Code : 2023011
Event Name : [Hybrid] The Innovative Era of Quantity Surveying
CPD Code : Formal Events
Speaker : Sr Dr. Peter Ng

Peter is the Chairman and Founder of Beria Consultants Limited. He has over 40 years of experience in the construction industry and is particularly proficient at handling costing, quantity surveying, project management and assessment of claims. He has extensive experience working with contractors, Consultants and Public Transport Corporations. In this few years, he is interested in exploring the new technology applying in the costing management & quantity surveying. He is also a CIC-Certified BIM Manager and has obtained the HKIS QS Award of Excellence in 2022.
Event Date : 2023-03-29
Event Time : 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Registration Closing Date : 2023-03-29
CPD Hour(s) : 1.5
Divisional PQSL Hour(s) : 1.5
Venue : 1) Surveyors Learning Centre, Room 1207, 12/F, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (subject to the prevailing COVID-19 precautionary measures) 2) By online media - ZOOM
Division : QSD
Organizer : The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (Quantity Surveying Division) and Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers
Fee : HK$150 for HKIS and HKICM members; HK$210 for non-members
Priority : HKIS and HKICM members; first-come-first-served
Language : Cantonese supplemented by English
Details :

Owing to the shortage of quantity surveyors, the industry needs to enhance the efficiency of quantity surveying works. Therefore, applying the new technology onto the QS’s works is critical for tasks completed in a more effective manner.  It is the new era for our young QS talents in exploring and applying the new tech in costing, estimating, measurement and contracting. In fact, it is a door of opportunity for the QS to further develop in our professional.  The speaker will share with his experience in applying the BIM, 5D, internet, IOT, data management, AI and cloud computing. Cases are also shared and the talk is aimed at to trigger our thinking with the new mindset in the QS professional.

Remarks :

***Registration priority for the free seats will be given to QSD full-time degree student members. Please send an email stating the programme you are studying, with a soft copy of your University Student ID card to HKIS Secretariat ([email protected]) for verification.

*For Face-to-Face: Special arrangements under COVID-19 Pandemic*:

  • Prior online registration is required. Walk-in registration will not be entertained.
  • Limited number of seats with social distancing is available at the Surveyors Learning Centre.
  • Participants will be denied entry to the Surveyors Learning Centre if they have been in direct contact with someone who has been tested positive for COVID-19, or have any symptoms of COVID-19 (including but not limited to fever, cough, shortness of breath, breathing difficulty, sudden loss of taste or smell and/or sore throat) in the last 14 days, or have been confirmed with COVID-19 or medical surveillance arrangements of the HKSAR Department of Health.
  • Eating and drinking is not allowed at the Surveyors Learning Centre.

*For ZOOM: The event will be conducted online via ZOOM. Upon successful registration, the ZOOM link for joining the CPD event will be available in the CPD/PQSL profile under the "Member Area" of the HKIS website.

On-line registration is not applicable for non-HKIS members. To register, please complete the CPD registration form (https://www.hkis.org.hk/en/pdf/Standard_Reservation_Form2020.pdf) and return with payment to the HKIS Secretariat.

Please install the Zoom Application in advance at https://www.zoom.us/download.

  • For Mobile phones, iPads & Android, install the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app from App Store or Play Store.
  • For PC and Mac, download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings.

*For ZOOM: The event will be conducted online via ZOOM. Upon successful registration, the ZOOM link for joining the CPD event will be available in the CPD/PQSL profile under the "Member Area" of the HKIS website.

Please install the Zoom Application in advance at https://www.zoom.us/download.

  • For Mobile phones, iPads & Android, install the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app from App Store or Play Store.
  • For PC and Mac, download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings.
Payment : HKD 150
Face-to-Face/Zoom :