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FIG PUBLICATION NO. 20
FIG Work Plan 2000 - 2003
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
AIM
OBJECTIVES
MISSION STATEMENT
THE BUREAU WORK PLAN 2000
- 2003 - Advancing the Global Role of Surveying
1. General
2. Specific Tasks
2.1 Planning and
Developing the Federation
2.2 Membership
2.3 Commissions
2.4 External Relations
2.5 Communications
COMMISSION WORK PLANS 1998
- 2002
Commission 1 - Professional Standards and
Practice
Commission 2 - Professional Education
Commission 3 - Spatial Information Management
Commission 4 - Hydrography
Commission 5 - Positioning and Measurement
Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys
Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management
Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and
Development
Commission 9 - Valuation and the Management
of Real Estate
Ad Hoc Commission on Construction Economics
and Management
Appendix: FIG DEFINITION OF SURVEYOR
Orders for printed versions
This document lists the tasks which FIG will undertake
during 2000-2003. It comprises the vision statement and goals of the
Federation, a plan of work for the Bureau for 2000-2003 , in relation to the
administration and forward planning of the Federation; and plans of work
1998-2002 for each of the nine technical commissions and ad hoc commission
on Construction Economics and Management which pursue FIG's professional and
technical objectives. It is, however the Bureau which has overall
responsibility for fulfilling this plan, in its role either as an executor
or, in the case of commission-led activities, as a facilitator and
co-ordinator.
The Bureau's Work Plan is governed by FIG's aim and
objectives, the Statutes and Internal Rules of the Federation and decisions
of the General Assembly of FIG.
The aim of FIG is to be the premier international non-governmental
organization that represents the interests of surveyors and users of
surveying services in all countries in the world. It is a Federation of
member associations all of whom seek excellence in the services that they
deliver.
The objectives of the Federation as defined in its Statutes are:
- to provide an international forum for the exchange of information
about surveying and for the development of fellowship between surveyors
- to collaborate with the United Nations and other international and
regional agencies in the formulation and implementation of policies
affecting the use, development and management of land and marine resources
- to promote the disciplines of surveying, particularly in developing
countries and countries in economic transition
- to promote the role of the surveyor in the management of natural and
man-made environments
- to promote the development of national associations of surveyors and
to promote professional standards and codes of ethics and the exchange of
surveying personnel
- to promote high standards of education and training for surveyors and
to facilitate continuing professional development (CPD)
- to encourage the development and proper use of appropriate technology
- to encourage research in all disciplines of surveying and to
disseminate the results.
The Mission of the International Federation of Surveyors is to ensure
that the disciplines of surveying and all who practice them meet the needs
of the markets and communities that they serve.
"Advancing the Global Role of Surveying"
This Work Plan provides the FIG Bureau direction in its
management of the Federation. The Bureau, as the managing board of the
Federation, has the authority and responsibility for fulfilling this plan.
The member organizations are FIG; thus, the Bureau will
focus on providing member organizations the tools to advance the global role
of surveying by
- Recognizing surveying's
significant role in the betterment of humanity and its environs;
- Recognizing its responsibilities to all surveyors including those not
represented by member organizations and will ensure that its activities
will benefit the profession as a whole;
- Implementing mechanisms for increasing participation by member
organizations in FIG activities and informing member organizations of FIG
and other international surveying activities;
- Emphasizing the strengthening of professional institutions, the
promoting of professional development, the participating in the
development of international standards, and the working with international
organizations;
- Developing contacts with UN agencies and other international
organizations in the context of the commission work plans;
- Promoting international standards of professional competence;
- Encouraging the development and proper use of appropriate technology;
and
- Encouraging research in all disciplines of surveying and to
disseminate research results.
FIG's financial security is directly related to its member
organizations' (and potential new member organizations) members perceptions of
FIG's responsiveness to their individual goals. Thus, the Bureau has as its
primary objective
- The improving of FIG's responsiveness to the needs of member
organizations' members.
The Bureau recognizes that the commissions are the
implementers of FIG policies and programs. Thus, the Bureau plans to achieve
this objective by
- Increasing the effectiveness and responsiveness of the commission work
plans through Bureau oversight (ensuring that commission work plans
reflect the FIG approved overall plan, ensuring coordination between
commissions, tracking of work plan schedules, etc.);
- Providing financial grants to commissions for high priority projects;
- Developing, through the commissions, products, training and services
which have practical application to member organizations and their
individual members; and
- Communicating the commissions' accomplishments to the member
organizations and others.
The specific tasks which the Bureau will under take
during its administration are
-
To present, to the General Assembly in Prague 2000,
the findings and recommendations of the task force on the Future
Governance and Management of FIG and to implement the General Assembly=s
approved changes and prepare the new Statutes for the approval of the
General Assembly in Seoul 2001;
-
To review and update the strategic plan for approval
to the General Assembly in Washington 2002;
-
To develop a long-term financial strategy for FIG and
present the strategy to the General Assembly in Washington 2002;
-
To initiate and fund a reserve account;
-
To develop and implement work planning and budgeting
processes which incorporate and coordinate all FIG organizational units;
-
To continue the work of the task force on the Future
Governance of FIG with ACCO to evaluate the need for any longer term
changes to the Commission structure in more detail so that the decisions
can be made at the General Assembly in Washington, 2002;
-
To make recommendations, to the 2002 General
Assembly, on the process for selecting future congress sites;
-
To develop, for presentation to the 2002 General
Assembly, protocols for the financing and the content of congresses and
working weeks, including a policy for the distribution of congress and
working week profits and losses;
-
To develop, for approval by the 2001 General
Assembly, a list of authorities, responsibilities and duties for the
Bureau, FIG Office, and the commissions;
-
To increase membership within under-represented
regions: especially, the Caribbean, and Central and South America;
-
To increase secondary membership in countries that
are already members of FIG;
-
To increase FIG regional activities and to seek the
support and the participation of member associations and commission
delegates to these activities;
-
To increase academic membership and promote the
Surveying Education Database;
-
To increase sponsor membership and develop the
benefits of being a sponsor member;
-
To arrange for Bureau members and other FIG
representatives to visit all member associations;
-
To encourage visits to the FIG office by member
association representatives and to use the FIG office for Commission and
other events;
-
To develop strategies to encourage the surveyor to be
customer oriented and to provide a quality service;
-
To improve coordination between the Bureau, ACCO and
the Commissions;
-
To develop FIG and its commissions' co-operation with
international and regional surveying related organizations identifies by
the commissions.
-
To develop and deepen co-operation with partner and
sister organizations and to sign memoranda of understanding or
agreements whenever needed;
-
To enter into cooperative agreements with sister
organizations to work together on areas of common concern;
-
To identify and make contact with UN related agencies
having common areas of interest with FIG and with whom FIG does not
currently have a formal relationship;
-
To enter into a co-operative agreement with the
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Permanent Committee for GIS
Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP) and other regional
organizations and to act as a catalyst for the establishment of a
formalized regional body in the Americas dealing with Spatial Data
Infrastructures;
-
To promote the activities of the UNCHS(Habitat)
global campaigns especially the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure;
-
To prepare a report on progress made during the five
years since the Habitat II Conference for the June 2001 special meeting
of the UN General Assembly in New York (Istanbul+5);
-
To evaluate the possibilities to participate in the
process of Rio + 10 to be held in 2002;
-
To develop the coordination mechanisms for
synchronizing the planning and budgeting of FIG/UN cooperative programs;
-
To prepare for distribution, by the World Bank,
compilations of the costs and benefits of various cadastre/land
registration projects and checklists on how to successfully conduct land
administration projects;
-
To develop the mechanisms required to effectively
liaise with FAO regional organizations;
-
To co-operate with the World Trade Organisation in
the promotion of global markets for surveying services;
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To develop further co-operation with certification
and standardisation bodies to ensure that workable standards which take
full account of the needs of FIG's members result;
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To develop strategies that facilitate the transfer of
donated equipment to educational establishments in developing countries.
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To improve communication between the Bureau, the
commissions, and the member associations and, through them, to their
individual members;
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To establish effective methods of notifying member
associations and their members of FIG services and products (e.g.
seminars, workshops, publications);
-
To publish an annual review which will serve as FIG's
main medium of external communication and principal marketing tool;
-
To publish FIG quarterly bulletin both as printed and
internet versions;
-
To develop FIG home page as the main channel for
daily information delivery;
-
To develop recommendations on the publication of a
FIG journal containing selected papers presented at FIG or FIG sponsored
events;
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To produce literature describing why clients should
use the services of surveyors;
-
To conduct a major internet campaign publicizing
FIG's work;
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To build and maintain a database of international,
regional, and national organizations whose activities are surveying
related;
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To maintain an internet accessible system for holding
FIG publications.
Commission 1 - Professional
Standards and Practice
- Chairperson: Prof. John Parker (Australia)
Terms of reference
- Ethical principles and codes of professional conduct
- Guidelines relating to the provision of services
- Standards of business practice and total quality management
- Changes affecting the operation of surveying practices, their
management and their professional structures
- International legislation affecting the profession
- The role of surveyors in the public sector.
Mission statement
Facilitate and encourage delegates from member
associations to participate in the activities of the commission which
include promoting the aims and objectives of FIG and in particular
professional standards; ethical principles and codes of professional
conduct; business practice; provision of services; management issues; and
legislation affecting the profession.
Commission1 web site: FIG Home page:
http://www.FIG.net.
Working Groups
Working Group 1.1 - Organisation
- Public sector organisational structures that cover FIG activities,
including the management philosophy behind the structures and the method of
providing services and the role of the private sector.
