RICS Modus, Global edition — March 2012

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Regulars04_FEEDBACKYour views on Modus and the profession, and the latest poll

06_INTELLIGENCEGlobal news, plus opinions, reviews and reactions

39_LAW ADVICEEstablishing whose trading terms apply in a contract

49_BUSINESS ADVICEThe mutual benefi ts of fl exible working practices

Features14_2012 IN 12 STEPSDelivering a winning Games from start to fi nish – with chartered surveyors involved all the way 24_BALANCE SHEETThe cost story of the multibillion-pound Olympic funding package

26_CARNIVAL TIMEThe opportunities in Brazil ahead of the World Cup and Olympics

32_10 MINUTES WITH…The ODA’s Alan Willby FRICS

34_A MODEL SOLUTIONExploring the power of BIM on the M25 widening scheme

40_ON LOCATIONA round-up of Olympic event sites outside the capital

42_SOCIAL IMBALANCEHow the UK has reached a public housing crisis

In formation51_RICS NEWSNews and updates, plus a message from the President

59_EVENTSTraining and conference dates

63_RECRUITMENTThe latest job opportunities from across the industry

66_THE MEASURELondon 2012 stats

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THE OLYMPICS ISSUELove it or loathe it, London 2012 is nearly upon us. Having been lucky enough to

visit the Olympic Park recently, I’d challenge even the most confi rmed naysayer

to fail to be impressed by the results of a project that has been almost a decade

in the planning. When you consider the sheer scale of the task, keeping to that

seven-year schedule and £9.3bn budget is quite an achievement – and one of which

surveyors, at the very heart of the process, should be immensely proud. This month,

in a specially extended issue, we explore the Games from bid to legacy, and speak

to some of the many hundreds of chartered surveyors behind its success (page 14).

Elsewhere, we tell the budget story (page 24), and look ahead to Rio 2016 (page 26).

And turn to our regular profi le slot (page 32) to fi nd out who’s on this issue’s cover.VICTORIA BROOKES EDITOR

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landlords conjuring up new ideas to reduce empty business rates liability.

I have been fortunate to be part of the city centre Business Improvement District (BID), and its success is based on the company itself. Unfortunately the BID set up in some cities has not been as good as Brighton, and has left tenants paying more money and not noticing any change, and in some cases not knowing what they were actually paying for. I believe each town and city has been aff ected by the recession in diff erent ways, therefore there will be no ‘one size fi ts all’ solution. The points mentioned in the article need to be taken on board, but I believe we need to tackle the problem on a local level made up of local authority, local tenants and local landlords.Bobby Singh MRICS, Worcestershire

PROS AND CONSIt was a disappointment to read the entirely one-sided presentation of the nuclear energy industry in your recent edition. It would have been more robust to have a more even-handed presentation which included the alternative scenarios that demonstrate UK energy provision can be derived entirely from a mix of renewables. Reports from organisations such as Zero Carbon Britain and Friends of the Earth indicate the economic and environmental costs, along with risks of the nuclear industry, as well as the viability of a 100% renewable future – if the government would give it serious attention.Rosalie Callway

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LOCAL LEVELThe article in Modus about the UK high street was very informative. The paragraph at the end really summarised what needs to be done. There is, however, one major hurdle that needs to be overcome for the three entities to work together, and that hurdle is ‘interest’. Each one of those parties mentioned has a self-interest: the local authority has an interest to ensure public money is spent wisely; landlords have an interest to protect and maximise their investment; and tenants want rates and rent reduced to allow them to continue to trade.

The self-interest often overrides the big picture, and it often becomes a battleground. I work as GP surveyor for two local authorities, and manage a number of suburban shopping centres and city centres. Since the full swing of the recession I have seen city centre voids increase, tenants fall into administration and

SERVICE INDUSTRYIf I responded to a client enquiry like the secret surveyor [February, p46], I doubt I would receive any instructions. Potential clients invariably start by telling the surveyor what they think they want and/or require from a fee quotation. True, you can simply answer their specifi c enquiries, or you can take the opportunity to show them that you are interested in them and that you have a good understanding of the services you could off er. Typically, I will ask why they have enquired about a particular report type, and whether they are aware of the other options available. The surveyor should ask them about the home they are thinking of purchasing – likely age, overall impression of condition, house type, accommodation, location – and on what basis they are buying, as this could have implications for the way you inspect, value or report.

I agree that describing the various survey services available can be a little involved and time-consuming, but it should illustrate your commitment to looking after the client’s interests. Have the confi dence to post sample surveys on your website; use the survey comparison table in the RICS Home Surveys Information Sheet as a starting point; off er to email sample surveys or RICS literature while confi rming your fee quotations; stress that you don’t use survey report standard text if that is what you do. Most potential clients are not clairvoyant, and if you don’t tell them why they should instruct you, no one else will! If they are thinking clients, they won’t necessarily choose the cheapest fee quotation.

If every RICS member had open, transparent and fair access to the complete residential survey and valuation market, those who truly provide a client-centred service would be properly and fairly rewarded in a true open-market environment. Surely a reasonable expectation of the RICS Charter. Tom Littler FRICS, Shropshire

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A FAIR REWARDOf course we need to pay the going rate for people of the right calibre. We should as members always decide the appropriate remuneration for senior executives through the remuneration committee and not be swayed in any way by the baying of the media. They just want to sell papers and have no interest in anything else despite what they indicate to the public at large. Our staff are paid for by our members. If the members are happy that is all that needs to be considered.Michael Hoad FRICS, via rics.org

NONSENSICAL SIRegarding Mr Macpherson’s letter in the February edition, he may be completely enchanted by the metric system and amazed that anyone continues to use imperial, but actually the former is fairly useless in normal life, with enormous numbers needed for minute amounts or lengths, and too few for longer ones. Why think 454 instead of 1? A metre is too much a lot of the time, and does not divide up easily – why say x (tens of cm or 100s of mm) instead of six inches or two feet? And it is too easy to misplace a decimal point.Sally Anne Longden, Norfolk

AT THE FRONTIERAnother excellent edition! As a very old member, it is amazing to read of the incredible growth of the shopping centre movement worldwide. Perhaps young members will be surprised that Jones Lang Wootton, acting on behalf of the Arndale Property Trust of Bradford, produced some of the earliest air-conditioned shopping centres. The first opened in Adelaide in 1963, followed by another in the suburb of Marion in 1968 (later purchased by Westfield). We were involved in all aspects, from site selection through project management, leasing and eventual management. Australia at that time was an owner-occupier country with hardly any leases, so the negotiation of long leases containing base rents coupled with a percentage on turnover was particularly uphill! Both proved to be extremely successful.Arthur Comport FRICS, Adelaide

instance: much of it is devoted now to global property. Do we really care, I ask myself, what is going on in the Mumbai property market? Many fellow surveyors I know are wondering just what we pay such high membership fees for, especially given there are now separate fees for being a registered valuer, for example. Then there are the RICS events. These are often expensive and only held in the main commercial centres which are difficult for many of us to get to without losing a large chunk of your day. Why is RICS not subsidising such events? What really rankles me though (not because I am a Yorkshireman) is how on one hand RICS charges me for setting up a direct debit to pay my subscription when most other organisations don’t, and yet it has run up such huge losses. If RICS is to retain the faith of the membership it must put its house in order before it attempts to conquer the world. Above all it must ‘cut its cloth to suit its budget’. Jon Steel MRICS, East Yorkshire

Turn to page 55 for some common myths and facts about RICS and its membership.

HEAR, HEARI agree with the Secret Surveyor’s comments 100% and I’ve been saying it for many years. Give the client a proper service and get a proper fee. Now I’m out of the private sector it is pleasing to see someone expressing how the profession should operate.Chris Heginbotham FRICS, Isle of Man

PROFIT AND LOSSI am sure there were many other members like myself who were absolutely astonished to read of RICS’ losses in an article in Building on 7 December 2011. To top this off , Building then reported on 19 January of a staggering £98,000 bonus paid to RICS Chief Executive Sean Tompkins. Subsequently I then read, again in Building, that RICS has announced it proposes to raise subscription levels. Given many of us are struggling to make ends meet during these tough times, I think this is quite reckless. I fear RICS has simply lost the plot and is more concerned about global expansion than small practices or sole practitioners such as myself. Take Modus for

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The true beauty of Zaha Hadid’s undulating 2,800-tonne steel structure roof will only be fully revealed after the Games, when the two temporary wings are removed from the Aquatics Centre and replaced with curved, glazed façades. Providing additional seating for 15,000 spectators, the steep wings add to the core 2,500 white seats (pictured), which will be all that remain, though 3,500 more can be added for larger events. The ‘s’-shaped roof, designed to reflect the flow of water, is 160m long and up to 80m wide, and rests on just three points. The outside is lined with 11,000m sq of 100% recycled aluminium material, and the underside with more than 30,000 sections of sustainably sourced Red Lauro timber, precisely cut using 3D computer modelling and carefully placed so that the joining lines are absolutely straight for the backstroke swimmers to follow. Around 180,000 tiles were used to line the 50m competition and training pools and the 25m diving pool, which hold more than 10m litres of water. The overflow will be used to flush the Aquatics Centre’s toilets. With legacy in mind, as well as sustainability, moveable floors and pool dividers will enable a range of community uses after the Games.

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Prime London residential values ended 2011 on a record high, according to Savills. International ‘safe-haven buyers’ made up the bulk of the outperforming investment, with prime central London values rising by 1% in the fi nal quarter of the year. This took total growth for 2011 to 14.1%, compared to annual

growth of 7.2% in 2010. Houses continued to outperform fl ats, with values up 15.7% in 2011 compared to 13.3% for fl ats. ‘This growth has been almost entirely fuelled in the second half of the year by a massive injection of overseas cash by foreign buyers,’ said Yolande Barnes, director of Savills research.

The Dubai Land and Property Department is drawing up a real estate ‘investment map’ to help investors in the emirate. The map will include a package of special investment opportunities and a list of projects with certain specifi cations such as the quality of infrastructure, transport links and reputation,

according to the centre for managing and encouraging property investment. ‘This map will help foreign and local investors who do not have suffi cient information to manage their assets in a way that will ensure an added value for them and for the market,’ said Majida Rashid, the centre’s director.

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THE GAMES IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC POLICY

It was Harold Wilson who famously remarked that England only wins the World Cup when Labour is in power. Whether David Cameron will be able to

make any grandiose claims about Olympic success and Conservative/coalition governments, only time will tell. There is certainly a degree of optimism that the 47 medals and resulting fourth place at the Beijing Games should be matched, if not surpassed, at London 2012. This, alongside the celebrations to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June, will ensure that something of a feel-good factor is in evidence at least through parts of the year.

However, it is questionable whether the Olympics should be seen as ‘a massive Keynesian boost to the economy’, as the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt suggests. To the extent that there is any validity in this claim, it has arguably already taken place, with the construction of the key facilities close to completion (at the time of writing). Moreover, while the Olympic Development Authority’s building budget of just over £7bn may sound substantial, spent over a fi ve-year period it equates to an annual outlay of around £1.4bn, which adds just over 1% to national construction output.

Infrastructure spend is, of course, not the only economic benefi t derived from hosting the Games. An infl ux of tourists is widely anticipated, and consumer confi dence may receive a lift if that feel-good factor does indeed materialise. Also, the physical landscape of East London has clearly been transformed, with a spectacular new waterside park, a new village of 2,800 homes, an improved local rail network, 100 acres of development land, and some of the best shopping and leisure facilities in London.

Nevertheless, the evidence from past Olympic Games tells a fairly consistent story. Typically, economic growth accelerates in the run-up to the start of the event, moderates during the spectacle itself, then falls sharply over the subsequent couple of quarters. Put another way, London 2012 will distort the pattern of growth during the course of this year, but it is doubtful whether the GDP fi gures will be materially higher as a result.

The extent to which the population in the fi ve London Olympic boroughs – Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich, Newham and Waltham Forest – are seeing the benefi ts of developments ahead of the Games’ arrival is more than a little questionable. The proportion of Londoners resident in these local authority areas who are unemployed and claiming benefi ts has gone up by around two-and-a-half percentage points since the tail-end of 2007, compared with a London-wide average of two percentage points.

None of this should detract from viewing London 2012 as a hugely prestigious and entertaining event. Indeed, I am thanking my good fortune in securing tickets for an athletics session in the main stadium. But, critically, the Games is no substitute for economic policy. If a ‘Keynesian boost’ is desired, so be it, but it would be misguided to believe that this is what this summer’s party will deliver.

Simon Rubinsohn RICS Chief Economist

FLYING THE FLAGWill London 2012 deliver the economic and social returns for the UK that have been predicted?

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:ONE BIG QUESTION WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO MARKET A SMALL PRACTICE?

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Take part in discussions by joining the RICS group at linkedin.com

Cheltenham Set aside marketing time in your diary or it drifts and doesn’t happen. Allocate a day’s worth of time each week or fortnight to keeping in touch or developing new contacts.

Cheshire I fi nd networking events very useful and would advise getting in touch with local businesses you can work with and who could potentially feed you work. Word of mouth is still the best advertisement.

Chicago Pick a niche in which you are the expert. Write about it, speak about it and stay abreast of developments in it. It doesn’t take all that long for people to consider you the ‘go-to’ source in your niche.

John WIlliams FRICS, Maple Leaf Property Consultants

Andrew Pyatt MRICS, Knight Pyatt Limited

Sharon Desfor MRICS, HeliValue$ Inc

London Letting people know that you are passionate about what you do is really important. But it’s diffi cult to show that enthusiasm through advertising or a website. It’s far better to actually talk to people.

Midlands I recently won a commission after volunteering to train a local authority team in development appraisal, which more than covered the time spent preparing the training session.

Allison Blakeway MRICS, Evolution

Oliver Wright, Titan Associates Limited

GlobalENERGY BOOSTEnergy and power projects could change the direction of construction in 2012, according to KPMG’s annual Global Construction Survey, with 41% of industry leaders expecting the sector to off er the biggest opportunities for revenue growth in the next 12 months. ‘The demand for fi rms and individuals with energy-sector-specifi c skills will rise as power projects proliferate,’ said Richard Threlfall, UK head of the infrastructure, building and construction practice.

UKWONDER WALL

Europe’s tallest living wall has been creeping up a new aff ordable housing complex in Hackney, East London. The Digby Road scheme, by Davy Smith Architects for Turnhold Properties, comprises 97 apartments enveloped by a wall of evergreen species, which act as a natural rainwater fi lter and help to reduce solar gain. Built to level three of the Code for Sustainable Homes, 20% of the building’s energy is generated from a biomass boiler.

ChinaHIGH PERFORMANCE

The waterfront of Wujiang in the Jiangsu province of South East China will soon be home to a 358m-tall ‘high-performance’ tower, after architecture fi rm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) won a competition to design the Greenland Group Suzhou Center. Situated along Lake Taihu, the 75-storey mixed-use skyscraper will feature offi ces, apartments, a hotel and retail space across a 37,000m sq site. The tower will use energy recovery systems and feature an on-site energy centre, while cooler outside air at higher levels will be used for natural ventilation of the atrium.

£5bnThe amount of construction and facilities management programmes under review

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ADDING UPAt the conference, Simon Rawlinson FRICS of EC Harris indicated solid evidence of BIM-related projects that reduced output costs by 10%

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THE COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF BIM CAN’T BE IGNOREDDavid Bucknall FRICS Chairman, Rider Levett Bucknall

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The RICS BIM Conference on 9 February was a great success, with the 230-strong audience receiving an integrated view of BIM’s potential infl uence on

the industry going forward. This started with a national and global overview from Paul Morrell OBE FRICS, the government’s chief construction adviser, and moved smoothly through the gears to give an outline of the changes in practice and behaviour necessary to enable the signifi cant benefi ts of BIM – in other words, built assets delivered with signifi cantly better whole-life value.

From then it moved on to discuss in detail how chartered quantity surveying practitioners can add value and benefi t commercially through the application of BIM. The discussion fi nished with a major private sector customer outlining a strong commitment to BIM, which enabled them to gain signifi cant commercial competitive advantage.

The large audience participated throughout the day and all appeared to be very positive. However, a ‘show of hands’ straw poll at the end indicated that fewer than 5% were currently involved with BIM, and that only about 15-20% would be likely to take it up in the next 12 months. This represents a massive opportunity missed, and the QS & Construction Professional Group Board will be banging as many drums possible to ensure RICS is seen to be strongly encouraging everyone to embrace and deliver the benefi ts, which were so blindingly obvious at the conference.

If successful, this should enable chartered quantity surveyors to be more commercially sustainable, due to the tangible beneficial outcomes they can bring to their customers and their customers’ businesses.

