#060 ChatGPT is a game changer 🤖
Hello folks! 👋 I hope you are all well and studying hard for your APC (or relaxing if you have already passed). I’ve taken a break for a...
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- Jan 25
- 4 min
#059 5 tools which helped me pass my APC! 🛠️
Hello folks 👋 In this post, I’m going to review some of the tools that I used to help me pass my APC. This isn’t an exhaustive list, and...
- Jan 16
- 7 min
#058 5 things to consider before you sit your APC ✔️
Hello folks 👋 In this post I will go through 5 things you must know before you sit your APC! Importance of the submission document! When...
- Jan 9
- 1 min
#057 Great News 🎉
Hello friends 👋 I hope you are all well and ready for the year ahead! It’s been a while since my last post because I was busy preparing...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
#056 Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professionalism - Level 3 👨🏻⚖️
Hi 👋 In this post we are covering Level 3 of the Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professionalism competency. I would highly advise you to...
- Sep 12, 2022
- 3 min
#055 Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professionalism - Level 2 📜
Hi 👋 In this post we are covering Level 2 of the Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professionalism competency. I would highly advise you to...
- Sep 5, 2022
- 2 min
#054 Productivity Breaks and APC Submission 🌅
Hello folks 👋 I’ve taken a bit of a break this summer. I’ve just come back from a 2 week holiday, i’m feeling refreshed and i’m ready to...
- Aug 15, 2022
- 4 min
#053 Ethics, Rules of Conduct and Professionalism - Level 1 📚
Hi folks 👋 We are nearing the end of these competency posts. We have reached the final mandatory competency which comprises three parts....
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
#052 Health and Safety - Level 2 ⚠️
Hi 👋 This week we are covering Level 2 of the Health and Safety Competency. I would highly advise you to go through the candidate guide...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 3 min
#051 Health and Safety - Level 1 ☣️
Hello! 👋🏽 This week we are covering Level 1 of the Health and Safety Competency. It’s quite a broad competency so I will do my best to...
- Jul 25, 2022
- 5 min
#050 Communication and negotiation - Level 2 🤳
Hello folks 👋 We’ve reached my 50th blog post! It’s taken me a lot of time and effort to reach this stage. I know I have missed some...
- Jul 18, 2022
- 3 min
#049 Communication and negotiation - Level 1 📞
Hello folks 👋 This week we are covering Level 1 Communication and Negotiation. I would highly advise you to go through the candidate...
- Jul 4, 2022
- 4 min
#048 Client Care - Level 2 🤝
Hi folks 👋 This post will cover Level 2 of Client Care! We covered Level 1 last week so please review that post if you haven’t already!...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 4 min
#047 Client Care - Level 1 🤝
Hi folks 👋 This week we are starting the Level 2 mandatory competencies. This post will cover Level 1 of Client Care, with Level 2...
- Jun 20, 2022
- 4 min
#046 Sustainability ♻️
Hi folks 👋 This week’s post will be on Sustainability! I did struggle writing this post so a lot of the information is derived from a...
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
#045 Commercial Roles - Lessons Learnt! 🤑
Hello folks 👋🏼 I’m taking a break from the APC posts for this week. It’s been just over a year since I moved to my current role. I have...
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
#044 Inclusive Environments 🏞️
Hi folks 👋🏾 This week we are going through the Inclusive Environments competency. I believe this a relatively new competency so there...
- May 30, 2022
- 4 min
#043 Diversity, inclusion and teamworking 🌿
Hi folks 👋🏾 This week we are going through the Diversity, inclusion and teamworking competency. I believe this is a relatively new...
- May 23, 2022
- 3 min
#042 Data Management 💽
Hello folks 👋🏻 This week we are covering the Data Management competency. I would highly advise you to go through the candidate guide...
- May 9, 2022
- 4 min
#041 Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures 🥊
Hello friends 👋🏼 This week we are covering the Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures competency. I would...
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
#040 Business Planning 💼
Hello folks 👋 This is post number 40! I like a good round number! In this post, we are covering the Business Planning competency. If you...
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
#039 Accounting principles and procedures 🧾
Hi folks 👋🏾 It’s been a long stint but I have now covered the Technical and Optional competencies. From this post onwards I will be...
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
#038 What is Commercial Management? 🤑
Hello folks 👋 In this post, I am going to discuss the concept of commercial management, and its differences/similarities to a...
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
#037 Contract Practice (PART 3) ⚖️
Hello folks 👋 This week we are covering Level 3 of the Contract Practice competency. Here are my Level 1 and Level 2 posts. I would...
- Mar 28, 2022
- 3 min
#036 Procurement and Tendering (PART 3) 🛒
Hello folks 👋 This week we are covering Level 3 of the Procurement and Tendering competency. Here are my Level 1 and Level 2 posts. I...
- Mar 21, 2022
- 2 min
#035 Project Financial Controls and Cost Reporting (PART 3) 📊
Hello folks 👋 This week we are covering Level 3 of the Project Financial Controls and Cost Reporting competency. Here are my Level 1 and...
