Joe Martin DMS, FRICS, MCMI
Joe Martin is Executive Director of BCIS (Building Cost Information Service). He is a Fellow of the RICS and a Member of the Chartered Management Institute.

Joe is responsible for setting up and developing the BCIS information databases for capital and running costs of buildings, including the BCIS Online service which provides online access to price information on over 15 000 projects.

Joe has been involved in the development of price deflators, Key Performance Indicators, and capital and whole life cost benchmarks for the UK Government.

Joe has been involved with numerous industry bodies including:

• Consultative Committee for Construction Industry Statistics
• Steering Group for Unified Classification for the Construction Industry
• European Committee for Construction Economics (CEEC),
• International Construction Information Society Working Group 3 on Elemental Classification
• The DTI Working Group on Indices
• RICS Construction Design and Economics Practice Panel.

Joe chaired the whole project cost group of the cross-industry response to the Barker report and has contributed to the NAO report entitled, 'Using Modern Methods of Construction to Build Homes More Quickly and Efficiently'.

Joe has been involvement in all major developments at BCIS over the past 25 years including:

• RICS eTendering;
• Tender Price Indices;
• Cost indices for building and maintenance work;
• BCIS Online;
• Forecasting of tender prices and building costs.

Joe also introduced the following publications to BCIS' range:

• Guide to House Rebuilding Costs for Insurance Valuation
• Quarterly Review of Building Prices
• BMI Maintenance and Occupancy Cost Indices
• Building Maintenance Price Book
• Guide to Daywork Rates

Joe is a regular speaker at leading construction industry events. If you would like to invite Joe to speak at your event, please contact Sheetal Girdhari - sgirdhari@bcis.co.uk or T +44 (0)20 7695 1500.