Some key themes and issues emerged from the day: BIM will be mandated by government, simply because

it sees it as a key component of its drive for ‘more for less for the whole life of public assets’

Wholesale adoption should enable the industry to achieve the seemingly impossible task of lowering output costs and improving sustainable margins – simply by improving process and reducing waste and rework

Brendan Patchell FRICS indicated the close benefi cial relationship between the New Rules of Measurement and BIM – RICS’ contribution to the seamless delivery of projects through design, construction and operation.

In the late 1980s, Eastman Kodak turned down digital cameras because they didn’t sell enough of its fi lm. Let us learn from this and adopt BIM as the way forward. Quantity surveyors and project managers must, however, brush up their ‘soft’ leadership and communication skills to be leading deliverers of the output benefi ts BIM can offer.

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AustraliaHELLO, DARLING

A brand-new public precinct has been created in Sydney, linking Darling Harbour to the fi nancial district. Developed by Aspect Studios and Lend Lease, the new public space forms the centre of Darling Quarter – a 15,000m sq scheme incorporating a mix of commercial and retail spaces, and a children’s playground and theatre, alongside two eight-storey Grade-A commercial offi ce buildings, which will house around 6,500 employees of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The Green Building Council of Australia awarded a six-star Green Star energy effi ciency rating for the new offi ces.


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IndiaMUMBAI RISEResidential property in India’s fi nancial capital is predicted to bottom out by the second quarter of the year, followed by a recovery in the second half, according to Jones Lang LaSalle India. ‘The reduction of interest rates expected by the second half of the year will help kick-start a generalised, though cautious, recovery in demand for residential property, leading to an increase in launches,’ said managing director Ramesh Nair MRICS. The fi rm also predicts that demand for commercial space will be lower than in 2011, due to a reduction in IT investment by US and European companies.

AsiaGREEN LEADERS

Asia is leading the way in the development of sustainable eco-cities, says a survey by the University of Westminster. The comprehensive census highlighted 174 eco-based projects worldwide, with 23 in China, 17 in Japan (including the Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town in Japan, developed by Panasonic) and 16 in India, while the UK also has a high amount with 18. ‘Eff orts to make cities environmentally and socially sustainable, and innovations in urban development have, in recent decades, culminated in a new phenomenon [eco-cities], primarily aimed at meeting the dual challenge of climate change and rapid urbanisation,’ said Professor Simon Joss, lead researcher at the university.

TurkeyFINANCIAL LANDMARK

Architecture fi rm RMJM has been granted planning permission to build a 300m-high tower in Istanbul’s fi nancial district. Developed by Varyap and Gap Insaat, the tower will contain apartments, offi ces and a hotel. ‘This project has been an exercise in urban planning as much as architecture,’ said Jonathan Knight, design principal at RMJM. ‘Our intentions were to create a new public destination that was inclusive and accessible to the people of the city.’


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Self serviceMott MacDonald’s new London office has been awarded a RICS Ska Gold sustainability rating. As well as project managing the fit-out, the firm provided cost management, Ska assessment, building services and structural engineering, and IT to achieve the highest possible rating.

Better bridgeNetwork Rail’s plans for the redevelopment of London Bridge station have been revealed. New platforms will be created to make 66% more space for trains, along with a new concourse and improved station facilities. Watch a video of the plans at bit.ly/vZFiWI.

Building boomChristchurch and Auckland are expected to lead a boom in New Zealand’s building sector over the next year, according to forecasts from Australian bank Westpac. The country’s construction industry has benefited from strong performance over the past six months, with the majority of work sourced in the healthcare, retail and agriculture sectors.

Retrofit guidesThe Institute for Sustainability predicts around £500bn will be spent on retrofitting the UK’s domestic buildings over the next 40 years. To help businesses new to the market, the charity has released a series of practical guides for surveyors and other professionals. Visit bit.ly/Ad0stk.

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WE CAN LEARN POSITIVE LESSONS FROM THE OLYMPICS APPROACHDr Peter Bonfield BRE Group Chief Executive

The built environment faces a number of complex challenges: climate change and adaption, changing demographics,

turbulent economic times, resource depletion, globalisation, urbanisation. To deliver great buildings and communities, we must embrace new ways of delivery. Having been seconded to the ODA for the past few years as leader on construction products, I believe the approach used on the Olympic Park could benefit the whole sector if we embrace it.

One of the opportunities we had was to think about how to go about being an intelligent customer, and interfacing, communicating and procuring with the supply chain in a way that unlocks innovation in both big and small players. We adopted the strategic approach of not presuming to know the answers. We engaged with the materials supply chain and asked them questions that would help deliver the best outcomes for us and our contractors, suppliers and stakeholders.

From the outset, the ODA established clear priority themes and targets, which included sustainability, health and safety, equalities and

inclusions, risk and other factors. Suppliers and products were rated against a balanced scorecard that used these themes and targets. The procurement process was audited – measuring progress and recording learning points to help identify and overcome teething problems and share best practice.

Performance-based standards such as BREEAM, the Code for Sustainable Homes and CEEQUAL were required, giving designers, contractors and suppliers clear performance targets and a consistent methodology by which to benchmark performance. Critically, these standards do not prescribe what to buy; instead they provide a consistent method to measure and compare approaches. The outcome is that companies and professionals innovate to offer the greenest, most cost-effective, lowest-risk and easiest to construct solutions.

The result? A world-leading project that has stimulated innovation across the supply chain. The positive lessons learned must be taken up with commitment and pace if the UK is to capitalise upon its innovation, skills, expertise and experience.

UKUNLOCKING SITESThe Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced a £420m Get Britain Building fund to help unlock stalled construction and get builders back on to sites that have been shut down due to financial difficulties. The DCLG predicts that around 16,000 homes could be ‘unlocked’ over the next two years, creating around 30,000 jobs. Developers can apply for a share of the funding – up to 50% of the project’s costs – but the government insists that the priority is to deliver value and ensure projects fit with local considerations.

IraqPOST-WAR PUSHUK firm Assemblage has won a UN-HABITAT competition to masterplan a series of new housing developments that can be easily replicated, as part of a huge building programme worth more than US$1bn (£640m). With a booming young population and a degraded housing stock, Iraq needs to build up to 3m homes. Assemblage plans to develop an initial 3,000 homes in Baghdad. Meanwhile, Buro Happold and Davis Langdon are on a team shortlisted to design and build the US$1bn Iraqi parliament complex, also designed by Assemblage.

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T he opening ceremony on 27 July will mark the beginning of the London 2012 Olympics. Over 17 days, 8.8m ticketholders and

a global audience of billions will watch 10,500 athletes compete in 26 sports in and around the capital. The Games themselves are only the tip of the iceberg, however. Since London was selected as the host city by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 6 July 2005, thousands of people have been involved in planning, designing and constructing the 34 competition venues on the Olympic Park and elsewhere, as well as the Olympic Village and other related infrastructure. All the indications are that their efforts will bring the project to fruition on time and well within its £9.298bn budget, with the latest anticipated final cost for delivery standing at £6.856bn.

Chartered surveyors have played a vital role at every stage of that process. Many of them work at the three public bodies involved in delivering the Games: the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), developer of the Olympic Park in London and a number of new venues outside the capital; the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), which will install much of the temporary infrastructure required and run the event; and the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC),

which is charged with transforming the park and its surroundings into a new and thriving district once the Games are over. Many more have worked with the contractors and consultants employed by those bodies.

‘The surveyors who have worked on the Olympics cover every discipline in the profession,’ says Alison Nimmo FRICS, former director of design and regeneration at the ODA and now chief executive of the Crown Estate. ‘The story of their involvement reaches across the whole project from the beginning to the end; from the bid, through the delivery, to the legacy.’

MAKE A WINNING BIDIn 2001, the London Development Agency (LDA) received a commission from the then mayor Ken Livingstone: find a potential site for the Olympic Games in London. ‘We had a steer from him that regeneration in East London would be his preferred option,’ says Gareth Blacker MRICS, who was then development director of the LDA. ‘Our consultants, CBRE, did a site search and

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came up with Stratford and the Lower Lea Valley. It was seen as a win-win situation whether we got the Games or not. We started picking out acquisitions that would be key sites for regeneration in any case.’

Over the following two years, government enthusiasm for the London candidacy began to grow. In April 2003, prime minister Tony Blair indicated that a bid would have his backing, and London put together a pre-qualification document for the IOC. Barry Winterton MRICS, projects director at Franklin + Andrews, was one of the team charged with working out how much the venues would cost. ‘There was a finite budget that couldn’t be exceeded,’ he says. ‘The number we had in our minds was £2.4bn. It was the number that the government said: “If it’s less than that, we should bid.”’

As a result, London’s proposals included many temporary venues that would reduce costs, as well as the risk of creating facilities that would be under-utilised after the Games. The London bid would be considered in the light of its predecessors as Olympic hosts, Athens and Sydney, both of which were left with costly venues that were neglected after the event. Legacy would be a key element in the bid’s success.

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bid team. ‘Their reputation would have been damaged if there were buildings left behind not being used. We were only building permanent venues where we had a solid business case for their use after the Games.’

Bulley and Nimmo, who was also part of the bid team, were in Singapore when IOC president Jacques Rogge announced that the Games of the XXXth Olympiad would go to London. ‘The day of the decision was the longest day of our lives,’ recalls Nimmo. ‘It came down to us and Paris and it was too close to call. They went fi rst and made a beautiful presentation, but they left the goal open for our pitch, which was very brave and very emotional. It was a life-changing moment when we won. The next morning I woke up thinking, “Did that really happen?” Then we had to get on and get it delivered, which felt like an overwhelming task.’

02PLAN, PLAN, PLANFor Londoners, the jubilation of winning the bid did not last long. The following day, four suicide bombers blew themselves up on the capital’s transport network, killing

52 people. ‘Halfway home we realised the bombs had gone off,’ Nimmo remembers. ‘It gave us a very tough start. It was hard to get people to think beyond the next day and start planning.’

The outline planning application for the Olympic Park had already been approved before London knew that its bid had been successful. Niall McNevin MRICS, director of planning and sustainability for the OPLC, was part of the team at the LDA involved in drawing it up and persuading the four boroughs involved – Waltham Forest, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham – to approve it, which they did at a special summit of all four council planning committees in 2004. ‘The IOC seeks certainty of delivery, so for the bid team to have a technical planning permission endorsed by the boroughs and the mayor was very important,’ explains McNevin.

The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 set up the ODA, which took over development control powers for the Olympic Park. A more detailed masterplan was prepared, which aimed to strengthen the legacy aspects of the development and integrate it more effectively with the neighbouring privately controlled Stratford City development.

The detailed framework was approved in summer 2007. That was far from the end of the planning story, however. A host of detailed applications still had to be prepared and approved for the many venues and structures, both permanent and temporary, on the Olympic Park and elsewhere.

Although the ODA was both developer and planning authority, that did not lessen the level of scrutiny, according to Roger Hepher FRICS, head of planning and regeneration at Savills, which worked as a consultant on the reserve matters application for the Olympic Stadium. ‘They were conscious the eyes of the world were upon them, so they put us through the mill more than the most vigorous planning authority,’ he says.

Erin McDonald, now a graduate surveyor at CBRE, moved to London in 2009 to work on the ODA planning team. It was her fi rst job after graduating from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, and her fi rst experience of London. She was involved in preparing applications for the post-Games transformation of the Olympic Park. ‘Everyone at a senior level was handpicked from the best in the industry. I learnt a lot from them,’ she says. ‘From the beginning I was able to work on an application by myself, attend design meetings and have an input. Even though it was a public company, it felt like a private company.’


03SECURE THE SITENegotiations to secure the site for the 500-acre Olympic Park in Stratford were already under way before the summer of 2005. Blacker and his land team at the LDA were faced with a tough task: the site accommodated 198 businesses, 435 residents and 35 traveller families. Two compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) were prepared, one for the land and the other for the power cables carried on the site’s 52 electricity pylons, which would need to be buried underground.

‘It became clear July 2007 would be a critical date. We had two years. It was an incredibly diffi cult timeline,’ says Blacker. The LDA went to work negotiating with businesses. Rosanna Lawes MRICS, who worked alongside Blacker and is now director of development at the OPLC, remembers, ‘As an economic development agency we were keen to protect all the businesses, but also to secure the land. We had quite a confl icting challenge.’

Some of the businesses on the site resisted strongly. Fish smokery H Forman & Son ran a particularly vociferous press campaign against relocation before eventually agreeing to move to a new address overlooking the park. The process took place at the height of the property boom. Michael Eckett MRICS, head of compulsory purchase at Drivers Jonas Deloitte, was one of the team of consultants who worked with the LDA. ‘One of the main thrusts of the arguments made by surveyors acting for the claimants was the affordability of replacement premises,’

he says. The LDA provided two industrial sites in Beckton and Leyton to prevent private landlords taking advantage of businesses needing to relocate.

Meanwhile Ralph Luck FRICS, at the time regional director for London at English Partnerships and now director of property at the ODA, was in talks to take the site of the adjoining 180-acre Stratford City mixed-use development out of the scope of the CPO while securing part of the land to build the Olympic Village. ‘In the second week of November 2005 we negotiated all week [with landowner London and Continental Railways and the shareholders of its development partner, Stratford City Development Ltd], including through two nights, to get an agreement in place,’ he says. ‘It cut down cost and meant the Westfi eld Stratford City retail centre could be developed.’

Despite the need for 30 more planning permissions for relocations and six High Court challenges, the site was handed over to the ODA on schedule at the end of July 2007. No evictions were necessary.

04 SET YOUR BUDGET…Only a year before London’s successful bid, the Athens Olympics had demonstrated how far and how fast the cost of hosting the Games could rise without tight budgetary controls. The fi nal fi gure of £11bn was more than double the initial estimate and left Greece with a burden of debt that the country could ill afford. To make matters worse, Britain had a poor record of managing big publicly funded projects. The costs of the new Wembley Stadium were already escalating from the contract’s initial value of £326m towards the fi nal bill of £708m. The Millennium Dome and Scottish Parliament were other recent examples of high-profi le budgetary meltdown.

In late 2005, the then secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Tessa Jowell, launched a review to fi nd out what the real cost of London 2012 would be. Jon Coxeter-Smith MRICS, then a partner at Davis Langdon and now a director at consultant Sagacity MCS, worked on the report with accountants KPMG. It paved the way for the baseline budget prepared in 2007. ‘There was a background determination that this wasn’t going to go the way of other public projects,’ he says. ‘The budget had to >>

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‘We were only building permanent venues where we had a solid business case for their use after the Games’

be rigorous enough to withstand scrutiny and robust enough to withstand change.’

It was clear that the hitherto widely circulated fi gure of £2.375bn was going to be only a fraction of the fi nal cost. It excluded £1bn of government money for infrastructure in Stratford, as well as an anticipated private sector investment of £700m. Neither did it include sums for contingency or VAT.

The scope, schedule and risks of each project were carefully assessed. By the time ministers agreed the original baseline budget, known as the ‘Yellow Book’, in November 2007, the fi gure had grown to £7.095bn, including project budgets, project and programme contingency funding, and VAT. A further £1bn of government contingency, plus funding for security and elite sports training, made up the rest of the £9.298bn overall cost.

05 …AND SPEND IT WISELYThe budget was designed to be suffi cient to allow the ODA to meet its liabilities in the available time. However, it was clear that there would be a signifi cant level of change during the construction period, so rigorous management would be required.

In April 2007, Alan Willby FRICS, a partner at Davis Langdon, was brought on

contracts and many smaller ones with the contractors that would carry out the work.

‘Standardisation was the key,’ says Davis Langdon partner and former CLM procurement team manager Peter Sell MRICS. ‘In the fi rst 100 days we wrote a procurement code that said how we bought things. Then the use of electronic tools allowed us to drive the process through as fast as we could.’ CLM used e-tendering system Bravo to ensure piles of paper were avoided and that every document, plan and item of correspondence was easily accessible.

There was still the issue of whether contractors would want to bid, however. John Mead MRICS, a director at Davis Langdon and former head of supply chain management at CLM, was asked if he thought there was enough capacity in the construction sector to handle the Olympic

board as head of cost management. ‘When we selected design teams for the venues we made sure they understood the budgets they were working with,’ he says. ‘There was a big focus on value management – are there things that we don’t need to do? And on value engineering – how do we get the best value for money? On every single venue we went through that. We looked at what could be temporary and how the legacy use would be best served, and then picked the best value for money in delivery.’

Davis Langdon was a strategic partner to the ODA’s delivery partner CLM (a consortium of construction companies Mace and Laing O’Rourke, and consultants C2HM Hill), which was selected in August 2006. Working with a partner to manage the delivery allowed the ODA to draw down construction management expertise in each area as required, rather than continually hiring and fi ring. It also provided a contractor of last resort should one of its major suppliers go bust.

