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13/12/2010 | Conference: The 10th International Value Management Conference 2010 (IVMC10) The above conference was organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Value Management (HKIVM) and the Department of Real Estate of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPolyU), along with CICID. This was successfully held on 13th December 2010 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The main theme of IVMC10 was “Enhancing the value of major public projects in Hong Kong”, focusing on the use of Value Management in Hong Kong’s construction industry in addressing the 10 major infrastructure projects launched by the Chief Executive in January 2008. 11 renowned expert speakers shared their view on this topic with over 160 professionals from local industries. |
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Public Seminar: "Enlightenment or punishment – which approach is producing the better results in improving behaviour in the UK construction industry?" by Jim Mason The major development in terms of government sponsored initiatives since 2009 in the United Kingdom has come in the shape of Never Waste a Good Crisis (Wolstenhome 2009) . Punishment in the form of fines totalling £129 million levied on 103 main contractor companies has been dished out in the last two years. This has taken the form of an investigation into price fixing and bid rigging within the construction industry by the Office of Fair Trading - a non ministerial government department created by the Fair Trade Act1973. Such behaviour has been condemned as anti-competitive and was outlaws in the United Kingdom by the Competition Act 1998. The seminar investigated the background to the investigation, the reaction and improvements it has brought about.
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03/11/2010 | Construction Law Task Force Meeting CICID held a meeting of its Construction Law Task Force, with Jim Mason, the UK-based Joint Co-ordinator of the CICID-CIBW113 ‘LARC’ Working Group (on ‘Legal Aspects of Relational Contracting). Note: CIB is the International Council for Research & Innovation in Building & Construction. The meeting was chaired by Adjunct Prof. Ir Gary Soo and helped take stock of previous LARC outputs and to formulate firm plans for future outputs e.g. through a Special issue in an international built environment law journal. |
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26/10/2010 | Agreement Signing Ceremony between CIC and HKU for Research on Construction Materials’ Carbon Labelling Researchers of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are embarking on a research project on “Establishing a Hong Kong Based Carbon Labelling Framework for Construction Materials”, backed by the funding support from the Construction Industry Council (CIC). The signing ceremony held at HKU on 26 Oct 2010 signified the commitment of both sides into the research agreement. The agreement was signed by Professor Paul Tam, HKU’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research), and Mr. Lee Shing-see, Chairman of CIC. The research team is led by Dr. S. Thomas Ng and Professor Albert K.H. Kwan of the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. |
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05/10/2010 | ProMaRC Forum III The 3rd ProMaRC inter-University Forum was hosted by UTM, Malaysia on 5 Oct. 2010, with direct participation from a delegation from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Prof. Ron McCaffer of Lougborough University, UK; while a large group of CICID researchers at HKU, participated via Web-Conferencing. The first forum in this series was at NUS in Aug. 2008 leading to the formation of ProMaRC – an inter-University group on Project Management Research Collaboration. ProMaRC II was hosted by NUS in Feb. 2010. ProMaRC will next co-organise an international conference in Kuala Lumpur in Sep. 2011. Meanwhile HKU research postgraduate project summaries were presented to the participants at ProMaRC III on 5 Oct. 2010. |
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Public Seminar: "Research and publication trends in the built environment" by Prof. Will Hughes As Universities around the world face increasing costs and decreasing income, there are ever greater pressures on academics to do more for less. Recent developments in league tables and University rankings have added to the usual pressures of carrying out good teaching and good research. This seminar aimed at exploring these issues and tensions so that attendees can develop tactics and strategies that will help them to develop effective research and publication agendas.