- Outsourcing/contracting out of government services.
Chair
Klaus Rürup (Germany).
Specific projects
- Documentation showing different organisational structures of various
governments around the world.
- Paper addressing the management philosophy, including the role of the
private sector in the provision of services.
- Paper on outsourcing/contracting out of government services.
- Draft clauses for possible inclusion in contracts relating to the
contracting out of services with respect to management performance matters.
Workshop(s)
n/a
Publication(s)
See Specific projects – papers to be presented at FIG
working weeks and on the commission home page.
Timetable
Conclude work by the time of the FIG working week, 2000.
Beneficiaries
International agencies, governments - particularly in
developing countries and countries in economic transition.
Working Group 1.2 - Business practices
The importance of ethics in business.
The impact of information technology on business practice.
The provision of quality services and products, in particular the role
that total quality management, quality assurance and quality awards criteria
can play in the management of an organisation.
ISO standards that may affect the management and business practices of
surveying organisations.
Chair
Iain Greenway (UK).
Specific projects
- Promote the importance of ethics in business.
- Monitor and provide constructive comment on (i) the impact of
information technology on business practice and (ii) relevant ISO standards
(in collaboration with the FIG task force on standards).
- Research and promote all aspects of quality relevant to the management
of surveying businesses.
- Produce a series of papers and/or reports to bring the foregoing issues
to the attention of member associations and for discussion at FIG working
weeks.
Workshop(s)
n/a
Publication(s)
See Specific projects, which may eventuate in an FIG
publication.
Timetable
Conclude work by the time of the FIG working week, 2001.
Beneficiaries
Surveying businesses.
Working Group 1.3 - Internet site
Develop a commission home page, to disseminate news about its activities
and provide access to various data bases of information.
Chair
Stephen Djaba (Ghana)
Specific projects
- Create a user friendly easily accessible site with links to and from
other FIG home pages.
- Thereafter maintain and develop the commission home page, linkages to
other relevant home pages and new pages or other networks for special
projects, to keep commission delegates, other FIG members, users of
surveying services and the public involved in and informed about the work of
the commission.
Workshop(s)
n/a
Publication(s)
n/a
Timetable
Create site during 1999.
Beneficiaries
International agencies, member associations, surveying
businesses, individuals.
Other activities
Professional Practice
Professional practice (individual), covering
- assistance to the FIG task force on under represented groups in
surveying
- personal professional development, in collaboration with the
Commission 2 working group on CPD and management skills.
Beneficiaries
Joint Working Group with Commission 3 on access to relevant data
Policy issues: Establish and chair a joint working group with
Commission 3 on access to relevant data with particular regard to the
implications of intellectual property and copyright (including the WTO’s
work on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)).
Chair: Chris Hoogsteden (New Zealand).
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
John Parker, Chair of Commission 1
PO Box 110
Brunswick East
Victoria 3057
Australia
Email park106@dcsi.net.au
Tel + 61 3 9387 1964
Fax + 61 3 9381 1378 |
Klaus Rürup, Vice-Chair of Commission 1 and Chair
of WG 1.1
Droste-Hülshoff Strasse 8
D-46236 Bottrop
Germany
Email
klaus.ruerup@t-online.de
Tel + 49 20 411 8830
Fax + 49 20 411 88316 |
Paul Harcombe, Secretary of Commission 1
Land Information Centre
PO Box 143
Bathurst, NSW 2795
Australia
Email harcombe@lic.gov.au
Tel + 61 2 6332 8208
Fax + 61 2 6332 8217 |
Iain Greenway, Chair of WG 1.2
13 Hazelbury Park
Clonee
Dublin 15
Ireland
Email
iain.greenway@btinternet.com
Tel + 353 1 802 5316
Fax + 353 1 820 4156 |
Stephen Djaba, Chair of WG 1.3
Geotech Systems Ltd
P.O. Box GP 14727
Accra
Ghana
Email Stephen@ghana.com
Tel + 233 21 245945 (work)
Tel + 233 21 766819 (home)
Fax + 233 21 236475 |
Chris Hoogsteden, Chair of Joint WG with Commission
3 on access to relevant data
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand
Email
hoogstc@albers.otago.ac.nz
Tel + 64 3 479 7605
Fax + 64 3 479 7586 |
Commission 2 - Professional Education
- Chairperson Prof. Kirsi Virrantaus (Finland)
Terms of reference
Education and teaching methods
Continuing professional development
The interaction between education, research and practice
Encouragement of the exchange of students and personnel.
Mission statement
- Methods and content of education: develop and promote teaching and
learning methods and the content of curricula with special emphasis on
university level, high technology-based education.
- Interaction between academia and practice: stimulate interaction
between university education, research and practice so as continuously to
develop educational curricula and enable surveyors to put into practice
the results of research and development.
- Academic and professional profiles: through the promotion of
continuing professional development (CPD) and the practical application of
research, help surveyors continuously to up-date their academic and
professional profiles.
- Dissemination of knowledge: encourage the exchange of students and
qualified surveyors, (i) to facilitate the sharing of knowledge between
surveyors and between surveyors and members of allied disciplines and (ii)
to create an awareness of different environments and cultures.
- Marketing: market surveyors as modern professionals on a par with
other technical, economics and managerial professionals, with particular
emphasis on young people who are selecting their field of study.
Commission 2 web site:
http://www.hut.fi/Units/Cartography/fig2.html
Working Groups
Working Group 2.1 - Management skills, professional
competences and CPD policies
Policy issues
Equipping surveyors with management and problem solving skills.
On-going promotion of continuing professional development (CPD).
Putting research results into practice.
Chair
Chris Hoogsteden (New Zealand).
Specific projects
- Conclude work begun during the preceding plan period (1994-1998) on
management skills.
- CPD
- Co-operate with Commission 1.
Workshop(s)
None.
Publication(s)
"Management skills" (not final title) (as an FIG
publication).
Timetable
Draft publication, 2000; final publication, 2002.
Beneficiaries
Universities and university teachers, individual
surveyors.
Working Group 2.2 - Virtual academy - distance learning
Policy issues
- The movement from discrete computer assisted learning (CAL) tools
towards an integrated virtual learning environment.
- Technical, political, legal, organisational and cultural problems.
- Copyright and accreditation problems.
- The role of the lecturer and human communication in general.
Chair
Henrik Haggrén (Finland).
Specific projects
- Establish an Internet forum for discussion of the virtual academy.
- Collect experiences from universities which have already introduced
distance learning.
- Disseminate information about distance learning to universities which
are starting to introduce the technique.
- Co-operation with Commission 3 on distance education and training in
geoinformatics and with all other commissions as regards distance education
and training in the disciplines they represent.
- Establish contacts with Internet/multimedia experts outside FIG.
- Set up a home page with hyperlinks to Web sites for distance learning
relevant to surveying education.
Workshop(s)
- Virtual workshops and information delivery via the Internet.
- Presentations at FIG working weeks, 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Publication(s)
Digital material on Web sites.
Timetable
- Set up home page with hyperlinks to Web sites during 1998-99.
- Continuous communication via the Internet.
- Working group final report, 2002.
Beneficiaries
Universities and university teachers, distance learning
students, individual surveyors, employers.
Working Group 2.3 - University curricula – content
competencies, trends and assessments
Policy issues
- Who drives content: academia or professional practice?
- Trends in professional practice, possibilities deriving from academic
research and curriculum responses to these trends.
- Curriculum redesign in response to outcome assessments.
- Necessary competencies for inclusion in surveying curricula.
Chair
Julian "Jud" Rouch (USA).
Specific projects
- Maintain contacts with all other commissions regarding the development
of curricula in their respective fields.
- Study educational models in South Africa, South America and South Asia.
Workshop(s)
- "University curricula, teaching methods and quality systems", Wuhan,
October 1998.
- Presentations at FIG working weeks, 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Publication(s)
Proceedings of workshop (by the host).
Timetable
- Proceedings of workshop, 1998.
- Working group final report, 2002.
Beneficiaries
Universities and university teachers, students,
employers.
Working Group 2.4 - Surveying students
Policy issues
- The need to involve students in the work of FIG and its commissions as
well as in the work of national associations.
- The need to market surveying as a modern profession and field of science
to young people who are selecting their field of study.
Chair
Prof. Pedro Cavero (Spain).
Specific projects
- Post-academic practical training for students.
- Possibilities for international training and international studies -
both for undergraduates and young postgraduates.
- Information dissemination to schools on surveying as a profession.
- Practical problems of student/young graduate participation in the work
of Commission 2 in particular and in the work of FIG in general (in
collaboration with Commission 1 and the task force on under-represented
groups in surveying).
Workshop(s)
Rosario, Argentina, 18-20 October 2000.
Publication(s)
Proceedings of workshop (by the host).
Timetable
- Proceedings of workshop, 2000.
- Working group final report, 2002.
Beneficiaries
Students, universities, FIG.
Joint Commission 2 and 9 Working Group -
Education of valuation in FIG
Policy issues
- Education on valuation through information network in FIG (an integrated
virtual learning environment). Let education move, not people.
- Educational ladder. A stepped way of advancing shall be planned for
improving the knowledge of valuation.
- An educational package of valuation should be created and offered on the
homepage of FIG. The developing countries and those under transition economy
should intentionally be chosen as the target group.
- Co-operation in education / a network for supporting the
contact persons.
Chair
Prof. Kauko Viitanen (Finland).
Specific projects
- Establish an Internet forum for discussion of the education on valuation.