CLM’s fi rst task was to set up and run the procurement process. It was given a timescale of 100 days to create what Martin Rowark MRICS, then senior procurement leader for venues and now procurement director at Crossrail, refers to as the ‘sausage machine’ – a procurement method that would allow CLM to ‘turn the handle’ churning out 120 key


contracts: ‘I said, “Yes – but given that Wembley has just gone over budget and we are in a booming economy when there is plenty of private sector work about, is there enough appetite to work on a contaminated site with an immovable deadline?”’

Mead went out on the road explaining what the ODA wanted to buy, and to what timescales, at industry days and through contact with trade associations. The feedback gained ensured there would be no unpleasant surprises when bids were submitted.

Once the contracts were under way, a strict change control mechanism ensured they were not allowed to drift over budget. ‘Only a limited number of people can make decisions at a certain cost level,’ explains Graham Seage FRICS, senior commercial leader for venues. ‘A £10,000 issue can be sorted out on site, but a £5m one is elevated within the client’s organisation before the money is committed. A lot of smaller changes can add up to a larger amount, so we would track those as well.’

Meanwhile, the impact of the credit crunch was being felt on the projects where private sector backing was expected. Lend Lease had been selected as developer for the Olympic Village, but securing bank funding for the project was proving diffi cult. ‘Whenever we felt we had a deal, something else went wrong in the market,’ remembers Luck. ‘By late 2008 we realised we would have to put our hands in our own pockets.’ Finding commercial backing for the International Broadcast Centre/Main

Press Centre (IBC/MPC) was also proving problematic. Both ultimately had to be paid for out of contingency funding.

Pre-selling the part of the Olympic Village earmarked for affordable housing to Triathlon Homes for £268m eased the cash fl ow, however. The private element of the development has been contracted to be sold to investors Delancey and Qatari Diar for £557m. Much of the rest of the additional cost was offset by savings made in other areas. Despite the economic downturn, Willby believes the ODA will deliver its facilities within a budget envelope of £7.3bn including contingency, rather than the £8.1bn originally anticipated, so that £800m is handed back to taxpayers.

06STAY ON SCHEDULE ‘A 2-4-1 formation’ is how Nimmo describes the overall timescale for London 2012: two years to plan and secure the site; four years for the big build; and one year for LOCOG to install the Games-time infrastructure known as ‘overlay’ and test it. In preparing for an Olympics, the key factor is time. The deadline cannot be missed, and if there is a last-minute rush to completion then spending can spiral out of control.

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before another project can start has not yet been fi nished. ‘We put together an integrated programme so all the contractors were linked and we could fl ag up any potential areas of confl ict,’ says Seage. In addition, each project had a built-in time contingency in case of overruns. Site logistics were also managed carefully. Each delivery had an agreed time slot to prevent delays due to traffi c congestion.

Meanwhile contractors and subcontractors were monitored to ensure they had the ability to take on more work. ‘We developed a model to show if any contractor was reaching the peak of their capacity,’ Mead says. ‘We could also understand if they had cash fl ow problems so that we were able to identify potential insolvencies. One subcontractor could fail and the whole project could miss its deadline.’

For LOCOG, the time pressures are even more acute. Head of venue development Paul May MRICS says, ‘The ODA build programme has been four years. What we have to do on some of our venues is all about preparation because we don’t have much time to get things built.’

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Stephen Jepson MRICS, a director at Drivers Jonas Deloitte, which is project managing the construction of several temporary venues including Horse Guards Parade and the equestrian venue at Greenwich Park, says that close working with event organisation companies is essential. ‘There is a very detailed schedule in place and we spend a lot of time with suppliers who are used to putting things up quickly – seating stands, cabins, stables – about how long it takes them to do their different pieces of work,’ he says.

07BUILD IT RIGHTThe eyes of the world are upon the hosts of an international sporting event. Such projects can provide a shop window for the excellence of a nation’s construction industry. They can also expose its embarrassing weaknesses, as India’s troubled Commonwealth Games in 2010 showed.

One of the most-praised buildings on the Olympic Park is the graceful 6,000-seat Velodrome. Dubbed ‘the Pringle’ because of its sweeping roof, in 2011 it scooped the prime minister’s Better Public Building Award and was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture. Richard Arnold MRICS, projects sponsor at the ODA, says team-working was vital to getting the Velodrome build right.

As with the other venues on the Olympic Park, the ODA selected a design team rather

than a design. Led by Hopkins Architects, the designers fi rst ensured the legacy plans met with the approval of the cycling groups that would use it after the Games. Contractor ISG was brought on board at an early stage to contribute construction expertise, and offered practical suggestions such as the use of a cable net roofi ng solution.

Both contractor and design team then worked closely together with the ODA and CLM to ensure a smooth and effective construction process. ‘CLM were our eyes and ears on site,’ says Arnold. ‘I also spent a lot of time there and we used the NEC [collaborative procurement] contract, which requires a near-independent supervisor who ensures the quality defi ned in the works information is achieved.’

Olympic Village developer Lend Lease set up a separate quality control team to oversee work across a scheme that delivered 2,818 homes across 30 separate projects. Lend Lease also utilised prefabricated concrete panels for the cladding, rather than using conventional brick or render solutions. ‘We had as much off-site manufacture as possible. That improves health and safety and quality control,’ says Australian surveyor Tim Urquhart, delivery director for the village.

LOCOG’s programme to deliver temporary facilities is very different from

any other construction project, says Bulley. ‘We have enough tents to cover Hong Kong. One of the fi rst things we had to do was understand the nature of the event industry and back that into the construction industry.’

LOCOG is delivering around 120 facilities outside the park, from the archery venue at Lord’s Cricket Ground to logistics centres, which has brought its own set of challenges, particularly in sensitive locations. Bulley describes how LOCOG has tackled the construction of a 23,000-seat temporary equestrian arena and cross-country course at Greenwich Park. ‘To give people confi dence that we are not damaging the historic park, we have done archaeological surveys and worked with groups like English Heritage,’ he says. ‘We are also building the arena on stilts so we are not damaging the surface of the park.’

Over the course of his career so far, Micah Stennett AssocRICS, who joined CLM on a school leavers’ programme in 2007, has witnessed the entire scope of the Olympic Park construction programme. He started work as a commercial assistant on the stadium and has subsequently been promoted to commercial manager on construction contracts for the Water Polo Arena, the Royal Artillery Barracks shooting venue and the Eton Manor wheelchair tennis venue for the Paralympics.

‘It would be easy for me to take for granted the projects I have been involved in, but I can


clearly remember working on the stadium project when there was nothing there,’ he says. ‘I can compare my own progress with the progress on site. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity given to me, and to be able to make a career from it.’

08MAKE IT GREENLord Coe set the bar high for sustainability at the bid stage by claiming that London would host the greenest Games in history. In 2007 the sustainability strategy for London 2012 set out targets including pledges that carbon emissions for the development would be 50% lower than current building regulations would permit, and that renewable energy would provide 20% of the requirements for the Olympic Park and Olympic Village. ‘That was embedded into our contracts and the design of the venues,’ says Nimmo.

The Games brought immediate environmental improvements for Stratford.

Much of the site was contaminated, and soil was washed on-site and reused. Power lines were sunk below ground and waterways surrounding the site improved. Organisers pledged to recycle or reuse 90% of waste from the site, and 50% of construction materials were to be transported by water or rail. An energy centre with a biomass boiler that uses woodchip fuel to generate heat, and a natural-gas-powered combined cooling, heat and power plant, were constructed to serve the park and surrounding communities during and after the Games.

‘The basic sustainability point was only building what we had to,’ explains Arnold. ‘It was about looking at it in the most effective way rather than adding environmental bling.’ Nevertheless, some venues boast striking environmental features, such as the use of recycled gas pipes to form part of the steel structure of the Stadium and Velodrome, and the tubes that refl ect sunlight to illuminate the Handball Arena.

Urquhart says that Lend Lease decided from an early stage to ‘future-proof’ the Olympic Village by building it to conform to level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes. It will be the fi rst large-scale high-rise development to do so. The scheme’s eco-friendly features include low-energy

LED light bulbs, sustainably sourced timber and 95% waste diverted from landfi ll. A new railway siding was constructed alongside the development to bring in concrete, saving 40,000 tonnes of CO2 that would have been generated by lorry movements.

Sustainability is also a feature of the construction of LOCOG’s temporary venues, claims David Higgins MRICS, a partner at advisors Rider Levett Bucknall. ‘One of the key things is that we hire whenever we can,’ he says. ‘We have the best part of 2m square metres of tents and the vast majority is existing stock, so it is reusable.’ In addition, LOCOG is using as little air-conditioning as possible, and will use particulate fi lters and biofuels for some of its portable generators.

09MAKE IT INNOVATIVELOCOG will deliver most of the technology needed to support the London Olympics. During construction, the organising committee has worked closely with the ODA’s systems and technology team to plan IT infrastructure within the venues, as well as liaising with surveyors working with the delivery partner to provide advice on its installation. The organisers adopted a ‘fi tted for but not with’ strategy to ensure that if new technology requirements for the >>

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Games emerge they can be accommodated without expensive changes.

Even before the design and construction process began, surveyors from the delivery teams were using innovative technology to engage potential suppliers. In a scheme backed by the Regional Development Agencies, small businesses were able to bid for Olympics-related contracts through the CompeteFor web portal. ‘It is now also used by the Greater London Authority to get their opportunities out to small and medium-sized enterprises,’ says Sell.

Technology will also be an important legacy consideration. Lawes says that the OPLC is working with Tech City to link the IBC/MPC to the East London digital business cluster, as well as with sponsors to create a ‘smart’ urban environment with super-fast broadband for the post-Games communities on and around the park.

10MAKE IT SAFELondon 2012 has the distinction of being the fi rst modern Olympic Games in which no fatal accidents have taken place during construction – no mean feat for a process

that involved 40,000 site workers overall and up to 14,500 at a time during periods of peak activity.

The achievement was made possible by a strategy that integrated health and safety considerations with every planning, design and construction operation. ‘The number one priority was health and safety,’ says Arnold. ‘We were determined that people went home safely every night. We held weekly meetings of all the principal contractors, and if they came forward with good ideas we took them on board.’

With construction almost complete, the focus is now switching to the safety and security of spectators and athletes. ‘If there is

security infrastructure going in, the LOCOG venue development team is responsible for understanding the brief, procuring the suppliers, getting permissions and putting it up safely,’ says May. ‘Our project management team for security infrastructure is almost exclusively composed of chartered surveyors.’

Higgins describes the security infrastructure as more akin to that found at an airport than a normal sporting event. ‘The security project management team has had an enormous task over the past two years,’ he says. ‘They pulled together the requirements from government; blast mitigation measures, vehicle barriers and so on. Then they refi ned the measures, designed and procured them so that contracts are now in place for work to be integrated with the other overlay packages.’

11ENSURE IT RUNS SMOOTHLYAfter completion, the venues constructed by the ODA remain under the control of the delivery body’s park operations team. ‘We decided the best people to maintain the buildings are the ones who built them,’ says Malcolm Lewis MRICS, commercial manager for park operations at ODA.

The agreements originally signed by the ODA with its contractors did not include maintenance services, so Lewis was charged with putting contracts in place to ensure the

‘I would hope that in the future other cities will look back and say we got it right from the very beginning’


people most familiar with the buildings keep them pristine before and during the Games.

The year-long hiatus between completion and the beginning of the event brings with it a unique set of maintenance challenges. Plant must be kept in working order with ‘tick over’ maintenance so that it does not seize up from disuse. Meanwhile, the park operations team is engaged in familiarising facilities management staff from surrounding buildings with the Olympic venues so that when the Games begin there is a large enough pool of trained staff to look after them 24 hours a day.

‘When the Games start there will be a lot of things we won’t be able to repair during the day,’ says Rob Higton, FM coordination manager for the ODA, who is seeking to qualify as a chartered surveyor. ‘It will be about cordoning it off, making it safe and making sure that at night you have the right people with the right bits to fi x it.’

Meanwhile LOCOG is running training programmes for contractors and volunteers while working through its schedule of 40 test events. ‘By the time we get to the Games, every foreseeable incident will have been scenario-tested,’ says Bulley.

One of the best-prepared venues will be the furthest-fl ung facility where a complete event will be held. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy worked with the ODA to deliver £7m of improvements to the academy’s marina facilities and was the fi rst venue to be completed in November 2008. ‘We have run a number of large events,’ says its chief

executive John Tweed FRICS. ‘Those have given it a very good stress test before the Games as well as providing us with three years of legacy use already.’

12LEAVE A LASTING LEGACYLegacy has been at the heart of the planning and design of London 2012 since a bid was fi rst contemplated, but LOCOG will still have a tough task to avoid the mistakes of previous Games and deliver a meaningful inheritance for the people of East London.

In 2010, the newly created legacy body revised the LDA’s original masterplan to place more emphasis on family housing. The new scheme reduced the number of homes to be built over a 20-year period on the plots that currently house the temporary venues from 10,000 to 6,800. Developers have been shortlisted for the fi rst of the legacy communities, Chobham Manor on the north east of the park.

Meanwhile, potential future users have also been shortlisted to take over the IBC/MPC, which, along with Stratford City, is to be the main focus for employment provision. Creating jobs on the site will help to drive forward the Olympic boroughs’ convergence agenda, which aims to use the Games as a

catalyst to close the socio-economic gap between the East End and the rest of London.

The OPLC, already the landowner of the Olympic Park, will be reconstituted as the London Mayoral Development Corporation in April, and will take on the ODA’s planning powers in October after the Paralympic Games are over. It will face a tough task in a still-depressed property market to encourage private developers to invest. ‘We are looking to share the risk and share the burden,’ says Lawes. ‘We will look at joint ventures with developers to de-risk the project for them.’

The legacy company’s long-term vision for the site is a place with sustainable and technologically exemplary places to live and work, as well as a popular visitor destination with top sporting venues. That is still a long way off, but McNevin is pleased with the progress made so far and optimistic about the future. ‘I have been privileged to have this opportunity to see plans implemented and then transformed into a new piece of city,’ he says. ‘I would hope that in the future other cities will look back and say: “Gosh, those London guys got it right from the very beginning.”’london2012.com

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SECTOR FUNDING PACKAGE

THE

BUD

GET

£2.4 bn

£2.095bn£1.038bn£897m

£49

2m

£707m£438m£289m£253m

£936m

£868m

£857m £1.076bn

£553m

£826m

£766m

£700+m£2.164bn

£1,809bn

£1,215bn

The original cost estimate for the Games during the bidding process in 2005

November 2007

10 most expensive constructions

December 2011

Site preparation and infrastructure

Media Centreand Olympic Village

Anticipated security costs — almost double the 2010 estimate of £282m

Allocated funding for legacy

LOCOG’s budget for staging the Games

Raised by LOCOG in sponsorship

Purchase of Olympic Park land by the London Development Agency

£39mTourism campaign to promote the UK as a tourist destination, £21m contributed from the public sector funding package

Olympic Village

Olympic Stadium

IBC/MPC

£121mStratfordRegionalStation

£41mTo fund the opening and closing ceremonies

£107mNorth London Line

£77mThe cost of detailed planning work on transport, £22m more than forecast

£80mDLR

£86mVeloPark

£41mHandball

£40mBasketball

Aquatics Centre

VenuesTransportParkwideprojects

BALANCE SHEETSOURCES OF FUNDING AND WHERE THE MONEY’S BEEN SPENT – AND SAVED

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Sources: National Audit Office;

london2012.com;culture.gov.uk

23% £2.175bn

£9.298bn

£7.189bn

£8.099bn

67% £6.248bn

£6.856bn

£354m

£55

7.5m

£13

2m

£318m

The ODA’s forecasted final expenditure

The amount originally available to the ODA, which was revised to £7.321bn in the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review

The public sector funding package

Sources of funding

National Lottery

Income from the sale of the Olympic Village to the Qatari Diar/Delancey joint venture

Uncommitted funds (contingency) remaining in the public sector funding package, as of December 2011

£333m Returned to the Olympic Executive for transforming the Olympic Park after the Games

The estimated cost of meeting assessed risks,leaving £36m

Greater London Authority and London Development Agency

Central government

THE OLYMPICDELIVERY AUTHORITY

Projected savings since the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review

Construction, infrastructure and transport programme

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875m

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CARNIVAL TIMEWITH BRAZIL

INVESTING BILLIONS IN PREPARATION FOR

THE 2016 RIO OLYMPICS, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS BOOMING. ROXANE MCMEEKEN

LOOKS AT HOW SURVEYORS CAN WIN WORK

:RIO 2016SITE SELECTION

The 2016 Games will take place in four areas of Rio de Janeiro. Barra da Tijuca (pictured),

a suburb to the west of the city, will contain the 1.18m m sq Olympic Park, including the Olympic Arena, Aquatics Centre and Stadium, Velodrome, Tennis Centre and the

International Broadcasting Centre/Main Press Centre. Deodoro, a northern neighbourhood, will house the ‘X Park’, a sports complex that will combine traditional

Olympic disciplines with more modern sports, with the aim of engaging disadvantaged young people. Maracanã, another northern suburb, houses the iconic Maracanã

stadium, which will host the opening and closing ceremonies, while the famous Copacabana beach will host a temporary beach volleyball stadium.

