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C:\Users\Bert\Documents\My Websites\ASAQS\Weekend Property Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter Weekend 11 / 12 May 2013 Circulation : exceeds 4,500 subscribers Property and Construction related articles featured on the Internet during the past week brought to you by ASAQS. Editor: Bert van den Heever Click on the blue headline if you wish to read the full article on the Internet. Past issues of this newsletter can be found at http://www.asaqs.co.za/ CSCC request all QS firms to submit BBBEE scorecards The Construction Sector Charter Council (CSCC) has commissioned a baseline study into the status of BBBEE in the construction sector. This is required to assess the state of transformation and progress of the industry in implementing the gazetted sector code. This survey will provide the basis of the annual reports that must be submitted to the BB BEE Advisory Council, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Public works, as mandated by the conditions of gazette of the construction sector code. The ASAQS has been requested to make available the contact details of all members to the CSCC and all members are hereby urgently requested to email their 2009 to 2012 scorecards to [email protected] KZN CPD event to be held on 23 May from 14h30 Frans van der Walt will speak in Kwambonambi on Developments on the Cards in the uMhlathuze region The event will also be available to members in the rest of the world via CNN Webinar. To find out more click here. We welcome Log Aluminium as a sponsor of the ASAQS Log Aluminium (Pty) Ltd specializes in the manufacturing and installation of Aluminioum Doors, Windows and Sliding Windows and Doors. Marthinus (Marnus) Coetzee is currently the only director. Marnus gained his experience in the Aluminium Industry while working for Hulamin. Before venturing on his own he worked for Technal, a French Aluminium System, where he was a key player in growing the Technal brand into the South African Market. Some but not limited to the most prominent buildings specified by Marnus include: • Travenna Office Blocks (DTI Office Blocks, Meintjies Str, Pretoria) • FNB (Johannesburg) • Podium (Menlyn Pretoria) • Lebone School (Rustenburg) • Musanda (Pretoria) • Universal Church of God (Johannesburg) • Unisa Campus (Pretoria and Florida Johannesburg) The name Log is derived from the process used to make aluminium. The starting material for making aluminium extrusions is the aluminium log. To read more about this process and the company please feel free to visit their website www.logaluminium.co.za QS receives Order of the Baobab from the President of South Africa file:///C|/Users/Bert/Documents/My%20Websites/ASAQS/Weekend%20Property%20News/Past%20Issues/2013/110513.html[04-01-2015 19:24:55] Colin Wells Eglin received the Order of the Baobab in silver for serving the country with excellence and for his dedication and courage in standing up for the principles of equality for all South Africans against the unjust laws of the past. The order was awarded to him by President Zuma at the National Orders ceremony held on 27 April 2013. "Colin Eglin was born in Sea Point on 14 April 1925. He grew up in Pinelands, Cape Town, but moved at the age of nine to live with his Aunt, outside Hobhouse, Eastern Free State after his father died. Eglin attended the Hobhouse School where he was the only English–speaking learner. The tension between the supporters of D.F. Malan and those of Barry Hertzog in the mid-1930s was mirrored in his aunt’s home, and deeply affected him. Eglin left Orange Free State when he was in standard six and then attended the De Villiers Graaf High School in Villiersdorp where he matriculated in 1939 at the tender age of 14. Click here to read the full article. Netspot The Wonderful World Wide Web turns 20! Ever wondered what the world's first website looked like? It's just been recovered from electronic archives and re-activated so that today's Internet search engines like Google can see it, to celebrate 20 years of the World Wide Web. The European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Tuesday that they recreated the site that started it all. The first site was all about the technology itself and to help early users to know more about the new system and learn how to create their own websites. The recreated project will enable future generations to learn about the origin and importance of the Internet and to understand its impact on modern life, Dan Noyes, web manager of CERN, said. British physicist Tim Berners-Lee (he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 and is now Sir Tim), developed the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989 to help physicists to exchange information among themselves. Although the first website was