- Collect information and determine terminology, basic theories, basic
methodology on valuation.
- Create the educational package of valuation.
- Co-operation with Commission 2 and especially with the WP 2.2 (Virtual
academy - distance learning) on distance education and training and with
Commission 9 especially the WP 9.1 (Education and training of valuers in
developing economies). Co-operation also with all other commissions as regards
distance education and training.
- Establish contacts with the universities, the associations for valuation
etc. outside FIG.
- Set up a home page with an educational package of valuation with
hyperlinks to Web sites for distance learning.
Workshop(s)
-
Virtual workshops and information delivery via the
Internet.
-
Presentations at FIG working weeks, Korea 2001, USA 2002
and Germany 2006.
-
Discussions/presentations can be arranged also in some
other seminars of Commission 9 (e.g. Copenhagen 2001).
Publication(s)
Timetable
- Set up home page with hyperlinks to Web sites during 2001-2005.
- Continuous communication via the Internet.
- Working group final report, Congress in Munich, 2006.
Beneficiaries
Distance learning students, individual
surveyors, civil servants, politicians, landowners, employers, universities
and university teachers etc.
Other activities
- Support for developing countries through the organisation of seminars
highlighting different possibilities for and backgrounds to surveying
education in various countries.
- Maintain and develop the commission home page, linkages to other
relevant home pages and new pages or other networks for special projects,
to keep commission delegates, other FIG members, users of surveying
services and the public involved in and informed about the work of the
commission.
- Maintain and up-date the surveying education data base (SEDB).
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Prof. Kirsi Virrantaus, Chair of Commission 2
Department of Surveying
Helsinki University of Technology
P.O.Box 1200
FIN-02015 HUT
Finland
Email kirsi.virrantaus@hut.fi
Tel + 358 9 451 3912
Fax + 358 9 465077
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Prof. Pedro Cavero, Vice-Chair of Commission 2 and
Chair of WG 2.4
Escuela U. de Ingeniería Técnica Topográfica
Campus Sur
Ctra. de Valencia Km. 7
28031 Madrid
Spain
Email
pjcavero@nivel.euitto.upm.es
Tel + 34 336 91 71 08
Fax + 34 332 91 25 60
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Marjaana Laurema, Secretary of Commission 2
Helsinki University of Technology
Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli
P.O.Box 8000
02015 HUT
Finland
Email Marjaana.Laurema@hut.fi
Tel + 358 9 451 4021
Fax + 358 9 451 4068
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Prof. Chris Hoogsteden, Chair of WG 2.1
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand
Email
hoogstc@albers.otago.ac.nz
Tel + 64 3 479 7605
Fax + 64 3 479 7586
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Prof. Henrik Haggrén, Chair of WG 2.2
Helsinki University of Technology
Department of Surveying
P.O. Box 1200
02015 HUT
Finland
Email Henrik.Haggren@hut.fi
Tel + 358 9 451 3900
Fax + 358 9 465 077
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Prof. Julian "Jud" Rouch, Chair of WG 2.3
University of Arkansas at Little Rock UALR
Engineering Technology Department
2801 South University Avenue
Little Rock
AR 72204
USA
Email jsrouch@ualr.edu
Tel + 1 501 569 8204
Fax + 1 501 569 8206
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Prof. Kauko Viitanen, Chair of joint WG 2 & 9
Helsinki University of Technology
Real Estate Studies
P.O. Box 1200
02015 HUT
Finland
E-mail: kauko.viitanen@hut.fi
Tel. + 358 9 451 3870
Fax + 358 9 465 077
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Commission 3 - Spatial
Information Management
- Chair Jes Ryttersgaard (Denmark)
Terms of reference
- Management of land, property and hydrographic information and the
related processes, procedures and resources
- Spatial data infrastructure - data models, standards, availability and
legal aspects; management of spatial knowledge
- The impacts on organisational structure, business models, professional
practice and administration
- Management of spatial information supporting sustainable development.
Mission statement
- "Towards a digital earth" (an Al Gore statement) - how to change raw
data into understandable information.
- Criterion of success: to initiate activities so interesting that
colleagues will regard the commission as one base in their professional
lives.
- Progress activities mainly through three working groups which will
participate in the planning of workshops and short seminars held during
and outside FIG working weeks; submit progress reports to those events;
and present the final outcomes of their work as reports, statements and/or
publications.
Working Groups
Working Group 3.1 - Spatial information management:
Technical approaches
Policy issues
Forecast: 4-Dimensions
Accessibility and visualisation of spatial data and information
From mapsheets to seamless spatial information.
Interoperability: multi source, multi scale and multi system.
Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA): management and technical
aspects using standards and regulations for QC. How to "lie" with
information filtering.
Chair
Dr. Chryssy Potsiou (Greece).
Specific projects
Presentations at the commission annual meetings.
Workshop(s)
4-7 October 2000, Athens, Greece.
Publication(s)
- Progress reports in the six-monthly Commission 3/7 newsletter.
- Workshop proceedings (by the host).
Timetable
- Workshop proceedings to be published by the host no later than three
month after the event.
- Working group final report to FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
Organisations and surveyors dealing with spatial
information
Working Group 3.2 - Spatial data infrastructure
- Spatial data infrastructure.
- Standardisation, in collaboration with the FIG task force on standards.
Chair
Prof. Bernd Teichert (Germany).
Specific projects
Presentation of the findings of three discussion papers
on SDI challenges and one comparative paper/framework at the commission
annual meeting in Austria, April 2001.
Workshop(s)
21-23 October 1999, Budapest, Hungary.
Publication(s)
- Progress reports in the six-monthly Commission 3/7 newsletter.
- Findings (as an FIG publication).
Timetable
- Workshop proceedings to be published by the host no later than three
month after the event.
- Findings, 2001.
Beneficiaries
Governments, NGOs.
Working Group 3.3 - Facilitating spatial information and knowledge
management for decision support in Urban Management in Countries in
Transition and Developing Countries.
Policy issues
To create Best Practice Guidelines for 'Spatial information and knowledge
management for decision support in Urban Management' based on a set of 6
case studies that would be included in the Habitat's 'Best Practices in
Improving the Living Environment' database. This activity has been agreed in
the Memorandum of Understanding for 2000-2003 between UN Habitat and FIG in
2000.
Chair
Robin McLaren (UK) and Robert Mahoney (UK).
Specific projects
The initial planning stage will identify an initial maximum of 6 Case
Studies for investigation. These will be limited to the African continent
and will cover best practice in a wide number of Urban Management areas
where spatial information & knowledge would be supportive. For example:
- Economic Development;
- Social Services;
- Environmental Management;
- Infrastructure, Communications, Transportation;
- Housing;
- Land Use Management;
- Urban Governance;
- Disaster & Emergency;
- Urban & Regional Planning;
- Technology, Tools and Methods.
The adopted Case Studies will be analysed to identify and classify the
lessons learned.
A joint Habitat / FIG Best Practice workshop will then be run to analyse
the Case Studies and generate consensus on the derived Best Practice.
The results of the workshop will be publish as a set of Best Practice
Guidelines; as hardcopy and also as entries in Habitat's 'Best Practices in
Improving the Living Environment' database.
Workshop(s)
- Co-ordination Habitat/FIG meeting, June 2000
- Joint Habitat/FIG Workshop on spatial information and knowledge
management in Urban Management in Developing Countries and Countries in
Transition February 2001
Publication(s)
Associated set of Case Studies and Best Practice Guidelines, as hardcopy
and also as entries in Habitat's 'Best Practices in Improving the Living
Environment' database
Timetable
- Co-ordination Habitat/FIG meeting June 2000
- Initiate Case Study analyses July 2000
- Joint Habitat / FIG workshop Feb 2001
- Publish Best Practice October 2001
Beneficiaries
UN, Governments, NGOs, FIG member associations, individual surveyors.
Other activities
Maintain and develop the commission home page, linkages
to other relevant home pages and new pages or other networks for special
projects, to keep commission delegates, other FIG members, users of
surveying services and the public involved in and informed about the work of
the commission.
Annual meetings: 21 - 23 October 1999; Budapest, Hungary
; 4-7 October 2000; Athens, Greece and April 2001, Austria.
Ensure on-going publication of the Commission 3/7
six-monthly newsletter, under the editorial control of Bo Lauri and nominate
two members of the editorial board.
Participate in the FIG task force on sustainable
development (Commission 3 participant: Karin Haldrup) and the FIG task force
on standards (Commission 3 participant: Hans Knoop).
Participate in the Commission 2 working group on virtual
academy and distance learning (Commission 3 participant: Bela Marcus).
Participate in the joint Commission 1/3 working group on
access to relevant data with particular regard to the implications of
intellectual property and copyright (Commission 3 participants: Jaap
Zevenbergen, John Exintavelonis and Harlan J. Onsrud).
