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Auckland Branch Indoor Cricket Competition Table

	League 1	Season NZIQS - Indoor Cricket
#	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Bye	FF	FA	For	Agst	%	BP	TP
1	Kingston Partners	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	696	433	160.7	12	28
2	Fletcher Construction	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	571	351	162.7	14	26
3	Quantum Meruit Thermosashers	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	325	319	101.9	5	9
4	W T Partnership	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	126	420	30	1	1
5	Woodview Construction	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	161	356	45.22	0	0
	League 2	Season NZIQS - Indoor Cricket
#	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Bye	FF	FA	For	Agst	%	BP	TP
1	Mainzeal Construction	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	481	242	198.8	8	20
2	Clearwater Construction	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	431	274	157.3	9	17
3	Davis Langdon	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	106	184	57.61	1	9
4	C M P Construction	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	309	465	66.45	4	8
5	Rider Levett Bucknall	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	147	309	47.57	2	-6
Points - Win:4 points, loss:0 points, Draw:2 points, Bye:8 points, Forfeit For/Against: +/-8 points

Congratulations to Clearwater, Fletcher and Kingston on their victories for week 2 of the competition. Many teams have completed round 3 and only Fletchers and Kingstons have completed 4 pre-finals rounds deciding the top of the table for League 1.

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Fletcher Construction has now won two close fought matches against Quantum Meruit Thermosashers with a 118 to 98 win in 2009 and a 117 to 99 win in 2010.  Both teams pictured after the 2010 match facing the bar (some kneeling before the bar) before a sinking cold one together in the spirit of friendly competition.

Fletcher Construction and Quantum Meruit Thermosashers 16 September 2010

Clearwater Construction proud sponsors for Indoor Cricket 2010

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Massey Mentor-Mentee ‘get-together’

An informal mentor-mentee evening was held at the Massey Campus on Monday 13 September, 2010. Approx 50 people showed up, the majority being students.  20 of the students who attended currently do not have an assigned mentor.  They expressed interest in actively seeking a mentor for which we will assist. Murray Wilson opened and closed the evening, Jasper Mbachu spoke on student matters, specifically the requirement of a student spokesperson and Richard Maiden spoke on the roles of the mentor and mentee together with benefits of the programme.

Following this a student spokesperson was elected out of 5 volunteers.  The election process was impromptu, a lot of fun and managed well by Mr Naseem Ameer Ali (Senior Lecturer).  Each student was upstanding and given 1 minute to convince why they should be elected.  They were then ushered out of the room and in true diplomatic style the voting began.  Emily Chapman was the clear winner and we congratulated her as the 1st Massey University student spokesperson for the NZIQS mentoring programme.  Murray Wilson volunteered to be spokesperson for the NZIQS mentoring programme.  He will be Emily’s first point of contact relating to student matters and vice versa.  This will create not only efficient but effective levels of communication across all boards.

The evening was successful on many fronts; great turn-out, positive input from mentor’s, election of a student spokesperson, enthusiastic student input in relation to their requirements e.g. access to other mentors (besides their nominated one) from varying roles of the quantity surveying roles and site visits etc.  Moving forward discussions were held around setting dates for casual get-togethers, organising site visits and guest speakers.  These functions will be as far as possible, based on current student studies in order to gain best benefits.  Emily Chapman has been invited to the next Auckland Branch Board meeting on 1st October, 2010.  Where she will be report back on the evening and in general speak on behalf of the students.  Thank you to everyone for their attendance and contributions which made for a great evening.  Here’s looking forward to many more functions.

By Hiria Buchanan, Auckland Branch Board.

Massey Mentors Needed

If you are willing to mentor a 2nd/3rd year QS Massey student please contact Murray Wilson student so that he can arrange for Branch Board recommendation to Council.  You must be MNZIQS, ANZIQS or FNZIQS category.

