 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOCCER
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|  Now that we are well into the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, it leaves us time to reflect on how things have gone so far. One major development is that our Bafana Bafana team will sadly not progress further into the last 16 and that they will take no further part in the tournament. To some this is a great disappointment, to others a realisation that perhaps our expectations of our team's potential of greater success were unrealistically high. To others there is a feeling of national pride in terms of their achievements in the knowledge that the Bafana Bafana team acquitted themselves extremely well under the circumstances. Given their far higher ranked opposition in terms of world standings, it cannot be denied that the Bafana Bafana team did themselves and our country proud !! Thank you to them for that.
We as a country now have to come to grips with the fact that our own team will take no further part in the tournament, and move on. We are the hosts of a great spectacle and event and we all need to take responsibility to make our foreign guests welcome, to make them feel comfortable and to help them have a good time in our country - with or without Bafana Bafana playing. To view a lighthearted summary of what should really matter to us, please click here. (1,1Mb PPS file)
In terms of the ASAQS office operations during this time, we wish to confirm that the ASAQS will remain fully operational over this period. Certain staff members will be absent at certain times (on approved leave) whilst they enjoy watching certain matches live, but the offices will generally be open for normal business over this entire period.
We would like to point out the very useful and informative "Marca 2010 Soccer Calendar" added as a direct link below. This is a really fantastic interactive calendar where at a click of a button, you will be able to check the progress of your favourite team, where and when matches are played, scores of past matches, all the matches played at the respective stadiums and the respective log positions which are updated on a daily basis. Really very useful and informative – try it, you will be amazed and suitably impressed !!
It is Ayoba !!
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We have collected a couple of useful links for you: The Fιdιration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) website
The Marca 2010 soccer calendar
Kick it and Qlik it - the Qlikview football fan app with stats, maps and more
Sport24 World Cup news
Park and ride tickets can be purchased at Ticketbreak or Computicket
Get all the World Cup fixtures for your Outlook Calendar | |
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DETAILS OF FIRMS UPDATED | |
| We have recently updated the firms in our Search-facility that can be found at the top of this page or in the search area of the website. Use the drop-down that follows "Looking for a QS?" to select the correct province and browse to find your firm. Then make sure that the details that appear for your firm on the web are correct. If not, send the correct details to Membership at ASAQS and we will correct your information as soon as possible. | |
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CONSTRUCTION CETA CHAIRPERSON RESIGNS | |
| We were saddened to have been advised this week that the Chairperson of CETA, Mr GAVIN STRYDOM, has resigned as Chairperson of CETA with immediate effect. To view the letter of advice from the MBSA to the CETA Chief Executive Officer, Mr P Maoko, please click here.
It should also be noted that the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Minister Blade Nzimande, had earlier written to CETA, expressing his "intention to exercise [his] powers in terms of section 15(1) of the Skills Development Act to appoint an Administrator to function on behalf of the CETA as there is sufficient evidence that the CETA has failed to perform its functions in terms of section 10 of the Act and the constitution."
The Minister had given the CETA Chairperson 14 days to respond to his intention to do so (as from 3 June 2010).
In response to this statement from the Minister, the ASAQS addressed a formal letter of support (dated 8 June 2010) to the former Chairperson of CETA and declared its full support of the intention for CETA "to be placed under administration". This position was taken by the ASAQS in the hope and belief that such action may assist to unlock the full potential of CETA to effectively serve the training needs of the construction sector.The ASAQS also pledged to support and fully collaborate with the appointed administrator, when appointed. To view a copy of this letter from the ASAQS to the CETA Chairperson, please click here.
So sadly all is currently not well in the corridors of the CETA organisation. We will keep you posted of developments as they unfold. | |
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NEWS FROM OUR SPONSORS | |
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NEW MEMBER OF STAFF APPOINTED | |
|  We are pleased to announce the appointment of a new member of staff to the ASAQS office with effect from 1 July 2010.
The appointment of Mr VUSI MTIMKULU seeks to fill the EduTech Centre position at the offices of the ASAQS and to add further much needed technical expertise to better serve our members. We welcome Vusi to our team and look forward to incorporating him into the daily activities of the ASAQS. Although the appointment is a permanent position, his activities in the offices will be restricted to four days a week, to enable him to continue with some private interests on the fifth day (probably on Fridays).
Vusi is a professionally registered Quantity Surveyor who achieved his professional status with the SACQSP during November 2009.
To view a copy of his CV, please click here.
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URGENT NOTICE : JBCC CONTRACT PRICE ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS | |
| Members are urgently advised that it has been established that there is an error in the definitions of the "Base Month (Xo)" and "Valuation Month (Xe)" as incorporated in the "CPAP Indices Application Manual" published by the JBCC during May 2005 (Code 2118). What is contained in this publication is only partially correct and this has no doubt resulted in confusion within the profession in terms of which applicable month index is to be used when calculating the applicable escalations.