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Conference: Innovation Management in Infrastructure Development The above conference was organised to promote knowledge exchange & dissemination on innovations in infrastructure development. Speeches from Hong Kong Housing Authority, RSM Erasmus University Netherlands and the National University of Singapore, were followed by a panel discussion. |
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30/03/2010 | Construction Industry Development reforms: Institutional Framework, Drivers and Challenges A focus group meeting on this topic was held under the RGC funded project entitled ‘Evaluating Construction Industry Development Programmes in Hong Kong’ (Working title: ‘CIDCA - Construction Industry Development: Comparison and Acceleration’). This focus group meeting supplemented, validated and consolidated the preliminary interview findings towards identifying and refining the specific / detailed issues to be further investigated in the research project through a questionnaire survey, case studies and a workshop in the future course of this study. |
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Focus Group Meeting III on Construction Briefing in Hong Kong This was the third focus group meeting on construction briefing following on from the first and second meeting held on 07/02/09 and 16/07/09 respectively. This is the last meeting focusing on the validation of a proposed Integrated Collaborative Briefing approach. To inject more specific and expert inputs from the industry, a select group of industry practitioners from public and private sectors as well as academic researchers were invited to join this meeting. |
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22/02/2010 | ProMaRC Forum II An inter-University Forum on ‘Research Collaboration in Construction Project Management’, was organised at the National University of Singapore (NUS). This was the second in the series, following the first in Aug. 2008 which led to the formation of ProMaRC – an inter-University group on Project Management Research Collaboration. ProMaRC Forum II involved 24 participants from four Universities – with 16 (including HKU and UTM, Malaysia representatives being on-site in Singapore), while others from UK and HKU joined through web-conferencing. ProMaRC is expected to actively involve, and facilitate synergies between postgraduate and doctoral researchers in its next stage developments. |
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12/02/2010 | Research Seminar in Singapore The CICID Executive Director presented a Research Seminar at the National University of Singapore, on “Bridging ‘Knowledge Gaps’ in Construction Project Management: in Academic Research; in Industry Development; and between Research and Development”. |
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09/12/2009 | Construction Law Task Force Meeting CICD hosted Dr. Paul Chynoweth, the Co-ordinator of CIB W113 on ‘Law and Dispute Resolution’ at The University of Hong Kong. Updates on CIB W113, and the affiliated LARC and COPA Study Groups were exchanged. Relevant developments and ongoing initiatives in the UK and Hong Kong were reviewed, while future directions and activities were identified. |
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24/11/2009 |
Knowledge sharing session on Target-Cost mechanisms and NEC Contracts Dr. Gangadhar Mahesh gave a presentation on "Selection of Gain / Pain Share in TC / GMP Contracts". Participants from the Architectural Services Dept., Drainage Services Dept. and Highways Dept., together with research students contributed to the ensuing constructive discussion on various options and good practices in NEC and other Target Cost contracts. These deliberations contribute to the continuing work and findings of the LARC (Legal Aspects of Contractual Partnering) Study Group of the CICID Construction Law Task Force. |
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29/10/2009 |
Presentation by CICID Executive Director on Procurement Approaches Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy, the Executive Director of the CICID gave a presentation on alternative contract procurement approaches entitled 'Procurement Approaches: Revolving while Evolving?' at the 2009 HKCA Conference. |
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28-29/10/2009 |
CICD supported Conference: The New Economic Reality, Implications for the Construction Industry in Hong Kong This was a two-day charity Conference organized by the Civil Engineering Committee of the Hong Kong Construction Association, together with the CICID and other professional and industry bodies. The conference explored the impact of last years ‘financial tsunami’ on the construction industry in Hong Kong whilst drawing comparisons with Asia and other parts of the World. Issues such as the availability of credit facilities, the importance of cash flow throughout the supply chain and the positive response by Government to ease the impact on Hong Kong’s construction industry were examined. |
