TO empower young Filipino engineers and bolster quantity surveyor education across the country, the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) recently renewed its ties with the Philippine Institute for Certified Quantity Surveyors (PICQS) through last month’s signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
With the revived collaboration, TIP is now set to offer certificate courses, elective tracks, and a diploma program in quantity surveying (QS). The alliance likewise provides for a PICQS student chapter in the said institute, which grants provisional membership to its fellows in the organization upon graduation.
To achieve chartered or certified status, QS practitioners undergo rigorous training and the Assessment of Professional Competence. In the aftermath of a natural or man-made accident, for instance, top quantity surveyors are called to assess property damage and replacement cost.
“We…are in a global practice, but…only have a few chartered or certified quantity surveyors,” explained PICQS Founder Julie Christie dela Cruz. “The signing of this [MOA] will not just bring more joint collaborations between TIP and PICQS, but hopefully inspire more students to take on [QS] as a profession.”
Headquartered in the Philippines, PICQS is a 2,500-strong all-Filipino organization of QS-trained engineers. It first partnered with TIP in 2018 when the former introduced the QS profession to the school’s engineering and architecture students. Some PICQS members have likewise taught in TIP’s Professional Science Master’s Degree Program in Construction Management.
“Our collaboration with PICQS was productive, to say the least. Today, we renew our partnership with an enhanced common goal,” said Dr. Elizabeth Quirino-Lahoz, TIP’s president. “We shall be working together to address precisely the need for competent practitioners in quantity surveying.”
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