London 2012 may be almost done in construction terms, but in Brazil, where the next Games will be held, things are just hotting up.

The country’s sizzling pace of economic growth alone should be enough to attract the attention of internationally minded surveyors – now the world’s seventh-largest economy, GDP grew at an enviable 7.5% in 2010, and is expected to continue at more than 5% a year until at least 2014. But when you consider that Brazil has earmarked some £368bn to invest in logistics, energy, and social and urban infrastructure, the market starts to look even hotter. And the 2016 Games, set for the spectacular city of Rio de Janeiro, offers the best opportunity of all.

‘Here in Brazil we are very interested in what London has done – it’s seen as very successful,’ says architect Marc Duwe, whose firm Tetra Arquitetura operates in the sports and transport sectors. According to Marcia Ferrari, Country Manager for RICS Brazil, members now have an unprecedented opportunity to win work. ‘Brazil has an established construction industry, but we need foreign expertise for the Olympic building programme because arenas are not something we build every day,’ she says. ‘We need extra support to improve our transport infrastructure, and build hotels and restaurants on the grand scale required.’

Rio will spend £14.2bn on the Games and related infrastructure, according to UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the arm of government that helps British firms work abroad. Of this, 10% is being spent on sports venues, with the rest going on transport enhancements, accommodation, sanitation and environmental remediation. The figure doesn’t include the venues and infrastructure for the 2014 World Cup – where most major contracts have been let – but does include planned works that are being brought forward because of the Games. As with London 2012, the themes of legacy and sustainability underpin the whole building programme.

Transport features heavily in the preparations. Plans include crisscrossing >>


Rio with a new bus rapid transit network comprised of four main lines, expanding the metro system and upgrading the suburban rail network. The Rio ring road and the three main thoroughfares providing access to Olympic venues (Avenida Ayrton Senna, Avenida Abelardo Bueno and Avenida Salvador Allende) will also be improved and, in the case of the thoroughfares, extended. A programme to upgrade Brazil’s airports is already under way, and includes expanding Rio de Janeiro International Airport to provide capacity for 25m passengers a year by 2014.

The hotels sector will also be busy. Rio needs to add 9,000 rooms and upgrade many of its existing 25,000 rooms. This will be funded wholly by the private sector, with

:BRAZIL’S TOP 10 CONTRACTORSRANKING | 2010 GROSS REVENUE US$ X 1,000 | % REVENUE FROM PUBLIC SECTOR WORK | % REVENUE FROM PRIVATE SECTOR WORK1. Norberto Odebrecht | 2,649,378 | 62 | 382. Camargo Corrêa | 2,635,628 | 35 | 653. Andrade Gutierrez | 2,094,011 | 72 | 284. Queiroz Galvão | 2,020,292 |100 | -5. OAS | 1,307,759 | 59 | 416. Galvão Engenharia | 1,065,653 | 51 | 497. Delta Contruções | 1,056,000 | - | -8. Mendes Júnior Trading | 690,703 | 80 | 209. Gafisa | 614,718 | - | -10. Carioca Christiani-Nielsen | 601,585 | 50 | 50Source: UKTI

:BRAZIL’S TOP 10ENGINEERING COMPANIESRANKING | 2010 GROSS REVENUE US$ X 1,000 | EMPLOYEES1. Engevix Engenharia | 734,543 | 2,630 2. Promon Engenharia | 304,232 | 844 3. Concremat Engenharia | 266,561 | 2,976 4. Cnec Engenharia | 186,872 | 590 5. Technip Brasil | 135,620 | 1,054 6. Logos Engenharia | 125,252 | 870 7. Tecnosolo | 90,638 | 1,049 8. Minerconsult Engenharia | 89,599 | 926 9. Progen - Projetos e Gerenciamento | 88,685 | 1,600 10. Leme Engenharia | 87,400 | 821 Source: UKTI

efforts focused on central Rio and new residential neighbourhoods Barra da Tijuca and Port of Rio. Construction of the Olympic and Paralympic Village started in December 2010, under contractor and developer Carvalho Hosken, which owns the 75-hectare site.

So how can RICS members get involved? Jon Coxeter-Smith MRICS is a member of the RICS Olympic Programme Steering Group and former head of global sports at Aecom, which masterplanned the London 2012 site. In November 2010, he launched his own consultancy, Sagacity MCS, with the aim of helping Rio’s organisers reach international expertise. ‘Rio will need surveyors for a range of roles, including major programme management, cost consulting, project management, environmental planning, managing procurement and handling land assembly issues,’ he says. Although the surveying profession is not yet well known in Brazil, Coxeter-Smith says this should not put people off. ‘This is more about the British name for the role not being so known, but whatever you call it, procurement needs to happen, schedules need to be developed and costs need to be controlled.’

Encouragingly, the launch of RICS’ Brazil office in São Paulo last year will help raise the profession’s profile, as will the fact that Davis Langdon’s partner Aecom has won a key contract to masterplan and manage costs on the Rio Olympic Park, alongside consortium partners Wilkinson Eyre and Brazil’s DG Architecture, Expedition, IMG Sports and Pujol Barcelona Architects. Niall Aitken MRICS, a Davis Langdon director on Aecom’s Rio team, says it’s up to individual members to promote the profession, too. ‘There is a deep need for surveyors here,’ he says. Indeed, following reported delays on the World Cup venues, the argument for project management and cost control services is now particularly powerful in

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The Maracanã stadium (above), which will host the football competitions and the opening and closing ceremonies, is currently being refurbished for the 2014 World Cup. Rio’s famous Copacabana beach (below right) will be the site of a 12,000-seat temporary stadium for beach volleyball


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Brazil. ‘It’s incumbent on all UK firms in Brazil to explain what QS can do’, he adds.

With 2012 seen as such a construction success, experience on the London Games looks set to be in demand in Rio. Knowledge of cost-managing temporary stadiums, for example, will be valued. Paul Mitchell MRICS, executive director at Arcadis and cost manager on the 2012 Olympic Stadium, says, ‘The top 50,000 seats and part of the roof of the 2012 stadium are temporary, which means they do not have to meet all the building regulations that permanent fixtures would – less insulation is needed, for example – so this lowers costs significantly.’ With Brazil planning temporary elements, this kind of expertise will translate well.

Not everything is exportable, however. ‘The setting in Rio is very different from East London,’ says Bill Hanway, who is leading Aecom’s 2016 team. ‘It’s a beautiful physical environment based around a rainforest with around 25,000 species, so there is a lot to draw on from the site. There is also the commitment and passion for sport of the population of Rio, which contrasts with the challenges in some European cities.’

Experience of sports venues outside the UK will therefore be an advantage. ‘It’s one thing having worked on the 2012 Olympics,

but that’s just one unique group of venues,’ says Mitchell, whose portfolio includes stadiums in Berlin and Amsterdam. ‘If you can demonstrate a global spread, that will be a better base for exporting UK expertise.’

The two main agencies in Rio are the Autoridade Pública Olímpica, the equivalent of London’s Olympic Delivery Authority, which is tasked with overseeing the delivery of all Olympic projects (though it may have a wider role, encompassing infrastructure), and the Organizing Committee, which will deliver the event. A further body, the Olympic Board, coordinates relations between the two agencies and stakeholders. It’s also worth getting to know Brazil’s top

:RIO 2016 SPENDING BREAKDOWNBY SECTOR (MILLION US$) PERMANENT TEMPORARY TOTAL %Sports and facilities 1,315 360 1,675 7Urban legacy and villages 10,753 140 10,893 48Transport 7,833 - 7,833 35Environment 1,235 - 1,235 5Security 970 - 970 4Total 22,107 500 22,607 100Source: UKTI

‘Here in Brazil we are very interested in what London has done – it’s seen as very successful’

contractors and engineers (see panel below left). Malcolm Bairstow, partner for construction and infrastructure at Ernst & Young, says that these giant firms typically act as construction clients, awarding contracts. ‘Whether they come to perform this role for the Olympics or not, try to talk to them because they will have useful information if nothing else.’

For making initial contact, UKTI is a good place to start. The organisation’s role is to introduce British firms to foreign contacts, and it runs frequent trade missions to Brazil. Look out for Brazilian delegations visiting London too, and firms such as Coxeter- Smith’s can help. Mitchell says that teaming up with a local partner is a prerequisite for getting along in Brazil. ‘You need a local hook-up because people with a local base who understand the culture and how business works there are essential,’ he says. ‘Also, business is done in Portuguese, so unless you have the capability in-house you’ll need a partner for that too.’ Finding the right people may not be easy, warns Coxeter-Smith. ‘I have seen a lot of failed alliances in Brazil because they were formed after a quick internet search and there was a lack of common understanding,’ he says. ‘There are no short cuts – you have to do deep research on a potential partner and spend a long time understanding their approach and ethics.’

With the right partner, is there anything else surveyors should be aware of? ‘Be prepared for unexpected fees, which may be called “facilitation” or “success” fees,’ advises Bairstow. ‘These are not bribes – the Brazilian industry is too sophisticated for that – it’s more just a different way of doing business.’ He advises doing thorough due diligence on potential clients and contracts to ensure you are working with the best people. With Olympic projects you are likely to be on safe ground. ‘In every country, Olympic projects tend to show the very best practice, so a positive, can-do attitude prevails. UK construction and property firms should be really excited about Brazil.’ >>


If we haven’t convinced you to board the next fl ight to Rio, consider the massive sports-fuelled building programmes of Russia and Qatar, which will host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups respectively.

Between now and 2016 alone, Qatar is spending £64bn to create the sports, accommodation and transport facilities it will need to host an expected 3m visitors in 2022. The tiny desert state has a fraction of what it needs – only 15,000 hotel rooms, for example – so a monumental construction effort is required. Plans include building nine stadiums and upgrading three existing ones, and spending £16bn on a rail network, £13bn on roads, £7bn on a new airport and £3.5bn on a new port. Qatar is also bidding to host the 2020 Olympics – if it wins, even more facilities will be needed, and the building programme will need to be accelerated and expanded.

No doubt London 2012 expertise will be welcome in Qatar, but another plus point for RICS members is that the surveying profession has a strong foundation here. Stewart Blair FRICS, co-director of construction consultant Blair Anderson, leads the fi rm’s Doha offi ce. ‘There is a lot of international competition – for example, the Japanese are seeking a more active role – but Brits can have an edge because, unlike elsewhere in the world, there is a long understanding of surveying here,’ he says. Another bonus is that the language of business is English. The Qatar construction programme will differ signifi cantly from London 2012 in some ways, however. For example, if the event takes place in summer, which has yet to be decided, temperatures are regularly over 40˚C, so shading routes from car parks to venues, and air-conditioning for all stadiums will be needed, which will be hugely challenging in terms of costs and sustainability.

Russia, meanwhile is arguably a less welcoming market for British surveyors – the profession is not widely recognised, the building programme is smaller since much more of the infrastructure required is in place and business is conducted in Russian. However, Russia needs at least 13 stadiums – although the host cities have yet to be confi rmed – and is likely to spend around £30bn on upgrading transport. The cost and technical challenges due to the climate will also be different. A Russian stadium roof, for example, needs to be able to withstand heavy snowfall and severe freezing. Despite the challenges, however, ‘the World Cup is really putting Russia on the map as a major construction market’, says Jon Coxeter-Smith, ‘and it should be high on the list for any UK fi rms with aspirations to work internationally.’

Neil Shah, Managing Director, RICS Americas

Wherever in the world there is growth, property and infrastructure are critical components of that growth. RICS and its members are always at the forefront in markets where development needs are signifi cant. In all of the BRICs countries, RICS has established a base of operations to help set and enforce professional standards and raise the level of professionalism in the property space. With the World Cup and Olympics coming, the world is watching to see how Brazil develops and tackles the challenges and opportunities presented, and RICS is helping to ensure the public interest is served and the mark of the profession expands.

RICS opened its São Paulo offi ce in November 2011, after almost a year of meeting with key fi rms, government and other industry players to understand the needs of the market. We established that, to be successful in Brazil, you fi rst need to be successful in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, where the bulk of the commercial enterprise is done. Our focus is to build recognition by delivering training and RICS credentials to diff erentiate those professionals that are driving the growth in infrastructure and property. We have to learn to work within established government and industry organisations, and many of our communications have to be translated into Brazilian Portuguese. The demand for global standards across all of RICS’ disciplines is high, but the need is for those standards and services to be localised.

We’re off to a great start with a new Country Manager and teams poised to support Brazil from the US and UK. So far, the market has been very receptive, and RICS has been welcomed as an organisation that is establishing itself for the long term.ricsamericas.org

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‘IT’S A GREAT START FOR RICS BRAZIL’

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MORE OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND IN RUSSIA AND QATAR’S WORLD CUP BUILDING PROGRAMMES

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I’ve always wanted to work on an Olympics. I’ve worked with some fantastic people. There’s been an incredible drive to do things correctly and make decisions at the time that they are necessary. That’s been helped by that July 2012 end date. There was no way we could miss it. When I started working on the project in early 2007, it was absolutely intense. We had to move away from the £2.3bn figure quoted as the ‘cost’ of the Games in the Bid Book. At that time it felt like a millstone round everyone’s neck because it was the Games funding requirement based on a cost that didn’t include VAT or programme contingency and scope had changed as well. We had to get our head around the site conditions, what the scope of the work was going to be, and how we were going to package it up to go out and procure it. The LDA had already let enabling works and we had to take those over and renegotiate some things.

There was a massive amount of work to do and everything was happening at once. You were going from a Stadium meeting to an Aquatics Centre meeting to a Velopark meeting in the space of a day. There was lots of strategic rethinking going on, for example the Fencing Arena being taken off the site. It was the height of the building boom and everyone was worried about an overheating London market. Then in late 2008 there was the financial meltdown and we were operating in a completely different world. Suddenly a lot of contractors wanted more money to take on risks, or didn’t want to take the job on at all. But it’s been a fantastic project and it’s worked out very well.

I graduated from the University of Aston in 1978 and my first job was with Cyril Sweett. In those days it was a highly technical job going over architects’ plans, marking them up and measuring them in great detail. Over my years in the profession it has had to adapt from being almost ‘quill pen and candlelight’ to using sophisticated computer programmes.

The job I’m doing now is so different from what I started doing and what I ever envisaged I would be doing. In 1983 I saw an advert in the RICS magazine for a firm of quantity surveyors, Poole Stokes Wood, who wanted to open up a London office. They had a small set of offices off Berkeley Square and I had to do everything myself – including recruiting a secretary and buying the paper clips. In the late 1980s I became a partner and I began to get involved in major spectator facilities. Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena for Sport was the first. At the same time I also began working on the Sheffield Arena for the World Student Games in 1992. I worked on Manchester’s unsuccessful Olympics bids, and then after the city won the 2002 Commonwealth Games I had a big role in looking at how we could build the stadium to suit both the Games and provide a new home for Manchester City FC. The firm merged with Davis Langdon in 1999 and I began to get involved in international work, including the Budapest Arena, the redevelopment of the Kensington Oval in Barbados for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and the Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town for the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.

The London Olympics will be a fantastic spectacle. Surveys are still saying there’s indifference and that travel is going to be a pain, but I think the public will increasingly warm to it as it comes around. You feel like saying to people, ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.’ I’m 55. I’ve only seen one World Cup in this country and I’m almost certainly only going to see one Olympics.

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1o minutes with…

Head of cost management for the ODA

Interview by Stuart Watson Photograph by Nick Ballon

ALAN WILLBY

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‘When I started working on the project in early 2007, it was absolutely intense. We had to move away from the £2.3bn “cost” quoted’

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Alan Willby FRICS outside the Velodrome – one of the venues

he has helped deliver as head of cost management for the ODA

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Congestion on the M25 was reaching critical levels. As one of Europe’s busiest motorways, parts of the

London orbital can carry upward of 200,000 cars a day – and with the Olympics set to increase traffic flows even further, the Highways Agency was forced to take action. In May 2009, it awarded the Connect Plus consortium of Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK a £6.2bn contract to widen two major sections of the road.

The plan was to turn the existing hard shoulder on both the clockwise and anticlockwise carriageways into a fourth lane, and to construct a new hard shoulder alongside. In addition, the scheme required a new central reservation, safety barrier, lighting pillars, signage gantries, drainage and communications system – all of which had to be installed while keeping three lanes of traffic moving in both directions.