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24/09/2009 | Public Seminar: "Ensuring Effective Time Management in Construction Projects Using Lean Principles" by Dr. David Chua Projects are becoming more complex and dynamic. This poses a greater challenge for project management to better manage the various trades, meet owner’s requirements and project constraints. Traditionally, a project is viewed as a sequence of activities that converts inputs to outputs to meet project goals. This has been the model or current project management systems. In this seminar various key ideas in lean construction have been presented: theory of constraints, shielding the production process, getting to plan and flow reliability, identifying bottleneck constraints in project schedules. |
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16/07/2009 | Focus Group Meeting II on Construction Briefing in Hong Kong This was the second focus group meeting on construction briefing following on from the first meeting held on 07/02/09. To inject more specific and expert inputs from the industry, a select group of industry practitioners from public and private sectors as well as representatives from Association of Project Management (HK Branch) and Hong Kong Institute of Value Management were invited to join this meeting which aimed to validate the potential for applying our proposed "value based briefing methodology" to the construction industry. |
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08/07/2009 |
Keynote speech at International Conference on Construction Research Funding in the XXI Century The Executive Director of CICID was one of four International Keynote Speakers for the “International Conference on Construction Research Funding in the XXI Century: A Partnership between Academia, Industry, and the Public Sector”. This was held in Urbana, Illinois, USA from July 8-10, 2009; and sponsored by the National Science Foundation (of USA), the International Development Grant Program at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN). It explored successful partnerships between academia, the construction industry, and the public sector at different institutions around the world, in order to identify the critical success factors and the way forward. |
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26/06/2009 | Focus Group Meeting on Bridge Maintenance Management This focus group exercise aimed to test and verify research findings with practitioners, as well as to assess their applicability and usefulness in improving the maintenance management strategies and practices in respect of specific bridge elements. Performance prediction models were developed for each specific element such as expansion joints and parapets. Decision-making models based on such performance prediction, will be efined with a view to help select optimal maintenance strategies, including inspection intervals and protocols, over a planning horizon that should eventually minimize the life-cycle cost of the element network. It is expected that such potentially improved life cycle management plans for each element type can be integrated and applied to enhance maintenance strategies for entire bridge networks through the envisaged comprehensive life-cycle maintenance management framework. |
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02/06/2009 | Public Seminar: "Understanding the Duties and Liabilities of Construction Industry Professionals" by Dr Asanga Gunawansa This seminar focused on understanding the key duties and liabilities of construction industry professionals in contract and tort. The emphasis was on the practical aspects of professional negligence. Further, the recent legal developments in the following areas were addressed: (a) Economic loss and defective buildings; (b) Claims by contractors in tort against consultants; and (c) Standard of care |
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01/06/2009 | Public Seminar: "Managing Payment Disputes through legislation and contract – a comparative analysis" by Dr. Philip Chan Under-payment and non-payment must rank as common disputes in the construction industry. The speaker looked at the provisions of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 to verify this statement. The speaker then moved on to the USA where payment bonds were common and prompt payment was ensured by an Act of the same name, Prompt Payment Act. Other related payment US legislations were examined. |
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13/05/2009 | Public Seminar: "Flexibility in construction procurement" by Prof. Will Hughes The procurement of construction is complex and difficult, and the clients' requirements vary enormously. However, a lot of effort is directed towards standardizing procurement processes and contract forms, as if the same procedures could be used for all projects. A range of questions related to the future of professional roles form the context for a discussion on what contracts are for, challenging the assumptions on which they are prepared, and introducing the concept of performance-based contracting as a vehicle for demonstrating how the newest forms of procurement are strongly rooted in very well-established practices. |