In a nutshell, the definitions of the "Base Month (Xo)" and "Valuation Month (Xe)" should both the "month-end to month-end". In terms of the JBCC Manual dated May 2005, the "Valuation Month" was incorrectly defined as "mid-month to mid-month", which is NOT correct. This has been confirmed to be the case by the JBCC offices. So both definitions should read "month-end to month-end".
This clarification is also in line with the earlier notice issued by the Department of Statistics (form P0151) issued way back in 2008. To view this notice, please click here. This clarification is also in line with the earlier notice issued by the Department of Statistics (form P0151) issued way back in 2008. To view this notice, please (click here).
The ASAQS office has been advised that the JBCC Manual dated May 2005 will soon be updated and a new edition will be published and made available to the industry with this correction made. As soon as we have receipt of the revised and exact wording of the correction from the JBCC office, this will be made available at earliest convenience.
We regret any confusion and inconvenience caused as a result of this oversight. | |
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONFERENCE 2012 WELL UNDER WAY | |
|  As has already been widely advertised, the ASAQS was granted the privilege to host the ICEC World Congress 2012 in Durban. The conference will be held at the ICC Durban from around 23 to 26 June 2012 and arrangements are already underway to prepare for this important event on the ASAQS calendar. This congress will be hosted by the ASAQS and assisted by the Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS).
Developments to date include the finalisation of the following: - A Conference Organising Committee has been formed and will comprise of the following persons :
- Professor Rob Pearl (Convenor)
- Professor Basie Verster
- Mr Len Harris
- Mr Egon Wortmann
- A firm of professional conference organisers, Turners Conferences (from Durban), has been appointed to assist with the arrangements.
- Preparations are underway for the ASAQS to present an effective marketing exercise at the ICEC World Congress 2010 in Singapore from 23 to 27 July 2010 to publicise the congress in South Africa.
- All booking arrangements with the ICC Durban have been confirmed, as well as the official support of the City of Durban.
- A dedicated conference website is in development and may soon be viewed on www.icec2012.org.za
- A dedicated e-mail address has also been finalised for any further queries info@icec2012.org.za
Further announcements will follow in due course as further exciting developments unfold. Watch this space !! | |
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STUDENT SUPPORT PACK 2010 | |
| The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) is pleased to have been afforded the opportunity to participate in an initiative to offer all first-year students studying Quantity Surveying programmes in all the tertiary institutions in South Africa (whether accredited or not) a "Student Support Pack" free of charge. These packs contained a number of interesting documents and brochures for their information and study support. This is a joint initiative with the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) and included a total of around 1500 such packs.
Click here to read more | |
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SURVEY CONDUCTED ON PERCEIVED SHORTCOMINGS... | |
| OF GRADUATE QUANTITY SURVEYORS A survey is being undertaken to gauge the perceived shortcomings of graduate Quantity Surveyors. Member practices are invited to make comment and to express their views in this regard and to fill in the attached questionnaires for University, as well as University of Technology, graduates in your office.
Please submit the information back to the Executive Director of the ASAQS, Mr Egon Wortmann, by e-mail to director@asaqs.co.za . Alternatively it can be faxed to (011) 315 3785 or posted to the ASAQS, P.O. Box 3527, Halfway House, 1685. To download the questionnaire in Excel format right-click here and save it to your computer (suitable for completing and returning by e-mail) To download the questionnaire in PDF format click here (suitable for completing and returning by fax or post) | |
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ASAQS SALARY SURVEY 2010 | |
| An annual survey of salaried staff is conducted amongst firms in order to determine the hourly rate for principals, partners, members of close corporations and directors. As such principals are not necessarily allocated a salary, different categories of salaried personnel are used as a basis, with a factor added in order to arrive at an hourly rate.
Please be assured that only the Executive Director of the Association of SA Quantity Surveyors has access to the individual returns, thus absolute confidentiality is assured.
As soon as feedback is returned from the firms, this information is handed over to a firm of statistical analysts who are commissioned to capture the information and compute the results to finally arrive at an hourly rate. Clearly the better the response from the firms, the more reliable and representative the results will become. A special appeal is therefore made to all member firms to please assist the Association with this important survey by setting aside a little time to complete the questionnaire and returning same (preferably in electronic format) to the offices of the Association. Although the original deadline date was set for Friday 28 May 2010, late submissions will still be gratefully received.
Please submit the information back to the Executive Director of the ASAQS, Mr Egon Wortmann, by e-mail to director@asaqs.co.za. Alternatively it can be faxed to (011) 315 3785 or posted to the ASAQS, P.O. Box 3527, Halfway House, 1685 - Alternatively it can also be submitted electronically via the ASAQS website (www.asaqs.co.za) by clicking here.