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If you would like to share a message of support for Canterbury members
please write to them either directly or via johngranville@nziqs.co.nz

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Planned CPD/Happenings/events

e-notices have been distributed by NZIQS on behalf of your Branch Boards for the following events.

Otago - Curling Night. You are cordially invited to an evening of housework-on-ice!  Bring your woollies and hip flasks, and pay good money to sweep someone else’s floor!  The good news is they provide the brooms and hot food will be available.  Where - Dunedin Ice Stadium, Victoria Road, St Kilda, Dunedin

When - Thursday 21 October from 6.00pm
Note - Game costs of $20 per head to be subsidised 50 per cent by NZIQS
RSVP to James Young j.young@rawlinsons.co.nz

Wellington – Kaiwharawhara - Annual Go Kart Challenge - 5:30pm Thursday 14 October

Teams of 4 or individuals to register by 8 October – Winning team prize plus the wooden spoon award. (of no educational value whatsoever!)

Christchurch – Dux de Lux - Pool Night – 5:30pm Thursday 30 September. – NZIQS event previously postponed until pool table stops shaking. President and XD attending.

Note the Pool Evening is still located at the Dux de Lux, upstairs next to the now off limits “quake bar”. New pool competition rule for 2010, “Any ball that is “after shocked” into a pocket is attributed to the last shot played.” [Not really a rule but editorial humour, remember the dart board logo?]

Hamilton – Claudelands Convention Centre Visit  - 5 pm 6 October – combined NZIOB/NZIQS event

The new Claudeland's Convention and Exhibition Centre in 'Summary':

• 5000 seat multipurpose indoor Arena
• 750 seat main conference room with commercial kitchen for in house catering
• Multi-use grassed oval with an outdoor grandstand  (Completion staged from Mid March onwards)

Auckland - Indoor Cricket.  The last of the preliminary rounds are being played this week.  Finals night with food and drink supplied for prize giving (refreshments prior i.e. during play = cash bar) and crowning of 2010 champions Wednesday 13 October 2010 at Action Indoor Sports, 911 Dominion Road, Mt Roskill. [Map Link]. Sponsored by Clearwater Construction.

[Editor – Its Spring and we are all looking to shake off the winter blues with Indoor cricket, curling, Go Karting and Pool]

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Last E-bulletin (Canterbury Quake) Comments received…

“My thoughts are with the people of Chch and hope this resolves itself asap.”

“I always read your newsletters with much interest!”

“Extremely interesting comments from those in the Christchurch region.  Brings back memories for me, I was in Guam in 1993 working for Rider Hunt and experienced an 8.2 quake there.  It was very scary and as someone says, in the e-bulletin, you develop a sixth sense and can feel aftershocks even before they really hit.  I remember the hardships of going without power, and worse water for days.”

“Just completed reading the excellent e-bulletin on Canterbury's apocalypse.  Thank you for the most interesting interviews which really brought home something of what it must have been like to experience the forces of Nature.  None more so than Phillippa Goodman-Jones's really moving experiences.  I have had some communication with friends in Canterbury and they have reacted as you noted - almost matter of fact!  Your journalistic effort has broadened my pictures of the event as gleaned from TV and I would like to thank you for the time and effort you put into this feature-bulletin.”

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[Editor – We know some Canterbury members are deeply troubled with housing and infrastructure related issues that are ongoing.  Life is anything but normal or settled and will remain that way for quite some time.  While the implications remain unresolved, I am sure all members are supportive of our Canterbury colleagues suffering distress at this time.]

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UK QS Salaries Plummet – Build.co.uk

“Salaries for employees have plummeted across the vast majority of roles, new research exclusive to Building has revealed.  Contractors’ quantity surveyors at all levels have seen the greatest fall in salaries over the last 12 months, with senior quantity surveyors’ earnings falling by nearly 5% and assistant quantity surveyors dropping by almost 8%.”

