Awards and Achievements (Teaching)

Congratulations to Dr. Johnny Wong, BRE Winner of Departmental Award for Outstanding Teacher (2014/15)

Congratulations to Dr. Johnny Wong on being selected for ‘The Departmental Award for Outstanding Teacher (2014/15)’ in recognition of his exceptional teaching performance and remarkable endeavours in enhancing students’ learning experiences! Dr. Johnny Wong, Assistant Professor of Department of Building and Real Estate, devotes his efforts to a range of teaching areas from building measurement and documentation, quantity surveying practice, cost planning and control to sustainable building. In support of teaching building measurement, his practical adoption of building information modelling (BIM) successfully brings our students a clear picture of abstract concepts in quantity surveying and a lot of fun in their learning process. Dr. Wong is very grateful that under his supervision, a number of undergraduate students’ thesis was honoured with the awards from professional institutions, for example, the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors.There is no doubt that Dr. Wong deserved the high teaching performance rating scores and the students’ positive feedback. It was very encouraging that Dr. Wong has been recently awarded ‘The eLearning and Blended Learning Development Fund’ from the PolyU Advisory Committee on eLearning (ACE). Dr. Wong shared with us,‘It can further help simulate real-world project conditions and reinforce the fundamental measurement concepts taught in traditional lectures and tutorials in an interoperable and blended learning environment.’ In terms of his research efforts, green and intelligent building, green Building Information Modeling, age-friendly built environments and culture in construction industry are of great interest to him.  

BRE Undergraduate Student Winning OSHC Best Project Award (2015)

 The dissertation report of a 2015 graduate from the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), Ms Tsui Wing Sum (徐詠琛), was adjudicated as the one of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Best Project Award 2015 winners under the category of Undergraduate Degree Programme organized by the statutory 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 graduate received an award certificate and a cash prize of HK$3,000 during the OSH Best Project Award Prize Presentation Ceremony 2015 launched on 15 December 2015 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The winning dissertation report of Ms Tsui, being a part-time graduate of BSc(Hons) in Surveying programme in 2015, was entitled “A Critical Study of Safety Climate and Safety Performance for Private Sector Construction Projects in Hong Kong”. The winner was supervised by Dr Daniel W.M. Chan (陳煒明博士), Associate Professor of the BRE Department.  

Connecting the Community by Enhancing Home Safety & Health of Those in Need

It was very meaningful for us to serve the community under the subject ‘Community Service Learning’ which aims to cultivate our students’ sense of social responsibility, technical skills and generic intellectual skills. What’s more,it’s our hope that our students’ endeavours can bring the people in need joy as well as heart warming greetings. As you may know, a number of old buildings lack maintenance and repair in Hong Kong. The households of these units, particularly the elderly, can’t help facing the adverse living environments. In 2015, under the supervision of Dr Barbara Leung, Lecturer of BRE, our students successfully served a series of households. For instance, one of the successful projects was to serve 30households in need in Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin through the thirteen-week project ‘Housing for the Community –Improvement on Home Safety and Health’. In partnership with Oi Chun Fans Club (愛俊之友), Chartered Institute of Housing –Asian Pacific Branch (英國特許房屋經理學會亞太分會)and Engineers Without Borders -Hong Kong (香港無國界工程師), a group of our students conducted an integrated project to address the housing needs and home safety issue of the underprivileged members ofthe30 households. The project was conducted in form of a survey and services assisted and coached by the OCFC, CIH and EWB with the view to identifying the housing needs through site survey, building inspection and home visits. According to the survey, the provision of community facilities in Ho Man Tin were found adequate in general, yet the health-and-safety living conditions of elderly households needed improvement. Based on the housing needs identified and the problems that the elderly encountered, the professional assistance, specific community services and repairs for improving the home safety were tailored to fit the specific needs of the residents. Upon completion of the service, the elderly’s nice smiles could tell how much they appreciated our students’ great efforts.Our students also treasured the learning experience very much and were more aware of the needs in the community and their social responsibility. The subject ‘Community Service Learning’ continues to pursue the mission of cultivating our students’ social responsibility and technical skills as well as serving the community.

Congratulations to TSANG King Fai (Surveying Student) – Winner of Dr NG Tat Lun Memorial Scholarship

Winners of the Annual Best Final-Year Dissertation Award Competition (2015) for CIB Student Chapter of HKPolyU

Undergraduate Division  Award Type  Name of Student  Dissertation Supervisor  Distinction Award  Mr HO Man Lai  Dr Daniel W.M. CHAN  Merit Award  Mr CHAN Kit San  Dr Johnny K.W. WONG Postgraduate Division    Award Type  Name of Student  Dissertation Supervisor  Distinction Award  Dr LAW On Kay, Angel Prof Albert P.C. CHAN  Merit Award  Dr YANG Yang Prof Albert P.C. CHAN

"MSc/PgD in Construction and Real Estate" Programme Receiving Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academic Programme Development 2015