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30/03/2009 | Public Seminar: PPP and Energy Saving Performance Contracting’ (EPSC) in France Apart from the usual expectations from PPP procurement, it is also seen in France as a way to develop Energy Saving Performance Contracting (ESPC). Growing awareness on climate change issues motivates public authorities to be proactive in the field of energy efficiency. They are also aware that building and construction are the largest energy consuming and greenhouse gas emitting sectors. The presentation highlighted the main elements of the new PPP procurement process, examining how it can be used for ESPC and why local authorities have been reluctant to use it so far. |
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Symposium: REVAMPING PPPs - from ‘Revisiting and Rethinking’ to ‘Revamping and Revitalising’ PPPs This symposium attracted an audience of over 200 with interests in PPP, who attended the morning Seminar. Of these, over 60 participants had also registered for, and interacted in the afternoon Workshop, which included focus group and combined sessions. Speakers were from Australia, China, Denmark, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, UK and USA. The presentations and papers covered a wide spectrum of topics on "Revamping PPPs" as per Programme and Proceedings. |
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07/02/2009 | Focus Group Meeting I on Construction Briefing in Hong Kong The importance of briefing (i.e. Architectural Programming and Scope Managemnt) is generally recognised in construction. With a view to improving the briefing process, a comprehensive questionnaire survey collected data from current practice in both building and civil engineering sub-sectors in Hong Kong’s construction industry. To invite the inputs from the industry, a small and select group of industry practitioners brain-stormed in a focus group meeting to validate and refine the survey results. |
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06/02/2009 | Meeting with Martin Davis from Strategic Forum, UK Martin is a Consultant to the Office of Government Commerce, UK Treasury as well as a Champion for Integration for the Strategic Forum for UK Construction. He discussed and shared his views on an on-going research project investigating the use of collaboration technology in enhancing important aspects of construction briefing. |
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06/02/2009 | Public Seminar: 'INTEGRATED TEAMWORKING - Update from UK on the “Business Case” and innovative developments in procurement, contract and insurance of potential relevance to ‘RIVANS’?'- by Martin Davis This seminar described the emerging “Business Case” FOR Integrated Teamworking, together with various innovations in procurement, contract and insurance that are under development and/or trial to remove the obstacles of lowest price, legal liability and unfair payment. He also related these to the ‘RIVANS’ (Relationally Integrated Value Networks) concepts originally developed and presented in Hong Kong (by CICID); and gave examples of relevant framework and project experiences |
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01/12/2007 | CICID 'RIVANS' Workshop: 'Enhancing performance & overall value through Relationally Integrated Value Networks (RIVANS)’ Industry experts and experienced practitioners shared their knowledge and views on the potential and pitfalls in assembling integrated teams and supply chains for boosting overall operations and outputs of construction clients, consultants and contractors. This Workshop reviewed initial findings and generated priorities for the remaining work on the Hong Kong RGC funded project on ‘Relationally Integrated Value Networks’ (RIVANS) led by Professor Mohan Kumaraswamy (Principal Investigator) with Co-Investigators Professor Steve Rowlinson and Dr. Joseph Ugwu. Overseas Collaborator Professor Ron McCaffer provided overseas insights and examples. As expected, Group brainstorming under specific topics and sub-topics generated valuable outputs that would feed into further developments. |
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30/11/2007 | Visit by Professor He Bai Zhou and 'COPA' Study Group meeting A 'COPA' meeting was held in connection with the visit of Professor He Bai Zhou , Dean, School of Economics and Management Engineering, of the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. The COPA Study Group targets a “Comparative Study on Enforcement of Payment and Adjudication in Construction Contracts in Singapore, Hong Kong and Mainland China”. Discussions were held on the ongoing joint research project for the Ministry of Construction, China, and other potential COPA activities that are planned in collaboration with Prof. He and his colleagues in Beijing. |
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29/11/2007 | "Construction: Transitions, the need for Innovation and the roles of Professionals and Academics" - Technical Talk, organised jointly with HKIE Civil Division by Professor Ronald McCaffer. ABSTRACT: Transitions in construction over the decades show a shift from a site focus to corporate and sector wide initiatives. This has brought the conversion of what were previously seen as intangibles, such as: knowledge accounting; mitigation of environmental impacts; and the management of risk at project and corporate levels into direct and quantifiable costs. To meet these changes, construction is pressed to be more innovative and to measure innovation. This brings challenges to professionals, academics and academic departments. These trends and challenges were explored in this seminar, and generated interesting discussions. |
