
The press conference on e-inspection 2.0 and MiC received a great deal of publicity!
A press conference on the “Blockchain-enabled E-Inspection 2.0 for Effective Offsite Monitoring of Student Residence Using Modular Integrated Construction” was organised on 6 June 2022. On top of the 6 local newspaper coverage, the news was also covered by 16...

A paper by Lu, Yuan, and Xue (2022) has been selected for the Resources, Conservation & Recycling 2021 Best Paper Awards!
The annual Best Paper Awards recognize high-quality, high-impact papers published in Resources, Conservation & Recycling (RCR). The awards are selected based on scholarly merits by an Award Committee consisting of members of the Editorial Board. Among the 689...

Our book “Research Companion to Building Information Modeling” is published by Edward Elgar (EE)
The book Research Companion to Building Information Modeling jointly edited by me and Prof. Chimay Anumba is now published and available on the Edward Elgar (EE) website for sale. More information is available from: 1) The book’s information page on EE’s...

iLab@HKU Won the Silver Award in CIC Construction Digitalisation Award 2021
iLab Won Silver Award in CIC Construction Digitalisation Award 2021 On Nov 1, 2021, iLab was awarded Silver Award in the Training/Research Institute category at the Hong Kong CIC Construction Digitalisation Award (CDA) 2021 Presentation Ceremony. Fig.1 iLab...

A team from iLab@HKU won the buildingSMART International Awards 2021
[Good news from London on 7 October 2021] A team led by Professor Wilson Lu, Dr Frank Xue (Assistant Professor) and Dr Jinying Xu (Post-Doctoral Fellow) at iLab, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) won the buildingSMART International (bSI)...

Top 1% Scholar – a 5th year since 2017!
Every year the University commissions a search to identify HKU's scholars in the Top 1%. This list recognizes HKU researchers ranked by Clarivate Analytics in the Top 1% worldwide by citations in at least one of the 22 research fields. Data is drawn from Essential...

港大“天团”获超一千万港币资助研发基于BIM和区块链技术的跨境建筑物流管理平台
近日,香港大学一众明星教授组成的研究团队收到好消息,他们申请的香港特区政府创新科技署(Innovation and Technology Commission, ITC)项目获得资助,研发基于区块链、BIM及物联网的建筑物流及供应链管理平台。 01 项目信息项目名称 基于区块链、建筑信息模型及物联网的面向香港建筑业多持份者的物流及供应链管理平台研发(ITP/029/20LP)英文名称 “BIMSquare”: Blockchain and i-Core-enabled Multi-stakeholder Building...

We won the Construction Industry Council (CIC) BIM achievement award 2020
We received the Construction Industry Council (CIC) BIM achievement award 2020. Prof. George Huang (Chair Professor, Dept. of IMSE, HKU), Prof. Wilson Lu (Professor, Dept. of REC, HKU), Dr Ray Zhong (Assistant Professor, Dept. of IMSE, HKU), and Dr David Leung (LSCM)...

A 4th year since 2017!
Every year the University commissions a search to identify the top 1% scholars at HKU. This list recognizes HKU researchers ranked by Clarivate Analytics in the top 1% worldwide by citations in at least one of the 22 research fields. Data is drawn from Essential...

The iLab team won two HKU Small Equipment Grants in this round (2019/20):
The iLab team won two HKU Small Equipment Grants in this round (2019/20): Collaborative Industrial Robotics for Computer-integrated Smart Construction ($900,000, PI: Prof. Wilson Lu) Mobile Color LiDAR Scanners ($760,000, PI: Dr. Frank Xue) The Grants aim to support...