 The programme management team for MSc/PgD in Construction and Real Estate 建築及房地產學理學碩士學位/深造文憑 led by Dr Daniel W.M. Chan (陳煒明博士), Associate Professor of the BRE Department, has been selected for the Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academic Programme Development (2015). The composition of the core team is indicated as follows. Team Leader:  Dr Daniel Chan (Award Co-ordinator)  Team Members: Dr Daniel Chan (Award Co-ordinator) Dr Lennon Choy (Dissertation Co-ordinator: 2011/12) Dr Yongtao Tan (Dissertation Co-ordinator: 2012/13 and 2013/14) Mrs Gracie Ip (Programme Administrator) Respective Subject Leaders of Compulsory and Core Subjects Relevant Administrative Staff This self-financed taught postgraduate programme is designed to provide a learning opportunity for practicing architects, engineers, surveyors, project managers, construction managers, property managers, town planners, and other real estate related professionals at various levels of responsibility, to broaden and deepen their knowledge in the construction and real estate sectors. A total of at least 20 student cohort intakes have been recruited since the first intake in September 1995 up to September 2014, with an annual average number of admittees of 50. The programme has made significant achievements in the following four areas in the three consecutive academic years immediately before the year of the award, i.e. 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14. 1.Initiation and/or management of the development of an academic programme 2.Successful development of new subjects or enhancement of subjects that help to enhance an academic programme 3.Pro-active promotion of academic programmes to potential students 4.Successful implementation/development of innovative approaches to teaching and learning The strength of this programme has secured a brand name and wide popularity within the construction and real estate market. It has attracted a group of quality students and produced several batches of well-performed graduates in town. The programme received a record-breaking number of applications for the September 2014 intake. Altogether, 453 applications were received with a breakdown of 261 (full-time) and 192 (part-time) which indicate its high recognition and good words of mouth by graduates amongst prospective applicants both locally and overseas (especially Mainland China). In recognition of their outstanding achievements, each member of the winning team will receive an award certificate signed by the Faculty Dean and a cash prize of HK$ 20,000 will be bestowed to the winning team during the Faculty Congregation and Prize Presentation Ceremony 2015 to be held on 3 November 2015. Heartfelt congratulations to the winning team for their great success.

PolyU 21st Congregation (Prize Presentation Ceremony)

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology Transfer 2015 for Ir Prof. Albert Chan's research team, presented by Ir Prof. Xu You Lin, Dean of Faculty of Construction and Environment (right) Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology Transfer 2015 for Ir Prof. Albert Chan's research team, presented by Ir Prof. Xu You Lin, Dean of Faculty of Construction and Environment (right) BRE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding (2014/15) for Prof. Heng Li BRE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding (2014/15) for Prof. Edwin Chan BRE Research Publication Award (2014/15) for Prof. Eddie Hui (Professor category) BRE Research Publication Award (2014/15) for Dr Ni Meng (Associate Professor category)   BRE Research Publication Award (2014/15) for Dr Esther Yung (Assistant Professor category) BRE Research Publication Award (2014/15) for Dr M.J. Wadu (Teaching staff category) BRE Departmental Award for Outstanding Teacher (2014/15) for Dr Johnny Wong

Awardee for Departmental Award for Outstanding Teacher (2014/15)

BRE Students honored for PolyU Student Ambassador Scheme 2015-16

The Inauguration Ceremony of the PolyU Student Ambassador Scheme 2015-16 was held on 4 September 2015, Friday at the Staff Club Restaurant. Four students from the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) were appointed: three from the Department of Building & Real Estate and one from the Department of Building Services Engineering. Student Ambassadors are appointed to promote PolyU to secondary students and members of the public through various outreaching activities, such as Information Day, Congregation, Admission Talks.Trainings/briefing sessions are provided for appointed Student Ambassadors. Through participation in various outreaching activities, student ambassadors can strengthen their sense of belonging towards PolyU as well as enhance their communication, presentation, and social skills. Cheng Wai Man, Vivian鄭惠文(Reappointed SA)  Year 4  BSc(Hons) in Property Management  Chu Wai Ting, Meka朱蔚亭  Year 3 BSc(Hons) in Surveying  Fung Cheuk Him, Jason馮卓謙(Reappointed SA) Year 4  BSc(Hons) in Surveying  Fung Siu Fung, Alex馮兆豐  Year 3 BEng(Hons) in Building Services Engineering 

BRE PhD Graduate, Dr MOHAMAD RAMLY Zuhaili Pursuing His Academic Career in UTM

 Dr MOHAMAD RAMLYZuhaili, one of the recent BRE PhD graduates in June 2015,serves as the faculty member in the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)after completing his research in PolyU. Starting from 1stJuly 2015, he is appointed as a ‘Program Coordinator for Bachelor of Quantity Surveying program’ in the Faculty of Built Environment of UTM to oversee the teaching and learning activities of about 270 students with the team consisting of 24 faculty members. Since September 2011, Dr. Zuhaili has undertaken his PhD research on ‘value management and engineering application in the construction industry’ under the supervision of our Professor Geoffrey Qiping SHEN and our Associate Professor Dr. Ann YU. His research interests include value engineering and management methodology in construction with specific focus on the organizational performance.