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Editor’s message
Joshua Mutize, PQS
Construction Economist continues to evolve
Welcome to the 2012/13 CIQS Council; particularly the new members of Council – Jean Paradis, Pat Cantin and Roy Howes.
It gives me pleasure to write you about our special accomplishments for 2011/2012. The Construction Economist continues to thrive with enriched articles, advertisements and special Council board member messages.
Thank you to our readers for your contributions, comments and suggestions! One of our major accomplishments for 2011/2012 was the rebranding of our magazine. Through Parcel Marketing firm and Craig Kelman & Associates, our publishing partners, we are taking a journey towards modernizing our image.
I am also excited that our magazine is now available electronically in a book format. Our publisher, Kelman, is providing us with this service at an incredible nominal one-time fee. This is awesome!
Through CIQS/Kelman partnership, we have continued to attract more advertisers and as a result we continue to publish our magazine at reasonable costs. The recent magazine publication featured a wide variety of articles that provides knowledge and inspiration to our profession. Previous issues provided incredible information on Building Information Modelling (BIM). BIM is a must know for every QS and Estimator. As technology continues to grow and the information highway continues to become congested, it is imperative for us to continue to improve our strategic thinking. Continue being innovative. Continue to with CPD or Continuing Education Development. I believe the Construction Economist will continue to take a critical role of delivering more diverse articles that help us be innovative thinkers, strategic thinkers and educated thinkers.
During our magazine evolution, it is important to know that we are not perfect and I, as your Editor, am also not so perfect, but with our strength and passion for a high quality product, we will never be diminished. You, as our readers, must continue helping us with our development. We want to be your voice, source of information, source of CPD information and help you find that next job through our advertisers. We want to keep your clients engaged and well informed about the value of this profession on a project. So, I would like to ask you for your help with articles, news leads or any project photos.
Now, I would like to draw your attention to next year. I would like to expand our magazine articles to include more diverse subjects in the following areas; Statistics and Economics, Green Construction, Mortgage Monitoring and CPD articles. I truly believe that these are the core areas that we are lacking consistent coverage in our magazine. I will work with the new Council to continue working on new strategies and opportunities for our magazine growth.
Secondly, we would like to continue increasing partnerships with other Editors and journalists. Such relationships will help us continue to provide a quality product that is rich in tools and information for our clients and our services.
Thirdly, we would like to increase reports on local chapters’ activities. You may have already seen a few articles in past issues, but we would like to make this more consistent.
Last, but not least, our efforts to partner with education institutions will continue to expand. We will work with CIQS Education Director as well as local chapters’ Education coordinators to facilitate partnerships with professors. Education is the back bone for sustainability.
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