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19/11/2007 | International Workshop on Collaborative Human Futures Around 20 leading international experts in the areas of Architecture, Building, Civil Engineering and Design from Australia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, UK and USA participated in the two-day Workshop called "Collaborative Human Futures – A New Design Paradigm” at Cyberport. This workshop aimed at providing insights into the potential use, development and limitations of the current collaborative technologies and practices for researchers and practitioners of the building and construction industry. Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy (Executive Director, CICID) was invited to participate in this workshop and made a presentation on "Accelerating Collaboration - Soft System imperatives for mobilising Hard System developments'. Apart from the interesting interactions and ideas generated at the Workshop itself, the presented papers will be published in a forthcoming book. |
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27/08/2007 |
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20/06/2007 | SMILE-SMC Signing Ceremony HKU signed an innovative University-Industry Partnership Agreement with China Trend Building Press Ltd. (China Trend) for a 2nd phase development and operation of this SMILE-SMC web-site. Aiming at spreading and multiplying the SMILE-SMC benefits to a wider community, China Trend will launch the revamped website within four months. It will also be responsible for the continuous up-dating, upgrading, maintenance and further promotion of the website. |
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15/06/2007 |
Meeting of ‘COPA’ Study Group at HKU ‘COPA’ targetsa “Comparative Study on Enforcement of Payment and Adjudication in Construction Contracts in Singapore, Hong Kong and Mainland China”. It is one of two Study Groups initiated by the ‘Construction Law’ Task Force of CICID, and brings together local and overseas experts. The first photo shows (from left to right): Mr Wu Jin PhD research student HKU; Ir Sam Chan of HKSAR Highways Dept., and Adjunct Associate Professor at HKU; Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy of HKU, Associate Professor Dr. Philip Chan of the National University of Singapore; and Gary Soo, Chairman of the CICID Construction Law Task Force, and Adjunct Professor at HKU. |
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13/06/2007 | Lessons Learned from Implementing Infrastructure PPPs – A View from Singapore Seminar on "Lessons Learned from Implementing Infrastructure PPPs – A View from Singapore" by Mr Alex Wong, Consultant, Lovells Lee and Lee, Singapore: jointly organised by HKU-CICID, the Dept. of Civil Engineering of HKU, and the HKIE Civil Division. |
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10/05/2007 | International Project Management Conference CICID is proud to have been a 'supporter' of the HKIE CVD & APM Joint International Project Management Conference 2007 |
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01/03/2007 | Research Collaboration Discussion Research Collaboration Discussion: With Prof. Claudio Modena and Dr Paolo Franchetti from the University of Padua, Italy. Topics discussed centred on (1) bridge monitoring, maintenance and rehabilitation; and (2) seismic design, monitoring and strengthening of infrastructure in general, including historical buildings and other masonry structures. |
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lecture in Singapore on: Boosting business efficiency and marketing reach through web-based information & knowledge management. |
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18/10/2006 | Research Seminar in Singapore on: Partnering, relational contracting and public private partnerships. |
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15/09/2006 | Research Seminar in the UK on: “Emerging Issues in Construction Industry Development” at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. |
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06/09/2006 | Signing Ceremony for Contract Research Project. A signing ceremony was held on September 6, 2006 for a contract research project on "Reinventing Hong Kong Construction Industry for Sustainable Development", the first of its kind funded by the Construction Industry Institute - Hong Kong and jointly conducted by The University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The Ceremony was officiated by the Honourable Sir David Akers-Jones, Mr Keith Kerr and Professor C.F. Lee. |
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03/08/2006 | Invited talk in Sri Lanka on: “International Trends in Construction Project Management” to professionals of the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau. |
