BRE Students Awarded for their Dissertations

Two  2010  graduates  from  the  Department  of  Building  and  Real  Estate  (BRE),  Mr  Chiu  Wing Cheong Gerald (招永昌)and Mr Chung Chi Wa Vincent (鍾志華), won the respective Champion Award  under  the  categories  of  MSc  Degree  Programme  and  Full-time  Undergraduate  Degree Programme   of   the   “Student   Project   Competition   2010”   organized   by   the   Safety   Specialist Committee (SSC) of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). Both Mr Gerald Chiu and Mr Vincent Chung were presented with a commemorative certificate and a cash prize of HK$2,000 byIr Joseph W.J Chi (戚務堅工程師), Chairman of SSC of HKIE, at the HKIE-SSC Annual Dinner2010-2011 held on 22 January 2011 at the YMCA Hotel. Both of the two awardees were supervised by Dr Daniel W.M. Chan (陳煒明博士), Associate Professor of the BRE Department.

The  winning  dissertation  report  of  Mr  Gerald  Chiu,  who  is  a  part-time  graduate  of  MSc  in Construction  and  Real  Estate  programme  in  2010,  was  entitled  “Developing  a  Decision  Support System (DSS) for Measuring the Safety Performance of Construction Projects Undertaken by Small to  Medium-sized  Construction  Companies  in  Hong  Kong”.  The  dissertation  report  of  Mr  Vincent Chung,  being  a  full-time  graduate  of  BSc(Hons)  in  Surveying  programme,  was  named  as“Evaluation  of  the  Effectiveness  of  Safety  Management  System  (SMS)  in  Repair,  Maintenance,Addition and Alteration (RMAA) Works in Hong Kong”.

The dissertation reports of two 2010 graduates from the Department of Building and Real Estate(BRE),  Mr  Ko  Shun  Wei  Chris  (高舜尉)  and  Mr  Chung  Chi  Wa  Vincent  (鍾志華),  were adjudicated   as   the   Merit   Award   under   the   respective   categories   of   Postgraduate   Degree Programme  and  Undergraduate  Degree  Programme  of  the  “Occupational  Safety  and  Health(OSH)  Best  Project  Award  2010”  organized  by  the  Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Council(OSHC). The Award aimed at encouraging post-secondary students in Hong Kong to appreciate the importance of occupational safety and health in their studies. The OSHC offers a maximum of  ten  awards  annually,  based  on  the  relevance,  quality  and  originality  of  the  submissions.  The two  graduates  received  a  Certificate  of  Merit  and  a  cash  prize  of  HK$1,000  during  the Occupational  Health  Forum  and  Award  Presentation  Ceremony  2010-2011  launched  on  22 February 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (New Wing).

The  winning  dissertation  report  of  Mr  Chris  Ko,  being  a  part-time  graduate  of  MSc  in Construction and Real Estate programme in 2010, was entitled “An Empirical Study of the Payfor  Safety  Scheme  (PFSS)  for  New  Public  Housing  Projects  in  Hong  Kong”.  The  dissertation report of Mr Vincent Chung, who is a full-time graduate of BSc(Hons) in Surveying programme,was named as “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Safety Management System (SMS) in Repair,Maintenance,  Addition  and  Alteration  (RMAA)  Works  in  Hong  Kong”.  The  two  winners  were supervised by Dr Daniel W.M. Chan (陳煒明博士), Associate Professor of the BRE Department.