The 2022 ICEC World Congress will be held from 12-15 June 2022 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The event is being organised by the Dutch Association of Cost Engineers (DACE). The world is rapidly changing in many ways; digitalization, global warming and Covid-19 have a huge impact on the world where we live in. Despite all the changes we want to have a predictable outcome of projects. The theme of the conference is therefore “Predictable projects in a dynamic world”. Around this theme a variety of topics will be presented.

Considering the unpredictable consequences of COVID, the ICEC World Congress will be organised in a hybrid format: partially live and partially via online live streams supplemented with an on-demand channel with pre-recorded presentations. Both will ensure you an excellent experience and network opportunity. We aim for a “live program” in 3 parallel rooms in “de Doelen”, a conference Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and “online” virtual live streams supplemented with an on-demand channel, with recorded presentations. The live program will be centered around keynote speakers, presentations (reflecting experience, research, developments), and panel discussions on selected subjects to deepen the subject. Furthermore, there will be selected workshops.

• The Congress website can be found at: https://icecworldcongress.com/ 
• A promotional video can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ImoDHQzVU

Finally, here we are.
It started in July 2020 the AICE and RICS Italia collaboration for an ambitious and apparently simple project, namely the translation into Italian of the International Construction Measurement Standards to propose them to the national market. First it was establishment of a Technical Commission and subsequently a Scientific one, both Italian.

There are many challenges in this journey.

First, a linguistic and not a literal translation: it was immediately clear that in order to make the Standards speak Italian, not only lexical knowledges were required, but as well a study and analysis of the principles underlying them. The Anglo-Saxon languages, indeed, expose concepts in a different way from us, through a simplified linguistic structure, entrusting words to the transmission of a vision, often highlighted by a capital initial of the main words and composing them. Without this study, an effective translation and proposal would have not been possible.

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AICE and RICS Italia, together with the main associative and academic institutions, introduce the ICMS - pdf International Construction Measurement Standards (4.48 MB)  to the Italian construction sector.

The spread of ICMS in Italy will allow greater transparency in the measurement of the costs of individual projects, from their conception to their finished product with actual benefits in terms of financial and operational management. This is a fundamental job to make the Italian construction sector more competitive and transparent and to standardize it for the most advanced international markets.

The project will be formally launched in the Italian market during the AICE event titled: "RECOVERY PLAN: PROJECT SET UP AND MANAGEMENT - A reference proposal from those who implement the projects!" (https://www.livemediaset.it/giornata-aice-2021/) to be held on February 5th, 2021.

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