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12/05/2006 | One Day Seminar on Recent Developments in Project Management in Hong Kong on 12th May 2006. This Seminar included following Presentations: 1. ‘Some Recent Advances in Projet Management from a Public Sector Perspective’ by Ir. Mak Chai-kwong, Highways Department of Hong Kong SAR Government; 2. ‘Why Facilities Management Needs Good Project Managers’ by Dr Keith Futcher, ISS EastPoint Facility Services Ltd., 3. ‘Project Managing the Business Case as well as Construction’ by Mr Russell Black, MTR Corporation Ltd., 4. ‘Relationship Management – Drawing on International Experiences’ by Prof. Stephen Michael Rowlinson, HKU, 5. ‘Reducing Rework to Enhance Project Performance Levels’ by Dr Ekambaram Palaneeswaran, HKU, 6. ‘Improvement through Cooperation – Integrating Partnering, Value Management and Risk Management’ by Mr Bryan Clifford, John Carlisle Partnerships (SEA), 7. ‘Information & Communication Technology for Collaborative Working in Project Management’ by Dr Onuegbu Ugwu, HKU, 8. ‘Project Management – Experience of The Hong Kong Housing Authority’ by Ms. Ada Fung, Hong Kong Housing Authority. Furthermore, Dr Mohan Kumaraswamy, HKU CICID conveyed the benefits of SMILE-SMC to the Construction Industry. |
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11/02/2006 | 3rd SMILE-SMC Dissemination Workshop on 11th February 2006. The workshop sessions included several valuable disseminating Presentations and useful brainstorming Group Discussions. |
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09/02/2006 | Visit by Prof. Marton Marosszeky of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Prof Marton from the Australian Centre for Construction Innovation is an overseas advisor on our SMILE-SMC Project for helping Small and Medium Contractors. During his visit, he participated in various meetings and brainstorming discussions with the Centre’s R&D team members. |
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17/12/2005 | Visit by Prof. George Ofori of the National University of Singapore. Prof. Ofori is an overseas advisor on our SMILE-SMC Project for helping Small and Medium Contractors. CICID team presented updates on the SMILE-SMC project to the overseas advisor and he provided some valuable advice from his Singapore experiences. |
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15/12/2005 | CICID team presented the details of the SMILE-SMC project to the members of Hong Kong Contractors Association. |
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19/11/2005 | Seminar on ‘Dispute Settlement in International Civil Engineering Contracts’ by Prof. Jianjun Guo, China Road and Bridge Corporation. |
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17/11/2005 | Dr S Thomas Ng from CICID received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award – 2005. The Award Presentation ceremony for Excellence in Teaching and Research was organized by the University of Hong Kong. |
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26/10/2005 | Seminar on ‘A Code of Practice for Highway Structures – An Asset Management Approach’ by Mr Dick Feast, Amey Infrastructure Services (A member of Ferrovial Group). This was organized in association with Centre for Asian Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. |
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06/09/2005 | Seminar on ‘Water mains rehabilitation in Hong Kong’ by Mr Ian Vickridge, Black and Veatch Hong Kong Limited. This was organized in association with Centre for Asian Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. |
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09/07/2005 | SMILE-SMC Training Workshop on 9th July 2005. The workshop sessions included a set of demonstrative presentations and practice sessions for Small and Medium Contractors – with a view to impart practical training on various SMILE-SMC deliverables. The demonstrations include ‘Available Zone’ ‘Wanted Zone’, ‘Member Zone’, ‘Discussion Forum’, ‘Information Library’, ‘Electronic Information Exchange’, and ‘Strategic Information and Knowledge Manager’. The practical training sessions covered Wanted Zone, Available Zone, Member Zone, Discussion Forum, and Information Library. |
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23/05/2005 | Seminar on ‘Forensic Project Management: An exploratory examination of the causal behavior of design induced rework’ by Prof Peter Love School of Management Information Systems, Edith Cowan University, Australia & Department of Construction Management, Curtin University, Australia. This was organized in association with Centre for Asian Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. |
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21/05/2005 | Visit by Dr Chris Miller from Welsh Enterprise Institute, University of Glamorgan Business School, UK. Dr Miller is an overseas advisor on our SMILE-SMC Project for helping Small and Medium Contractors. During this period, he participated in various meetings and brainstorming discussions and presented a lecture on “SME Development Experiences in the UK” at the 15th SMILE-SMC Team Meeting on 21st May 2005. |
