FIG Commission 10 - Construction Economics and Management

Term 2019-2022

Highlights Commission Chair

Primarily, Commission 10 has used the revised and updated publication of ICMS (Third Edition) to develop the work of FIG in this discipline worldwide, through a connected network of stakeholder bodies, governments and practitioners.

Mr. Alan G. Muse

Together with my two vice-chairs, ICMS has been disseminated worldwide including extensive conference events with the European Commission, other ICMS coalition members, universities throughout the world, , the Department for Transport in the UK, the National Audit Office in the UK, Infrastructure Ontario in Canada, Infrastructure Australia, the UAE and Omani government’s, the International Airline Transport Association and various global professional consultancies.

FIG is a member of the ICMS coalition and part of the agreed role of Commission 10 is to disseminate and advocate the use of ICMS (now incorporating carbon emissions reporting) with FIG stakeholders worldwide. As a global surveying body operating in the construction and infrastructure sector, FIG can be an important catalyst in promoting the use of ICMS with NGO’s, governments and end users, as well as the profession. Greater use of these standards will allow more consistent and standardized global construction cost reporting and the ability to collect and share data in a standardized form.

There is also much collateral developing for ICMS which we would encourage FIG to promote. This includes a User Guide, mapping to national, granular, cost measurement standards, examples of ICMS in use and standard Excel templates.

Through these efforts, ICMS continues to achieve good adoption worldwide and now promises to connect to the UN sustainability goals as carbon metrics have been added to the standards.

Work Plan

Mission Statement

The mission of Commission 10 is:
  • The promotion of the practice of QS/CM/CE and PM/CM globally.
  • The promotion of “best practice” for QS/CM/CE and PM/CM globally.
  • The promotion of dialogue between member organizations engaged in QS/CM/CE, and PM/CM.
  • Fostering of research appropriate to the better understanding of project and cost management practice around the world.
  • The promotion of cooperation among FIG Members organisations involving QS/CM/CE and PM/CM for their mutual well-being and that of their individual members.
  • The advancement of QS/CM/CE, PM/CM, by education and research and continuing professional development
  • To secure uniformity in education, standards and methodology by QS/CM/CE, PM/CM throughout the world
  • To facilitate and assist in development of formal education framework and competencies in the profession of QS/CM/CE or PM/CM among member organisations that may not have a formal education or professional development in QS/CM/CE or PM/CM
  • To achieve the above mission objectives, FIG Commission 10 will collaborate with other international or regional organisations such as RICS, ICEC, PAQS, CEEC, AAQS, PMI and other similar organisations and promote the use of international standards such as ICMS (www.icms-coalition.org).

General

This work plan covers the development of the profession of QS/CM/CE and PM/CM and framework for best practices and standards. Commission 10 intends to leverage on FIG’s network of members organisations to promote the profession of QS/CM/CE and PM/CM which are either non-existent or lacking in many countries especially the under-developed and developing countries. There are also developed countries that do not the profession of QS/CM/CE or PM/CM. Specific activities aimed at these countries include development of standards, such as ICMS, to appropriate Continuing Professional Development programmes.
 
 

Work Plan

 
     
Key Documents

 

Publications

Working Groups

Working Group 10.1 – International Construction Measurement Standards

Policy Issues

Following initial publication in 2017, the second edition of ICMS, incorporating life cycle costs, will be published in 2019. This is a seminal moment for the profession and the standards require wide professional support to encourage their worldwide adoption. The standards can be used through the project life cycle from benchmarking, cost prediction, procurement and facilities management.

Chair

Alan Muse, United Kingdom
amuse[at]rics.org

 

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Working Group 10.2 – Digital Construction

Policy issues

Technology is advancing rapidly in construction. As well as the efficiencies and potential greater integration of design, cost and operational information using BIM, blockchain and artificial intelligence offer opportunities in data analysis and manipulation, payment transactions and information exchange processes.

Professions in construction need to engage with the technologists to both improve the technology solution and ensure key workflow processes are maintained.

Chair

Mercy T. Iyortyer

 

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