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Jes Ryttersgaard, Chair of Commission 3
Rentemestervej 8
DK-2400 Copenhagen
Denmark
Email JR@kms.min.dk
Tel 45 35 87 50 22
Fax 45 35 87 50 51
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Gerhard Muggenhuber, Vice-Chair of Commission 3
Schiffamtgasse 1-3
Postfach 50
1025 Vienna
Austria
Email geomugg@surfeu.at
Tel + 43 1 211 76 4700
Fax + 43 1 211 76 4701
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Tor Valstad, Secretary
of Commission 3
Oslo kommune
Plan- og bygningsetaten
Trondheimsveien 5
N-0560 Oslo
Norway
Email torvalstad@hotmail.com
Tel + 47 22 66 26 31
Fax + 47 22 66 24 94
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Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, Chair of WG 3.1
National Technical University of Athens
Photogrammetry Laboratory
9 Iroon Polytechnion Street
GR-15 780 Zografos
Greece
Email
chryssy.potsiou@gmail.com
Tel + 30 1 471 0817
Fax + 30 1 772 2677
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Prof. Dr-Ing Bernd Teichert, Chair of WG 3.2
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft
FB Vermessungswesen/Kartographie
Friedrich-Liszt Platz 1
D-01069 Dresden
Germany
Email teichert@htw-dresden-de
Tel + 49 351 462 3179
Fax + 49 351 462 2191
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Robin McLaren, Chair of WG 3.3
Know Edge Ltd
33 Lockharton Avenue
Edinburgh EH14 1AY
UK
Email
Robin_McLaren@compuserve.com
Tel + 44 131 443 1872
Fax + 44 131 443 1872
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- Chair Dennis St. Jacques (Canada)
Terms of reference
Hydrographic surveying
Marine environment
Data processing and management
Nautical charting and bathymetric maps – analogue, digital and ENCs.
Mission statement
- Promote the aims and objectives of FIG to hydrographers through the active
involvement of national delegates from member associations and other
interested parties in the activities of the commission.
- Develop guidelines and standards that will assist hydrographers in the
provision of their services.
- Disseminate information relevant to the profession through participation
in international meetings, conferences and committees.
Working Groups
Working Group 4.1 - Future technologies
- Provision of information on new and emerging technologies.
- Development of guidelines and standards.
Chair
Adam Greenland (UK).
Specific project(s)
Identify new and emerging technologies to be tracked and
individual scanners to track them; prepare and distribute brief summaries of
new developments; identify issues that may require further analysis by
dedicated working groups.
Workshop(s)
Presentations at FIG working weeks.
Publication(s)
None expected. However, brief internal reports will be
prepared.
Timetable
To be advised.
Beneficiaries
Commission delegates, commission officers and
hydrographic surveyors.
Working Group 4.2 - Sustainable development in
hydrography
Policy issues
Develop and promote sustainable development guidelines in
hydrography.
Chair
Dennis St. Jacques (Canada).
Specific project(s)
- Identify hydrographic activities that contribute to sustainable
development with emphasis on the coastal zone and produce a summary report.
- Input to the FIG task force on sustainable development.
- Prepare guidelines for hydrographic surveyors.
Workshop(s)
None expected.
Publication(s)
Internal report to the FIG task force on sustainable
development.
Timetable
To be advised.
Beneficiaries
Commission delegates, commission officers and
hydrographic surveyors.
Working Group 4.3 - Electronic charts
Policy issues
- Provision of information on new and emerging technologies.
- Development of guidelines and standards.
Chair
To be advised.
Specific project(s)
- Prepare guidelines for the collection of hydrographic data that is
compliant with the S57 data standard.
- Prepare guidelines for the transformation of existing data sets to the
S57 data sets.
- Provide input to FIG task force on standards.
Workshop(s)
Presentations at FIG working weeks.
Publication(s)
None expected.
Timetable
To be advised.
Beneficiaries
Commission delegates, commission officers and
hydrographic surveyors.
FIG/IHO Committees
Commission 4 represents FIG in two FIG/IHO standing
committees: the Technical Assistance and Co-operation Co-ordination
Committee (TACC) and the International Advisory Board on Standards of
Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors.
The objectives of TACC are
- to promote the importance of hydrography and nautical charting to all
coastal states
- to encourage the provision of technical and financial assistance to
hydrographic development projects
- to maintain an inventory of hydrographic projects involving technical
assistance and co-operation.
During the work plan period Commission 4 will chair and
actively participate in the activities of TACC. Its next meeting is
scheduled from 26 - 29 April 1999 at the US hydrographic conference in
Mobile, Alabama.
Commission 4 is seeking two additional members to
represent FIG on TACC.
The role of the International Advisory Board on Standards
of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors is
- to develop and up-date international standards of competence for
hydrographic surveyors
- to review the academic programme of educational institutions that are
seeking IHO accreditation of their hydrographic programmes.
Commission 4 delegates to the Advisory Board will
participate actively in its work during the next five years. The commission
is looking for a member from the off-shore survey industry to augment the
FIG contribution to the Advisory Board.
Other activities
Maintain and develop the commission home page, linkages
to other relevant home pages and new pages or other networks for special
projects, to keep commission delegates, other FIG members, users of
surveying services and the public involved in and informed about the work of
the commission.
Sponsor a hydrographic session at the 6th
Annual South East Asian Surveyors Conference, Perth, October 1999.
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Dennis St Jacques, Chair of Commission 4 and Chair
of WG 4.2
867 Lakeshore Drive
P O Box 5050
Burlington, Ontario
Canada L7R 4A6
Email
stjacquesd@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Tel + 1 905 336 4537
Fax + 1 905 336 8916
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Adam Greenland, Vice-Chair of Commission 4 and
Chair of WG 4.1
Port of London Authority
Hydrographic Section
Royal Pier Road
Gravesend, Kent DA12 21BG
UK
Email
agreenland@linz.govt.nz
Tel + 44 1474 562207
Fax + 44 1474 562314
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Seppo H S Mäkinen, Secretary of Commission 4
Finnish Maritime Administration
Hydrographic Surveys Division
P O Box 171
FIN-00181 Helsinki
Finland
Email seppo.makinen@fma.fi
Tel + 358 20 448 4411
Fax + 358 20 448 4453
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Commission 5 - Positioning
and Measurement
- Chair: Prof. Jean-Marie Becker (Sweden)
Terms of reference
The science of measurement (instrumentation, methodology and
guidelines)
The acquisition of accurate, precise and reliable survey data related
to the position, size and shape of natural and artificial features of the
earth and its environment.
Mission statement
- Focus on modern technologies and technical developments and, through
guidelines and recommendations, assist individual surveyors to choose and
utilise those methods, technologies and instruments that are most
appropriate to different applications.
- Follow technical developments through collaboration with other FIG
commissions and other international organisations; participation in
appropriate meetings; and the study of appropriate publications.
- Support research and development and stimulate new ideas in the fields
of expertise represented within the commission.
- Collaborate with manufacturers on the improvement of instrumentation
and its associated software.
- Present and promote the work of the commission and its working groups
on an on-going basis at FIG working weeks and other relevant technical
meetings and in appropriate FIG and other media.
Working Groups
Working Group 5.1 - Standards, quality assurance and
calibration
Policy issues
- Influence the development of standards affecting geodetic instruments
and methods, in collaboration with the FIG task force on standards and
through participation in the relevant technical committees (TCs) of the
International Standards Organisation (ISO) and other appropriate bodies.
- Acceptance controls, quality assurance and certification and their
impact on the surveying profession.
- Checking and calibration of measuring instruments.
Chair
Dr Vaclav Slaboch (Czech Republic).
Specific project(s)
- Present and promote the use of standards and guidelines to the surveying
community.
- Establish guidelines and recommendations for the checking and
determination of field accuracy of total stations, digital levels, laser
planes, etc and for their calibration, including lab calibration.
Workshop(s)
- 35th international geodetic information days, Brno, November
1998.
- "Geodesy and surveying in the future - the importance of heights",
Gävle, March 1999.
- Dedicated session during FIG working week, 1999.
- "Standards, quality and calibration" during FIG working week, 2000.
- Contribution to technical programme forming part of FIG working week,
2001.
Publication(s)
- Guidelines for digital levels (by the commission).
- Guidelines for total stations (by the commission).
- Guidelines for laser planes (by the commission).
- Procedures for lab calibrations (by the commission).
Timetable
- Draft publications to FIG working week 1999 (digital levels) and 2000
(total stations and laser planes); publication in immediately following
years.
- Timetable for procedures for lab calibrations to be advised.
- Working group final report: dedicated session, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, manufacturers and users of
survey equipment, governments, standardisation organisations, decision
makers, GIS developers and users, surveying businesses, individual
surveyors.
Working Group 5.2 - Height determination techniques
- Measuring issues when heighting with terrestrial and satellite
techniques.
- The achievement of given/expected levels of accuracy with different
techniques and instruments.
- Improvement of instrumentation, associated software and measuring
techniques.
Chair
Prof. Michel Kasser (France).
Specific project(s)
- Follow technical developments concerning height determination techniques
and instrumentation - for example, GPS, total stations, digital levels and
laser planes - and prepare recommendations for making the best use of them
to achieve expected accuracy in their different applications.
- Collaborate with other commissions, other international organisations
such as IAG, and manufacturers on matters concerning height determination
techniques.
Workshop(s)
- "Geodesy and surveying in the future - the importance of heights",
Gävle, March 1999.
- Dedicated session during FIG working week, 1999.
- Contributions to technical programme forming part of FIG working weeks,
2000 and 2001.
Publication(s)
- Guidelines on height determination techniques using terrestrial methods
(by the commission).
- Guidelines on height determination techniques using satellite techniques
(by the commission).
Timetable
- Draft publications to FIG working week, 2000; publication in 2001.
- Working group final report: dedicated session, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, manufacturers and users of
survey equipment, governments, standardisation organisations, decision
makers, GIS developers and users, surveying businesses, individual
surveyors.
Working Group 5.3 - Kinematic and integrated positioning
systems
Investigation of performances and achievable accuracy of existing
systems.
Investigation of utilisation possibilities and different applications.
Influencing technical developments.
Chair
Dr Naser El-Sheimy (Canada).
Specific project(s)
- Report on performances (possibilities, limitations and developments) of
different systems.