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09/04/2005 | SMILE-SMC Dissemination Workshop 2 on 9th April 2005. The workshop sessions included several valuable disseminating Presentations and useful brainstorming Group Discussions. The interesting array of presentations include: 1. ‘Minor Works Regime’ by Mr Michael Y. L. Pang and Ms. Denise W.Y. Ng, Buildings Department of Hong Kong SAR Government, 2. ‘Strategic Approaches for SMCs to Manage Environmental Aspects of Development Projects’ by Mr Elvis W. K Au, Environment Protection Department of Hong Kong SAR Government, 3. ‘SMCs in Hong Kong: Problems and Prospects’ by Mr David Tse of Hop Yuen (Holdings) Ltd., 4. ‘Practical Legal Issues for SMCs in Hong Kong’ by Mr Peter Lau, Peter Lau and Co. – Solicitors, 5. ‘Making the most of your IT: Evaluation practices among Australian SMEs’ by Prof. Peter Love, Edith Cowan University, Australia (who is an overseas advisor to the SMILE-SMC project). Furthermore, the SMILE-SMC team presentations include ‘An overview of SMILE-SMC’, ‘Information Library & e-Bulletin’, ‘Electronic Information Exchange’, ‘Available Zone & Wanted Zone’, ‘Knowledge Management for SMCs & Discussion Forum’. |
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02/03/2005 | Seminar on ‘Sustainable Building Design and Planning’ by Dr Raymond Yau, Ove Arup & Partner Hong Kong Limited. This was organized in association with Centre for Asian Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. |
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24/02/2005 | Seminar on ‘The relationship between organizational culture and organizational effectiveness: Case study of construction companies in Thailand’ by Professor Stephen O Ogunlana, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. This was organized in association with The Department of Real Estate and Construction |
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23/02/2005 | Seminar on ‘Conflict prevention on large construction projects’ by Professor Stephen O Ogunlana, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. This was organized in association with The Department of Civil Engineering |
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22/02/2005 | A Conference on “Public Private Partnerships – Opportunities and Challenges” was jointly organized with the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – Civil Division at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. |
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07/02/2005 | CICID Team presented 2 papers in the CIB W92 International Symposium on Procurement Systems – The Impact of Cultural Differences and Systems on Construction Performance, held in Las Vegas, USA |
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09/12/2004 | CICID team contributed to the International Conference on Construction Partnering, that was organized by the Construction Industry Institute, Hong Kong and presented a paper entitled “Relational Contracting for Effective Teams and Added Value”. |
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07/12/2004 | A Public Lecture by Dr Roy Barton on “Value for Money in Public Sector Projects” was jointly organized with Hong Kong Institute of Value Management and HKU Faculty of Architecture, Department of Real Estate and Construction, and Master of Interdisciplinary Design + Management. |
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17/11/2004 | CICID contributed to the International Symposium on "Globalisation and Construction meeting the challenges, reaping the benefits", that was jointly organized by CIB W107 (Construction in Developing Economies), CIB TG23 (Culture in Construction) and the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. |
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18/09/2004 | SMILE-SMC Dissemination Workshop 1 on 18th September 2004. Keynote speech was delivered by Mr Daniel Chung (Chief Assistant Secretary, Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, HKSAR). The workshop sessions included several valuable disseminating Presentations and couple of useful brainstorming Group Discussions. |
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26/06/2004 | SMILE-SMC Development Workshop on 26th June 2004. The SMILE team presentations in the Workshop include ‘Introduction to SMILE-SMC & Workshop, Overview of Project Development, Pilot Needs Analysis & Questionnaire Survey, and Workflow Analysis. From the SMILE-SMC ‘partner contractors’, Mr Ma Ping and Mr Bill Chong delivered speeches entitled ‘Views from a Partner’. Furthermore, Prof. Chimay Anumba of Loughborough University (UK), who is an overseas advisor to the SMILE-SMC project delivered special lectures on the following two topics: (i) e-Hubs – an Example from Europe; and (ii) Developments in Knowledge Management and ICT. The post-lunch session include valuable Small Group Discussions (conducted in Cantonese) and an Open Discussion in which identified needs and priorities were shared and discussed further. |
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08/06/2004 | Prof. Peter Love of the Edith Cowan University (Australia) attended the SMILE-SMC project team meeting on 8th June 2004. CICID team presented updates on the SMILE-SMC project to the overseas advisor for his valuable advice. |
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24/04/2004 | Sixth SMILE-SMC Team Meeting |
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24/04/2004 | Guest Lecture on ‘Effective Inspection and Monitoring of Post Tensioned Structures’ by Mr Dick Feast of Parsons Brinkerhoff Infrastructure Ltd. |
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16/04/2004 | Posters on two CICID team R & D projects disseminated main thrusts and outlines of these projects – at the Exhibition on Engineering Research entitled “Advancing the Frontiers of Technology” – held at Loke Yew Hall at The University of Hong Kong. |
