In the CIB World Building Congress 2019 (WBC 2019) on Constructing Smart Cities held on 17-21 June 2019 at PolyU, the full-time PhD research student (Mr Abdullahi Saka from Nigeria) of the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE) won the "First Prize" of the Best Student Presentation Award (Category: Smart Planning, Design and Construction, Smart Environment) organized by the Hong Kong PolyU Student Chapter of CIB (CIBSC).
Mr Saka received an award certificate and a cash cheque of HK$ 1,000 at the Closing Ceremony held on 20 June 2019 at PolyU. His winning paper is entitled "Adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Developing Countries: A System Dynamics Approach" co-authored with his Chief Supervisor, Dr Daniel Chan, Associate Professor and his Co-Supervisor, Dr Francis Siu, Assistant Professor of BRE.
The aim of the competition was to provide a platform for all eligible members of CIB Student Chapters to exhibit their studies and research outcomes. Altogether, 18 presentations were selected from all applications and there were 3 parallel groups with 6 participants in each group. Each group conferred one “First Prize” and one “Second Prize” of the Best Student Presentation Award and thus a total 6 winners across three categories of conference paper themes.
- Group 1 - Theme: Smart Buildings and infrastructure, Smart Transportation and Mobility, Smart Utilities and Facilities Management
- Group 2 - Theme: Smart People and Living, Smart Service, Smart Governance, Policy and Economy
- Group 3 - Theme: Smart Planning, Design and Construction, Smart Environment
