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.

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.

3rd SMILE-SMC Dissemination Workshop on 11th February 2006. The workshop sessions included several valuable disseminating Presentations and useful brainstorming Group Discussions.

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.

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.

CICID team presented the details of the SMILE-SMC project to the members of Hong Kong Contractors Association.

Seminar on ‘Dispute Settlement in International Civil Engineering Contracts’by Prof. Jianjun Guo, China Road and Bridge Corporation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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

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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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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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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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Guest Lecture on ‘Effective Inspection and Monitoring of Post Tensioned Structures’by Mr Dick Feast of Parsons Brinkerhoff Infrastructure Ltd.

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.

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.

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

Third SMILE-SMC Team Meeting

CICID Team presented 3 papers in the CIB W92 International Symposium on Project Procurement for Infrastructure Construction, held in Chennai, India

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 Christopher Charlesraj (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.

CICID Team presented 3 papers in the 2nd International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century –Sustainability and Innovation in Management and Technology

CICID Team visited the Factory of Redland Precast Products Limited, China.

First SMILE-SMC Team Meeting

PPP (Public Private Partnership) Task Force Meeting

Participation in the Special Workshop on ‘Integrated Risk Management’at the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning & the Environment, The Hague, Netherlands

Presentation of a paper entitled ‘Relationally integrated value networks’at the 2nd International Conference on ‘Innovation in Architecture, Engineering & Construction at Loughborugh University, UK

Management Committee meeting of the Centre for Infrastructure & Construction Industry Development.

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”

Guest Lecture on ‘Evolutionary Design and Engineering Creativity’by Professor Tomasz Arciszewski of George Mason University, USA

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

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.

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.

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’

Guest Lecture on ‘Intelligent and Knowledge-based Systems for Construction’by Professor Chimay Anumba of Loughborough University, UK