- Prepare guidelines for practitioners on making the best use of systems
to achieve certain accuracy for specific applications.
- Follow up and report on surveying methods and instrumentation for the
study of deformations, especially slow motion deformations, and dynamic
co-ordinates.
- Collaborate with other commissions, other international organisations
(including IAG and ISPRS) and manufacturers on matters concerning kinematic
and integrated positioning systems.
Workshop(s)
- "Mobile mapping technology", Bangkok, April 1999.
- "New trends in kinematic real time and integrated positioning
systems/techniques" during FIG working week, 2001.
- "Real time mobile mapping systems" session at KIS 2001, Banff, June
2001.
Publication(s)
- Report on performances of existing systems and developments (by the
commission).
- Guidelines on making the best use of existing systems (by the
commission).
- Report on slow motion deformations and dynamic co-ordinates (by the
commission).
Timetable
- Draft report on performances to FIG working week,1999; draft guidelines
on best uses and draft report on slow motion deformations to FIG working
week, 2000; publications in immediately following years.
- Working group final report: dedicated session, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, manufacturers and users of
survey equipment, governments, standardisation organisations, decision
makers, GIS developers and users, surveying businesses, individual
surveyors.
Working Group 5.4 - Integration of techniques for
digital mapping
Policy issues
- Modern data collection techniques - for example, digital photogrammetry,
remote sensing, GPS and scanners - for digital map production.
- Modern digital map production techniques together with modern equipment
and covering the complete profile of the surveyor, thereby complementing the
work of ISPRS and ICA.
Chair
Prof. Nicolas Paparoditis (France).
Specific project(s)
- Study and follow technical developments and performances of integrated
survey systems including digital photogrammetry, geodesy and other
techniques for digital mapping production purposes.
- Follow up the implementation in different areas of these integrated
systems - for example, digital aerial photogrammetry applications.
- Study how to apply these integrated techniques for the establishment of
3-D databases for monitoring the near environment (urban areas, buildings,
etc).
Workshop(s)
Contribute to technical programmes forming part of FIG
working weeks in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Publication(s)
- Report on instrumentation for integrated digital mapping systems and
their applications (by the commission).
- Report on the best use of different integrated digital mapping systems
(by the commission).
- Report on the use of 3-D monitoring of the near environment (by the
commission).
Timetable
- Draft report on instrumentation for integrated digital mapping systems
to FIG working week 2000; draft reports on the best use of integrated
digital mapping systems and on the use of 3-D monitoring to FIG working
week, 2001; publication in immediately following years.
- Working group final report: dedicated session, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, manufacturers and users of
survey equipment, governments, standardisation organisations, decision
makers, GIS developers and users, surveying businesses, individual
surveyors.
Working Group 5.5 - Reference frame in practice
Policy issues
- Inventory of approaches from different countries.
- The best use of global, national and local co-ordinates (horizontal
and vertical components) for applications in urban and rural areas.
- Transformation parameters for the best use of modern surveying
techniques in their different applications - for example, road
construction.
- Quality aspects concerning requirements from a regional point of view.
Chair
Prof. Paul Cross (UK)
Specific project(s)
- Prepare and present regular status reports based on an inventory of
existing approaches.
- Prepare guidelines to help surveyors to manage their work at local and
regional level and to manage data such as co-ordinates and transformation
parameters in a correct and efficient way.
- Report on the configuration, establishment and densification of local
control networks for the best use of modern surveying techniques in urban
and/or rural areas, especially to support their application in developing
countries.
- Finalise the report on height datum transformations.
- Prepare a report on the future of levelling networks.
- Collaborate with other international organisations (including IAG) and
with Working Group 5.3’s work on deformation measurements.
Workshop(s)
- "Geodesy and surveying in the future - the importance of heights",
Gävle, March 1999.
- Dedicated session during FIG working week, 1999.
- Contribution to technical programmes forming part of FIG working weeks,
2000 and 2001.
Publication(s)
- Report on height datum transformations (by the commission).
- Report on the future of levelling networks (by the commission).
- Report on the best use of modern techniques in urban and/or rural areas
(by the commission).
Timetable
- Final report on height datum transformations to FIG working week, 1999.
- Draft publications on levelling networks and on modern techniques to FIG
working week, 2000; publication in immediately following year.
- Working group final report: dedicated session, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, manufacturers and users of
survey equipment, governments, standardisation organisations, decision
makers, GIS developers and users, surveying businesses, individual
surveyors.
Other activities
Maintain and develop the commission home page, linkages
to other relevant home pages and new pages or other networks for special
projects, to keep commission delegates, other FIG members, users of
surveying services and the public involved in and informed about the work of
the commission.
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Prof. Jean-Marie Becker, Chair of Commission 5
National Land Survey
801 82 Gävle
Sweden
Email jean-marie.becker@lm.se
Tel + 46 26 15 37 28
Fax + 46 26 61 06 76
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Matt Higgins, Vice-Chair of Commission 5
Locked Bag 40
Coorparoo Delivery Centre
Brisbane, Queensland 4151
Australia
Email
matt.higgins@dnr.qld.gov.au
Tel + 61 7 3896 3754
Fax + 61 7 3891 5168
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Mikael Lilje, Secretary of Commission 5
Geodetic Research Division
National Land Survey
801 82 Gävle
Sweden
Email mikael.lilje@lm.se
Tel + 46 26 63 37 42
Fax + 46 26 61 06 76
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Dr Vaclav Slaboch, Chair of WG 5.1
VUGTK
Zdiby 98
25066 Zdiby
Czech Republic
Email vaclav.slaboch@cuzk.cz
Tel + 420 2 685 7907
Fax + 420 2 685 7056
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Prof. Michel Kasser, Chair of WG 5.2
ESGT
1 Bd. Pythagore
72000 Le Mans
France
Email kasser@esgt.cnam.fr
Tel + 33 2 43 43 31 31
Fax + 33 2 43 43 31 02
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Dr Naser El-Sheimy, Chair of WG 5.3
Department of Geomatics Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2N 1N4
Email
elsheimy@ensu.ucalgary.ca
Tel + 1 403 220 7587
Fax + 1 403 284 1980
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Prof. Nicolas Paparoditis, Chair of WG 5.4
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Laboratoire LOEMI
4 avenue Pasteur
94165 Saint Mandé Cedex
France
Email
nicolas.paparoditis@ign.fr
Tel + 33 1 43 98 72 17
Fax + 33 1 43 98 85 81
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Prof. Paul Cross, Chair of WG 5.5
Department of Geomatic Engineering
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
UK
Email paul.cross@ge.ucl.ac.uk
Tel + 44 171 380 7028
Fax + 44 171 380 0453
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- Chair Dr. Michel Mayoud (France)
Terms of reference
- Acquisition, processing and management of topometric data and of all
related information throughout the life cycle of a project
- Development and implementation of adequate survey methods in engineering
projects
- Metrology, quality control and validation for civil construction and
manufacturing of large objects
- Deformation monitoring, analysis and interpretation
- Prediction of deformation and movements in engineering projects, mines and
areas of geological hazard.
Mission statement
- Promote the knowledge, skills and abilities of surveyors in civil and
industrial works within the various professional fields of engineering.
- Support all development and multidisciplinary expertise leading to
integrated survey methods, using various instruments and sensors and
combining geometry with all other data relevant to each engineering
problem.
- Provide a forum for the development and exchange of knowledge on the
engineering analysis of survey data for the study of structures.
- In addition to the links with related Working Groups of IAG and ISPRS,
look for possible connections within organisations of civil, structural
and mechanical engineers and within those dealing with metrology and
quality control - at the national and international level.
Working Groups
Working Group 6.1 - Deformation measurement and analysis
Policy issues
- Automation of monitoring surveys
- Enhancement of geometrical modelling of deformations from integrated
deformation surveys
- Physical interpretation of deformations including numerical modelling
and prediction of deformations and back analysis.
Chair
Prof. Adam Chrzanowski (Canada).
Specific project(s)
Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and
professionals concerned.
Workshop(s)
- 9th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements,
Olsztyn, Poland, September 1999
- Regular cycle called "International Symposium on Deformation
Measurements"
- Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks
Publication(s)
Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Timetable
See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree)
or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.
Beneficiaries
Geodetic engineers dealing with comparative measurements
of deformed or unstable objects, geologists, geophysicists, civil and
structural engineers concerned on this issue.
Working Group 6.2 - Special equipment for industrial and
engineering applications
Policy issues
- Promoting the use of adapted survey techniques in industry and
engineering.
- Contributing to the development of special instruments and methods.
Chair
Prof. Heribert Kahmen (Austria).
Specific project(s)
Regular symposia; intensification of links with industry
and engineering.
Workshop(s)
- Optical 3D measurement methods, Vienna, October 2001.
- Co-organiser of a regular cycle called "Optical 3D Measurement Methods"
- Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks.
Publication(s)
Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Timetable
See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree)
or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.
Beneficiaries
Surveyors wanting to acquire more expertise in these
special applications, designers and manufacturers in various industrial or
engineering activities, engineers dealing with quality control of large
objects or structures, manufacturers and users of survey instruments.
Working Group 6.3 - High precision metrology for large
scientific equipment
Policy issues
- Accurate measurement of large equipment or structures in R and D sectors
(mainly for particle accelerators and their detectors) and the development
of adequate special techniques.
- Integration of various survey and alignment sensors and actuators for
on-line monitoring and control of a given process (dynamic positioning
systems).
- Pluridisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers and R and D
scientists on special measuring tools and techniques.