- Mar 14, 2022
- 5 min
#034 Quantification and Costing of Construction Works (PART 3) 📐🧮
Hello folks 👋 This week we are covering Level 3 of the Quantification and Costing of Construction Works competency. For some reason, my...
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min
#033 Construction Technology (PART 3) 👷
Hi friends 👋 This week we are covering level 3 of the construction technology competency. Here’s my Level 1 and Level 2 posts if you’ve...
- Feb 28, 2022
- 5 min
#032 Design Economics and Cost Planning (PART 3) 🏗️
Hello folks 👋 We are nearly at the end of the technical and optional competencies. I’ve now covered Level 1 and 2 of them all so we...
- Feb 21, 2022
- 5 min
#031 Risk Management (PART 2) 📈
Hi 👋 This week we are covering Level 2 for Risk Management. Here is the link to the Level 1 post if you missed it: Risk Management -...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 3 min
#030 Contract Administration (PART 2) 🗒️
Hi 👋 This week we are covering Level 2 for Contract Administration. Here is the link to the Level 1 post if you missed it: Contract...
- Feb 7, 2022
- 3 min
#029 Contract Practice (PART 2) ⚖️
Hi 👋 This week we are covering Level 2 for Contract Practice. Here is the link to the Level 1 post if you missed it: Contract Practice -...
- Jan 31, 2022
- 3 min
#028 Procurement and Tendering (PART 2) 🛒
Hello friends 👋 This week we are covering Level 2 for Procurement and Tendering. Here is the link to the Level 1 post if you’ve missed...
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
#027 Project Financial Controls and Cost Reporting (PART 2) 📊
Hello friends 👋 This week we are covering Level 2 for Project Financial Controls. Here is the link to the Level 1 post if you’ve missed...
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
#026 Quantification and Costing of Construction Works (PART 2) 📐🧮
Hello friends 👋 Another Level 2 post is below for your enjoyment! Here is the link to the first Quantification post if you've missed it:...
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
#025 Construction Technology (PART 2) 👷
Hello friends 👋 Another Level 2 post is below for your enjoyment! Here is the link to the first Construction Tech post if you've missed...
- Jan 3, 2022
- 4 min
#024 Design Economics and Cost Planning (PART 2) 🏗️
Hello friends 👋 I hope you are all well and safe! I have now done posts for Level 1 on my required competencies. Here is a list of them...
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
#023 Procurement Lessons ✉️
Hello folks 👋 This post will be about procurement and the behaviours I've observed whilst working in a commercial team for a large...
- Nov 20, 2021
- 7 min
#022 Risk Management (Part 1) 📈
Hi 👋 In this post, I'm reviewing Level 1 of the Risk Management competency. I struggled with this during my early APC days because all I...
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
#021 Contract Administration (Part 1) 🖥️
Hi 👋 In this post, I'm reviewing Level 1 of the Contract Administration competency. This is another straightforward competency in the...
- Sep 7, 2021
- 7 min
#020 Day in the life of a QS (post-contract) 🕡
Hello folks 👋 Following the last post, I’m going to describe the day in the life of a QS when mainly doing post contract work. I have a...
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
#019 Day in the life of a QS (pre-contract) 🕛
Hello folks 👋🏽 I was at a family wedding recently and I had a few kids asking me what I do for work. If I think about it, when I was in...
- Aug 7, 2021
- 11 min
#018 Contract Practice (PART 1) 📒
Hi 👋 In this post, I'm reviewing Level 1 of the Contract Practice competency. This is a pretty straightforward competency in the sense...
- Jun 13, 2021
- 6 min
#017 Procurement and Tendering (PART 1) 💼
Hello 👋 In this post I'm going to go through the Procurement and Tendering competency. Full disclosure at this point - my practical...
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
#016 New Beginnings 🌲
Hello friends on the internet! It has been a while, but we have some good news – I got a new job! My new role is with another consultancy...
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
#015 A break from usual service 🥴
Hello friends! 👋 This experimental blogging thing hasn’t gone too well for me thus far. I had an intention to write a post a week from...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 7 min
#014 Project Financial Controls and Cost Reporting (PART 1) 📈
Hello internet! 👋 Hope you are are all doing well. As promised, this week I am going to through Level 1 of the Project Financial...
- Sep 13, 2020
- 5 min
#013 Quantification and Costing of Construction Works (PART 1) 📐🧮
Hello friends 👋 This week I’m going to briefly go through the Quantification competency. I like this competency as it involves both pre...
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
#012 Consistency ⚒️
Hello friends 👋 I’m going to take a bit of a break from the APC competency breakdown this week. This week marks a significant point for...
- Aug 31, 2020
- 7 min
#011 Construction Technology (PART 1) 🏗️
Hello friends 👋 This week I’m going to briefly go through the Construction Technology competency. This is probably the competency I am...
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