The biggest challenge was that no new land had been purchased, so the additional lanes and accompanying infrastructure all had to be squeezed into a narrow strip between the existing carriageways and the boundary fence. To help achieve this difficult task, the team employed building information modelling (BIM) – the first time it had been used on a major highways project in the UK. ‘There was so much stuff and space was so tight that planning the works was critical,’ explains Hugh

Woods, senior group engineer at Atkins Highways and Transportation. ‘What we’ve done on the M25 is to use BIM to model the above- and below-ground infrastructure.’

While this is the first highways project to use the computer-modelling tool, BIM is increasingly being adopted in the design and construction of buildings. In addition to creating a three-dimensional model, BIM encompasses geometry, spatial relationships between elements, geographic information, materials and quantities, and can even include the resources needed to construct an object. Where BIM differs from most two- and three-dimensional design software is that objects have attributes or intelligence attached to them in addition to dimensional information. For example, a wall in a building might contain a window; if the

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window is resized, the BIM software will resize the opening in the wall automatically. And because a BIM model can contain a lot of rich information, its benefits can extend far beyond building design to address tasks such as cost management, project management and even asset management – which is one reason the UK government is so keen on its adoption by the building industry.

BIM is already used by civil engineers who work with surveyors, architects and structural engineers on building projects, but the system is only just starting to be adopted by civil engineers designing roads and highways. ‘The building industry is way ahead of civil engineering in its use of BIM,’ says Woods. Because it’s early days for BIM in the highways engineering sector, its benefits have yet to be fully exploited. ‘Our main driver for the use of BIM on this project was clash detection,’ he adds.

To enable the technology to be used on this project, Atkins’ first task was to model the existing motorway and its infrastructure in the BIM environment using information from existing drawings combined with the

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A bird’s-eye view of one of the completed northern sections of the M25 widening project taken from the contractor’s BIM model, which shows the two four-lane carriageways and accompanying infrastructure. The figures in the centre are distances, measured in chains.

contractor’s survey data from site. The model also incorporated an aero survey carried out for the Highways Agency by Somerset-based Blom Aerofilms, working with Infoterra and Arup. The company used a helicopter-mounted laser scanner to generate a cloud of measurement points of the 390km M25 corridor to provide raw data – which crucially could be archived for future use – and 1:500 mapping. ‘This was the first project to use the Highways Agency’s framework contract for data capture, which has a clear specification on the level of accuracy required,’ says Vicki Griffiths, bid manager at Blom. >>


From the data, the team were able to model the entire motorway and infrastructure between junctions 16 and 23 (the 23 miles between the M40 and A1), and between junctions 27 and 30 (the 17 miles between the M11 and A13) in 3D. The model was put together in 10km sections to keep the computer files to a manageable size. Once the existing road had been modelled, the designers then added the new carriageways and accompanying infrastructure.

With all the services having to be squeezed into a narrow gap, coordination was critical – which is where the BIM model came into its own. The design teams used Autodesk Navisworks software, which includes a clash detection module, to aggregate and coordinate their design information. ‘By resolving our design conflicts before construction, we were able to reduce costly, time-consuming errors on site,’ explains Woods.

Atkins has separate design teams working on different aspects of the infrastructure, including the communications, drainage and lighting. Unlike in a building project, where many of the objects already exist as 3D elements that can be imported into the BIM environment,

Atkins’ designers had to create many of the elements for the scheme using Virtual Reality Modelling Language and import them into Navisworks. ‘The model helped us identify and resolve interdisciplinary clashes, many of which would have been difficult to detect using 2D documentation,’ says Woods.

Not every model was a success, however. Early on in the project, the designers modelled a cabinet for communications cabling – and forgot to include space for a person to work on it. As a result, the cabinet was installed next to a fence and its doors could not be opened. ‘We did do a certain amount of shutting stable doors, but you only make a mistake like that once…’ Woods says.

When the design had been completed, the BIM model was issued for construction. The Skanska Balfour Beatty joint venture team used AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D to adapt the Navisworks model for construction by adding greater realism to ensure the contractor had an accurate representation of the highway. ‘The construction model makes the project easier to understand for all the on-site staff,’ says Woods. The boundary fence, for example, was shown as a vertical plane on Atkins’ model, but Skanska Balfour Beatty enhanced it to show every fence post, to help identify and eliminate coordination problems, such as where the proposed footings for a fence post clashed with an underground drain. ‘The model informs their decisions for construction planning and helps give a better understanding of their options when site conditions necessitate changes.’

A BIM screenshot (left) showing a gantry in the foreground, drainage manholes in orange, drainage in blue, a slot drain in lime green, and communications cabinets and ducts in purple. A below-ground view of the same section (right) shows how the blue drainage ducts link the manholes to the balancing pond on the right, and two brown piles supporting the gantry base.


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It was also updated to include details of temporary works and on-site design changes to ensure it was always accurate. On site, 90 out of 120 engineers had access to the model, which meant everyone was working from the same up-to-date project information.

Using BIM enabled the team to visualise the whole project. Woods demonstrates this on his computer by flying above the traffic-free virtual road. Communications cabinets, gantries, CCTV cameras and crash barriers are clearly visible on the model, as well as the mass of gullies and drains, communications ducts, piles and a drainage balancing pond beneath the road.

The model was also used for non-physical design aspects such as safety planning and establishing access routes. Woods shows an animation created to demonstrate that it was possible for piling rigs to operate safely at the edge of the carriageway. The model shows the location of the temporary safety barrier, where spoil from piling could be stored, where it’s safe for people to stand, and when a banksman will be needed to enable vehicles to reverse – it’s even possible to click on the operatives’ hats to see what they can see. With this much detail, the model can also be used to check the contractors’ method statement before the work starts on site. ‘We talked through the process to ensure problems were avoided,’ says Woods.

So how much time and money has been saved by using BIM? ‘I generally try to think of better ways of doing something rather than counting it,’ he says, but insists that this project ‘has been built twice as fast as had been

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done before, and the number of problems has been far smaller’.

With the scheme now nearing completion, will the model be used to help with the motorway’s ongoing maintenance? In the building sector, the government is insisting on the use of BIM on all government projects from 2015 so that information can be taken from the BIM models and imported into facilities management software to help manage building stock efficiently. Woods says the Highways Agency does not have the same requirement for BIM models, but that Connect Plus’ maintenance team, who will be maintaining the motorway for the next 30 years, have shown an interest in using it ‘as part of their maintenance tool box’.

Having seen the advantages of working in a BIM environment, Woods is convinced the technology is the future. ‘It will become the normal way of doing all our jobs. We’re not going to give up this way of working now that we’ve got a clear idea of what can be achieved.’ He expects that in future highways projects, 2D drawings and schedules simply won’t exist. ‘The deliverable will be the intelligent 3D model that you’ll be able to query in any way you want.’rics.org/bim

:BIM AND THE LONDON OLYMPIC STADIUM The Olympic Stadium was completed in March 2011 on time and under budget by Team Stadium, a consortium led by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine with Populous and Buro Happold. One reason for the project team’s success was that BIM was used to help coordinate the stadium’s services. Consultant Fulcro created a BIM model to validate the services design and highlight any clashes between the different construction elements before building started. The visualisations provided by the model enabled the complex routing of the services to be established, and allowed the team to issue fully coordinated design drawings to the mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors.

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I’d like to leave more than just bricks & mortarEver since I became an RICS member I’ve been asked by my peers ‘to maintain and promote the usefulness of the profession for the public advantage’.Now though, having looked after the interests of those our industry serves, and being fortunate enough to have thrived within it, I’d like to give something back by leaving a legacy donation to help support and care for the future of those fellow members less fortunate than myself.

LionHeart Legacies have over the years and thanks to the generosity of hundreds of people who have made a bequest, contributed greatly to the ongoing LionHeart cause. LionHeart appreciates all bequests, large or small. There are three main types of gift: Pecuniary legacy - a cash gift of any size (ie £1,000) Specific bequest - items of value such as property a car or jewellery. And finally a Residuary bequest - balance of your estate after all debts, taxes, expenses and other legacies have been paid.

LionHeart, the registered charity for RICS members and their families, offers a wide range of support and services to help those affected by and dealing with ill-health, disabilities, unemployment and bereavement. From legal advice and financial support to counselling and befriending, we endeavour, with the help of many volunteers, to help make everyday lives a little easier.

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I’d like to leave more than just bricks & mortarEver since I became an RICS member I’ve been asked by my peers ‘to maintain and promote the usefulness of the profession for the public advantage’.Now though, having looked after the interests of those our industry serves, and being fortunate enough to have thrived within it, I’d like to give something back by leaving a legacy donation to help support and care for the future of those fellow members less fortunate than myself.

LionHeart Legacies have over the years and thanks to the generosity of hundreds of people who have made a bequest, contributed greatly to the ongoing LionHeart cause. LionHeart appreciates all bequests, large or small. There are three main types of gift: Pecuniary legacy - a cash gift of any size (ie £1,000) Specific bequest - items of value such as property a car or jewellery. And finally a Residuary bequest - balance of your estate after all debts, taxes, expenses and other legacies have been paid.

LionHeart, the registered charity for RICS members and their families, offers a wide range of support and services to help those affected by and dealing with ill-health, disabilities, unemployment and bereavement. From legal advice and financial support to counselling and befriending, we endeavour, with the help of many volunteers, to help make everyday lives a little easier.

Registered Charity No. 261245Company Registered in England No. 980025

for further information on setting up your own LionHeart Legacy, visit us today at lionheart.org.uk or call us on 0845 6039057 Thank you.

for RICS members and their families

Please let us know if you intend to leave us a legacy so we can express our very great appreciation to you.

Law advice//

Establishing whose

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The question of whose terms of trading apply in a contract remains one of the most common causes of dispute between commercial contracting parties. In the most straightforward cases, one party will make its ‘offer’ by providing its standard terms to the other party, who will ‘accept’ the terms by signing them. Following the traditional sequence in the formation of a contract, the offer and acceptance is then followed by performance of the contract. Any terms and conditions that you wish to incorporate into a contract must therefore be brought to the notice of the other party before, or at the time of, contracting, unless both parties agree to a later ‘variation’. This means that one party may not be bound by the other’s standard terms – even if they have signed them – if they are supplied after performance of the contract has begun.

A party seeking to apply its standard terms is required to do what is reasonably sufficient to give the other notice of their conditions of trading. The terms should be clearly

set out on the face of the contractual document (for example, the quotation, purchase order or invoice), or clearly referred to if they are printed on the reverse. The question of whether the notice given was sufficient is the one most frequently brought before the courts.

BATTLE OF FORMSIn the case of Tekdata Interconnections Ltd v Amphenol Ltd (2009), the buyer (Tekdata) issued a purchase order to the seller (Amphenol) stating that the purchase of goods was on Tekdata’s terms. Amphenol sent an acknowledgement accepting Tekdata’s order but on Amphenol’s own standard terms. Since Tekdata raised no objection at the time, and Amphenol went on to fulfil the order, the Court of Appeal held that the contract was on Amphenol’s terms. Likewise, in the case of British Road Services Ltd v Arthur Crutchley & Co Ltd (1968), goods were delivered to a buyer’s warehouse accompanied by a delivery note containing the seller’s terms. But instead of signing the delivery note, the warehouseman stamped the note ‘received on [the buyer’s] conditions’. Therefore the buyer’s standard terms were duly held as the governing terms of contract.

As a general rule, the party that ‘fires the last shot’ in the ‘battle of forms’, prior to the performance of the contract, is the one whose terms will be upheld as the terms of the contract. If a stalemate arises, where neither party’s terms

are agreed and there is no contract, but services are still delivered, then the receiver may only be required to pay a ‘reasonable price’.

Terms can also be incorporated where there has been a consistent reference to them in previous transactions between the parties. If the receiver pays the invoice without complaint and/or without seeking to incorporate its own terms regularly and over a reasonable period, then a course of dealing can be established on the seller’s terms. A course of dealing can often be difficult to prove, and therefore should be treated as an argument of last resort.

PRACTICAL STEPS Suppliers should ensure their standard terms are brought

to the attention of clients at the earliest opportunity. If the terms are on the back of any contractual document, express reference should be made on the face of the document.

Suppliers should be careful to ensure any proposals put forward for a contract are phrased so as not to constitute an offer, otherwise a buyer’s acceptance could form a contract before the seller’s standard terms have been incorporated.

A supplier’s standard terms will often contain a clause providing that any purported acceptance by a buyer will only take effect as an offer on the seller’s standard terms and that no contract will be created until the seller issues its confirmation of the order.

While the basic contractual principles seem straightforward, case law in this area shows that the actions of the parties can easily create a confusing picture. If you wish your standard terms to be the terms that prevail in a contract, you should ensure reasonable steps are taken to bring them to the attention of the person with whom you are contracting prior to the performance of the contract. You then need to be vigilant in ensuring your terms are not subsequently trumped by any competing terms that are introduced.

OLIVER JACKSON is a senior associate at Mundays Solicitors LLP and a specialist in insolvency law. mundays.co.uk

ANY TERMS YOU WISH TO INCORPORATE MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE NOTICE OF THE OTHER PARTY BEFORE CONTRACTING

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OTHER VENUESArchery – Lord’s Cricket Ground, LondonBeach volleyball – Horse Guards Parade, LondonEquestrian events – Greenwich Park, LondonFootball – Hampden Park, Glasgow; Old Traff ord, Manchester; St James’ Park, Newcastle; City of Coventry Stadium, Midlands; Millennium Stadium, Cardiff ; Wembley Stadium, LondonRoad cycling – Hampton Court Palace, LondonTennis – Wimbledon, LondonVolleyball – Earls Court, London

MULTIPLE SPORTSTriathlon, marathon swimming – Hyde Park, LondonArtistic gymnastics, trampoline, basketball, wheelchair basketball – North Greenwich Arena, LondonMarathons and cycling road races – The Mall, LondonShooting, Paralympic archery – The Royal Artillery Barracks, LondonBadminton, rhythmic gymnastics – Wembley Arena, LondonParalympic road cycling – Brands Hatch, KentBoxing, fencing, judo, table tennis, taekwondo, boccia, weightlifting, wrestling; Paralympic powerlifting, table tennis, judo, fencing, volleyball – ExCeL, London

1. PORTLAND MARINA, OSPREY QUAY, NEAR WEYMOUTH, DORSETWhat: a new boating marina next to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, the offi cial Olympic sailing venueClient: Dean and Reddyhoff Cost: around £26mOwners Dean and Reddyhoff will hand the new Portland Marina over to LOCOG for the duration of the Games. ‘It’s a private marina but it will be used to berth vessels during the Games,’ explains Graham Alcock MRICS, associate director of Faithful + Gould. The initial project was split into two contracts: the creation of a 100m breakwater, dredging and the construction of a 50-tonne dock; and the dry side accommodation. ‘Once the contractor fi nished the dock, the landside contract came up for changing facilities, administration, retail and warehouse, and so the fi rst contractor fi nished that as well,’ says Alcock. The warehouse facility is currently also being used by the British Olympic yachting team.

ON LOCATIONWHILE THE FOCUS OF THE GAMES WILL BE ON LONDON’S OLYMPIC PARK, MANY EVENTS WILL BE HOSTED AT VARIOUS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AND EXISTING SITES AROUND THE UK

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4. HADLEIGH FARM, NEAR LEIGH-ON-SEA, ESSEX What: mountain-bike course Client: Essex CouncilCost: £800,000According to Martin Seddon, Hadleigh Farm is the fi rst permanent, purpose-built mountain-bike track in the world. ‘Others have evolved and had certain sections rebuilt or resurfaced,’ he says. ‘The only other complete new build was in Beijing, and that was temporary.’ Seddon was a semi-professional mountain biker, and now designs and builds tracks around the world. As with a number of sites away from the Olympic Park, the ODA did not take direct control of the build. ‘There was a contract between Essex County Council and me to design and build the track,’ explains Seddon. ‘I was mainly doing all the design and managing work, and acting as the principal contractor. We also had a QS from Muchel who was working for the council and dealt with the materials.’

2. LEE VALLEY WHITE WATER CENTRE, HERTFORDSHIREWhat: two artifi cial pump-fed water coursesClient: Lea Valley Regional ParkCost: £31mConstruction consultant Northcroft won the work on the course for the white water canoeing events. Built on a landfi ll site, the facility required a new access road and large utility conduits for the generators that drive the pump. ‘The concrete channels are relatively simple; after that it is all fi ne-tuning,’ explains Alan Tyler from Northcroft, a canoeist with more than 20 years’ experience. The contractor used a rapid block system to which movable objects that alter the water course can be bolted. The facilities are already being operated by Lea Valley Regional Park, which will also take control in legacy phase. ‘The Olympic course is a lot harder, a lot faster, but the legacy course allows people at lower level to get involved,’ says Tyler.

