Group photo with other winning students from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
The research papers submitted by our four PhD research students to the CIOB(HK) Outstanding Paper Awards 2018 in late July 2018 were adjudicated as the Gold Award and another 3 Commendation Awards (Category: Research Postgraduate Students) out of 6 submissions from the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE) of PolyU. Heartfelt congratulations to those students and their respective PhD supervisors for winning these prestigious awards. Each winner received an Award Certificate and a Prize Cheque from the Guest of Honour, Mr Michael Wong Wai-lun (黃偉綸), JP, Secretary for Development (發展局局長) of the Hong Kong SAR Government, during the CIOB(HK) 45th Anniversary Dinner 2018 held on Friday, 21 September 2018 at the New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsim, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The primary aims of the CIOB(HK) Outstanding Paper Awards 2018 are to promote the excellence in construction management, and to inspire students to explore and share smart construction approaches with focus on the theme “Smart Construction Collaborate Excellence” to advance development in the construction industry. The selection criteria were mainly based on the papers with research aims fitting the stated theme, innovative orientated, original contribution to new knowledge, together with solid conclusions and recommendations for practice.
| No | Award Level |
Paper Title |
PhD Research Student | PhD Chief Supervisor |
| 1 | Gold Award (HK$ 5,000 + Certificate) | Integrating BIM and Sustainability Practices in Smart Construction Projects: Benefits, Barriers and Drivers – A Delphi Survey of International Experts | Mr Timothy Oluwatosin OLAWUMI |
Dr Daniel CHAN |
| 2 | Commendation Award (HK$ 1,000 + Certificate) | Automatic Biomechanical Workload Estimation for Construction Workers by Computer Vision and Smart Insoles | Miss Yantao YU |
Prof Heng LI |
| 3 | Commendation Award (HK$ 1,000 + Certificate) | Smart Work Packaging for Constraints Management in Modular Integrated Construction |
Mr Xiao LI (Shell) |
Prof Geoffrey SHEN |
| 4 | Commendation Award (HK$ 1,000 + Certificate) | Wearable Insole Pressure Sensors for Automated Detection and Classification of Loss of Balance Events in Construction Workers |
Mr Antwi-Afari Maxwell FORDJOUR |
Prof Heng LI |
Photo Gallery : BRE Research Students Winning CIOBHK Outstanding Paper Awards 2018
