Donor
Able Engineering Holdings Limited
Able Engineering Holdings Limited (Able Engineering) was listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2017. Its major businesses include construction of local public and private building projects, as well as their repair and maintenance works.
Able Engineering is based in Hong Kong, it has been serving Hong Kong since 1976. Being a responsible contractor, “Health and Safety” have been the primary management objectives and commitment for Able Engineering. As such, the company endeavours to support the research on construction health and safety, and to provide a healthy and safe environment for construction workers.
Over the years, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has nurtured a lot of brilliant and competent professionals for the Construction Industry, and some of them have become important members of the Able Engineering’s team. Through this Endowed Professorship, Able Engineering aims to push forward academic researches, and to implement the vision of health and safety in every detail of local construction projects.
Appointee
Ir Professor Albert Chan
Ir Professor Albert Chan is currently PolyU's Dean of Students, Associate Director of Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development, and Chair Professor of Construction Engineering and Management. He earned his MSc degree in Construction Management and Economics from the University of Aston in Birmingham, and PhD degree in Project Management from the University of South Australia. Before joining the Department of Building and Real Estate of PolyU in 1996, Professor Chan taught at the University of South Australia as a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of the School of Building and Planning. He was appointed by PolyU as Associate Head (Teaching) of the Department of Building and Real Estate from 2005 to 2011, Associate Dean from 2011 to 2013, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Environment from 2013 to 2014, and Head of the Department of Building and Real Estate from 2015 to 2021. He has been an Adjunct Professor in a number of Mainland and overseas universities.
A chartered construction manager, engineer, project manager and surveyor by profession, Professor Chan is devoted to a myriad of research subjects as varied as project management and project success, construction procurement and relational contracting, public private partnerships, and construction health and safety, as manifested by his prolific research output of over 1,000 refereed journal papers, international refereed conference papers, consultancy reports, and other articles. Besides being an expert member of the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council, HKSAR from 2015 to 2021, Professor Chan also served as an expert member in the Built Environment Panel of FORMAS, Swedish Research Grants Council, and the Faculty of Architectural and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Professor Chan was ranked among the Top 2% of Scientists in the World for two years in a row since 2020, according to a study by a group of scholars in Stanford University. He was ranked 23rd in the Subject Field of Building and Construction in the World in 2021.
(Updated as of 29 December 2021)
