Detailed Programme

  • Fri, 23 July       
  • Sat, 24 July      
  • Sun, 25 July       
  • Mon, 26 July       
  • Tue, 27 July       
Friday, 23 July 2010
PAQS /ICEC Golf 2010
Venue: Sentosa Golf Club
27 Bukit Manis Road
Singapore 099892
Time Programme
11.00am Golf registration commences
11.30am Lunch
Fairway Room (level 3)   
12.30pm   Tee-off commences
6.30pm Dinner
Fairway Room (level 3)  Sentosa Golf Club
Note: Registration is still open, please visit the website for golf registration

YQSG Program
Time Programme
12:30pm - 2:00pm YQSG (Meet at Vivo entrance) Lunch & Introductions
2:00pm - 4:00pm Site Visite (Meet at URA entrance)
4:00pm YQSG Meeting
SISV
110 Middle Rd
#09-00
Chiat Hong Building
6:00pm Dinner (Meet at Stock Exchange Entrance)

 

Saturday, 24 July 2010
Time Programme Meeting Room
8.00am Registration
PISCES FOYER
(Level L1)
8.30am - 10:30am
  • PAQS Education & Accreditation Meeting
PISCES 3
(Level L1)
  • PAQS Research Meeting
PISCES 4
(Level L1)
11.00am - 5.30pm ICEC Board Meeting (for ICEC Board members only)
PISCES 3 & 4
(Level L1)
7.30pm - Welcome & ICEC Chairman's Dinner
  ONE ° 15 Marina Club, Sentosa Cove



YQSG Program
Time Programme
8:30am - 10:30am YQSG Breakout Discussion
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch (Meet at Vivo entrance)
2:00pm - 5:00pm YQSG - Site visit (Meet at URA entrance) &
sightseeing (Meet at Esplanade entrance)
5:00pm - 6:00pm YQSG Breakout Discussion
6:30pm Dinner (Meet at Vivo entrance)
 
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Time Programme Meeting Room
8.00am Registration
PISCES FOYER
(Level L1)
8.30am - 5:30pm   PAQS Board Meeting (for PAQS Board members)
PISCES 3 & 4 (Level L1)
7.30pm - President Dinner (by invitation only)
  IndoChine Waterfront Restaurant,
  Asian Civilisations Museum
 

 

 

 

Monday, 26 July 2010
Time Programme Meeting Room
8.00 am Registration
EAST 1 BALLROOM (Level B2)
8.30 am Arrival of Guests
EAST BALLROOM 1 (Level B2)
8.50 am Guests to be seated
9.00 am – 10.30 am

Welcome Speeches

Mr Goh Ngan Hong
President, Quantity Surveying Division Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers,

Mr Teoh Wooi Sin
Chairman, Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors

Mr Peter Cox
Chairman, International Cost Engineering Council World Congress

9:30 am

Opening Address

Dr Amy Khor
Guest-of-Honour
Mayor, South West District, Senior Parliamentary Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Water Resources & Deputy Government Whip Hong Kah GRC

9:45 am

Signing Ceremony

• Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Building & Construction Authority (BCA) and Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV)

From BCA: Mr Lam Siew Wah, Deputy CEO, BCA and Mr Wong Wai Ching, Deputy MD, BCA Academy

From SISV: Mr Goh Ngan Hong, President, QS Division, SISV and Mr Loi Hwee Yong, President, LS Division, SISV


• Signing of Reciprocity Agreement with Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) and Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV)

From CIQS: Mr Ian Duncan, Immediate Past President, CIQS

From SISV: Mr Goh Ngan Hong, President, QS Division, SISV

9:55 am Tour of Trade Exhibition
PISCES 3 & 4
(Level L1)
10:15 am - 11:00 am Coffee break
 

