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BRE PhD Student Winning the AIB(HK) Professional Excellence in Building Awards 2021

In the Professional Excellence in Building Awards 2021 organized by the Australian Institute of Building (Hong Kong Chapter) (AIB-HK), one full-time PhD research student of the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE) of PolyU (Mr Abdullahi Saka from Nigeria) won the Certificate of Merit award based on his entry entitled “Development of a Hybrid Intelligent and Dynamic System for Adoption and Implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Construction Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Developing Countries” submitted to the category (B3 - Student Achievement). He is being currently supervised by Dr Daniel W.M. Chan, Associate Professor and Associate Head (Teaching) of BRE. He received his award certificate at the Award Presentation Ceremony held on Saturday, 17 July 2021 afternoon at the Conrad Hong Kong Hotel, Admiralty, Hong Kong. The nomination requirements of the award category (B3 - Student Achievement) are open to any undergraduate or postgraduate students studying construction, civil, building, mechanical, architectural, E&M engineering or surveying in universities and colleges (both full-time mode and part-time mode).

BRE Scholar and Students Receiving the ‘Built Environment Project and Asset Management Highly Commended Paper Award’ in the 9th World Construction Symposium 2021

Please join us in congratulating Ms Anushika Ekanayake (PhD student of BRE), Prof. Geoffrey Shen (Chair Professor of BRE), Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy (Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong) and Dr Jin Xue (Post-Doctoral Fellow of BRE) on receiving the ‘Built Environment Project and Asset Management Highly Commended Paper Award’ in the 9th World Construction Symposium 2021! Entitled ‘Dynamic Supply Chain Capability Analysis of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Construction: A Topic Modeling Approach’, the heart of the winning paper is to employ the topic over time modeling as a novel text mining method to dynamically analyze the supply chain capabilities associated with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Construction by unveiling academia, an effective and novel mechanism to extract dynamic empirical clues from a large unstructured set of documents in construction supply chain capability analysis research. A big clap for the team’s endeavour!

Surveying Students got the Merit Prize in the 7th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

Well done to Anson Ho Ho Nam and Peter Wong Kwong Sau, our Surveying students!  Anson and Peter got the merit prize in the Innovation Category (Research Thesis & Invention) of the 7th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. With their passion for minimizing accidents and uplifting construction workers’ safety in the construction industry, Anson and Peter explored and proposed the combination of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) for construction workers’ training in their winning project. This innovative change will bring construction workers a wholly immersive experience during their training.  The ultimate goal is to ensure that construction workers can easily pick up the necessary techniques and fully comprehend the importance of safety before their work in an actual construction site.    Anson says, “I would like to express my sincere gratitude for Dr Patrick Fong’s support, guidance and advice on our project. Without his endorsement and guidance, it would not have been possible for me and Peter to enter the final stage of the competition and have a merit award. Also, I would like to thank the BRE department and the Institute for Entrepreneurship, PolyU, for providing us with this precious opportunity.” Peter also shares, “I am extremely honoured to receive the merit award of the competition.  I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the BRE Department which provided a lot of supports for our team. Also, I would like to make a special mention, Dr Patrick Fong, our supervisor in the competition. He gave us lots of encouragement. I am lucky to have Dr. Patrick Fong in my university life.” Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to Prof. Eddie Hui, Professor and Associate Head (Partnership) of BRE, on being appointed as justice of the peace (JP) by the HKSAR Government!

Congratulations to Prof. Eddie Hui, Professor and Associate Head (Partnership) of BRE, on being appointed as justice of the peace (JP) by the HKSAR Government! This is a fitting recognition of Prof. Hui’s tireless dedication to the community. Prof. Hui is an all-round professional with diverse experience and expertise in research and consultancy across a range of fields, from housing studies, real estate investment, land and planning to finance, etc. Also, he has been serving a number of public organisations in Hong Kong over the years. He is very much honoured to have opportunities to serve the community and accept the appointment.   Have a read of Prof. Hui’s profile

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Celebrating PolyU’s 85th Anniversary | Share your ideas. Receive a cash award of HK$10,000 or other prizes!

PolyU will celebrate its 85th anniversary in 2022. To mark this important milestone, the University is calling for ideas and contributions from the PolyU community. Participants will have the chance to earn a cash award of HK$10,000 or other prizes! Don’t miss out! In particular, we invite you to participate in the following: 1) Anniversary theme song lyrics contest 2) Video contest 3) Anniversary souvenirs design contest 4) PolyU memorabilia   Details: https://polyu.hk/gfRlv Deadline: 30 June 2021