The Procurement and Project Delivery System Research Unit and Department of Quantity Surveying, International Islamic University Malaysia, will be organizing a conference on contemporary issues confronting quantity surveying in academia, research, training and development on 5th May 2009.
This one day conference attempts to achieve the following key objectives:
* Promote the roles and functions of quantity surveyors in academia, research, training and development
* Establish cooperation between quantity surveyors from within academia and their industrial counterparts
* Exchange ideas and establish collaboration in harmonizing teaching, learning and training of quantity surveyors among the different institutions of higher learning, research and training.
* To identify challenges and constraints facing quantity surveyors in academia and develop strategies to overcome these problems