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1. CII-HK Forum on Research Ideas and Directions held on Saturday, 6 March 2004

1. CII-HK Forum on Research Ideas and Directions held on Saturday, 6 March 2004
CII-HK, 12 March 2004

The Hong Kong Construction Industry Institute held forum on research ideas and directions for its members in the morning of (Saturday) March 6 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The forum was organized by the Research Committee, led by Professor Albert Chan, to pool members’ resources with a view to gauging industry needs in order to set the future direction of CII-HK’s research efforts CII-HK aims to draw up research plans for the immediate future. The forum marks the beginning of an ongoing process.

The forum ran in an informal but constructive and participative atmosphere. There were over twenty participants coming from fifteen member organizations covering six major disciplines of the industry. Acknowledging CII-HK Executive Director Nicolas Yeung’s message in his opening remarks that research is the prime driver for innovation and continuous improvement, participants engaged freely and enthusiastically in cross-disciplined group discussion. At the end of the session, the following themes emerged as the most prominent ones: -

(a) Repair and maintenance for existing buildings;

(b) Creating a common platform for construction IT;

(c) Prefabrication of building components and constructability;

(d) Safety, particulars working at height for building maintenance; and

(e) Best practice for sustainable design.

These themes will form the basis of CII-HK’s future research direction.

[A report on the Forum on Research Ideas and Directions is available on CII-HK website www.ciihk.org.hk.]