Read the full story at Building.co.uk [QS Link]

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Response to fast tracking CPD and Reg.QS accreditation… Senior member writes… “Interestingly, I haven’t found that not being Registered has affected my work source. This may be due to the current market & reduced workload.  My main concern was requirements of the banks & lending institutions to use only Reg.QS's but to date I haven’t found this to be the case.  Maybe Reg.QS's is not perceived to be a higher qualification - although I or the Institute believes it should be perceived as such.” [Editor – Thank you senior member.  The effect of Reg.QS on the marketplace to date has been small as the focus of NZIQS has been on educating members via communications and CPD, of the standards expected of a senior qualified practicing QS’s inclusive of management, estimators and administrators, consultants and contractors. That job, now established and ongoing, will soon be supplemented by getting the same message across to external parties who use QS services. We recommend ALL qualified members “Think CPD Accreditation” followed by Registration.]

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QS Snippets

1.    National Office is working on the next Yearbook.  If anyone has changed their address recently and not let us know – now would be good! office@nziqs.co.nz or 0800-469-477, (0800-4NZIQS);

2.    Next Council meeting is 7 October 2010 in Wellington;

3.    GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY. Please transfer me from Associate to member of NZIQS. It’s free!  And you get a new certificate noting your original ANZIQS award date and the fact that you have transferred voluntarily. [QS Link]

4.    Rawlinson (w.a.) “quantity surveyors and construction cost consultants” announced that their founder John William RAWLINSON died 28 August 2010, Western Australia.

5.    Rawlinson Construction Handbook 2010, 25^th edition is now available for order 25 Sept 2010. [QS Link]

6.    Advertising in E-Bulletin for members only special 4^th slot available for members only use. [QS Link]

7.    “Quantity Surveyor in the NEWS” - now on Facebook. [QS Link] QS wins fishing competition…

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Modern professional communications

Stephen Nayda of BDO talked about communicating at Conference 2010 in Tauranga, gosh that was a long time ago now, what with earthquakes, storms and we completely missed the RWC2011 one year to go launch campaign.  Anyway Stephen ran a simple DISC test on the conference attendees and delivered a clear profile of the QS audience present, a vital prerequisite to improving your communication style.

The D.I.S.C. system operates by proposing the following four types or styles of behaviour. We all have a mixture of these but sometimes one style is more prevalent;

DOMINANCE: how you approach problems and deal with challenges.  Some people are forceful, direct, results orientated;
INFLUENCING: how you interact with and attempt to influence people.  Some people are optimistic, fun, talkative;
STEADINESS: how you respond to change and levels of activity.  Some people are steady, patient, relaxed;
COMPLIANCE: how you respond to rules, procedures or constraints.  Some are precise, accurate, detail-oriented;

There were nearly 100 registered attendees at conference.  Scanning the photo’s taken the results of the DISC test in the room were;

Even Across All DISC           6%     Including, Tony Dean, Paul Maynard, Theo Marlow
Strong or High D                9%     Including, Matthew Ensoll, Alan Muxlow, John Boon;
Strong or High I                 7%     Including, John Granville, Les Heywood, Dave Bufton, Mark Tyrrell;
Strong or High S                2%     Including, not identified;
Strong or High C                76%    Including, Cathy Giddens, John Russell, & everyone else!

Stephen Nayda of BDO talking about communicating at Conference 2010 in Tauranga

The Compliance crowd: how you respond to rules, procedures or constraints. Some are precise, accurate, detail-oriented

Stephen Nayda had us spread around the four corners (self assessment tests in hand), in order if we identified with a high response level in one particular DISC group or near the middle if identified evenly with DISC.  It was a moment of truth as we stood and looked around the room in amazement as it was clear we had all empirically identified who we are personality wise regarding our natural style of communication.  There was stunned silence as the gravity of the room tilted towards the large mass in the High C corner. Sheep? No, reality? Yes ....  in a highly visual context, eye balling your peers. This is one of those conference moments you will not forget.

