THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS

Code	:	2013067
Event Name	:	Is QS Doing QS Works in Mainland China?
CPD Code	:	Formal Events
Speaker	:	Sr Jacob Lam & Mr. Alex Cheng Jacob Lam, owner of NQS Ltd., working as a quantity surveyor for 29 years with professional experience in Hong Kong, London, Sydney, Macau and established NQS Ltd. since 1998 with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. He stationed and spent nearly 20 years in the Mainland and specialized in providing contractual claims services and project management to local and overseas clients for projects in China. He is also a training expert in China for various training programmes for institutional and corporate training for QS. He is a Fellow member of the HKIS, RICS, CIOB, CInstCES, a registered cost engineer of the PRC and a member of the Expert Team of CECA. Alex Cheng, studied in Surveying and HKU Student Representative of YSG Division in 2006 and started his career working as a quantity surveyor in NQS Ltd. mainland offices since 2007. He worked in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and located in Beijing headquarter since 2011. He is now Team Leader of the Civil Department of NQS Ltd. leading a team of 15 staff, involved in a number of projects in these mainland cities. He is a member of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (MCInstCES) since 2012.
Event Date	:	2013-09-10
Event Time	:	7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Registration Closing Date	:	2013-09-09
CPD Hour(s)	:	1.5
Venue	:	Surveyors Learning Centre, Room 120712/F, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Division	:	QSD
Fee	:	HK$120 for members; HK$150 for non-members (HK$20 walk-in surcharge on all prices listed); Free of charge for full time University students (subject to availability)
Priority	:	QSD Members; First-come-first-served
Language	:	Cantonese
Details	:	Do you think when you are doing well a quantity surveyor in HK or elsewhere in the English system region, then you can be a good QS working in China? Do you know the real practice a quantity surveyor is doing for the clients in China and for the projects in China? When you think the market is vast in the Mainland, why you still hesitate to move? When you decide to move, what should be ready and what QS procedures and skills you have to know? Or you just think that a HKIS or RICS qualification means and applies to everything? In this CPD, the speakers are going to share with you the difference as a QS practise and what method and tools that we use for daily procedure and process as a QS. As a boss of a QS firm and the leading QS in the company, the speakers shall share the CPD in 2 parts: Jacob Lam on a macro and corporate view and Alex Cheng on a practical view, in order to satisfy your various tastes. Costing system and computerization in the QS process are to be highlighted in the event. The speakers like sharing with you and challenges from you in the CPD and wish you will come and enjoy an evening.
Remarks	:	Notes
Payment	:	HKD 120
Face-to-Face/Zoom	:	Please refer to the remarks

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