AIQS ACADEMY TOPICS

CODE OF CONDUCT TENDER PROCESS

• AIQS Code of Conduct • Advise on Tendering Process
• Evaluate and Award of Tenders
BASIC SKILLS
FINANCIAL AUDIT
• Basic Measurement Skills
• Bank Reports
• Communication Skills
• Personal & Interpersonal Skills
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
• Business & Management Skills
• Recommend Progress Payments
• Computers & IT Essentials
• Prepare Construction Cost Management Document
• Construction Law & Regulation
• Manage Cash Flow During Construction
• Diversity in the Workplace
• Prepare Progressive Financial Reports During Construction Phase
• Safety in the Workplace
• Arrange Settlement of Accounts during Construction Phase
• Professional Practice
• Rise & Fall Costs, Analysis and Negotiation
• Construction Technology
MEASUREMENT OF BUILDING WORKS
BUDGETARY PROCESS
• Preliminaries
• Cost Management & Monitoring Procedures
• Demolition
• Cash Flow
• Ground works – Excavation, Filling & Hardcore, Paper & Plastic
• Budgeting for Projects
Membranes
• Preparing Cost Reports
• Ground works – Underpinning & Rock Stabilisation
• Appraise Cost Reporting Systems
• Natural Stonework, Artificial Stone, Terracotta and Similar
• Lifecycle Costing
• Metalwork
• Windows and Glazing
COST ESTIMATING
• Driven Piling & Cast Insitu Piling
• Preparing Estimates
• Formwork
• Developing Cost Components
• Insitu Concrete
• Evaluating Cost Estimates
• Prestressing
• Estimating Procedures & Estimate Reviews
• Reinforcement
• Drainage
COST PLANNING
• Mechanical Installations
• Analyse Alternative Design Solutions
• Facade Systems
• Project Cost Objectives & Parameters
• Doors & Hardware
• Prepare Cost Plan
• Painting
• Prepare Project Implementation & Procurement Plan
• Masonry
• Analyse Time Related Cost Data
• Landscaping & Road Works
• Cost Estimate Using Time Related Data
• Precast Concrete
• Data Required to Prepare Cost Plans
• Tanking and Waterproof Membranes
• Provide Advice on Cost Plan to Client
• Structural Steel
• Undertake Scope Audit
• Roofing
• Carpentry
GENERAL PROCUREMENT ADVICE
• Partitions
• Provide Input into the Development of the Project Brief
• Tiling and Paving
• Collect Procurement Requirements
• Joinery, Furniture, Fittings and Equipment
• Evaluate Project Delivery Systems
• Carpet, Resilient Finishes and Access Floor
• Undertake Constructability Analysis
• Suspended Ceiling, Applied Finishes, Render + Textured Finishes
• Advise on Alternate Contract Types
• Hydraulics
• Introduction to Public Private Partnerships
• Electrical Installations
• Engineering Procurement Construction Management
SPECIALISATION
CLAIMS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
• Facilitation
• Establish Background and Collect Data
• Value Engineering & Value Management
• Negotiate Claims under Contract
• Introduction to Construction Risk
• Dispute Resolution Processes
• Introduction to Project Management
• Expert Witness
• Introduction to Facilities Management
• Introduction to Securities of Payment
• Introduction to Arbitration
ETHICS AND STANDARDS
• Recognising Australian Consumer Law Issues
STRATEGIC PLANNING
• Negligence
• Strategic Advice on Construction Costs
• Development of the Project Brief
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
• Conducting Cost Benefit Analyses
• Building Services
• Economic & Financial Analyses for the Life of a
• Foundations and Footings
Construction Project
• Reinforced Concrete Construction
• Steel Construction
CONSTRUCTION CHANGE MANAGEMENT
• Civil Works & Infrastructure
• Proposed and Actual Scope Changes
• Building Envelope & Enclosure
• Manage Cost Claims during Construction