For more information about the presentation of Stephen Nayda from BDO, email john@nziqs.co.nz

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GST Changes - 1 October 2010
(Fletcher Construction will be dealing with this as follows)

GST Changes - 1 October 2010

The three main areas affected by the increase in GST on 1 October 2010 are:

1.       Subcontractor Payments
2.       Creditors
3.       Client Payments

Fletcher Construction will be dealing with these as follows:

Subcontractor Payments

Subcontractor payment claims are not GST invoices.  Under the terms of the Fletcher Construction Subcontract Agreement and the terms of Section 24(2) of the GST Act 1985 and its amendments the subcontractor does not issue a tax invoice for a supply made in respect of the subcontract works. Fletcher Construction issues a tax invoice in respect of a taxable supply of goods and services made by a subcontractor.  Under the terms of the Subcontract Agreement, subcontractor claims for works to 30 September 2010 should be submitted no later than Friday 24 September 2010. Under the same agreement payment of these claims in due on Wednesday 27 October 2010.  At this time Fletcher Construction issues a buyer created tax invoice.  The GST component is calculated at the time of certification and payment, not at the time of the claim and will therefore include GST at the new rate of 15%.

Creditors

Creditor’s invoices for the supply of goods or materials in September and dated not later than 30 September 2010 should include GST at the old rate of 12.5% and will be paid on 20 October 2010 at that rate.  Creditor’s invoices for the supply of goods or materials in September but dated with an October date should include GST at the new rate of 15%. Credit notes sent in October 2010 or later for goods or materials invoiced prior to 30 September 2010 should include credit GST at 12.5%.

Client Payments

Fletcher Construction would generally submit its progress claims to Clients for work to the end of September on 1 October 2010. As with subcontractors the client’s payment schedule or payment certificate is generally the tax invoice and GST should be paid in October at the new rate of 15%. However, some clients insist that the contractor issues a tax invoice to them when the value of the progress claim has been agreed.  In this case Fletcher Construction would issue a tax invoice for this work dated the date the certificate was signed with a GST rate of 15%.

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[When there is a GST rate change (in this case from 12.5% to 15%), the GST rate you use depends on when the transaction occurs (the time of supply). The time of supply is when the supplier issues an invoice or receives a payment, whichever happens first.  Note: If the time of supply is before 1 October 2010, the GST rate is 12.5%, even if the goods or services are not actually provided until after that date. For more info http://www.ird.govt.nz/changes/ ]

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Spot the retired quantity surveyor
(amongst these WW2 flying Aces)

The last of the glorious Few 70 years on: In 1940, their planes and their courage was all that stood between Britain and Nazi domination. [Mail Online]

Follow the link [Mail Online] and read the article about Squadron Leader Nigel Rose. Age 90.

Or take a closer look at #13.

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Linking QS practices with NZIQS
Code of Practice and Professional Conduct

The NZIQS Website Business Listings process provides an outlet for QS consultancies to be approved for listing on the website and advertising services if the business fulfills certain criteria.  The approved criteria are: Sole practitioners provided the sole practitioner is a qualified member of the NZIQS; Each branch office of a firm or practice provided 30% of the professional/technical staff in that office are qualified members of the NZIQS; Each branch office of a multi disciplinary firm or practice or construction company with a Quantity Surveying Division provided 30% of the employed professional/technical staff in the division of that office are qualified members of the NZIQS. Note 1-  at least one of that 30% of staff must be a Director, Partner or Shareholder; and ‘qualified member’ means MNZIQS, ANZIQS, FNZIQS or Life Member NZIQS.

Also a qualified member, preferably a Director, partner or shareholder, is required to take responsibility for the non-NZIQS -members in their practice, by making declaration that they take responsibility “ for the actions of all Directors, Partners, Shareholders and employees acting on behalf of this company or partnership, who are not members of the NZIQS and will ensure they abide by the NZIQS Code of Practice and Professional Conduct.”

