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“ BIM ( BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING ) AND OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE SHOULD BE EMBRACED FULLY BY ALL PARTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND SHOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE SEEN AS A THREAT TO THE QUANTITY SURVEYING PROFESSION ”
— Will Kennedy-Cooke , Managing Director ( South East Asia ), WT Partnership and district cooling ), together with the full range of land reclamation and other large-scale infrastructure .”
Facilities management consultancy services , led from Singapore , is another more recent addition to an increasingly diversified offering from WTP in Asia that is an extension to the same services that have been established earlier within the Australia and UK businesses . “ We introduced FM consultancy services into the region just over 12 months ago and have already completed several interesting commissions , both for new and existing clients . The wider market for these services is not very mature and currently nearly all of the work we ’ re undertaking is in Singapore and Hong Kong ,” Will explains . “ There are a number of international Asian-based operators that are quite sophisticated in their approach to FM , but generally the facilities management market in this part of the world is playing catch-up with the West .
Sustainability is a key requirement in every sector and is of growing importance to WTP ’ s services offering . “ Several world markets have initiated sustainability targets through a point-scoring exercise ,” Will says . “ We have Green Mark in Singapore and Australia has Green Star . Leed , a United States Green Building Council initiative , has wide international recognition with a high profile for many corporate clients and there are a number of other sustainable
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