{"id":62451,"date":"2017-08-01T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T10:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-building-industry-experts-applaud-arrival-of-universal-international-construction-measurement-standards\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T17:30:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T10:30:19","slug":"hong-kong-building-industry-experts-applaud-arrival-of-universal-international-construction-measurement-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-building-industry-experts-applaud-arrival-of-universal-international-construction-measurement-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong building industry experts applaud arrival of universal International Construction Measurement Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe newly launched global standards of measurement for construction costs will enhance transparency, lure more capital investment, and improve confidence of both institutional and individual investors, according to the president of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS).
\nUntil now the global construction industry has lacked a common language and framework for classifying and reporting construction costs, which has often caused huge problems for consultants, quantity surveyors, construction…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Hong Kong building industry experts applaud arrival of universal International Construction Measurement Standards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The newly launched global standards of measurement for construction costs will enhance transparency, lure more...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gfh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103206,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-property-surveyors-just-about-survive-the-onslaught-of-automation-in-the-industry-but-for-how-long\/","url_meta":{"origin":62451,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s property surveyors just about survive the onslaught of automation in the industry … but for how long","date":"January 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Singapore-based asset management company PhilipCapital and Hong Kong-based surveyors CHFT Advisory and Appraisal have formed a joint venture to promote the use of automated property appraisals and make it convenient for banks to process mortgage applications, but it faces stiff resistance from surveyors who do not want to replace\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105989,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-slide-down-ranks-of-cities-with-highest-global-construction-costs-to-boost-developers\/","url_meta":{"origin":62451,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s slide down ranks of cities with highest global construction costs to boost developers","date":"April 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong moved down two places in the ranks of cities with the highest average cost of construction globally in 2018, according to international project manager Turner and Townsend. 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