Chair
Dr. Michel Mayoud (France).
Specific project(s)
- To enlarge links between this specialised community and other surveyors
dealing with engineering and industrial problems.
- To ease the communication of information in this field of application.
Workshop(s)
- International workshop on accelerator alignment (IWAA), ESRF - Grenoble,
October 1999, with an additional FIG/IAG day
- Co-organiser of a regular cycle called "International Workshop on
Accelerator Alignment" (IWAA)
- Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks.
Publication(s)
Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Timetable
See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree)
or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.
Beneficiaries
Physics laboratories dealing with particle accelerators
and detectors, fusion rings, gravitational antennas, power lasers, etc; all
scientists and engineers dealing with large scale metrology and accurate
positioning in R and D sectors or in industry (in connection with WG 6.2);
universities and manufacturers involved in the development of special
instruments.
Working Group 6.4 - Transportation and utility lines
Policy issues
- Development of standards and methods for reliable data acquisition
techniques, and techniques for data up-date which cope with the
interdisciplinary characteristics of such tasks.
- Co-ordination of these activities with network providers and research
institutes, and establishing connections to the GIS industry and to leading
international organisations.
Chair
Dr. Théophile Engel (Switzerland).
Specific project(s)
- Cost optimisation in co-ordinates-based transportation and utility lines
- Integration of GPS technology for machine control in road and rail
construction and maintenance
- Track data communication standards (optionally extendable to a rail and
road data communication standard)
- Track machine guidance
- Development of road data surveying technology
- Real-time use of CAD data.
Workshop(s)
- A co-sponsored Symposium on Railway Construction and Maintenance,
December 1999, Beijing, China
- Dedicated sessions or contributions in various joint seminars, workshops
and symposia.
Publication(s)
- "Survey for modern track construction" in "Engineering Showcase" 10/98.
- Proceedings of meetings (by the hosts).
Timetable
See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree)
or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.
Beneficiaries
Engineering surveyors, national and international railway
and road associations, universities and manufacturers involved in the
development of specific domains of transportation and utility lines.
Working Group 6.5 - Facility management systems
Policy issues
- The role of the surveying engineer as the responsible manager of
spatially referenced information.
- Support for the co-ordination of the activities of other disciplines.
Chair
Prof. Lothar Gründig (Germany).
Specific project(s)
- Concepts of data models for the mapping of relevant 4D or 5D project
data, covering 3D geometry, time, and descriptive attributes.
- Exchange, provision and presentation of facility management data in
computer networks.
- Data integration for this subject, taking into account the presence of
redundant data and different sources of information.
- The automation and combination of feasible data acquisition techniques.
Workshop(s)
- Dedicated session during the Turkish-German joint geodetic days, June
1999.
- Sessions and contributions to joint seminars, workshops and symposia.
Publication(s)
Proceedings of the meetings.
Timetable
See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree)
or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.
Beneficiaries
Surveying engineers, engineers and managers involved in
facility management tasks.
Commission officers and chairs or working groups
Dr. Michel Mayoud, Chair of Commission 6 and Chair
of WG 6.3
CERN
Site de Prevessin
01631 CERN CEDEX
France
Email mayoud@cern.ch
Tel + 41 22 767 3007
Fax + 41 22 767 3456
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Svend Kold Johansen, Vice-Chair of Commission 6
Road Directorate
Thomas Helsteds Vej 11
8660 Skanderborg
Denmark
Email skj@vd.dk
Tel + 45 89 93 24 01
Fax + 45 86 52 50 16
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Dominique Missiaen, Secretary of Commission 6
CERN
Site de Prevessin
01631 CERN CEDEX
France
Email
dominique.missiaen@cern.ch
Tel + 41 22 767 5483
Fax + 41 22 767 3456
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Prof. Adam Chrzanowski, Chair of WG 6.1
Department of Geodesy and Geomatics
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB
Canada E3B 5A3
Email mailto:adam@unb.ca
Tel + 1 506 453 4598
Fax + 1 506 453 4943
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Prof. Heribert Kahmen, Chair of WG 6.2
Technische Universität Wien
Institut für Landesvermessung und Ingenieurgeodäsie
Gusshausstrasse 27 - 29/127
1040 Vienna
Austria
Email
hkahmen@pop.tuwien.ac.at
Fax + 43 2 225 875998
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Dr. Théophile Engel, Chair of WG 6.4
Chemins de Fer Fédéraux
Avenue de la Gare 45
1001 Lausanne
Switzerland
Email theo.engel@sbb.ch
Tel + 41 5121 24 26 86
Fax + 41 512 24 27 90
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Prof. Lothar Gründig, Chair of WG 6.5
Institut für Geodäsie und Photogrammetrie
Technische Universität Berlin
Strasse des 17 Juni 15
1000 Berlin
Germany
Email
gruendig@inge3.bv.tu-berlin.de
Tel + 49 30 31 42 23 75
Fax + 49 30 31 42 11 19
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Commission 7 - Cadastre and
Land Management
- Chair Dr. Paul Munro-Faure (United Kingdom)
Terms of reference
Land management and administration
Cadastral reform and multi-purpose cadastres
Parcel-based land information systems and computerisation of cadastral
records
Cadastral surveying and mapping; land titling, land tenure, land law
and land registration
Urban and rural land consolidation with emphasis on environmental and
economic issues
National and international boundaries
Land and marine resource management.
Mission statement
- Continue to sponsor and support wherever possible initiatives and
conferences in the commission’s area of specialisation and encourage
greater recognition in the community of the importance of land management
and the cadastre.
- Focus work through three groups with responsibility for developing
their own work plans with specific planned outputs; running their own
meetings during each of the commission’s one week annual meetings; and
devising and delivering at one of these meetings a one-day international
symposium with published proceedings.
- Monitor (i) the commission’s input to FIG’98 and (ii) subsequent
annual meetings, using questionnaires, to assist in the design of future
meetings.
- Increase the commission’s contribution to FIG member associations by
encouraging delegates to disseminate widely reports and material from
commission meetings.
Working Groups
- Create a framework for the determination of progress and the
effectiveness of cadastral reforms.
- Work out key criteria to determine the benefits of cadastral reforms.
- Identify criteria for the classification of cadastral systems.
- Complete the commission inventory of cadastral systems and reforms.
Chair
Jürg Kaufmann (Switzerland).
Specific project(s)
- Develop and undertake specific research into the issues raised in
connection with projects reforming the cadastre.
- Establish a task force, "Definition of Commission 7 ISO standards"
(chair: Winfried Hawerk, Germany), to outline the framework for
standardisation of cadastre and land management, identify issues to be
standardised, draft the standards and prepare for their implementation in
collaboration with the FIG task force on standards.
Workshop(s)
One-day international symposium, 2001, at the annual
meeting venue (to be decided by the commission).
Publication(s)
- Report of working group (by the commission).
- Report of international symposium (by the host).
- Draft ISO standards (for the FIG task force on standards).
Timetable
- Publication of international symposium report(s) by the commission,
2001/2.
- Draft ISO Standards, as available.
- Working group final report to FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, governments and relevant
agencies, international agencies, international finance agencies, individual
surveyors.
Working Group 7.2 - Land ownership in the 21st
century: access to land
Policy issues
- Future ownership patterns.
- Access to land by the landless and informal settlements.
- Access for women.
- Access for recreation.
Chair
Paul van der Molen (Netherlands).
Specific project(s)
- Develop and undertake specific research into the issue of access to
land.
- Establish a task force, "Women’s access to land" (chair: Agneta
Ericsson, Sweden), to collect, analyse, prepare and present material on
access for women, in collaboration with the FIG task force on
under-represented groups in surveying.
Workshop(s)
- Global workshop and conference "Land tenure and cadastral
infrastructures to support sustainable development", Australia, 1999.
- "Women’s access to land" international symposium, New Zealand, 1999.
Publication(s)
- Report of working group (by the commission).
- Report of international symposium (by the host).
- Report of commission task force (by the commission).
Timetable
- Publication of workshop and conference report(s) by the commission,
2001.
- Working group final report to FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, governments and relevant
agencies, international agencies, international finance agencies, individual
surveyors.
Working Group 7.3 - Land markets
Policy issues
- Land market processes.
- Regulation, restriction and transaction costs.
- Land market structures.
- Volumes of transactions.
- Improving the functions of the market.
- Encouraging consolidation.
Chair
Andras Ossko (Hungary).
Specific project(s)
Prepare, circulate and analyse questionnaire; prepare
programme for one-day international symposium based on an evaluation and
summary of the responses; develop and publish strategies and recommend ways
for improving the functions of land markets.
Workshop(s)
International symposium, Germany, 2000.
Publication(s)
- Brochure on land markets (by the commission).
- Report of working group (by the commission).
- Report of international symposium (by the host).
Timetable
- Publication of brochure in time for commission annual meeting, 2001.
- Working group final report to FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, governments and relevant
agencies, international agencies, international finance agencies, individual
surveyors.
Other activities
Maintain and develop the commission home page, linkages
to other relevant home pages and new pages or other networks for special
projects, to keep commission delegates, other FIG members, users of
surveying services and the public involved in and informed about the work of
the commission.
Ensure on-going publication of the Commission 3/7
six-monthly newsletter, under the editorial control of Bo Lauri and nominate
two members of the editorial board.
Seek a publisher for the book on land management issues
(subject matter and authors selected during the 1994-98 plan period).
Collaborate with the Commission 4 working group on
sustainable development in hydrography through the appointment of Diane
Dumashie (UK) as the Commission 7 corresponding member.
