals for meeting agenda items should be emailed to the ICEC Secretariat by the 2 March 2012 (secretariat@icoste.org) with appropriate supporting documentation and justification.

ICEC RoundUp Newsletter – March 2012

ICEC member societies are located in more than 40 countries, and have chapters or sections in many additional countries. Through these chapters and sections, ICEC has access to more than 120,000 cost engineers and project managers in over 120 different nations. Regular ICEC meetings are attended by delegates of the member societies where subjects of common interests are exchanged and discussed. Each member society has one vote on the Council.

Major objectives of ICEC

1. To encourage, promote, and advance the sciences and arts of cost engineering, quantity surveying, and project management for the public good, worldwide;
2. To coordinate and sponsor International Cost Engineering, Quantity Surveying and Project Management Congresses (on a worldwide scale);
3. To coordinate and sponsor International Cost Engineering, Quantity Surveying and Project Management Symposia (on a continental scale);
4. To encourage cost engineers, quantity surveyors and project managers in countries where no formal association or organization exists to form a group with objectives compatible with those of ICEC and its members;
5. To participate in international events related to the practice of cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management sponsored by governmental and private organizations, national or international, whether members of ICEC or not, provided that these events are in keeping with the objectives of ICEC;
6. To further the study of cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management problems of worldwide or multinational character; and
7. To encourage the development of professional certification programs in cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management.

Our international network
ICEC is a worldwide confederation of cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management societies which acts to promote worldwide exchange of cost engineering and project management information and experiences.

ICEC is divided geographically into regions to encourage communication and to foster joint congresses, symposia, and forums on a continental or regional scale. The Regions are:

* Region 1 North and South America;
* Region 2 Europe and the Near East;
* Region 3 Africa; and
* Region 4 Asia Pacific.

A Region Director is appointed to oversee ICEC’s activities within each region.

Through our regional structure, and as a organisation as a whole, ICEC endeavours to:

* Encourage the conduct of regional and worldwide congresses, meetings, forums, and seminars;
* Promote co-operative research and technical activities among the member societies;
* Promote development of standards for accreditation and recognition of cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management certification programs offered by the member societies;
* Encourage national and international networking among the members of all ICEC societies within the regions and worldwide; and
* Develop international standards for terminology in cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management.

ICEC Publications and Services
You are welcome to have a browse of the ICEC newsletter Roundup News. Roundup includes news and reports about ICEC’s activities and from our member associations as well as technical papers of interest to our members. If you are interested in submitting an article or paper for Roundup News please contact the ICEC Secretariat.

Individual ICEC member associations publish magazines and journals in their various languages and exchange their magazines and other publications with all ICEC member societies. Member societies also extend to members of another society who are on temporary assignment in their nation courtesy membership privileges for a period of up to one year. Member societies also extend the courtesy of discounted registration fees to members of another ICEC society who attends a congress, meeting, forum or other event sponsored by them. More information regarding the benefits and obligations of ICEC membership is available on our web site.

ICEC Officeholders

ICEC officeholders are members of an ICEC member association and are elected for a two year period. The term of the current officers is from 2010-12. Click here for more information.

The Secretary-General of the International Cost Engineering Council is Dr Peter Smith FAIQS. He can be contacted at:

c/ The International Cost Engineering Secretariat
PO Box 301
Deakin West ACT 2600
Email: peter.smith@icoste.org

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Murtala Oladapo Chair Nigeria	Carstren Wredstrom Senior Vice-Chair Denmark	Dr Peter Smith Secretary-General Australia
Alexia Nalewaik Admn. Vice-Chair United States	TT Cheung Admin. Vice-Chair Hong Kong	Adesh Jain Tech. Vice-Chair India

• Peter Cox, Past Chair, Australia
• Angelo do Valle, Director Region 1, Brazil
• Chris Kinney, Assistant Secretary Region 1, United States of America
• Andre Kerin, Director Region 2, Slovenia
• Alec Ray, Assistant Director Region 2, United Kingdom
• Rob van Hoeve, Assistant Secretary Region 2, Netherlands
• Kwado H Osei-Asante, Director Region 3, Ghana
• Egon Wortman, Assistant Secretary Region 3, Republic of South Africa
• Teo Wooi Sin, Director Region 4, Singapore
• HH Kwan, Assistant Secretary Region 4, Malaysia
• Roger Batten, Chair, Advisory Committee, United Kingdom

The DACE Price Booklet provides cost data for capital projects in the process
industry.

DACE is considering to publish their unique, specific and up-to-date cost
information on internet in partnership with Sdu Uitgevers (publisher).

To get a clear view on your needs and
wishes, we would very much appreciate if you would be so kind to take part in a
questionnaire.

Your participation will help us to make crucial decisions for our website.

The questionnaire will take about 5 to
10 minutes to complete.

The information provided will be analyzed with other results and will be used
to draw conclusions.

Your identity will be kept anonymous and will not be disclosed.

• The questionnaire can be found here

DACE is a member of ICEC (International
Cost Engineering Counsel).

If you like to take a look at the
unique, specific up-to-date cost information of the latest ‘DACE Prijzenboekje
(Price booklet), please visit: ‘example prijzenboekje’

In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Sdu Uitgevers

Attn. Mr. Sven Spekking

Hanzestraat 1

7006 RH Doetinchem

The Netherlands

E-mail: s.spekking@sdu.nl

Telephone: +31 314 349714

Link to DACE (Dutch): http://www.dace.nl

Link to Sdu (English): http://www.sdu.nl/en

• The questionnaire can be found here