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BRE PhD Student Winning the "First Prize" of Best Student Presentation Award of CIB WBC 2019

20 Jun 2019

Mr Abdullahi Saka ( middle ) , his Chief Supervisor, Dr Daniel Chan (right) and his Co-Supervisor, Dr Francis Siu (left)

Mr Abdullahi Saka (left) receiving his award certificate on stage


In the CIB World Building Congress 2019 (WBC 2019) on Constructing Smart Cities held on17-21  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,  18presentations were selected from all applications and there were 3 parallel groups with 6participants 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


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