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Dr Paul Munro-Faure (UK)
Chief, Land Tenure Service, SDAA
Rm B514
UN-FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
I-00100 Rome
ITALY
Email Paul.MunroFaure@fao.org
Tel + 39 06 5705 6883
Fax + 39 06 5705 3250 |
Prof. Paul van der Molen, Vice-Chair of Commission 7 and Chair of WG
7.2
Kadaster
P O Box 9046
7300 GH Apeldoorn
Netherlands
Email:
paul.vandermolen@kadaster.nl
Tel + 31 55 528 5226
Fax + 31 55 355 6850
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Bob Ashwin, Secretary of Commission 7
HM Land Registry
Survey and Plans Practice
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PH
Email spp@hmlr.gtnet.gov.uk
Tel + 44 171 917 8888
Fax + 44 171 955 0110 |
Jürg Kaufmann, Chair of WG 7.1
im Hauffeld
8455 Rüdingen
Switzerland
Email jkcons@swissonline.ch
Tel + 41 1 867 3489
Fax + 41 1 867 3489
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András Ossko, Chair of WG 7.3
Fõvárosi Földhivatal
(Budapest Land Office)
Sas U 19
1051 Budapest
Hungary
Email ffhigazg@elender.hu
Tel + 36 1 302 3052
Fax + 36 1 302 3049 |
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Commission 8 - Spatial
Planning and Development
- Chair Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Brackmann (Germany)
Terms of Reference
Regional and local structure planning
Urban and rural land use planning
Planning policies and environmental improvement
Urban development and implementation
Public-private partnership
Informal settlements and urbanisation in developing countries
Environmental impact assessments.
Mission Statement
- Focus on physical planning at all levels, undertake and learn from case
studies and enhance understanding and knowledge of planning systems. The
importance of sustainable development, environmental issues in planning and
environmental impact assessments (EIA) in spatial planning procedures will
be key issues throughout the plan period.
- Continue to co-operate with countries in social and economic transition,
in eastern Europe and other parts of the world.
- Assist with the implementation of Agenda 21 (from the Rio Earth Summit)
and the Global Plan of Action (from the HABITAT II conference in Istanbul)
at the local and urban level. Pay particular attention to informal
settlements and urbanisation problems in developing countries.
- Focus on implementation problems, especially in inner city areas, and on
public/private partnership and other tools that promote planned and
sustainable land use development.
Working Groups
Working Group 8.1 - Urban regeneration
Policy issues
- Inner cities and the regeneration of established urban areas.
- Determination of the extent to which methods used to solve a particular
problem might be successfully applied elsewhere.
Chair
Paul Lohmann (Netherlands)
Specific project(s)
- Observe different projects over a long time scale in such a way as to
determine whether the methods or instruments used might be successfully
applied to other projects in other countries.
- Produce an interim report of findings during the preceding plan period
(1994-1998), drawing on material presented at the FIG congress, 1998.
- Consider further findings of case studies already under way in the
Netherlands and Germany.
- Extend case studies to Slovakia, Norway and Finland and, if possible, to
venues outside Europe - for example, in Australia and the Far East.
Workshop(s)
"Urban regeneration", 22 - 25 September 1999, Rotterdam,
Netherlands.
Publication(s)
- Workshop reports (by the commission), as hard copy and on the commission
home page.
- Interesting case studies (possibly).
Timetable
- Reports of workshops: 1999 and 2000.
- Case studies: at the end of the project.
- Working group final report to FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, governments, international
agencies, individual surveyors and others working on urban regeneration
problems.
Working Group 8.2 - Surveyors and EIA
Policy issues
- Promote sustainable development and environmental issues in spatial
planning.
- Deliver knowledge to developing countries and countries in transition.
Chair
To be advised.
Specific project(s)
- Exchange knowledge and examples of best practice.
- Expand on work undertaken during the preceding plan period (1994-1998)
by the working group "Surveyors and EIA".
- Undertake and present the results of case studies.
- Collaborate closely in all of the foregoing with the FIG task force on
sustainable development.
Workshop(s)
At FIG working weeks, 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Publication(s)
- "Surveyors and EIA" including guidelines(by the commission), on the
commission home page and possibly as hard copy.
- Workshop reports (by the commission), as hard copy and on the commission
home page.
Timetable
- Reports of workshops: 1999, 2000, 2001.
- "Surveyors and EIA": 2002.
- Working group final report to FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, governments, international
agencies, individual surveyors and planners involved in spatial planning and
EIA.
Working Group 8.3 - Global urbanisation process and mega
cities
Policy issues
Global urbanisation problems and processes and the
special problems of mega cities including informal settlements.
Chair
To be advised.
Specific project(s)
- Collect ideas and build up a network for the exchange of experiences and
sustainable models, working closely with the other FIG commissions, the FIG
task force on sustainable develoment and UNCHS.
- Participate in the URBAN 2000 congress, Berlin.
Workshop(s)
At FIG working weeks, 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Publication(s)
- Workshop reports (by the commission), as hard copy and on the commission
home page.
- Working group report and statement.
Timetable
- Reports of workshops: 1999, 2000, 2001.
- Working group final report and statement, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, governments, international
agencies, individual surveyors and others involved in the problems of
urbanisation.
Other activities
Maintain and develop the commission home page, linkages
to other relevant home pages and new pages or other networks for special
projects, to keep commission delegates, other FIG members, users of
surveying services and the public involved in and informed about the work of
the commission.
Publish commission newsletters on a continuing basis,
including on the commission home page.
Consider establishing a working group on public/private
partnerships to study different procedures for making contracts to plan and
implement more sustainable development in cities, to prepare best practice
examples and to see how these influence financial and social outcomes.
Endeavour to produce abstracts of workshop and seminar
papers in French, German and other languages.
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Brackmann, Chair of Commission 8
Görkenstrasse 8
D-46242 Bottrop
GERMANY
Email:
helmut.brackmann@bottrop.de
Tel: + 49 2041 703 212
Fax: + 49 2041 703 108 |
Paul Lohmann, Vice-Chair of Commission 8 and Chair of WG
8.1
Holland Urban Institute
Nieboerweg 228
NL-2566 GC The Hague
NETHERLANDS
E-mail: Lohmann.Paul@Zonnet.nl |
Commission 9 - Valuation and
the Management of Real Estate
- Chair G Michael Yovino-Young (USA)
Terms of Reference
Valuation - the estimating of value of real estate by valuers and
appraisers for various purposes including market value, property taxation,
eminent domain, claims of damage or impact on value by some cause or
event, and acquisitions for public use or public policy
Investment market value and investment planning
Development finance, land use feasibility planning
Management of property, as a single asset or by management companies
Management of property systems to ensure efficient use of public and
private resources
Management of public sector property.
Mission Statement
- Identify valuers and appraisers in emerging economies and developing
countries and co-ordinate their activities with those of FIG.
- Increase FIG members' participation in valuation theory and
methodologies, especially in countries without established real estate
market protocols and infrastructure.
- Liaise with other appraisal and valuation organizations and co-operate
on matters of mutual interest.
- Create, refine and expand a world dictionary for valuers and
appraisers.
- Investigate new evidence of the influence of environmental hazards on
property use, value, and demand.
Working Groups
Disparities and deficiencies in educational programmes.
Valuation training.
Chair
Bill Rodney (UK).
Specific projects
- Distribute Commission 9 syllabus guidelines ratified by the FIG XX
congress in 1994.
- Compile a selected bibliography of literature in the field.
- Investigate possible academic links.
Workshop(s)
Contributions to technical programmes forming part of FIG
working weeks, 1999, 2000, 2001.
Publication(s)
- Report on core curriculum - survey and model (possibly) (by the
commission).
- Report on educational programmes - survey of sources (possibly) (by the
commission).
Timetable
- Reports - to be advised.
- Working group final report, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, other involved professional
organisations, international agencies.
Working Group 9.2 - Environmental influences on real
estate
Policy issues
- Creating a global awareness of the negative influences of contamination
and ecological degradation.
- Requirements for new training and protocols for valuation practitioners.
Chair
Michael Yovino Young.
Specific projects
- Investigate and catalogue types, extents and impacts of contamination of
real estate.
- Identify resources available for practitioners including bibliographies,
source organizations, remediation industry programmes, procedures,
protocols, and related cost criteria.
Workshop(s)
Contributions to technical programmes forming part of FIG
working weeks, 1999, 2000, 2001.
Publication(s)
Report on results of work group investigations and
reports (by the commission).
Timetable
- Report of results of investigations and reports, 2000.
- Working group final report, FIG congress, 2002.
Beneficiaries
FIG member associations, other international and national
professional organizations, international agencies, governments.
Working Group 9.3 - Research funding
Policy Issues
- Seeking sources of funding for research and delivery of papers.
- Encouraging participation in Commission 9’s educational presentations at
FIG working weeks.
Chair
Simon Adcock (Australia).
Specific Project(s)
n/a
Workshop(s)
n/a
Publication(s)
Annual report on names of recipients, amounts of grants,
subjects of research papers, where presented, availability.
Timetable
See publications.
Beneficiaries
FIG members and other academics/practitioners.
Working Group 9.4 - Promoting valuation membership of
FIG
Policy issues
The under-representation of valuation organisations
within FIG.
Chair
David Millard (USA).
Specific projects
- Identify groups and organisations of valuers/appraisers world wide and
invite them and their members to participate in FIG events and to liaise
with Commission 9 officers and delegates.
- Where possible visit organisations in their home countries.
Workshop(s)
n/a
Publication(s)
Annual list of organisations approached, responses and
recommendations for further contact.
