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Date Title
05/03/10 Tender prices down 29% from ‘07 peak- current price levels not seen since early 1999- surveyors say trend is unsustainable
04/03/10 SCS Welcomes Minister Ahern’s Announcement to Establish a Working Group to look at the issue of commercial rent reviews
04/02/10 40,000 More Construction Jobs Expected to go in 2010
   
10/12/09 Surveyors Express Disappointment at Government Inaction
03/12/09 Surveyors Hail Dublin Councillors Decision on High Rise
02/12/09 Chartered Surveyors survey indicates market forces have already overtaken new ban on upward only rent review clauses.
06/11/09

SCS Southern Region Annual Dinner
- SCS President warns construction employment could fall by another 100,000.
- Unemployment among Southern graduate surveyors 17% above national average

04/11/09 ARM 4 Published
16/10/09 Surveyors urge government to introduce stimulus package for construction sector immediately-
Unemployment rate amongst surveyors up 12.5% so far this year
21/09/09 Tender prices continue dramatic fall with building costs down 17.3% on this time last year
15/09/09 SCS welcomes commission of Taxation Report
29/07/09 Department of Finance Welcomes CIC Report
26/06/09 Surveyors Oppose New Legislation Banning Upwards-only Rent Review
23/06/09 Surveyors urge students to plan for the future with a mobile and diverse qualification
12/05/09 Ken Cribbin takes over as President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors
05/05/09 Upward Only Rent Reviews
16/04/09 New Surveyors guide shows house rebuild costs down by 4 to 5%
07/04/09 SCS Budget Reaction
30/03/09 SCS Employment Survey
15/02/09 Tender Index
Building costs down 11% last year – prices now back at year 2000 levels. Surveyors say trend of below cost tendering not sustainable.
05/02/09 Chartered Surveyors warn that construction sector output likely to fall to euro 14 billion by next year – down from euro 39 billion in 2007.
05/02/09 Address of Sean McCormack, President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors to the annual dinner on 5th February 2009 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin
29/01/09

Mapping out a successful career

   
16/10/08 Property Poll Press Release
20/08/08 Chartered Surveyors Confirm Continued Fall in Construction Tender Prices
13/05/08 President Sean McCormack's AGM Address
13/03/08 Urban Forum calling for debate on the Future Spatial Strategy for the Island of Ireland.
15/02/08 SCS/ IPD Annual Presentation
   
05/12/07 SCS Budget 2008 Reaction
23/11/07 SCS Annual Dinner 2008
08/11/07 SCS Annual Conference 2007- Update
15/10/07 SCS Annual Conference 2007
27/06/07 New Geomatics Chairperson Elected
30/05/07 New President of SCS urges immediate action on Stamp Duty
28/05/07 New Officers Elected for the Western Region Group
09/05/07 Another Record Number of New Members for SCS
13/04/07 SCS launches New Construction Cost File Handbook
21/02/07 New 21st Century Measuring Guide for Surveyors & Valuers
12/02/07 Annual Dinner 2007
17/01/07 SCS Housing Study 2007