Comité Européen des Economistes de la Construction European Committee of Construction Economists

1. Comité Européen des Economistes de la ConstructionEuropean Committee of Construction Economists Europäisches Komitee der Bauökonom/innen El Comité Europeo de Economistas de la Construcción

2. Gerry O’Sullivan - President CEEC • Michael Sullivan - Vice Chair RICS QS & Construction Faculty

3. Current Membership Representative Forum for European National Institutions for Construction Economics Professionals. • Belgium Union Belge des Quantity Surveyors • Denmark Danish Association of Construction Economists • Finland Association of construction economists Finland RAKI • France Union Nationale des Economists de la Construction et Coordonnateurs UNTEC • Ireland The Society of Chartered Surveyors • Holland Nederlandse Vereniging Van Bouwkostendeskundigen NVBK • Spain Consejo General de la Arquiectura Tecnica de Espana CGATE • Switzerland Swiss Professional Association for Construction Economists • UK The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

4. Objectives • Promote the construction economist and the service they provide • Represent the interests to EU Institutions and other bodied • Promote education, training and qualification standards • Establish common Professional Codes of Practice

5. Construction Economics What we do as a profession • Prepare construction and development budgets • Project manage • Cost Plan and Value Engineer • Advise on procurement and contract choices • Estimate • Cost Control Projects and negotiate Final Accounts • Advise on disputes, Capital Tax Allowances, Life Cycle Costs, Costs in Use • Advise on construction inflation and the market

6. Typical national and european standards • BCIS Standard Form of Cost Analysis • Die Elementkostengliederung EKG (SN506 502) • DIN 276 Kosten im Hochbau • ÖNORM B 1801-1 Kosten im Hoch und Tiefbau • UNTEC • SfB Table 1 • CEEC Concordance Dokument • Uniclass Tabelle G (Hochbau) und H (Tiefbau) • Uniformat

7. European Code of Measurement: Objectives Quantites: • Definition of basic quantities • Definition of principle of net measurement Costs: • Definition of high level cost groups • Definition of references to national contents • Creation of a standard analysis format

8. European Code of Measurement: Concept SN506 502, DIN 276, SfB, BCIS, UNTEC, B1801, etc. european • European code: • cost groups • basic quantities • Elemental data • BQ items • Labour & materials national codes degree of information

9. CEEC Code of Measurement: Contents • List of cost groups and basic quantities • Definitions of Cost Goups • Definitions of Basic Quantities • Standard form of cost analysis • Documentation

10. CEEC Cost Groups / Groupes de coût / Kostengruppen

11. CEEC-Code: basic quantities

12. Standard form of cost analysis (1)

13. Standard form of cost analysis (2)

14. Code of Practice - Conclusion • High level system • Adds to existing • Clear inclusions and exclusions • Honest comparison of data

15. The Future Where do we go from here? • Add further countries to our database • Promote the code on a world wide international basis • RICS measurement initiative – international section • Involve other relevant international groups • Develop IT software – to allow for simple translation Promote the establishment of common definitions of measurement • Common international definition of ‘square metre area’ • Common measuring tools to allow simple comparisons