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One global standard for measurement of carpet area for housing by end of year – RICS
Track2Realty: RICS, along with 61 professional bodies from around the world, has called for setting uniform measurement standards for residential sector globally (including India) to bring clarity on measuring various aspects of property measurement such as super built up area, built up area and carpet area.
RICS advocates Building Information Modelling (BIM) to reduce construction delays and cost overruns
Track2Realty: Globally, as project delays, cost overruns and liquidity constraints continue to trouble the real estate and construction sectors, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has emerged as one of the most reliable tools to eliminate challenges and reduce the capital cost and carbon footprint by over 20 per cent.
UN Global Compact and RICS join hands to develop responsible business best practice toolkit
Track2Realty: To improve responsible business practices in the land, real estate and construction industry, the United Nations Global Compact and RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) will jointly develop a best practice toolkit for the sector. The collaboration marks the UN Global Compact’s first initiative to address corporate sustainability in a specific sector following the recent launch of its Post-2015 Business Engagement Architecture.
Investments in office and retail space expected to increase: RICS India Commercial Survey Q2 2013
Track2Realty: Sentiments towards commercial real estate investment remains favourable, as India’s economy shows itself to be less vulnerable to the overall slowdown as compared to other Asia economies.
RICS and Amity University establish India’s first ‘School of Built Environment’
Track2Realty: The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the world’s leading professional qualification and standard setting body in land, property and construction sector and Amity University have established the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University at Noida campus, to address the shortage of skilled professionals in the sector.
Reserve Bank of India to keep policy on hold despite weaker economy
Further insight on the current state of the Indian economy will be provided with the release of July industrial production data on Wednesday 12th and August WPI (inflation) on Friday 14th. Recent news flow has generally been a little downbeat but the picture is not a uniform one.
RICS – Vestian Study highlights need to raise safety & security standards of IT Parks in India
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Vestian Global Workplace Services have released a PAN India in-depth study ’Assessment of IT campus environments’.
RICS launches best practice standards for realty
In an effort to enhance professionalism in the industry, RICS has launched its Red Book of Valuation Standards and Global real estate agency and brokerage standards at the recently concluded real estate conference in Mumbai.
RICS and Sam Circle Venture launch mass housing concept with lesser time
RICS launched a revolutionary concrete panel based mass housing concept – known as ‘India Concept House (ICH)’ in partnership with Sam Circle Venture and its partners, KieranTimberlake and ProjectWell.