End of Opening Ceremony

11.00 am – 12.30 pm PLENARY SESSION 1
Chairperson : Florence Ling
EAST BALLROOM 1 (Level B2)
  11.00 am Keynote Paper 1
(Topic to be advised)
Mr Lam Siew Wah,
Building & Construction Authority (BCA)
11.30 am Keynote Paper 2
A Darker Shade of Green
Mr Ng Eng Kiong,
Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC)
12.00 pm Keynote Paper 3
Sustainability - The Role of the Construction Industry
Mr Seah Choo Meng,
Davis Langdon & Seah (DLS)
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch
VIRGO 1 - 3
(Level L1)
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm PARALLEL SESSION 1A
Chairperson : Peter Smith
VIRGO 4
(Level L1)
  2.00 pm A_SC_OTA
Some Tentative Proposals of Value Creation in Sustainable Construction based on Japanese Management
Koji Ota
2.15 pm A_SC_ANDO
Step Changes in Environmental Temperature and its Effect on the Realization of a Sustainable Society
Yuka Ando,Yoshihito Kurazumi and Tetsumi Horikoshi
2.30 pm A_SC_CAO
Evaluation of the Living Environment in University Dormitories: Analysis on the tendencies of room user’s evaluation in China and Japan
Zhixuan Cao, Kenta Fukagawa, Disaku Nishina
2.45 pm A_SC_KURA
Development of enhanced conduction-corrected modified effective temperature for the evaluation of the outdoor environment
Yoshihito Kurazumi, Emi Kondo, Tadahiro Tsuchikawa, Kenta Fukagawa, Yoshiaki Yamato, Kunihito Tobita, Hiroko Hase, Sooja Han, Tetsumi Horikoshi,Naoki Matsubara
3.00 pm P_KM_Hoeve
How DACE succeeded in publishing labour norms
Ko des Bouvrie
3.15 pm Question and Answer Session
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm PARALLEL SESSION 1B
Chairperson : Jasper Mbachu
EAST 1 BALLROOM
(Level B1)
  2.00 pm P_CC_BEN
Developing the CE/QS interface to improve project controls & drive project Performance.
Nicholas D. Bennett and John L. Maddalena
2.15 pm P_CC_CHE
The application of construction cost yardsticks for the planning and control of construction cost for public rental housing in Hong Kong
T.T. Cheung and Lawrence K.W.Chung
2.30 pm P_CC_PUN
ICEC standards: cost controller competence updates
Lionel Puntos, Cédric Boulade And Hugues Ainouz
2.45 pm P_CC_SUE
21st Cost Engineering Profession in China: Characteristics, Constraints and Challenges
James Y. Sue and Ma Guizhi
3.00 pm P_FM_KIH
Further required knowledge for QS at feasibility stage
Shoko Kihara
3.15 pm Question and Answer Session
3.30 pm – 4.00 pm Tea Break
PISCES 3 & 4
(Level L1)
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm Parallel Session 2A
Chairperson: Koji Ota
VIRGO 4
(Level L1)
  4.00 pm A_FM_KAM
Challenges in strategic facilities management: Pesteli analysis of the problems faced by institutional facilities managers
Myzatul Aishah Kamarazaly and Jasper Mbachu
4.15 pm A_FM_KIM
Analysis of LCC and facility management on educational facilities in Japan
Kenji Kimoto, Yuri Yoshizaki and Mayumi Saito
4.30 pm A_FM_SMI
Life cycle costs & housing affordability measurement
Peter Smith
4.45 pm A_FM_YAM
The influence of the extra space between the clothing and the human body on thermal insulation of clothing ensembles - Experimental study on woman’s clothes
Yoshiaki Yamato, Yoshihito Kurazumi, Kenta Fukagawa, Kunihito Tobita, Hiroko Hase, Sooja Han, Naoki Matsubara
5.00 pm A_FM_POW
Solving the problem of toxic property and construction loans – the case of Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency
Thomas Power
5.15 pm Question and Answer Session
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm Parallel Session 2B
Chairperson: Ellen Lau
  4.00 pm A_CC_ACH
Evaluation of elemental cost of selected building projects in Nigeria
Emmanuel Achuenu
EAST 1 BALLROOM
(Level L1)
4.15 pm A_CC_CHE
How prime are prime cost rates
Eric Cheng
4.30 pm A_CC_FRE
Toward a strategic framework for Australasian construction cost management organizations
Marcel Frei and Jasper Mbachu
4.45 pm G_CC_SON
Investment Control of Public Projects: A Case Study of the Three Gorges Dam Project
Zhenhua Song
5.00 pm A_CC_HAS
Fluctuation factors of construction price according to statistics of building starts: case study of condominiums in Tokyo
Shinichi Hashimoto, Takeshi Maruki and Takeshi Nakayama
5.15 pm Question and Answer Session
5.30 pm End of Session
7.00 pm - Specialty Dinner
  Red Dot Brewhouse, Dempsey Road


  1. This program is tentative and subject to change. Delegates are advised to check the website for updates.

  2. Speakers/presenters at parallel sessions:
    • For papers to be presented at parallel sessions, each speaker is given a maximum of 15 minutes to present.
    • Please prepare 15 Power-point slides for this.
    • Please bring the softcopy of your Power-point slides to the conference venue and upload the slides onto the computer at the break (tea break or lunch break) before your scheduled session.

