Episode 10 - The Future of Quantity Surveying, ICMS, NRM & RICS feat. Alan Muse

Today we have invited Alan Muse, former Global Director of Built Environment at RICS, to discuss what the RICS has done for the profession in terms of developing standards and rules of measurements - ICMS, NRM. And to talk about Quantity Surveying and the Construction Industry, as Alan sees them, and has experienced them since the early 80’s. What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction: What was Quantity Surveying like in the early 80’s? Are the New Rules of Measurement outdated? What is ICMS? How ICMS can be a guide for data collection How we best educate the future Quantity Surveyors What the RICS can do for the future of Quantity Surveying 🎧 You can also listen to the podcast on your preferred platform: https://www.spreaker.com/user/1641778... We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn: Ross:   / ross-griffin-kosmos   Elia:   / eliaarquitectatecnica   Alan:   / alan-muse-5ba27b12   KOSMOS:   / kosmos-dk   Thanks for watching! - 00:00 Intro: The quantity surveying profession 01:44 Why quantity surveying appealed to Alan 02:41 How the QS profession has changed over decades 04:18 The Digital QS and future quantity surveying roles 07:23 Why data standardisation and analysis are now essential 08:51 Real-time cost and carbon advice from BIM 09:22 The QS opportunity in carbon counting 12:56 The QS as part of a wider project team 14:56 The shortage of quantity surveyors 16:42 How ICMS could add value to the market 18:11 Forming the ICMS coalition 20:22 Benchmarking construction costs worldwide 24:26 Where to download ICMS 24:37 Moving into NRM and national rules of measurement 27:17 Why the two systems do not work well together 29:19 The next progression for RICS standards 32:13 What does the Digital QS look like? 34:03 Universities and the evolution of QS education 37:59 Digital skills for QS job requirements 42:08 A paradigm shift in the profession