Advisory and consulting firms should be set up to provide the proprietor with technical consulting services and to restrain excess profits. During the project construction, property companies should be encouraged to take part in supervision on construction and acceptance check in order to ensure the project quality. In the meantime, certification and testing companies should be set up to provide project testing and support. Gradually, a balancing system comprised of designing, construction, supervision, consulting and certification should be formed. To be genuinely linked with the international community, China should not only welcome foreign investors to participate in the competition and import advanced technology and managerial expertise, but also actively explore the international market after the assimilation.
China needs intelligent buildings and the market is heartening.
Intelligent buildings with a high intelligence level will not have a large market demand in the near term, but the market share is still impressive. Construction of intelligent buildings should not blindly pursue high-level intelligence and general rush into action is not advisable. Only action in accordance with needs can ensure a healthy and orderly development and avoid falling into the same old trap again as with the real-estate industry in the early 1990s. Personnel training Currently, in enterprises with qualifications for designing intelligent building and system integration, most of the personnel have education in electric engineering, automation, computer and communication. Most of these personnel do not have a systematic and comprehensive knowledge structure and lack skills in architectural designing, construction and supervision.