Industry-backed: Built Intelligence • Metroun Quantity Surveyors • Horabin Associates Limited

✅ Expert insights you can use immediately
✅ Real talk about risk, cost control and contracts
✅ Skills you’ll take back to your team the next day
✅ 100% of proceeds to local charities

🎯 Why attend?
Construction is changing - and so is Quantity Surveying.
Whether you’re early in your career or a seasoned pro, this event will sharpen your skills, deepen your connections, and leave you better prepared to manage cost, risk and people in today’s challenging environment.

For just £60, you’ll get:
✔️ A full day of industry-leading speakers, panels and workshops
✔️ Practical strategies to avoid costly mistakes
✔️ Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments all day
✔️ Post-event networking drinks
✔️ A delegate swag bag worth over £25
✔️ All profits donated to The Prince of Wales Hospice and The Clothing Bank UK

🎯 What you'll learn
✔️ 5 Sure-Fire Ways to Lose Money in Construction – Patrick Waterhouse reveals the most common and costly mistakes in project delivery.

✔️ From Cost Control to Cost Connection - Genna Rourke on the evolving role of QS in 2025 and beyond, with a focus on connection, leadership and women in construction.

✔️ What is Stress? – Helen Topp's interactive session on understanding and managing stress in a high-pressure industry.

✔️ Conditions Precedent: Safeguard or Barrier? – A deep dive panel discussion on contract risk management, with real-world examples.

✔️ Beyond the Model – Exploring the enduring value of traditional measurement in the BIM era.

🎯 Who should attend?
Quantity Surveyors (all levels)
Commercial Managers
Cost Consultants
Employers and contractors keen to reduce risk
Anyone responsible for managing cost and contracts in construction

🎯 Why your boss will approve
Affordable CPD: Just £60 for a full day (less than £7/hour)
Learn strategies to avoid £000s in avoidable costs
Network with leading professionals and potential partners
Show commitment to professional growth
Support local charities and demonstrate social value

🎯 Event Details
📅 Wednesday 24th September
🕗 08:30 – 18:00
📍 The Mill, Tootal Street, Tileyard, Wakefield WF1 5FY
💰 Tickets £60 (including all food, drinks, and materials)
🚗 Paid venue parking (£4/day)

🎯 All for a good cause
All proceeds go to The Prince of Wales Hospice and The Clothing Bank.
Learn. Connect. Give back.

🚨 Tickets are limited
We’re already welcoming our first confirmed attendees!
Secure your place today - once these tickets are gone, they’re gone! Link to buy: https://CostMatters-2025.eventbrite.com

Proudly sponsored by: Built Intelligence • Metroun Quantity Surveyors • Horabin Associates Limited • Techscend