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A Healthy and Fruitful Academic Year

The new academic year gets into full swing today. We are happy to warmly welcome our returning and new students.   Students, We hope you will turn your passion into a range of achievements and delights in this new chapter. There are a lot of exciting ways to get involved at PolyU and BRE.  Start planning your days out now!   Last but not least, we wish you a healthy and fruitful academic year!

Massive Congratulations to Cr Phyllis Chen Fai Wing, Graduate of BSc (Hons) in Building Engineering and Management (BEM)

In recognition of her countless acts of determination and dedication, Cr Phyllis Chen scooped up a range of accolades including ‘Young Construction Manager – Grand Award’, ‘Construction Manager Award (A&A) – Grand Award’, and ‘Excellent Construction Team (A&A) – Grand Award (Winning Project: Central Plaza Podium Extension)’, in the 23rd Anniversary Dinner cum Construction Management Awards 2020 Presentation Ceremony of the Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers (HKICM) on 27 August. This is a wonderful accomplishment to be proud of! As a great and promising addition to the world of construction over a decade ago, Phyllis started off with a post of graduate engineer in a small firm and continued to pick up her expertise in building engineering from an assistant engineer to a project manager in Gammon Construction Limited after the professional training in our Department. Fulfilling her lifelong dream in the construction sector, Phyllis has been spearheading a host of innovative projects along the way. She is also the manager-in-charge of the winning project, ‘Central Plaza Podium Extension, Wan Chai’. Phyllis leads by example, pursuing a holistic and novel view of project management in terms of time, cost and sustainability, turning ideas into a magnificent skyline and inspiring building graduates, especially women engineers, to realise their potential in this industry.   (special thanks to HKICM for providing fabulous pictures)

Welcome Freshmen to BRE Orientation Session

Starting your journey on the undergraduate path in this close-knit community can be a thrilling and rewarding time. We got a lot for you to look forward to. We also hope to inspire you to step up your efforts to reach important milestones of you on this new journey. Basking in the sunshine, we are eager to welcome and chat with you at this afternoon’s BRE Orientation Session.

Prof. Ni Meng was Appointed as a Judge for Teaching Award of Tianjin University

Prof. Ni Meng, Associate Dean (Research) of Faculty of Construction and Environment and Professor of Department of Building and Real Estate, was appointed as a panel of judges for the Teaching Award of Tianjin University. This Teaching Award aims at giving public recognition to outstanding teachers for their teaching contributions to the University Also, it offers an ideal platform in promoting excellence in teaching and providing brilliant role models for fellow teachers and students. More about Prof. Ni Meng

HKIS Scholarships Go to Our Surveying Students

The scholarships of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS)(Quantity Surveying Division) were bestowed upon our surveying students in recognition of their outstanding academic performance.  In the Presentation Ceremony, the awardees were thrilled to receive the certificates from Sr Edwin Tang, HKIS President, Sr Amelia Fok, HKIS QSD Chairperson and the sponsors, and hearty congratulations from the guests.  All of the awardees below are shining examples for their fellow students. Well done!   BSc(Hons) in Surveying Cheng Sum Yi Jocelyn Yu Kwai Ting Lam Pui Shan   Higher Diploma in Building Technology and Management (Surveying) Li Cheung Ping See Hiu Lam Emily

Public Forum on Integrated Approach for ‘Point-Line-Plane’ Built Heritage Conservation in Hong Kong

Realise Your Future of Professionalism, Innovation and Success – UG Programmes in Building and Real Estate

2021/22 Admission: Notice on Interview Arrangement for JUPAS applicants

BRE PhD Student Winning the AIB(HK) Professional Excellence in Building Awards 2021

In the Professional Excellence in Building Awards 2021 organized by the Australian Institute of Building (Hong Kong Chapter) (AIB-HK), one full-time PhD research student of the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE) of PolyU (Mr Abdullahi Saka from Nigeria) won the Certificate of Merit award based on his entry entitled “Development of a Hybrid Intelligent and Dynamic System for Adoption and Implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Construction Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Developing Countries” submitted to the category (B3 - Student Achievement). He is being currently supervised by Dr Daniel W.M. Chan, Associate Professor and Associate Head (Teaching) of BRE. He received his award certificate at the Award Presentation Ceremony held on Saturday, 17 July 2021 afternoon at the Conrad Hong Kong Hotel, Admiralty, Hong Kong. The nomination requirements of the award category (B3 - Student Achievement) are open to any undergraduate or postgraduate students studying construction, civil, building, mechanical, architectural, E&M engineering or surveying in universities and colleges (both full-time mode and part-time mode).

BRE Scholar and Students Receiving the ‘Built Environment Project and Asset Management Highly Commended Paper Award’ in the 9th World Construction Symposium 2021

Please join us in congratulating Ms Anushika Ekanayake (PhD student of BRE), Prof. Geoffrey Shen (Chair Professor of BRE), Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy (Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong) and Dr Jin Xue (Post-Doctoral Fellow of BRE) on receiving the ‘Built Environment Project and Asset Management Highly Commended Paper Award’ in the 9th World Construction Symposium 2021! Entitled ‘Dynamic Supply Chain Capability Analysis of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Construction: A Topic Modeling Approach’, the heart of the winning paper is to employ the topic over time modeling as a novel text mining method to dynamically analyze the supply chain capabilities associated with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Construction by unveiling academia, an effective and novel mechanism to extract dynamic empirical clues from a large unstructured set of documents in construction supply chain capability analysis research. A big clap for the team’s endeavour!