3. ETON DORNEY LAKE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE What: two bridges over a rowing lake, plus improved accessClient: ODACost: N/ADorney Lake was conceived by Eton College in the 1960s, but it wasn’t until 1996 that the 10-year construction project began, converting a gravel quarry into a 2,200m, eight-lane rowing course with a separate return lane. For the 2012 Games, the existing facilities were upgraded, including the construction of a new 50m-span bridge over a widened entrance to the return lake for vehicles and pedestrians. Designed by Ramboll, the box girder bridge is curved in plan and elevation with a constantly changing profi le. The enhancement works also included upgrading an existing access road, adpating the course for shorter open-water kayaking, and creating a cut-through at the 1,400m mark, with a second new bridge built over the top.

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The debate over the use of the Olympic and Paralympic Village after the Games has highlighted the need for affordable housing

in London. More than that, it has reminded policymakers of the link between affordability and overall housing supply. The Games’ housing legacy will be a valuable supplement to the stock in East London – but in national terms it will make little difference to a chronic cocktail of a lack of new-build housing and deteriorating affordability.

Household projections for England predict that the number of households will grow by 232,000 a year to 2033, when total household numbers are expected to reach 27.5m. But for

20 years or more we have failed to construct anything like enough homes to meet demand, and the situation has deteriorated further since the onset of the banking crisis. In 2010 to 2011, for example, only 106,000 homes were built across all tenures.

Yet England didn’t always have a housing shortage; for much of the post-war period supply kept up with demand. ‘It is a gamble – it will make or mar your political career.’ It was with these words that, in 1951, Winston Churchill entrusted Harold Macmillan, the newly appointed minister of housing and local government, with the task of building new homes at the rate of 300,000 a year. By 1953 this target had been achieved for the

UK, and by the early 1960s more than 300,000 homes were being built annually in England alone. That impetus carried on until the late 1970s, and as late as 1979, 209,460 homes were completed in England – a figure that has not been equalled since.

That a debt-burdened country under an austerity regime and still recovering from war could increase its rate of building by more than 50% in three years is remarkable. What is more remarkable is that the achievement was then maintained over an almost 30-year period. Another striking fact about the post-war boom was that it was largely driven by a sustained expansion in the construction of public housing, a phenomenon supported

SOCIAL IMBALANCE

THE UK HAS A CHRONIC HOUSING SHORTAGE, THE RESULT OF A SHARP DECLINE IN PUBLICLY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION OVER

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by both the major political parties and initiated by Macmillan, a Conservative minister. By 1979 the housing shortage had been largely eliminated, and a substantial slum clearance undertaken.

The figures for construction over this period speak for themselves. In the 30 years from 1949 to 1979, 8.3m homes were built in England. The private sector averaged a completion rate of around 127,000 homes a year, while the public sector averaged around 133,000 homes a year. Most of these were built by local authorities using public funds and cheap 60-year loans from the Public Works Loans Board held on the public sector balance sheet. Housing associations

contributed a further 6,000 homes a year, largely grant funded. Thus more than 50% of all new construction in England was funded by the public sector.

While this may seem remarkable from the perspective of post-banking crisis austerity, it should not be forgotten that many countries in Europe, including France and Holland, also sustained major public building programmes. To this day, more than 80% of all new-build housing in Austria, private and public, receives some public subsidy. The country has no housing shortage. Arguably, public housing construction made a significant contribution to stimulating broader economic activity in

the UK and the rest of Europe, contributing to the rising prosperity that characterised the post-war period. For the UK at least, it also helped maintain affordability across all housing tenures – including owner occupation – by increasing the overall supply of housing relative to demand.

So how have we moved from 1979, when we built the housing we needed, to today’s chronic problem of under-supply? Again the figures speak for themselves. In the 30 years from 1980 to 2010, only 5m homes were built; only just over 60% of the number constructed in the 30 years from 1949 to 1979. The difference, however, is not due to a decline in private sector construction. >>

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Securing the social housing legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Village has been no easy task. Not only has the

amount of housing proposed been downsized from 12,000 to 8,000 homes, but the portion in the Olympic Village has changed hands twice since the project began. Developer Lend Lease was forced to pull out in May 2009 after its private funding package was considered too risky, and the government stepped in, investing £324m in the £1.1bn project.

During the Games, the village will provide accommodation for 17,000 athletes and officials. The 11 blocks of flats and townhouses will then be converted into 2,818 homes for around 6,000 tenants, almost half of which will be affordable housing. In August 2011,

a consortium of Qatari Diar and Delancey (QDD) acquired 1,439 units for long-term private rent for £557m, while the 1,379 social housing units were sold to housing association Triathlon Homes in 2009 for £268m.

Despite the global crisis, the harsh economic conditions have actually aided quantity surveyors on the project. ‘Ironically, recession creates problems in that there is a difficulty in raising money, but in terms of costing it’s helped us,’ explains Ralph Luck FRICS, director of property at the ODA. ‘We made estimates when the market was roaring in 2005/6. Then, with the crash in 2007-9, we were able to get better prices.’

While 16 different architects have been involved in the East Village — including Niall

In fact, the private sector achieved almost exactly the same average build figure over the two 30-year periods. Instead, the difference lies in a dramatic decline in housing construction promoted by the public sector. In the 30 years to 1979, more than 50% of all residential construction was funded by the public sector, but in the 30 years that followed, local authority building averaged 13,000 properties a year – and most of that prior to 1994. Housing associations only increased their rate of construction to an average of 31,000 a year. Overall, publicly funded homes amounted to less than 20% of all construction. The results were dramatic. Between 1949 and 1979, almost 4.2m publicly funded homes were constructed, whereas from 1980 to 2010, the figure was less than 1m. The shortage of housing supply in England can, therefore, be ascribed to a shortage of publicly funded supply, and not to a failure of the private sector, which has never met more than a proportion of housing need.

The underlying cause of this dramatic decline in publicly funded activity was a shift in political priorities and in housing policy. After 1979, the incoming Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher dramatically reduced the relative importance of housing as a public spending priority, a shift that has been accepted by subsequent governments. Housing represented 5.6% of government expenditure in 1980/1981. In 2008/2009 – a comparatively good year – it was only 2.7%, while in 1999/2000 it was as low as 1.3%. The Conservative government also downgraded publicly funded housing for rent as a priority in favour of the promotion of home ownership for all but the most disadvantaged. This change has also become bi-partisan. Between 1972/1973 and 1978/1979, annual local authority investment in new housing varied between 1.4bn and 1.9bn at 1977 prices. The contrast in scale in real terms with the recently announced National Affordable Housing Programme (£4.5bn at current prices for the whole period 2011-15) is stark. The government also radically changed the way in which social rented housing was funded and virtually eliminated the role of local authorities in favour of housing associations.

For 30 years, successive governments have followed essentially similar policies. We now have a chronic housing shortage, recently compounded by the effects of economic >>

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McLaughlin, Glenn Howells, dRMM, DSDHA and Patel Taylor — the designers have worked within a limited budget and set of materials on an identical structural ‘template’. Modelled on 1930s apartment blocks in Maida Vale, West London, the nine-storey blocks are lined with lower terraces and built around internal courtyards with communal gardens. Until adjacent sites are developed, it is perhaps a little stark, but the internal courtyards are attractive assets to prospective tenants, and the development will also include shops, community facilities, public spaces and a 1,800-pupil academy designed by AHMM.

With mortgages more difficult to come by than in recent years, the rental market in London has exploded, and Luck sees the UK

following European countries into a world where long-term rental is more common. Indeed, instead of selling the apartments it has acquired, QDD will be putting all of its private units up for rent. Factor in the high profile of anything related to the Olympics and it’s clear that the social housing element of East Village is going to be in high demand.

Triathlon’s 1,379 social housing units are a mix of one- to four-bedroom homes, 354 of which will be available for intermediate rent (for around 20% below market rates). A similar number will be available under shared ownership and equity schemes, providing support for first-time buyers to get on to the property ladder. There are also 675 social rented apartments, but these won’t be ready

for occupation until early 2013. By then, the five new neighbourhoods that form part of the legacy plans could be well under way.

Six shortlisted bidders have already been chosen for the first area, which sits between the Olympic Village and the VeloPark, and will be called Chobham Manor: East Thames with Countryside Properties; Barratt Homes and Le Frak Organisation; St James Group Limited; a consortium of Swan Housing Association, Urban Splash and Yoo & Mace; a consortium of Notting Hill Housing, United Housing and HTA; and a combined bid by Taylor Wimpey with London & Quadrant. The 800 new homes are due to be complete by 2014, with around 30% being classed as ‘affordable’.eastvillage.co.uk

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and housing market downturn in the wake of the banking crisis. The long-term effects on affordability have also been dramatic. In 1970 the price to income ratio for all homebuyers was 2.58. In 2010 it was 4.96. There has been a gradual decline in the number and proportion of first-time buyers since the 1980s. The proportion of younger buyers has also been dropping for more than 20 years. During the early years of the new millennium the deteriorating situation was disguised by the increased availability of mortgage finance on favourable terms as lenders allowed their balance sheets to expand to unsustainable levels. Since the banking crisis there has been an inevitable re-adjustment, and most commentators predict a more conservative mortgage market going forward. Low-to- middle earners (LMEs), the 32% of households earning £12,000-£30,000 a year, have lost ground in income terms relative to higher earners and have been particularly hard-hit by the deterioration in affordability. In 1977 some 28% of first-time buyers were LMEs. By 2009 this had shrunk to 19%. It is no wonder, then, that ownership levels have been declining since 2003 and are now back to 1991 levels.

At a time when there is a political consensus in favour of austerity measures, and against the backdrop of turbulent financial markets, it would be naive simply to suggest that public housing expenditure should be dramatically increased to fund a massively expanded public housebuilding programme. Nevertheless, analysis of public expenditure since the early 1980s suggests that housing is now far lower down the list of government spending priorities than it used to be in the post-war period, and that the drive to substitute private development and rising home ownership for publicly funded housing provision has not delivered the outcomes that were hoped for.

The potential direct and indirect contribution of housing development to GDP is once again beginning to receive attention, and it is time for a considered debate on the impact that an adequate supply of housing can make to the lives of individual households and to the nation as a whole.rics.org/affordablehousing

ANDREW HEYWOOD is a freelance housing finance consultant and editor of the journal Housing Finance International.// LOOK OUT FOR MORE on mortgage finance and house prices in the April issue of Modus.

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Following discussions with the International Valuation Standards Council, the next edition of the ‘Red Book’ will include the whole of the International Valuation Standards (IVS) that came into eff ect on 1 January 2012.

This latest version of the Red Book (to be published in three editions: Global; Global and UK; and Global and India) refl ects the inclusion of IVS within its covers and incorporates a number of revisions to reinforce the principle that compliance with the Red Book will also ensure compliance with the IVS.

In particular, the following revisions have been made:

The glossary has been revised to incorporate IVS 2011 defi nitions.

The standards on bases of value, terms of engagement, inspection and reporting have

been revised to incorporate the respective IVS requirements together with RICS specifi c requirements.

The standards on valuations for specifi c applications, ie fi nancial statements, secured lending and public sector, have been reinstated and now incorporate a summary of the relevant IVS.

A new appendix provides detailed cross-references between the new IVS and the relevant Red Book standard.

There is new text to confi rm that the revised standards apply only to valuations where the valuation date is on or after their eff ective date.

A new UK standard and appendix relates to the provision of market rent in connection with the calculation of aff ordable rent.First published in 1980, the Red Book contains mandatory

rules, best practice guidance and related commentary for all RICS members undertaking asset valuations. Changes to the standards are approved by the RICS Valuation Standards Board, and the book is updated accordingly on a regular basis.

David Park, Chair, RICS Valuation Standards Board: ‘Valuation standards are crucially about delivery and assurance. This latest Red Book edition ensures that eff ective implementation of the new IVS forms an integral

part of RICS members’ overall service to valuation users.’

Ben Elder, RICS Global Director of Valuation: ‘Valuation standards drive improved services for our customers, ensuring a consistent approach that delivers valuations to an internationally recognised market norm which is increasingly demanded by clients. The latest Red Book edition reinforces the convergence of thinking in the arena of International Valuation Standards.’

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The benefits of

FLEXIBLE WORKING

Business advice//

Between 27 July and 12 August, nine million spectators will be travelling around London to various Olympic events, along with 30,000 athletes and officials. Transport for London (TfL) estimates that the number of journeys made during the two weeks of the Games will need to reduce by an average of 13% each day – and around 30% on busy days in certain areas – and is working with 400 businesses in transport hotspots to encourage flexible working. But such practices can offer advantages for every business, not only those based in or visiting the capital during the Games.

With the strident growth in technology over the past few years, we don’t have to go about our work as we have done in the past. Working from home some or all of the time is preferable in certain situations, if employees have

childcare responsibilities, for example, or if there is limited space in the office. The term ‘flexible working’ covers a range of ‘not in the office from nine to five’ arrangements, including part-time working, flexitime, annual or compressed hours, and teleworking , where employees work mainly at

home using information and communication tools (ICT). Mobile working takes teleworking a step further so that employees can work from multiple sites – in the office, at home, on client premises and while travelling.

Many employees find that certain tasks can be performed better at home, where there are fewer distractions and interruptions. For others, the flexibility simply suits their lifestyle, allowing parents to take their children to school, for example, and many find working at home simply more relaxed and comfortable than working in the office.

For managers, the principal benefit of flexible working is more productive staff. BT reports that teleworkers are 15-30% more productive than office workers, as they suffer less distraction, often work through some, if not all, of their commuting time and can, within agreed limits, work the hours of the day that they are most productive.

Companies can employ teleworkers from a wider geographical area than office-based workers, or have employees located at particular locations, for example near key clients. Staff working from home can potentially be accessible outside normal working hours to provide client contact and support, and can maintain business continuity during severe weather or travel disruption. Staff members who might otherwise have to resign because of parenting or caring responsibilities, moving home or reaching

retirement age, might also consider staying on in some capacity if they can work from home.

Another key benefit for organisations is that less office space is needed, reducing the cost of premises, heating, lighting and cooling, etc. Where staff telework part-time, hot-desking can be implemented. Companies that use teleworking also have a better understanding of the way ICT can make travel for meetings unnecessary, which encourages a reduction in business travel. This is all good news for the environment, reducing the carbon footprint of office space and business travel, as well as commuting journeys. Knowledge Ability estimates an annual saving of 1.3 tonnes of CO2 from office energy emissions alone when an individual teleworks three days a week.

Time-shifting commuting journeys is another way for businesses to reduce stress, cost and wasted time. According to the Department for Transport, commuting travel is concentrated into the morning peak between 7am and 9am, and the evening peak between 4pm and 7pm. For many businesses, not all employees need to be in the office during traditional office hours, and could consider commuting outside the morning and evening rush hours. As well as making effective use of transport infrastructure capacity – and being considerably less expensive in many cases – travelling outside peak hours can be a much more pleasant experience for staff.

To help businesses adopt more flexible working practices, the Anywhere Working Consortium has launched an online portal (anywhereworking.org) offering training, guidance and case studies. The consortium, whose members include Business in the Community, Microsoft, Nokia and Vodafone, was launched in November with the aim of helping organisations drive greater productivity, reduce employee stress and lower carbon emissions.

For more information and advice on flexible working from Business in the Community, visit ways2work.bitc.org.uk.

MANY EMPLOYEES FIND CERTAIN TASKS CAN BE PERFORMED BETTER AT HOME, WHERE THERE ARE FEWER DISTRACTIONS

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INFORMATION :RICS NEWS :DIARY :BENEFITS :RESOURCES

The RICS European Housing Review 2012, launched on 27 February, showed limited price changes throughout Europe in 2011. France, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland all experienced price rises of more than 5%, while Ireland and Spain saw the greatest house price falls. In the UK, real house prices have fallen by a third since 2007, whereas France and Germany had far more modest declines of a 10th or less. Housebuilding has fallen sharply since the onset of the financial crisis, apart from in Switzerland. However, the falls have only been modest in Germany and France. Read the full report at rics.org/ehr.

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SALARY REMAINS THE SINGLE BIGGEST REASON FOR LEAVING A CURRENT EMPLOYER

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RICS launches new climate risk model research this month. Non-domestic Real Estate Climate Change Model by Gareth Roberts of Sturgis Carbon Profiling examines Display Energy Certificate data from more than 60,000 buildings to build a picture of

how climate change is affecting operating costs and investment decisions in the UK commercial property sector. Providing a link between large-scale climatic predictions and the solutions that owners and operators need to implement, the research addresses

concerns around the impact of sustainability on future investment decisions, including how climate change will affect operating costs and where the best target locations for investment are. Download the full report from 15 March at rics.org/research.

