by Ian Duncan, PQS(F)
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his year’s Congress was held May 18-21, 2013 in Xi’an, China and what pleasure was to have such great support from the CIQS contingent. Our party of delegates included Mark Russell, CIQS President, David Lai and Andrew Collins for Education, James Benham for research, golf and CIQS international interests from Texas; not to mention my ever supportive wife Tyra. The Congress took the usual format with golf and Committee meetings on the first day, a full day Board meeting on the second day and two days of technical presentations and tours. The closing ceremonies completed the program on day four. CEEC Relations I am pleased to report that through the connections that were made with CEEC
by Mark Russell and previous CIQS international representatives, CIQS were able to facilitate introductions for M. Pascal Asselin to the current President of PAQS, Mr. Gordon Cairney from NZIQS. M. Pascal Asselin, from UNTEC (France), who was recently elected as the new President of CEEC (Conseil Euopean
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des Economistes de la Construction; The Council of European Construction Economists). This further solidifies the CIQS on the international stage. Education Committee During the 2013 PAQS Education Committee meeting, the following items were discussed: The application by Unitec (New Zealand) to extend their accreditation for another two years. The committee agreed with the recommendation of the accreditation team to grant the extension. Discussion on the use of the terms ‘ReAccreditation’ and ‘Subsequent Accreditation.’ It was agreed that ‘Re-Accreditation’ should be used when partial accreditation was granted initially and the institution re-applies for full accreditation, and ‘Subsequent Accreditation’ be used when the
