Webinar: Enabling the Modern Quantity Surveyor (Recording Option)

Join our panel of Quantity Surveying Professionals as they engage in a wide-ranging conversation about what it takes to survive and thrive in the present-day QS profession.

Rapid technological changes have impacted the work of the QS, and our panellists will consider how these changes can best be utilised by both emerging Quantity Surveyors and those who are already established within the profession.

Topics of discussion will include:

• Suggested data-related tools that QS Professionals can leverage in their work
• The extent to which QS professionals should familiarise themselves with BIM
• The current and predicted future needs of developers and clients
• Competitive edge vs transparency of data and digital solutions with regard to the betterment of the profession

About the speakers:

Amanda Ng MAIQS, CQS (Moderator)

Amanda is the Head of Cost Control at Frasers Property for their mega mixed-use project, One Bangkok. She drives and implements the Cost & Commercial (QS) strategy, policies, and procedures and collaborates with internal teams and stakeholders to ensure successful completion of the project. She is the current President of the AIQS International Chapter Region 1, and Chairwoman of the AQST Management Committee.

Seth Leong MAIQS, CQS

Seth is the Managing Director of Mentabuild (formerly Arcadis Thailand) - a market leading construction consultancy firm established in 1984, providing Construction Cost & Commercial Management (Quantity Surveying), Project & Construction Management and Environmental Advisory Services with 130+ staff and a portfolio of over 1,000 projects.

Anni Zhou NZIQS (Affil.), MNZIOB

Anni is currently working for Omexom - Vinci Energies, a global leader in the energy infrastructure sector. With a goal to narrow the gap between Designer and Estimator, her new role is Design Estimator.

Anni is constantly applying alternative digital solution from a QS perspective on real projects and experimenting with new software. She was the National Winner of New Zealand Institute of Building Next Awards 2023, and was a Building Research Association of New Zealand scholarship recipient. Her research topic is ‘Digital approach to track embodied carbon through life cycle assessment.’

Cody Bui MAIQS

Cody is a Software Engineer (and formerly a Quantity Surveyor) at Altus Group in Sydney, where he is part of the digitalisation team working to enhance cost management services. With a growing interest in data-driven decision-making and automation, Cody is expanding his skill set in Data Analytics and Data Infrastructure specific to Construction Project Cost Management.

In June 2021, Cody contributed a paper to the AIQS Built Environment Economist, which delved into the potential applications of Machine Learning in quantity surveying and highlighted the critical need for clean and structured databases to fully harness the capabilities of advanced analytics in this field.

About the webinar:

Cost: $38.00 (incl. GST) AIQS Members // $50.00 (incl. GST) Non-Members
CPD: 1 point

Please register below for the recording.

This recording will expire on the 16th of July 2025

The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenters(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of AIQS.