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Nearly 10,000 UK surveying professionals participated in the annual RICS and Macdonald & Company Rewards & Attitudes Survey, making it the largest and most comprehensive survey of its type in the industry. Besides statistics on current salaries, increases, bonuses and benefits, the results give insight into the wider issues that are important to professionals in their role. ‘As might be expected, the prolonged period of challenging market conditions has affected respondents’ employment priorities,’ said Macdonald & Company managing director Peter Moore MRICS. ‘We have seen a steady increase in the importance of job security, training and development, range of clients and travel opportunities. However, that said, salary remains the single biggest reason for leaving a current employer. Over a third of respondents received an increase in remuneration, and bonus payments are up by a notable 11% – we assume as a consequence of employers seeking to reward and retain where base salary increases have been frozen or low in the past.’

The forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games will be supported by the largest peacetime security operation the UK has ever seen – and RICS members in London are being asked to play their part in a new scheme to help ensure a safe and secure event. A unique partnership comprising the Metropolitan Police, Home Office and membership organisations including RICS has created the Cross-sector Safety and Security Communications Hub to communicate real-time information on safety and security issues. As lead partner for the property industry, RICS has worked with the authorities to get the scheme up and running. User registration will begin in the next few weeks. If you are interested in signing up, please email Paul Bagust, RICS Associate Director, at [email protected].

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RICS will launch new guidance for sports ground certification in June. Sports grounds are places where some of the greatest dramas are played out in front of audiences worldwide – and

it is the duty of practitioners to ensure those dramas are limited to the sport itself. A best practice guide to sports ground certification, by Rick Riding of the Sports Ground Safety Authority, will assist

practitioners to gain an understanding of the legislative framework by which reasonable levels of safety at grounds can be achieved. It will also be useful for those involved in the

process, in local authorities and associated services such as fire, ambulance and police. The new guidance note will be available to download from mid-June at rics.org/standards.

NEW SPORTS GROUND GUIDANCE

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believe the property market will get better

over the next year; 29% believe it will

get worse

17%are satisfied overall with

their current job, with 74% working for their

employer of choicethink they are very or fairly likely to change employer in the next

year, 74% seeking a better salary

34% Highlights from the 2012 RICS and Macdonald &

Company Rewards & Attitudes Survey. Visit rics.org/

rewardsandattitudes2012.

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It seems like only yesterday that the International Olympic Committee announced London as the host city

of the XXXth Olympiad in 2012, yet in just a few months’ time the eyes of the world will be on Stratford as the Olympic torch is lit.

I’m proud to see the involvement that our great profession has had in planning and delivering what is expected to be the most sustainable Olympics yet. This is truly a moment where we can celebrate the full breadth of talent surveying has to offer, and RICS is making considerable efforts to showcase internationally the achievements of chartered surveyors.

In December last year I was asked to host a delegation of ministers and officials from the government of Brunei at RICS HQ to outline the vital role that members have played in the delivery of major sporting events worldwide. Also, later this year, RICS will present our profession’s achievements in this field to Brazilian ministers of state and business leaders as part of a major trade delegation in advance of Brazil hosting the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. This is timely given the launch of RICS Brazil in November last year.

I believe that promoting the achievements and high standards of the profession is exactly what RICS should be doing. Europe will continue to face considerable economic challenges, and I suspect that many may feel

‘Promoting the achievements and high standards of the profession is exactly what RICS should be doing’See Lian Ong FRICS RICS President

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

uncertain about the future. The accepted norms of the old world order are breaking down, and Europeans will need to learn to coexist, and in some cases compete, with increasingly confident and outward-looking economies such as China, India and Brazil. However, Europe has a huge amount to offer in the global market: the free market and its transparency; a rich heritage; good quality of service; professionalism; and a respect for high ethical standards. These qualities are respected the world over and, in the long term, Europe will remain a place where people will want to own property and do business. The successful companies and individuals will be those who shun complacency, look outwards and use their professional skills to seek opportunities, particularly in the emerging economies.

I believe that in the coming years we will see the growing influence of Chinese and Asian investors in Europe. And as RICS is a growing force in Asia, with total membership currently more than 21,000, RICS members in Europe will be well placed to win their business. As a symbol of this global recognition, in March I will be chairing the profession’s Governing Council meeting in Beijing for the first time. I’m proud of this profession and all it has to offer, and I hope that you will join me in celebrating our great reputation and global community.


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Corporate real estate: investment and global cities

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I do enjoy being a surveyor. One of the best aspects is the wide variety of clients I meet. I’m a youngish chap working for a small firm undertaking residential surveys mostly in (pricey bits of) London, and this morning, for example, my client was a wealthy fortysomething banker in an expensive suit with a Patek Philippe watch. Yesterday, my client was a wealthy fortysomething banker in an expensive suit, but with a Parmigiani watch. And then last week, my client was a wealthy banker in an expensive suit with a… well, you get the idea. It’s surreal constantly surveying properties I’ll never be able to afford for people who will never spend time in them, as they clearly sleep at their desks – but then, it doesn’t actually bother me. Personally, taking on a massive mortgage to buy a shoebox, even justified in the current market by numerous nearby comparables, would make me very nervous, however expensive my watch.

Flippancy aside, bankers are not my only clients – I also survey properties for an increasing number of wealthy foreigners in expensive suits (although they have watches so exclusive I don’t recognise them). At least half of my clients recently have been from overseas, looking for a safe central London haven for their cash. When I ask whether the mortgage valuation has gone ahead (to save abortive fees – aren’t I considerate?) most of them are unaware what a mortgage is. So they have that in common with my under-35 demographic.

Outside London it’s a different picture: two days ago I was surveying a Sussex property for a client (M&S suit and Swatch, like me) selling below the asking price, and the local agent seemed thrilled to be making a sale at all.

The only thing that does bother me about my job – the bane of a residential surveyor’s life – is when the vendor is in, and follows you around interrupting your attempts to record the condition of the spiral wine cellar into a dictaphone. Recently, however, one vendor gave me a lift – this time he followed me around repeating, ‘I can’t believe how much they’re paying’ and telling me what he was going to spend the money on. He had the biggest grin I’ve ever seen. Such happiness in the current economic climate really cheered me up.

Like I say, I do enjoy being a surveyor.

Agree? Disagree? Or interested in being a secret surveyor? Email [email protected].

‘IT’S SURREAL SURVEYING HOMES I’LL NEVER AFFORD’

Secret Surveyor

What encourages or deters a company from investing in a particular city? The list of possible influencing factors seems endless, and some, such as the exchange rate or the wider global economy, will doubtless be out of a particular city’s control. However, there is a suite of key factors normally within a city or country’s remit, and if each is addressed in a holistic and coherent way, global businesses may be more likely to locate, bringing the bandwidth of wider investment and employment.

In a similar way, real estate professionals must understand the evolving trends among corporates in the countries in which they operate, and by doing so position themselves ahead of the curve to operate in a truly strategic role. It is the property experts who can add value to these global corporates through supporting their strategic location and facilities management strategies, negotiating with city authorities and offering local expertise.

RICS has published a scoping exercise, drawing on the expertise of members and other property professionals through a number of global discussion forums.

Key findings from the first five round tables include:

In the international business arena, global corporates scan their operational areas for pools of talent and then locate them to the most appropriate place to do business. Therefore, global cities

are not competing to host these talent pools with their ‘in country’ tier-two cities, but with other top-tier global cities.

All of the factors within a country or city’s control are interlinked, and from the corporate and real estate professional’s perspective the need is for policymakers to address them in a coherent fashion rather than just tweaking individual factors (eg planning policy or corporate regulation).

In emerging markets, real estate service providers are increasingly bundling together various parts of a supply chain to provide hub developments, which can locate the end user, the accountants, real estate firm, lawyers and others together.

Non-strategic planning is a common issue across global cities, from lengthy planning decision-making processes, ineffective use of high-value land through lack of zoning, and not connecting zones properly with good transport links.

The value-adding potential of real estate service providers to corporates comes from integrating corporate real estate advisory services with strategic facilities management. RICS will be addressing this in 2012 with a stream of work on the strategic role of facilities management for business performance.rics.org/corporaterealestate

For more information contact Tom Pienaar, RICS Head of External Affairs, at [email protected].


DISCUSSION POINTS

RICS mythbustersMembers must of course gain a benefit from membership of

RICS. That benefit comes from being associated with RICS’ rigorous professional standards and, as a result, being more employable, sought after by clients and, ultimately, more successful than competitors. In pursuing and promoting excellence in professional standards, rather than acting as a narrow trade body, RICS and its members embrace the tenets of the Royal Charter, from which members, their clients, governments and society at large derive trust and expertise. RICS is the leading voice and standards body in land, property and the built environment; supporting and promoting the profession to the benefit of both our members and the wider economy.

Of around 8,000 students who graduated from courses at partner universities in the year to July 2011, only 2,245 found

work placements and signed up to start the APC. Market demand is only able to absorb a certain number; for member

growth we need to look towards those already working in the surveying world.

The net annual cost of funding RICS world regions outside the UK is less than £250k against a turnover of £55m. Each £1

of revenue is broadly spent as follows: Promoting and developing membership.................................................18p Regional and membership services.........................................................15pPublic policy, research, economic analysis and government affairs......14pTechnology support and development.....................................................13p Developing and updating professional and educational standards. ...11p Property management and facilities costs...............................................8p Finance and legal compliance......................................................................7p Governance.......................................................................................................6p Regulation of professional standards (excl. schemes).........................5p Human resource management and policies............................................3p

The new routes to RICS

membership are about giving fairer

access to the profession, and recognise the talents and abilities of individuals with experience. The new routes provide RICS with a flexible approach that will allow us to grow our business and extend our sphere of influence. Anyone progressing through these routes will still be required to meet our robust competencies and high standards.

These myths are taken from a new fact sheet, developed following the last UK Chairs’ Forum to help dispel some commonly held beliefs and bring some clarity to a number of issues. It has also been sent to the UK regional and national board chairs and will be updated on a regular basis. If you would like to suggest a myth that you feel needs busting, contact [email protected].

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There is a positive overall level of member satisfaction

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In the past three years insurers have seen an increase in the number of claims brought against surveyors. Being the subject of an allegation of professional negligence is alarming, but this article aims to demonstrate what happens once you’ve made a notification and how your broker should help.1. If you suspect a claim might be made against your firm, immediately notify your insurance broker with:a) the name(s) of potential claimantb) an explanation of work performedc) the date of incidentd) the name(s) of those involvede) the estimated amount of any potential claim. 2. Follow the advice provided by your broker; failure to do so could result in the insurer refusing to settle the claim. 3. The information will be scrutinised

by your broker’s claims team, who will first assess whether enough detail has been supplied to satisfy your policy’s notification criteria, and if your insurers could raise any issues, such as late notification, non-disclosure or an admission of liability.4. If the notification is categorised as a ‘circumstance’ (a matter that may lead to a claim), the situation will be monitored for at least a year, or until the matter is considered closed.5. If the notification is deemed to be sufficiently serious, an investigation by a loss adjuster or solicitor will be initiated. 6. If the notification is a preliminary notice under the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol, a decision will be made on the best way to handle the matter – usually ongoing monitoring or investigation. If the

notification is a letter of claim under the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol, the matter will be investigated, usually by a solicitor.7. All RICS-regulated firms have ‘costs exclusive’ policies, which means that insurers will pay legal costs associated with defending a claim. The solicitors appointed to act on your behalf will usually be chosen by the insurer.8. A decision on how to respond to the claim will be made based on the evidence provided by the client to the insurer.9. Your broker should ensure that you are consulted regarding the eventual decision, and should work with you and the insurers to ensure that any decisions take into account the commercial interests of your business. 10. Settlement mechanisms include negotiation, mediation and adjudication. If these fail, litigation in a civil court may follow, but this is rare.11. Where a settlement payment is agreed, insurer(s) will usually cover costs over and above the policy excess. However, the quantum relating to settlement may amount to as little as 40% of the total financial damages to your firm, once elements such as disruption to business and damage to reputation are taken into account. 12. Reaching settlement can take a few weeks to several years.

Howden is the RICS preferred UK Professional Indemnity broker. For assistance with PI insurance please contact 0207 648 7385 or [email protected]; [email protected].

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Membership

A supplier my firm often uses has invited

me to a promotional event with an overnight stay at a luxury hotel. I want to go, but am concerned how others might perceive it

if I go ahead and accept. What should I do?

The golden rule here is that gifts or

hospitality must never influence your business decisions, or allow others to think that they may have done. Nor should the acceptance of gifts or hospitality fall foul of any applicable laws, such as the UK Bribery Act. There are three main points to consider before accepting:

Timing – does the offer coincide with any business decisions that the supplier might have a vested interest in, such as contract renewal or a tender?

Value – does the value of the gift seem excessive?

Transparency – would you feel uncomfortable if others, including clients

and other suppliers, found out that you had accepted such a gift?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, then you should probably politely decline the offer. If it is considered discourteous to decline a gift from a supplier in your market, you might consider accepting the gift on behalf of your firm and then either donating it to charity or raffling the item among employees at your firm.

If you have a dilemma or situation that you would like discussed in this column, email [email protected]. Alternatively, call the confidential regulation helpline on +44 (0)20 7695 1670.

In February, RICS launched Ska Rating for retail and restaurants. Building on the success of the original office fit-out version, launched in 2009, Ska is an award-winning standard assessment method that will allow retailers and restaurant operators to measure the environmental impact of their fit-outs and refurbishments, and set benchmarks for improvements.

The launch follows the successful completion of pilot projects for Lush in Birmingham and Bristol (as featured in the February issue of Modus), Wahaca at Bluewater shopping centre and Nationwide Building Society in Oxford. The Ska Rating for Retail methodology has been developed by RICS with a team of development partners including Whitbread, Royal Bank of Scotland, Green Room Retail, contractor ISG, AECOM, Dalen Strategies, the Association of Interiors Specialists and the National Association of Shopfitters.

Freely available online with voluntary certification via a network of accredited assessors, the tool rates the environmental impact of the fit-out regardless of the base building, assessing areas such as energy consumption, CO2 emissions, waste, water and material use to award a gold, silver or bronze rating. The tool can be applied to projects of any size, in both existing and new buildings, for one-off projects or volume roll-outs.

‘Despite the fact that an estimated 11% of UK construction spending is on fit-out, until recently, assessing and improving fit-outs was a sustainability blind spot. This means that the vast majority of fit-outs to buildings go unmeasured and, as a result, unimproved,’ said Tim Robinson, Director of Information Products at RICS and chair of the Ska Rating for Retail development committee. ‘As the results of the pilot projects prove, the Ska Rating for Retail enables retailers, retail banks and restaurant owners to balance business realities with the need to improve environmental performance.’rics.org/ska

SKA RETAIL LAUNCH

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ACCEPTING HOSPITALITYEve Salomon Chair of the RICS Regulatory Board

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New real estate pathway RICS has launched a new pathway to Associate membership, real estate agency, which is suitable for candidates working in sales and lettings for residential, commercial and mixed-use property. Replacing the residential estate agency pathway, the new qualification has a broader scope of competencies including legal and regulatory compliance, landlord and tenant, and measurement and inspection of land and property.

The Associate qualification is an opportunity for those working in real estate who don’t have a degree but have relevant work experience or vocational qualifications to gain professional recognition and get started on the route to chartered status.

The new pathway – which is already available internationally and is now being launched in the UK – joins the existing specialisms in the real estate sector, including

residential property management, commercial property management, and residential survey and valuation.

If you know anyone who might be interested in becoming an RICS Associate, or would like to find out more, visit rics.org/associate.


