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.
