Engaging industry through R&D partnerships
LI HengChair Professor of Construction InformaticsConstruction Virtual Prototyping Laboratory
Department of Building and Real Estate
Why we need to engage industrial partners?
The pool of research funds from the HK Government has been drying;Current Application-Fund-Research model is not sustainable;HK has a healthy construction industry;Industrial partners can provide research funds, research problems and testbed of results.
How did we engage industrial partners?
We identified a few mature technologies developed by us which were ready for applications;We have a sexy slogan: no charge if our technology does not bring any economic benefits to the partners;The first case of working with a partner was always crucial.
Our Team5 Senior BIM Engineers with PhD degrees
12 BIM Engineers with at 2 years experiences
We started from 2005.
Some previous projectsDate Project Client Stage
2010 Central – Wan Chai Bypass -Tunnel CSCEC Ongoing
Public Rental Housing Development at , Tai HA Ongoing
Demolition, Road and Foundation Works for Redevelopment of Tau Kok Estate HA andCSCEC
Finished
Public Rental Housing Development at Shui Chuen O, Shatin HA Ongoing
Public Rental Housing Development at Tung Tau Cottage Area East HA Ongoing
Adventure land-Grizzly Gulch Finished
Development of Sim-Safety GA Finished
Redevelopment of 's Hospital GA Finished
2009 Project GA Finished
Sham Obstruction Removal Project GA Finished
Tuen Mun Police Quarter Project CSCEC Finished
Project GA Finished
Pacific Place Mall Contemporaization GA Finished
Convention and Exhibition Centre Accident Simulation GA Finished
2008 iSquare Project GA Finished
TKO East Asian Game Sport Stadium Project CSCEC Finished
Estate Project Chevalier Finished
Fanling Public Housing Project Yau Lee Finished
One GA Finished
2007 Ho Tung Lau Railway Extension Project CSCEC Finished
Venetian Macau Hotel GA Finished
HK Chevalier Finished
Safety Training
Safety Training - SimSafety
Interactive Site Planning and Control
Construction Modelling and Control (CMC) Plan
: Central - Wan Chai Bypass - Tunnel (Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter Section)
Central -W
an Chai Bypass –Tunnel
3D Model (REVIT Architecture)
3D Model of Tunnel (REVIT Architecture)
Central -W
an Chai Bypass –Tunnel
4D Model of Tunnel (Navisworks)
Central -W
an Chai Bypass –Tunnel
Construction Method Simulation (UC-win Road)
Central -W
an Chai Bypass –Tunnel
Rock Work Mountain ProjectProject Scope of Work
4D Process SimulationIdentification of Design Errors
Ting Kau Bridge Extension Project
• The aim of this project is to show and verify the work sequence of extension of Ting Kau Bridge by simulation, which includes different machineries
• This stage was started at Mar 2009
Shopping Mall Entrance Elevator
Curtain Wall Corridor
I Square Project
Tai Koo Bridge Dismantle Project
Clash between existing lamp post and the proposed bridge is found by CVP. The lamp post may be dismantle at early stage now due to the founding.
HKCEC Safety ProjectThis project is to identify the hazards during the installation of splice plates between mega trusses.
Tung Ying Building - Basement
Tung Ying Building was a17-storey office building and shopping centre at 100 Nathan Road, at the corner of Granville Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
1st floor
32th floor
Typical floor construction
70th floor
Non-typical floor construction
One Island East Commercial Building Project
One Island East is a super tall skyscraper that is located in Tai Koo Place on Island East Hong Kong. The skyscraper is a commercial office building that rises 308 m (1,011 ft) and has 59 stories of habitable office space and two basement levels. The building has 70 total floors. The building is the 6th skyscraper over 1,000 Ft. (305 m) completed in Hong Kong.
TKO East Asian Game Sports Stadium
HKCC Project
Venetian Macau Hotel Project
Useful Tips
Large corporations are more willing to fund R&D projects;Ask for a small amount of funds first to conduct a trial project in order to get them hooked;
Listen carefully to the Industrial Partner to find out what are their expectations;Think and act like a practitioner, ie, don’t say it is free, we only need to get some data to publish a paper, etc.Don’t do free work!
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (歌德)
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