  3. Chairperson of parallel sessions:
    • Chairpersons have been identified. If you are unable to chair the session, please inform the Conference Organizers immediately.
    • Please give a brief introduction of the presenter before each paper is presented.
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
8.00 am Registration
PISCES FOYER
(Level L1)
9.00 am – 10.30 am Parallel Session 3A
Chairperson: Emmanuel Achuenu
VIRGO 4
(Level L1)
  9.00 am P_KM_NAL
Systemic audit and substantive evaluation in the built environment
Alexia Nalewaik
9.15 am G_KM_WONG
Web-based document management systems in the construction industry
Wong, Yuan Chin Tzena
9.30 am A_KM_ABD
Subjective evaluation of a web-based decision support system for healthcare project cost appraisal
Alaa Abdou, John Lewis & Sameera Al Zarooni
9.45 am A_FM_HO
Probabilistic service life estimation of roofing systems
Paul H K Ho
10.00 am G_SC_XIN
Analysis of the Management Mode of Lue Yang Country Post-Disaster Reconstruction Projects
Shiyong Xing
10.15 am Question and Answer Session
9.00 am – 10.30 am Parallel Session 3B
Chairperson: Kenta Fukagawa
  9.00 am A_CL_LAU
A multi-disciplanary approach in reviewing preofessional codes of conducts
Ellen Lau
EAST 1 BALLROOM
(Level B2)
9.15 am A_CL_MUN
Adjudication: lessons learned from the United Kingdom, New South Wales
(Australia), New Zealand and Singapore
M.E. Che Munaaim
9.30 am A_CL_VER
Construction dispute resolution as seen by quantity surveyors and
construction managers
J.J.P. Verster,  M.S. Ramabodu and CH van Zyl
9.45 am P_CL_SEA
Partnering
Eugene Seah
10.15 am Question and Answer Session
 10.30 am – 11.00 am Tea Break
PISCES 3 &4
(Level L1)
 11.00 am – 12.20 pm Parallel Session 4A
Chairperson: Che Munaaim
EAST 1 BALLROOM
(Level B2)
  11.00 am A_CC_OOS
Maturity pillars of a quantity surveying company
PM Oosthuizen, FH Berry
11.15 am A_CC_RV
An evaluation of cost overruns in public sector projects: in the free state
province of South Africa
Ramabodu M.S. and Verster J.J.P
11.30 am A_CC_SAI
A new plant cost index in Japan –SAITO’s chemical engineering
Plant construction cost index, establishment and trend analysis
Yoshimi Saito
11.45 am A_CC_SC
Implementing value management as a decision-making tool in the design
stages of design and build construction projects: a methodology for improved
cost optimization
Saifulnizam M. and Coffey V.
12.00 pm Question and Answer Session
 11.00 am – 12.20 pm Parallel Session 4B
Chairperson: Thomas Power
VIRGO 4
(Level L1)
 

11.00 am

P_SC_HO
Costing of ‘green’ home initiatives in urban renewal projects
Daniel C.W.Ho

11.15 am

P_SC_TEOH
Constructing a zero energy building
Teoh Wooi Sin and Nancy Lim Yu Ying

11.30 am

P_SC_AMIN
Acid gas oxidizer:  a sustainable development & challenges
Aminudin Yahia & Norhasnizam A Hasan

11.45 am

A_SC_FUK
The effect of visual stimulus on thermal comfort – analysis of the visual factor
By experiment
Kenta Fukagawa, Yoshihito Kurazumi, Yoshiaki Yamato, Kunihito Tobita,
Hiroko Hase, Soonja Han, Hiroshi Oishi, Zhixuan Cao

12.00 pm

Question and Answer Session
12.20 pm –   2.00 pm Lunch
VIRGO 1 & 3
(Level L1)
2.00 pm –   3.30 pm PLENARY SESSION 2
Chairperson:Seah Kwee Yong
EAST1 BALLROOM
(Level B2)
 

2.00 pm

A_CC_MIL
Analysis of the cost performance of structural building frames in Australia
Anthony Mills

2.30 pm

P_KM_SATO
Use of BIM as a cost planning tool
Takayoshi Sato

3.00 pm

A_CC_YIN
Development of engineering cost advisory industry in China
Yin Yin Lin
3.30 pm –   4.00 pm Tea Break
PISCES 3 & 4
(Level B2)
4.00 pm –   5.30 pm CLOSING CEREMONY

EAST BALLROOM 1
(Level B2)
5.30 pm End of Session
7.00 pm – 10.30 pm Farewell Dinner
Resorts World Sentosa - Leo Room (Level - L1)
  1. This program is tentative and subject to change. Delegates are advised to check the website for updates.

  2. Speakers/presenters at parallel sessions:
    • For papers to be presented at parallel sessions, each speaker is given a maximum of 15 minutes to present.
    • Please prepare 15 Power-point slides for this.
    • Please bring the softcopy of your Power-point slides to the conference venue and upload the slides onto the computer at the break (tea break or lunch break) before your scheduled session.

  3. Chairperson of parallel sessions:
    • Chairpersons have been identified. If you are unable to chair the session, please inform the Conference Organizers immediately.
    • Please give a brief introduction of the presenter before each paper is presented.
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