The value of the undertaking sends a strong signal to the public that NZIQS expects high standards from practices formally associated with NZIQS.  It is a protection of the NZIQS member brand that any non-member in a business formally recognised and listed on the website complies with the same Code of Practice and Professional Conduct that qualified members do, especially Registered Quantity Surveyors who are also approved to list a contact directly on the website.  It is a fine line between undertaking and perception.  Every business card or letter signatory that confirms a firm’s individual is a NZIQS qualified member sends the same expectation as the explicit undertaking of a qualified member signing off on a NZIQS business listing.  Does your practice provide such a blanket undertaking?

The Registered QS list and the businesses listed are being referred to when queries are made by enquirers to the National office as current information is available for these members and businesses.

[QS Link NZIQS QS Firms Business Listings]

Linking QS practices with NZIQS Code of Practice and Professional Conduct

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XD Notices – Annual Conference + Mentors Needed
NZIQS Annual Conferences

Traditionally NZIQS Annual Conferences were hosted from Branch to Branch annually and confirmed at each agm by an incoming Branch.  In the past 6-8 years this has not always proceeded smoothly. The Conferences, although always well run and valuable – even exciting – are a big task for any Branch of volunteers and in my view an attendance of 6 – 8% of members is poor..... especially when all who attend get great entertainment and 14 approved hours of CPD, plus excellent networking for one fifth or less of the cost of a two day commercial seminar.  It is a big effort and a lot of work and expense for all Branches and the Head office which absorbs $20,000 to $30,000 of sponsorship money for that small percentage of members.  I propose a new approach for Conferences to be considered and Council have requested Branch Boards to inform Council of their views.  I hope to attract a bigger attendance at conference and allow better coordinated publicity and sponsorship acceptance through having earlier notice of conference plans with some coordination with other bodies occasionally.  The 2011 Conference is to be hosted in Wellington as normal but my proposal plans future events as follows (to be reviewed annually);

2011         Wellington City
2012         Auckland City
2013         Combined with AIQS and PAQS (Melbourne)
2014         Hamilton
2015         Combined with other NZ Construction group – NZIOB?
2016         Otago – Dunedin
2017         NZIQS to host PAQS Conference - Auckland city
2018         Wellington Branch Provincial city e.g. Palmerston North, Masterton, Wanganui or New Plymouth.

If you have any comments on this proposal please make sure your Branch Board are given your views or

Tell me (XD) - NZIQS Conference Proposal.

Massey Mentors Needed

At the recent Massey mentor/student event several new students arrived who would like to have mentors for the remainder of the year – till next mentor night in April 2011.

If you are willing to mentor a 2nd/3rd year QS Massey student please contact Murray Wilson student so that he can arrange for Branch Board recommendation to Council. You must be MNZIQS, ANZIQS or FNZIQS category.

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Professional Indemnity for QS’s

Land Professionals Mutual Society Incorporated (LPMS) is a voluntary risk management organisation that represents the interests of surveyors and valuers and kindred professions with its principal objectives being;

1. Guidance to members on the ways and means of avoiding or minimizing liability claims;
2. Providing members with supportive claims assistance and administration including quality technical, legal and insurance assistance;
3. Offering members access to especially tailored group professional indemnity and other liability insurance facilities on a voluntary basis.

LPMS has arranged group professional liability insurances for Member Firms since August 1976. Originally membership was restricted to consulting and land surveying practices but was expanded in 1983 to include valuers in public practice.  In 1985 membership was extended to kindred professions involving professional practices who provide consulting services in quantity surveying (including QS’s who practice as project managers), clerk of works, farm management, forestry, planning and property.

Insurance Consultant & Broker : Insurance and Claims Administration

Aon New Zealand Limited, Professional Risks, Doug Morton P 04 819 4086

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DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of NZIQS Council, Institute policy or advertisers and sponsors of the Institute. The content of this publication is not to be construed as legal advice.

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