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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 10 CEEC Cost Groups / Groupes de coût / Kostengruppen

11. 11 CEEC-Code: basic quantities

12. 12 Standard form of cost analysis (1)

13. 13 Standard form of cost analysis (2)

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

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