ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT
SCSS (Smart City Society of Shenzhen) established in 2013 under the permission of Shenzhen Municipal Government. The society was jointly supported by 18 Shenzhen universities and research institutes as well as 130 local companies. A.C.I.D. Wuhan joined SCSS lately and has become one of the committee members.
The editorial and production meeting of the Drawing Standard for Building Design-Information Modelling was successfully held in A.C.I.D. Wuhan office on 16 Jun 2017. Mr Wei Lai (representative of China Institute of Building Standard Design & Research), together with more than 20 China BIM specialists took part in the meeting. There were detailed discussions on various areas including general principles, application, terminology and symbols.
Under the theme of “Our Future 2035”, the HKIE Fiesta 2017 was held on 11 June 2017 at Star Hall, Kowloon Bay. Visitors were presented with an array of exhibits with latest technological developments. A.C.I.D. was an exhibitor of this event with the title “Virtual Reality + BIM=?”
Organized by Construction Industry Council, the Technical Seminar on Draft Building Information Modelling (BIM) Standards to Facilitate the Submissions of General Building Plans (GBP) to Statutory Authorities and Concerned Departments (Phase One) was held yesterday at InnoCentre, Kowloon Tong. Authorised Person or those with GBP submission background were the target participants for the first session.
Three more sessions will be held on 7 June, 14 June and 21 June.
BIM & IT Committee is one of the two committees of The Board of Practices under The Hong Kong Institute of Architects. The Committee facilities opportunities to understand the actual practice of BIM and other IT applications in Hong Kong and how it benefits the whole project team in real life projects. Mr. David Fung, Managing Director of A.C.I.D., is currently the Deputy Chairman of this committee.
Organized by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), the Geomatics Conference 2016 – Spatial Data for Construction, was successfully held on 10 December 2016 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Speakers from different sectors shared their views on the position of the geomatics profession as its transition from the past to modern construction industry, the education of young practitioners, how the latest technologies tackle the challenges of spatial data acquisition, storage and management for construction, and the qualification framework for the profession itself.
Mr David Fung, Chairman of HKIBIM and Managing Director of A.C.I.D., discussed the collaboration of BIM and Geomatics in Construction at the event.
Organized by China Building Decoration Association, the 1st Internet + BIM Conference was held on 26 November 2016 at the Beijing International Convention Center. Mr. David Fung , Chairman of HKIBIM and Managing Director of A.C.I.D. was invited to deliver a speech at the conference.
“BIM in GBP and Structural Statutory Submission Seminar” organized by Autodesk was held last Friday afternoon at the United Centre of Admiralty. More than 150 industry stakeholders attended the event including government departments, utilities, architects and engineers, contractors and educators. Mr David Fung, Managing Director of A.C.I.D. presented on General Building Plan submissions while Mr Kevin Wong discussed Structural Statutory Submission.
Autodesk University China 2016 was held on 2-3 November at Shanghai International Conference Centre with the topic “Learn.Connect.Explore.”.
As the region’s largest conference for Autodesk software users, participants learned from top industry experts, connect with peers, and explore new concepts and workflows.
Mr David Fung, Managing Director of A.C.I.D., was also one of the participants of the event.
Co-organized by HKIPM and HKIBIM, BIM Management for Projects Conference 2016 was held yesterday at AsiaWorld-Expo. Mr. David Fung, Chairman of HKIBIM, shared on the topic “BIM in Statutory Submissions”. As BIM has been accepted in the Statutory Submission gradually and some authorities are issuing BIM guidelines and practice notes, Mr. Fung discussed how can the professionals and industry practitioners respond to the statutory requirements. From the perspective of approval authority, he also talked about the extent BIM can be accepted for submission purpose.