Finally it should be noted that the results of this survey will only be made available to the respondent firms of this survey in a format that will ensure absolute confidentiality. The information will NOT be made freely available to everyone on the ASAQS website. Your co-operation and assistance is greatly appreciated. | |
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INVITATION TO ASOCSA CONFERENCE 2010 | |
| Members as invited to the Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa (ASOCSA) Conference 2010 during July 2010, details of which are as follows:
Date : 18 to 20 July 2010
Venue : Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel, Durban, KZN
This 5th Built Environment conference provides an international forum for researchers and practitioners from developed, developing and underdeveloped nations to address fundamental problems and constraints that affect the Built Environment.
To view further details of this event, please click here (1Mb PDF file). | |
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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE SACQSP CONFERENCE | |
| OCTOBER 14 & 15TH 2010, EAST LONDON "THE P8 SUMMIT"
(Procurement, Process, Problems, People, Property, Position, Professionalism and Price)
The SACQSP invite interested parties to submit papers for the Quantity Surveying Conference to be held in East London on the 14th and 15th October 2010.
Please note that the invitation to this conference is extended beyond the quantity surveying profession and departments of the academic institutions and therefore refers to the Built Environment as a whole.
Please click here to read more and to download the call for papers and registration form. | |
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RECOMMENDED HOURLY RATES 2010 FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR | |
| Members are advised that the Fees Committee has completed its analysis of the proposed Hourly Rates 2010 to be charged on a time basis by Quantity Surveyors (for the private sector). Please click here to read more. | |
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RECOMMENDED STUDENT SALARIES 2010 | |
| We are pleased to advise that we have now finally reached consensus on the Recommended Student Salaries for 2010, as recommended by the Gauteng Chapter and approved by the ASAQS.
Please click here to read more. | |
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INVITATION TO ATTEND THE ICEC & PAQS WORLD CONGRESS 2010 | |
| An invitation has been extended by Dr Peter Smith, ICEC Secretary-General, to attend the above Congress. Please click here to read more about this exciting congress. | |
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FULL RANGE OF PROCSA CLIENT/CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT | |
| .... AVAILABLE FROM ASAQS OFFICES
We are pleased to announce that the update of the latest PROCSA Client/Consultant Services Agreement has been released by the PROCSA committee and these are now readily available from the offices of the ASAQS.
In essence the agreement for each specific profession is made up of two parts:
Terms and Conditions (generic to all professions)
Annexures A & B (specific to respective professions)
Matrix (overview of all professions)
Please click here to read more. | |
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| We have archived all news stories from 2008 and 2009 in the News Section. You can also glance back at more recent news by following the links at the bottom of this page. | |
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WHERE TO PURCHASE YOUR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ? | |
| Following on numerous enquiries from members as to where they can purchase the various and different forms of contract, we have prepared the following easy-to-read schedule that will assist in this regard. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS | AVAILABLE FROM | CONTACT DETAILS | JBCC CONTRACTS | ASAQS | 011 315 4140 | PROCSA CLIENT/CONSULTANT AGREEMENTS
(entire suite of documents) | ASAQS | 011 315 4140 | NEC (New Engineering Contract) | SAICE | 011 805 5947/8 | FIDIC | CESA | 011 463 2022 | GCC (General Conditions of Contract - Civil) | SAICE | 011 805 5947/8 |
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This schedule can also be downloaded in PDF-format by clicking here. | |
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF FORTHCOMING CONGRESSES | |
| In order to assist members to plan their diaries this year in terms of forthcoming congresses and conferences they may wish to attend, attached the preliminary dates of some of these congresses for your attention (more details to follow): Tender Evaluation Seminars
27 May 2010 – Westridge, Durban ASOCSA Conference 2010
18 to 20 July 2010 – Southern Sun Elangeni, Durban ICEC World Congress 2010
23 to 27 July 2010 – Singapore
Please click here to register Green Building Council Convention & Exhibition 2010
20 to 23 September 2010 – CTICC, Cape Town ASAQS/AAQS Conference 2010
28 to 29 October 2010
Cape Town (further details to be advised) ICEC World Congress 2012
23 to 26 June 2012 – Durban, South Africa Members are encouraged to plan ahead and to support these conferences/congresses !! | |
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The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors
Postal address:
P.O. Box 3527
Halfway House 1685
Physical address:
Suite G6, Building 27
Thornhill Office Park
Bekker Road,
Vorna Valley Ext 21,
MIDRAND
Contact details:
Telephone : 011-3154140
Fax : 011-3153785
E-mail : association@asaqs.co.za
Office hours:
08h00 to 17h00
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