launched in 1991, it was on April 30, 1993 when CERN made the WWW technology available on a royalty-free basis. Go check out the website (and the sum total of the World Wide Web 20 years ago!) by clicking on the link http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html Board meeting held 2 May 2013 A full board meeting took place at OR Tambo yesterday. During the meeting the presidential chain exchanged shoulders with the new President of the ASAQS, Mr Deon Vermeulen taking up the position that was so ably filled by Mr Qinisani Mbatha during the past year. After a year of flux followed by a year of consolidation under the capable leadership of Mr Larry Feinberg, the ASAQS is now in a position to deliver on it's promise to it's members. During the meeting I was privy to a healthy budget presented by Deon Vermeulen. The budget included exciting items on the expenditure side which will not only underpin us in our professional duties, but will also actively promote quantity surveying within South Africa as it has never been done before. More details about these exciting developments will be shared with members during the coming weeks. Bert van den Heever ASAQS Webmaster file:///C|/Users/Bert/Documents/My%20Websites/ASAQS/Weekend%20Property%20News/Past%20Issues/2013/110513.html[04-01-2015 19:24:55] ANNOUNCEMENT OF FORTHCOMING CONGRESSES / CONFERENCES In order to assist members to plan their diaries this year in terms of forthcoming congresses and conferences they may wish to attend, we publish the preliminary dates of some of these congresses for your attention : 17th PAQS Congress 18 - 21 May 2013 - Xi'an, China. Idea Conference 23 and 24 May 2013 Brooklyn Theatre, Greenlyn Village, Menlo Park, Pretoria The conference is aimed at all design professionals and architects in order to inspire exceptional design and to explore synergies across the different disciplines of design. Click here for more information IFSEC South Africa 18 - 20 June 2013 Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg Be one of the first to know what’s hot in the industry when you visit IFSEC South Africa 2013. The must-attend event for security professionals is back again. If you want access to the latest information, products and services, the opportunity to network with thousands of industry peers and a solid educational line-up - then register online now for IFSEC South Africa 2013. This year’s show is one of the most diverse and exciting yet. Register online today and save the date in your calendar. SACQSP Conference 2013 : Green Vision 2020 Cape Town, South Africa, 20 and 21 June 2013 Please be advised that delegates can now book online for this exciting conference taking place in Cape Town on the 20th and 21st of June 2013. Click here for more information about this conference Click here to book online Second announcement and call for papers The SACQSP 2013 Research Conference is being held in Cape Town 3rd week of June. The theme is the cost of going environmentally "green" and sustainability. This is a first call for papers and full details of the research conference and the requirements of the academic papers are detailed on the Council’s website under QS RESOURCES tab and then select RESEARCH CONFERENCE. Besides the CPD value, the emphasis of this year’s conference is to inform the Built Environment professional of the financial value of such environmental initiatives. The outcome of this conference is that you as a professional can give an informed opinion about such a strategic investments by your client. Members are encouraged to plan ahead and to support these conferences/congresses !! EMPLOYMENT CORNER EMPLOYMENT OFFERED Senior Quantity Surveyor Senior Quantity Surveyor, permanent position with global consulting company in Johannesburg with at least 10 years’ experience in major civils and with an affinity for commercial and claims aspects. Salary negotiable between R600,000 and R1,000,000 per annum depending upon experience. Browse to the Career Centre for more information. Quantity Surveyor The Somerset West office of Norval Wentzel Steinberg Quantity Surveyors has positions available for quantity surveyors with a BSc(QS) degree and minimum 2 years post graduate PQS experience. Browse to the Career Centre for more information. Quantity Surveyor Pentad Quantity Surveyors has positions available for young, vibrant, dedicated and loyal Quantity Surveyors. Browse to the Career Centre for more information. BS 18596- Junior Quantity Surveyor The successful candidate will be tasked with handling all QS functions of a large project and will be overseen and guided by a senior QS. Browse to the Career Centre for more information. Snr QS / Intermediate Must be registered PrQS. Salary negotiable depending on experience. 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