Quantity surveyors urged to embrace change in construction industry

President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Mrs. Mercy Iyortyer, has charged Quantity Surveyors in Nigeria to  embrace the global change in the construction industry.
Iyortyer spoke at the 2016 annual general meeting and workshop of the NIQS with the theme,”Building Information Modelling (BIM): The Concept, Application and Benefits in Project Development,’’held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
She said, “We live in a world that is constantly changing and we must be poised to embrace this change. New trends, emerging competencies and skills are constantly reshaping our world. Emerging with them are new roles, expectations, opportunities and responsibilities.”
The NIQS President described BIM as one of the emerging competencies in the construction industry, saying that the workshop is to prepare quantity surveyors and other professionals to respond to a change that has come to stay in the world.
“Reports in the industry have shown that demand for construction is high while the money to fund the demand is going down because of the fall in oil prices. This should bring about smart ways of working using systems that will make us achieve projects at a lower cost or reduced duration without reducing or affecting quality or value.”