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evening seminars on topics including green leases, legal update, asbestos awareness and expert witness update.£26 + VATrics.org/northernevents

RICS Expert Witness Conference 20128 March, LondonAn opportunity to assess how the landscape has changed for expert witnesses from a legal and a practice perspective. The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jackson will give a keynote address.£250 + VATrics.org/ewc2012

RICS Asset Management and Shared Services Masterclasses 8 March, Manchester;13 March, Birmingham;22 March, LondonA practical, interactive guide to innovative property asset collaboration. This useful masterclass discusses how to execute the essential success measures for shared service delivery. £250 + VAT (public sector £200 + VAT) rics.org/asset management2012

RICS Resolving Disputes in Construction 201213 March, LondonExpert advice on how to spot and avoid

potential disputes in construction projects.£250 + VATrics.org/dispute resolution2012

RICS Flooding Conference 201215 March, LondonA half-day conference providing insights into the developments in flooding. Hear the latest on such issues relating to policy, value, insurance, mortgaging impacts and more.£175 + VATrics.org/flooding2012

RICS Building Conservation Winter School25-27 March, CambridgeAn opportunity to experience conservation through technical updates from leading professionals, plus opportunities to visit various sites to see conservation in practice. Sessions include: conservation of interiors, the planning process, engineering solutions and statements of significance.Various packages on offer.rics.org/winterschool2012

RICS Managing Efficient Design Delivery seminar28 March, LondonA unique opportunity for professionals seeking new guidance in meeting higher standards of design delivery. The event sees the launch of the new RICS Managing Design Delivery guidance note.£150 + VATrics.org/designdelivery2012

Followed by a drinks reception.£220 + VAT rics.org/bsconf2012

RICS North Awards27 April, Newcastle;3 May, Manchester;11 May, LeedsThe awards showcase the region’s top projects and celebrate the most inspirational regional initiatives and developments in land, property and construction.£80 + VAT (individual ticket); £750 + VAT (table of 10)rics.org/northernevents

NORTHERN IRELANDRICS NI Introduction to Arbitration 8 March, BelfastTim Hopkins and Ed Moody will provide training on how arbitrations work, how to avoid them, and what to do if you find yourself involved in one.£28.50 + VATrics.org/northernireland

RICS NI Money Laundering 13 March, BelfastRepresentatives from HMRC and Organised Crime Task Force will discuss ways to avoid being caught up in money laundering or the use of premises for illegal activities.£28.50 + VATrics.org/northernireland

RICS NI Professional Ethics 20 March, BelfastEssential preparation for all APC candidates.£28.50 + VATrics.org/northernireland

SCOTLANDRICS Scotland Lunchtime CPD SeriesMarch to June, Glasgow and EdinburghPresentations will include landlord and tenant, dispute avoidance and mapping green infrastructure.£26 + VATrics.org/lunchtime

EventsRICS Innovative Methods of Construction 201228 March, LondonExploring methods of construction, in particular the off-site build, which has created new possibilities in reaching affordable housing, zero carbon and sustainability targets.£150 + VATrics.org/innovative methods2012

RICS National Building Surveying conference 201219 April, LondonAnnual conference for building surveyors offering up-to-the-minute legal and economic updates, an analysis of new building regulations, and technical breakout sessions on dilapidations, building conservation, contract administration, neighbourly matters and the changes to planning legislation.

FOR RICS EVENTS BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES [email protected] // +44 (0)20 7695 1600

FIT FOR THE FUTURE – A GRAND TRANSFORMATION FOR PROPERTY, LAND AND CONSTRUCTION 28-29 March, Beijing

Following RICS’ Governing Council meeting, this

international conference will cover property investment markets, affordable housing, valuation standards, infrastructure, and technology and innovation.ricsasia.org/fitforthefuture

EUROPEMIPIM – Connecting Property Professionals6-9 March, Cannes, FranceThe MIPIM property forum serves as a barometer for the global real estate sector and the general economic climate. Find the most promising projects, gain critical industry insight and meet the world’s most influential real estate players. RICS will have an exhibition stand and will hold a conference focusing on corporate occupiers’ changing demands and how the real estate sector can take advantage of fuse trends.rics.org/MIPIM2012

ENGLANDBuilding Defects Part II – The Hidden DefectVarious dates and locationsSessions, illustrated by practical case studies, include condensation and mould, rising damp and other forms of moisture ingress, and how to observe defects.£75 + VATrics.org/events

Northern CPD ProgrammeMarch to July, various locationsBreakfast and

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SCHOOL OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Construction Law and Practice (MSc or LLM)

This programme will: Produce reflective practitioners able to conduct and communicate legal analysis of mainstream professional construction practice with confidence and accuracy

Examine construction practice from a legal perspective, to include detailed consideration of construction contracts, tortious and multi-party liability, insurance, dispute resolution, procurement, and the environment

Assist individuals in taking effective roles in specialist construction law departments or firms

Promote high-quality research in areas of construction law, including a high level of legal analysis

We welcome applications from students without formal qualifications but relevant experience. The course may be completed from anywhere in the world, without any UK attendance.

Study part-time by distance learning, with support and interaction through our virtual learning environment and assessment by coursework.The programme will enable construction and surveying professionals, as well as lawyers, to provide more effective expertise in construction law and related areas.

A joint venture from the School of the Built Environment and Salford Law School, visit: www.sobe.salford.ac.uk or www.law.salford.ac.uk

COST MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Helping you deliver sustainable construction solutions to your clients. Learn through our professionally accredited distance learning masters degrees and CPD modules.

MSc SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION WITH PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY

Build a successful future,visit www.plymouth.ac.uk/sustainableconstruction

Department of the Built Environment

Qualifications to build a careerHigh quality professionally accredited programmes delivered in a supportive and friendly environment.

n BSc (Hons) Building Surveyingn BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveyingn BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management

One-year full-time or two-year part-time study with September and January starts.

For further information:

Click: www.anglia.ac.uk/RICS12 Email: [email protected] Call: 0845 271 3333

Professional Doctorate and PhD programmes also available.

Undergraduate

These can be studied full or part-time.

n MSc Project Managementn MSc Construction Managementn MSc Sustainable Constructionn MSc Conservation of Buildings

Postgraduate

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EASTERNGordon Albert Bass FRICS1919-2012, NorwichFrederick David Dromgoole FRICS1934-2011, Westcliff-on-SeaRobert Geoffrey Laitt MRICS1941-2011, BraintreeAlan Arthur Sams MRICS1928-2011, RickmansworthDavid Arthur Weyer FRICS1922-2011, Norwich

LONDONDavid Saul Allison FRICS1912-2011, LondonWilliam F G Dawkins MRICS1947-2011, TeddingtonMichael Humphrey Fawcett FRICS1937-2011, LondonJack Helm FRICS1931-2011, BeckenhamDonald Sykes AssocRICS1932-2011, Sutton

NORTH WESTJohn Peter Charlton FRICS1943-2011, AltrinchamRobin Falkner Spark FRICS1930-2011, Southport

SOUTH EASTBryan Atkinson MRICS1927-2011, Maidenhead

Thomas Geoffrey Bennett MRICS1919-2012, HorshamEdward Stanley Chalkley FRICS1924-2011, PurleyLeonard Harry Chinman FRICS1926-2011, BarnetSidney William Fitt MRICS1919-2011, Burgess HillJohn McAuslan FRICS1930-2011, TonbridgeRonald Geoffrey Palphramand FRICS1919-2011, Tunbridge WellsAlan Edwin Peters FRICS1917-2011, New MaldenFred Ridge MRICS1914-2011, SouthamptonRobert John Scrivener MRICS1947-2011, Bexhill-on-SeaPatrick H Thomas FRICS1926-2011, LeatherheadArthur Thompson FRICS1925-2011, MaresfieldJustin Piers Gow Thomson FRICS1952-2012, MargateWilliam Frederick Wickert MRICS1931-2011, TadworthRobert Frederick Woodham MRICS1956-2011, Horsham

SOUTH WESTCharles Richard Clarke FRICS1919-2011, LechladeCharles Head FRICS1921-2011, KingsbridgePeter Henry Denham Jenkins FRICS1925-2011, SalisburyJohn Sidney Linington FRICS1931-2010, BoscastleJohn Michael Richards AssocRICS1930-2012, TauntonDonald Frank Rickard MRICS1919-2011, FoweyLucy Claire Sands MRICS1983-2011, WinchesterJohn Staniland FRICS1927-2011, WarminsterBrian Stewart Spencer AssocRICS1948-2011, Plymouth

WEST MIDLANDSRobert Nelson Burtsal FRICS1925-2011, Leamington SpaGeoffrey Ernest Hill FRICS1934-2011, WorcesterRaymond Hunt FRICS1929-2010, CannockPhilip Aidan Williams FRICS1928-2011, Wolverhampton

EAST MIDLANDSJohn Russell Barlow FRICS1915-2011, Wellingborough

ObituariesWilliam Alan Burkitt MRICS1925-2011, NottinghamAdrian Robert Coles MRICS1951-2011, LutterworthFrederick Gray MRICS1941-2011, TowcesterJohn Lambert MRICS1925-2011, OakhamArthur Sydney Price FRICS1940-2011, NottinghamRoy Marden Robinson MRICS1928-2011, WigstonJon Wesley St John MRICS1945-2011, Market Rasen

Derrick W H Watchorn FRICS1926-2012, Northampton

YORKSHIRE & HUMBERFrancis Anthony Lisle Kirby MRICS1938-2011, Otley

NORTHERN IRELANDSamuel M Morrison FRICS1943-2011, Newtownards

SCOTLANDStanley Roberton FRICS1922-2011, CarnoustieRobert Lupton Smith FRICS1924-2011, Dunkeld

WALESJohn George Thomas MRICS1919-2011, WrexhamWilliam Vincent Stuart Corbett FRICS1921-2011, Knighton

AMERICASRobin Erdmann MRICS1951-2011, Petaluma

MENEARichard Leslie Naish FRICS1935-2011, BryanstonDavid Robert Lee MRICS1951-2011, Abu Dhabi

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Conduct rics.org/conductcases

DISCIPLINARY PANEL 7 DECEMBER 2011

John Gorham, SouthamptonSummary of finding: contrary to Rule 3 of the Rules of Conduct for Members 2007Penalty: expulsion/costs

Knight & Co, SuffolkSummary of finding: contrary to Rule 14 of the Rules of Conduct for Firms 2007Penalty: reprimand/£1,000 fine/costs


Jeremy Clayden, HorleySummary of finding: contrary to Rule 3 of the Rules of Conduct for Members 2007/contrary to Rule 9 of the Rules of Conduct for Members 2007Penalty: fine/reprimand x 2/costs


Jacob Goulde (also known as Jack Goulde), MiddlesexSummary of finding: contrary to Bye-law B5.4.2 of RICS Bye-laws 2009Penalty: expulsion/costs


Anne Marie Warren Associates (the firm)/AG Warren, Oswestry Summary of finding: contrary to Rule 14 of the Rules of Conduct for Firms 2007/ contrary to Rule 15 of the Rules of Conduct for Firms 2007/contrary to Rule 9 of the Rules of Conduct for Members 2007Penalty: expulsion/fine/costs

In the February edition of Modus we published an obituary listing for Peter Anthony Beaumont FRICS of Sleaford, East Midlands. We have since been notified that this was incorrect, and on behalf of RICS staff and Governing Council we would like to offer our sincerest apologies to Mr Beaumont and his family.


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PASSIONATE ABOUT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT?We are … and we have been for 90 years. Our industry expertise allows us to provide specialist courses for property and construction professionals, by supported distance learning.

We offer diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Degree courses are awarded by the University of Reading and the Open University, and accredited by RICS, CIOB and other professional bodies.

• BSc(Hons) in Building Services Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, Construction Management, Estate Management, Property Management and Quantity Surveying

• Diplomas in Construction Practice, Surveying Practice and Shopping Centre Management

• MBA in Real Estate and Construction Management

• MSc in Real Estate

• Postgraduate Diploma in Adjudication

• Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Conservation of the Historic Environment

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Facilities Management

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Property Investment

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Surveying (Graduate Development Programme)

• RICS Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management

To further your career call 0800 019 9697 (quoting ref. MD11), email [email protected] or visit our website.

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The April issue will be published on 9 April

Recruitment copy deadline Tues 13 March

RICSRecruit.com Check out the newly updated recruitment platform of RICS. With more enhancements and user-friendly features, it caters for all your online recruitment needs. Contact Grace Healy +44 (0)20 7871 2667

RECRUITMENTFor recruitment advertising please contact Grace Healy +44 (0)20 7871 2667 [email protected] Dorlisa Purkiss +44 (0)20 7871 2663 [email protected]

CHARTERED BUILDING SURVEYORNorth East London/Essex

Required to join a small professional practice.

Main duties will include commercial and residential building surveys, contract administration, Party Wall matters and general building

surveying duties.

Proficiency in CAD would be preferred.

Please send your CV to:[email protected]

(No recruitment agencies or telephone enquiries please)

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PASSIONATE ABOUT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT?We are … and we have been for 90 years. Our industry expertise allows us to provide specialist courses for property and construction professionals, by supported distance learning.

We offer diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Degree courses are awarded by the University of Reading and the Open University, and accredited by RICS, CIOB and other professional bodies.

• BSc(Hons) in Building Services Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, Construction Management, Estate Management, Property Management and Quantity Surveying

• Diplomas in Construction Practice, Surveying Practice and Shopping Centre Management

• MBA in Real Estate and Construction Management

• MSc in Real Estate

• Postgraduate Diploma in Adjudication

• Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Conservation of the Historic Environment

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Facilities Management

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Property Investment

• Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Surveying (Graduate Development Programme)

• RICS Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management

To further your career call 0800 019 9697 (quoting ref. MD11), email [email protected] or visit our website.

Kentz is a global engineering specialist solutions provider with over 11,500 employees operating in 28 countries worldwide.

Due to continued growth in our operations we are seeking the following;

• Commercial Managers• Senior Quantity Surveyors• Project Quantity Surveyors

Locations: Australia, Africa and Middle East.

Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation backgrounds with experience in the oil and gas contracting industry is preferable.

Attractive salaries and packages on offer for the right candidate.

Please forward applications to [email protected] quoting reference QSP.

www.kentz.com

RESIDENTIAL VALUATION, HOMEBUYER AND BUILDING SURVEYOR

Opportunity for contract surveyors/consultants to joina nationwide firm of surveyors. Opportunities exist in specific postcodes throughout England and Wales.

Please forward your CV and contact details by email to:[email protected]


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To view more jobs online visit ricsrecruit.com

Experts in ConstructionProviding specialist recruitment solutions for the construction sector, Randstad CPE o�er specialist tailored recruitment solutions for all stages of the build process, from the initial design and planning, build and project management, to the building services and facilities management.

As experts in our �eld with a long history in the construction market, including Olympic builds, we are best placed to help you with your recruitment needs.

For all your Construction requirements please visit www.randstadcpe.com/construction or call 0800 169 0863.

www.randstadcpe.com/construction

Housing, Regeneration and Environment

Valuation and Asset Management Services

Valuation & Asset Management Services (VAMS) provides

strategic property advice, manage and operate, maintain and

leverage the Council’s property estate. In delivering this service

we work in close and constant contact with our communities,

elected Members, Executive, Strategic Leadership Board and all

Council departments. As an in-house “Intelligent Client” we are

uniquely placed to do this in harmony with corporate strategies,

policies and statutory requirements as well as reflecting external

property drivers.

We take pride in managing our corporate property estate

securely and sustainably. If you believe that you have the skills

and commitment to contribute to our continuous improvement

programme, we welcome your application for the following posts:

Corporate Property Manager (Building Technical Services)

(Ref no. HRE0235)

Grade: PO9

Salary: £56,154 - £59,982 inclusive of London weighting

You will be responsible for directing and leading the Building

Technical Services Business Team and provide a centralised, core

repairs, maintenance and project service to the whole Council

excluding the residential estate; develop the professional

management of service contracts, planned maintenance, building

related statutory compliance and health & safety matters across

the entire corporate estate including leading on the creation and

development of the corporate property maintenance related

investment programme.

Planned Maintenance Manager

(Ref no. HRE0234)

Grade: PO7

Salary: £46,701 - £49,452 inclusive of London weighting

Leading a small team you will be responsible for service contracts

and the planned maintenance programme of the corporate estate

excluding residential properties; promote our services to all

premises managers and work closely with the incumbent term

contractor to ensure that servicing requirements and works arising

from routine inspections are undertaken including managing

service sheets and certificates.

Please visit our website www.lambeth.gov.uk to apply on

online. Alternatively, e-mail to [email protected]

quoting appropriate reference number in the subject heading

for an application pack. (CVs will not be considered).

Closing date for both posts: Thursday, 22nd March 2012.

www.lambeth.gov.uk

Lambeth is committed to Safer Recruitment and aims for quality services and equalopportunities for all.

INTERNATIONALCommercial Manager DubaiNegotiable Ref: ME 0056With a degree in construction/building economics the Assistant Product Manager will focus on building a network of data suppliers in the Middle East and selling subscriptions of the product to new clients.

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT Foundation Representative Wales£36,900 – £47,150 per annum Ref: RICS0042This role requires an effective team leader who can manage and motivate virtual teams, providing programmatic direction to in-house and external resources and working collaboratively with other teams.

GENERAL PRACTICESurveyors HampshireCompetitive Ref: RICS0043Experience essential with ability to undertake building surveys, HBRs and mortgage valuations. Surveyors work from home so must be conversant with modern digital technology.

TO VIEW THESE JOB DESCRIPTIONS in full and to apply online, please visit ricsrecruit.com and enter the reference number in the keyword box.

ricsrecruit.com

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Missing an experienced surveyor or graduate?

RICS’ recruitment advertising solutions – Modus, ricsrecruit.com and our specialist journals – offer an unrivalled surveying audience for all your recruitment needs.

RICSRecruit.com• Reaching 30,000 candidates• Covering more surveying specialisms than any other jobs board• Access to RICS members and new up-and-coming talent• Tailor-made recruitment campaigns.

To reach these candidates contact Grace Healy or Dorlisa Purkiss today:+44 (0)20 7871 2667 or [email protected]+44 (0)20 7871 2663 or [email protected]


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