The world’s first ‘generative design for excellence’ research project!
We are pleased and humbled to share that iLab@HKU led by Prof. Wilson Lu has won a Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) in its 2022/23 exercise. Generative design, design for manufacturing and assemble (DfMA) and Design for...
Prof. Wilson Lu was invited to speak on the International Conference on Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) in CIExpo 2022
The topic I shared on the Conference is about MiC logistics and supply chain management with a focus on its quality assurance and quality control, which has been much disrupted by the covid-19 pandemic time. We have a solution called MiC trilogy (MiC 三寶) based on BIM...
Prof. Wilson Lu received the certificate of his Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) (HSSPF)
RGC Hong Kong organised an Award Presentation Ceremony of Fellowship Schemes on 7 November 2022 in JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong. Professor received the certificate from Prof. Wong Yuk-shan (RGC Chairman). His winning project is: Humanities and Social Sciences...
Our iLab won the 2022 Hong Kong ICT Smart Logistics Gold Award
Press release from HKU https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/25383.html Building houses faster and safer for relieving the pressing housing shortage problem of Hong Kong The Remote e-Inspection System for Cross Border MiC Logistics system developed by Prof....
iLab members Dr Jinying Xu and Mike Wu received the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (JME) Best Paper Award 2022 in California, USA
Press release from HKU https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/25353.html Researchers at the iLab under the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) won the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (JME) Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award for...
HKU Wong Chuk Hang (WCH) project won the the Celebration of BIM Achievement (CBA) in 2022 – ‘BIM Project’ Category
Development Bureau and the Construction Industry Council (CIC) co-organise the Celebration of BIM Achievement (CBA) in 2022 with more categories added. The CBA aims to inspire organisations and practitioners to continually be creative, innovative, transformative or...
We won the solo Best Paper Award from Journal of Management in Engineering (2022), ASCE.
The award-winning paper is Wu, L., Lu, W.S., Zhao, R., Xu, J.Y., Li, X., and Xue, F. (2021). Using blockchain to improve information sharing accuracy in the onsite assembly of modular construction. ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering....
Prof. Wilson Lu was interviewed by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) to talk about escalating construction cost in Hong Kong
...When the property prices decline, developers tend to be conservative when it comes to land bidding, " said Wilson Lu, a professor in the Department of Real Estate and Construction at the University of Hong Kong. ... Lu said the construction industry is...
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...