Timetable
See publications.
Beneficiaries
FIG; Commission 9.
Other Activities
Expand communications to valuers and appraisers worldwide
through the commission home page.
Through the internet and other means of communication,
act as a clearing house for practical research, data base development, data
searches and educational opportunities,
Reach out to academia, both faculty and students, to
encourage future research papers for presentation at FIG events.
Interact with other FIG commissions, especially
Commission 2 - professional standards - and Commission 2 - professional
education - in matters relating to valuation practices and protocols.
Organise presentations of technical papers by
practitioners of interest to valuers and appraisers as Commission 9’s
contribution to FIG events.
Joint Commission 2 and 9 Working Group -
Education of valuation in FIG
Policy issues
- Education on valuation through information network in FIG (an integrated
virtual learning environment). Let education move, not people.
- Educational ladder. A stepped way of advancing shall be planned for
improving the knowledge of valuation.
- An educational package of valuation should be created and offered on the
homepage of FIG. The developing countries and those under transition economy
should intentionally be chosen as the target group.
- Co-operation in education / a network for supporting the
contact persons.
Chair
Prof. Kauko Viitanen (Finland).
Specific projects
- Establish an Internet forum for discussion of the education on valuation.
- Collect information and determine terminology, basic theories, basic
methodology on valuation.
- Create the educational package of valuation.
- Co-operation with Commission 2 and especially with the WP 2.2 (Virtual
academy - distance learning) on distance education and training and with
Commission 9 especially the WP 9.1 (Education and training of valuers in
developing economies). Co-operation also with all other commissions as regards
distance education and training.
- Establish contacts with the universities, the associations for valuation
etc. outside FIG.
- Set up a home page with an educational package of valuation with
hyperlinks to Web sites for distance learning.
Workshop(s)
-
Virtual workshops and information delivery via the
Internet.
-
Presentations at FIG working weeks, Korea 2001, USA 2002
and Germany 2006.
-
Discussions/presentations can be arranged also in some
other seminars of Commission 9 (e.g. Copenhagen 2001).
Publication(s)
Timetable
- Set up home page with hyperlinks to Web sites during 2001-2005.
- Continuous communication via the Internet.
- Working group final report, Congress in Munich, 2006.
Beneficiaries
Distance learning students, individual
surveyors, civil servants, politicians, landowners, employers, universities
and university teachers etc.
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Michael Yovino-Young, Chair of Commission 9 and Chair of WG 9.2
2716 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley
Ca. 94705-1175
USA
Email info@yovino.com
Tel + 1 510 548 1210
Fax + 1 510 548 3110 |
Stephen Yip, Vice-Chair of Commission 9
Land Elite Surveyors Ltd
Sea Bird House, 5th floor
22-28 Wyndham Street
Central
Hong Kong
Email landelit@netvigator.com
Tel + 852 2869 7138
Fax + 852 2869 6010 |
David Millard, Secretary of Commission 9 and Chair of WG 9.4
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Company
550 California Street, 12th floor
San Francisco
Ca. 94104
USA
Email
david_millard@gmaccm.com
Tel + 1 415 391 6155
Fax + 1 415 391 2749 |
Bill Rodney, Chair of WG 9.1
Business School
City University
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
UK
Email whr@dial.pipex.com
Tel + 44 171 477 8213
Fax + 44 171 477 8673 |
Simon Adcock, Chair of WG 9.3
Office of the Valuer General
235 Queen Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Australia
Email
Simon.Adcock@nre.vic.gov.au
Tel + 61 3 9603 8118
Fax + 61 3 9603 8130 |
Prof. Kauko Viitanen, Chair of joint WG 2 & 9
Helsinki University of Technology
Real Estate Studies
P.O. Box 1200
02015 HUT
Finland
E-mail: kauko.viitanen@hut.fi
Tel. + 358 9 451 3870
Fax + 358 9 465 077
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Ad Hoc Commission on
Construction Economics and Management
- Chair John Collinge (United Kingdom)
Terms of Reference
- Construction Economics
- Quantity Surveying
- Building Surveying
- Cost Engineering
- Project Management
- Construction Management
- Construction Law
Mission Statement
- To encourage wider membership of FIG of National Associations of
professionals working in Construction Economics and Management.
- To identify and associate with other international groupings of
professionals in related fields to optimise the dissemination of information
between the members of the organisations.
- To encourage participation of representatives of national member
associations in the Working Groups of the Ad Hoc Commission and in the work of
other related international groupings.
- To promote the professions related to Construction Economics and
Management.
- In association with Commission 1, to maintain and develop high standards
within the profession.
- In association with Commission 2, to maintain and develop high standards
of professional education, continuing professional development and to develop
mutual recognition of qualifications between member associations.
- To assist with the development of the Construction Economics and
Management professions in the developing world and the emerging economics.
- To encourage recognition of the value of services which can be provided by
the surveying professions in the field of Construction Procurement,
Construction Economics and Management with international and governmental
organisations.
Working Groups
Working Group 1 - The development of a data base
professional associations in the fields of construction economics, quantity
surveying, cost engineering and construction and project management
world-wide.
Policy Issues
- To provide a basis for encouraging membership of FIG, associations with
other relevant international groupings.
- To develop systems for the dissemination of information to the membership
of members associations and associated groupings.
Chair
Dr Kenneth Humphreys (USA)
Working Group 2 - A review and comparison of
construction procurement - Europe, and of different procurement policy
Policy Issues
- To compare construction procurement methods - Europe
- To assess the comparative benefits and problems of different procurement
systems particularly with regard to:
- tendering costs
- comparability of tender
- accountability for contractor selection
- program implications
- To review developments in procurement necessary to comply with EC
guidelines
Chair
John A. Collinge (UK)
Working Group 3 - Research and Development
Policy Issues
- To identify what research is being carried out in the fields of
construction economics.
- How best to disseminate the results of that research to practising
professionals.
Chair
Tba.
Working Group 4 - A comparison and analysis of the
methods of design, procurement and construction of buildings and their
engineering installations.
Policy Issues
- To identify the methodology of design and procurement of engineering
services and other building elements.
- To study the resolution of conflicts between engineering installation and
other building works.
- Can information technology assist in the resolution of conflicts.
Chair
David Chelmick
Working Group 5 - The development of recommended
standards and practices in cost engineering
Policy Issues
- Map each cost engineering skills and knowledge process.
- Issue Professional Practice Guides containing the best of published
articles.
- Develop generic Recommended Practices and Standards with basic
terminology, methods, data applicable to any enterprise or industry.
- Develop enterprise or industry specific Recommended Practices and
Standards.
Chair
Frank Postula
In association with ICEC/AACE international.
Working Group 6 - Professional Education Data Base
Policy Issues
-
To compile a database of professional education for construction
economics.
-
Co-ordinate with Commission 2 to add to the FIG database.
-
Commence a comparative study of courses and training to develop the
work of mutual recognition of qualifications.
-
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
Commission officers and chairs of working groups
John Collinge, Chair of Ad hoc Commission
The MDA Group UK
Amy Johnson House
15 Cherry Orchard Road
Croydon CR9 6BJ
United Kingdom
Email: jcollinge@mdagroup.com
Tel: + 44 181 681 3661
Fax: + 44 181 760 9950
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Roger Batten, Vice-Chair of Ad hoc Commission
St Anton
Folders Lane
Burgess Hill RH15 0DD
United Kingdom
Email:
106351.1724@compuserve.com
Tel: + 44 1444 245 612
Fax: + 44 1444 245 613 |
Dr Kenneth Humphreys, Chair of WG1
1168 Hidden Lake Drive
Granite Falls
NC 28630
USA
Tel. + 1 828 728 5287
Fax: +1 828 728 0048
E-mail: icec@icoste.org |
David Chelmick, Chair of WG 4
The MDA Group UK
Amy Johnson House
15 Cherry Orchard Road
Croydon CR9 6BJ
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 181 681 3661
Fax: + 44 181 760 9950
E-mail: dchelmick@mdagroup.com |
Frank Postula, Chair of WG 5
E-mail: icec@icoste.org |
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FIG DEFINITION OF SURVEYOR
A surveyor is a professional person with the academic
qualifications and technical expertise to practise the science of
measurement; to assemble and assess land and geographic related information;
to use that information for the purpose of planning and implementing the
efficient administration of the land, the sea and structures thereon; and to
instigate the advancement and development of such practices.
Practice of the surveyor’s profession may involve one or
more of the following activities which may occur either on, above or below
the surface of the land or the sea and may be carried out in association
with other professionals.
-
The determination of the size and shape of the earth and
the measurement of all data needed to define the size, position, shape and
contour of any part of the earth.
-
The positioning of objects in space and the positioning
and monitoring of physical features, structures and engineering works on,
above or below the surface of the earth.
-
The determination of the position of the boundaries of
public or private land, including national and international boundaries, and
the registration of those lands with the appropriate authorities.
-
The design, establishment and administration of land and
geographic information systems and the collection, storage, analysis and
management of data within those systems.
-
The study of the natural and social environment, the
measurement of land and marine resources and the use of the data in the
planning of development in urban, rural and regional areas.
-
The planning, development and redevelopment of property,
whether urban or rural and whether land or buildings.
-
The assessment of value and the management of property,
whether urban or rural and whether land or buildings.
-
The planning, measurement and management of construction
works, including the estimation of costs.
-
The production of plans, maps, files, charts and reports.
In the application of the foregoing activities surveyors
take into account the relevant legal, economic, environmental and social
aspects affecting each project.
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