A discussion about client relationships, with a gentleman who has seen both sides of the table, for over 20 years. Sean O’connor has worked as a consultant for many years, and as a “client”, a developer. He will help us understand how to build strong relationships with our clients. How to best start a new project with a client, and how to manage the relationship accordingly, along the way.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- How to best start with a new client
- How to give advice your client doesn’t want to hear
- How to manage a Big Ego in your project
- The difference between reporting and advising
- How graduate QS’s can help improve project delivery

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Sean: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-o-connor-b29b6031/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

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A discussion about sustainability. We’ve invited Roger Barkley again. He has a vast amount of experience and knowledge when it comes to sustainability in the Construction Industry. Today he will help us understand what we can expect when the Industry, inevitably, will have to change its ways.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- What does sustainability mean for Construction?
- What changes should we, as an Industry, prepare for?
- Are the green certifications falling behind?
- How sustainability legislation could stop your projects
- What a green construction project could cost in 2030

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Roger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-barkley-58230450/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!

Embodied carbon is becoming more important than ever in Construction. Quantity Surveyors, like ourselves, work with quantities everyday, so it makes sense for us to take up this task of carbon calculations. But how? We have invited Roger Barkley again, to explain some of the possible solutions to this challenge.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- What is embodied carbon?
- What is LCA and WLCA?
- Is timber truly a green material?
- The issues of EPDs
- Finding data for carbon calculations

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Roger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-barkley-58230450/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

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Today we have invited Alan Muse, former Global Director of Built Environment at RICS, to discuss what the RICS has done for the profession in terms of developing standards and rules of measurements - ICMS, NRM. And to talk about Quantity Surveying and the Construction Industry, as Alan sees them, and has experienced them since the early 80’s.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- What was Quantity Surveying like in the early 80’s?
- Are the New Rules of Measurement outdated?
- What is ICMS?
- How ICMS can be a guide for data collection
- How we best educate the future Quantity Surveyors
- What the RICS can do for the future of Quantity Surveying

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-muse-5ba27b12/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!

Cost modelling can be key at the early business case stage. For this episode we have invited our very own Roger Barkley, Senior Commercial Manager at KOSMOS, to help us understand Cost Modelling, and why you should consider implementing it in your process.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- Who is Roger Barkley?
- What is Cost Modelling?
- When is Cost Modelling relevant?
- How useful is Cost Modelling for your clients?
- The cost and returns of doing Cost Modelling

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Roger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-barkley-58230450/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!

More data means better decision-making. But that data needs to be collected and structured properly. That’s what we’ll be discussing in today’s episode: the Power of Cost Data, and the challenges we face in collecting, structuring and using it, on a global scale.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- What is Cost Data?
- What can Global Standards do for us?
- How we use Cost Data to locate major cost drivers on projects
- What having proper Cost Data can mean for your clients
- Why sharing information is vital for this new process to take place

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!

Today we are discussing Quantity Surveyors and BIM - advantages and challenges. How do we as Quantity Surveyors help define the future of our own discipline?
This new Digital Construction Industry is requiring us to adapt. In this episode we’ll be discussing how we at KOSMOS are moving into the future, and what challenges we face as Quantity Surveyors working within BIM.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- Is traditional quantity surveying possible with BIM?
- Why we are now relying more on other stakeholders than ever before
- Why we as Quantity Surveyors are no longer the bearers of bad news
- Why proper communication is now a top-priority
- How we risk being written out of the Industry, if we don’t act

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!

The traditional process of quantity surveying is slowly being phased out, and perhaps giving rise to a new Digital Quantity Surveyor.
Today we are having a conversation with Andrew Knight from the RICS, about the future of quantity surveying. What will it look like? And what changes have already taken place?

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- What is Digital Quantity Surveying?
- Why we as Quantity Surveyors need to work more proactively.
- The relationship between technology and our profession going forward
- Why working digitally is about much more than having the right software

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!

BIM is the future of Construction. But what actually is BIM? And how do we best work together with BIM as our baseline? This episode is all about BIM.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- Why BIM is a process, not a technology
- What is 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D and 7D? And how are they interconnected?
- How BIM is all about information
- Why building information will become a sellable asset in the future
- Why BIM requires more understanding between stakeholders

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!

A larger standardization of how we work in Construction offers a tremendous amount of value.
But what would it look like? And why hasn’t it happened already?
What are actual standards? And what can you, as an individual, do to start being more efficient and standardize your processes?
Having global standards would be extremely valuable for both society and our environment.
But how? That’s what we’ll be discussing in this episode.

What you'll learn from today's episode:

- What is the real value in standardizing?
- Why the Traditional Way of Construction is quite bizarre
- Why information is useless, unless it is standardized
- How government can help our Industry become more efficient
- What you, as an individual, can do to start standardizing
- Why your company’s standards, aren’t actual standards

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!