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13/04/2004 | The CICID team presented updates on the SMILE-SMC project to Prof. Marton Marosszeky of the Australian Centre for Construction Innovation and obtained valuable feedback and advice. He then delivered an illuminating talk on Defects Reduction by Contractors, which was followed by a luncheon meeting. |
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28/02/2004 | Prof. George Ofori of the National University of Singapore attended the SMILE-SMC project team meeting on 28th February 2004. CICID team presented updates on the SMILE-SMC project to the overseas advisor for his valuable advice. |
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07/02/2004 | CICID team presentation on Relational Contracting for Sustainable Infrastructure, at the HKU SPACE Built Environment Symposia, 3rd Symposium on “Review of Construction Contracting System” Hong Kong |
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17/01/2004 | Third SMILE-SMC Team Meeting |
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07/01/2004 | CICID Team presented 3 papers in the CIB W92 International Symposium on Project Procurement for Infrastructure Construction, held in Chennai, India |
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13/12/2003 | Overseas visitors – Prof. Ronald McAffer and Dr Francis Edum-Fotwe (from Loughborough University, UK), Dr Emilia L.C. van Egmond-de Wilde de Ligny (from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands), and Mr Paul ChristopherCharlesraj (from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India) participated in initial part of the 3rd Central Core Team Meeting of SMILE-SMC Project. Dr Mohan Kumaraswamy made an introductory presentation on this project. This was followed by interesting discussions and valuable suggestions from the overseas visitors. |
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10/12/2003 | CICID Team presented 3 papers in the 2nd International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century – Sustainability and Innovation in Management and Technology |
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04/12/2003 | CICID Team visited the Factory of Redland Precast Products Limited, China. |
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22/11/2003 | First SMILE-SMC Team Meeting |
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19/09/2003 | PPP (Public Private Partnership) Task Force Meeting |
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30/06/2003 | Participation in the Special Workshop on ‘Integrated Risk Management’ at the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning & the Environment, The Hague, Netherlands |
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26/06/2003 | Presentation of a paper entitled ‘Relationally integrated value networks’ at the 2nd International Conference on ‘Innovation in Architecture, Engineering & Construction at Loughborugh University, UK |
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17/06/2003 | Management Committee meeting of the Centre for Infrastructure & Construction Industry Development. |
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12/06/2003 | Guest Lecture on ‘The Use of Trenchless Technology for Improvement of Urban Habitats’ by Mr Ian Vickridge of Ivy Associates (Ltd). This was organized in association with “The Centre for Asian Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat” |
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13/03/2003 | Guest Lecture on ‘Evolutionary Design and Engineering Creativity’ by Professor Tomasz Arciszewski of George Mason University, USA |
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12/03/2003 | The Inaugural Centre Seminar on ‘Innovations in Infrastructure and Construction Industry Development’ was held on Wednesday, 12 March 2003 at Loke Yew Hall in The University of Hong Kong |
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17/01/2003 | Demonstration of a prototype web based decision support system (EOTDSS) for assessing Time Extension Claims (developed by a team from the Centre) to a group of delay analysis experts including members from Pickavance Consulting (HK) Ltd. |
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27/12/2002 | Presentation by Mr C.K. Ng of Maunsell Consultants Asia Limited on a ‘Web-based Document Management System’ and discussions with the Centre team on links to GIS and CAD systems for improved infrastructure project management. |
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06/12/2002 | Interesting discussions in areas of common interest and potential linkages with Professor Tim Broyd, the Chief Executive of CIRIA |
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03/12/2002 | Presentation of a paper entitled ‘Web-based Decision support for improved Infrastructure Project Management’ at the HKIE Seminar on ‘Innovation and Sustainable development of Civil Engineering in the 21st Century’ |
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02/12/2002 | Guest Lecture on ‘Intelligent and Knowledge-based Systems for Construction’ by Professor Chimay Anumba of Loughborough University, UK |
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