ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT
At the HKIA council meeting which held in late April, our application for its Corporate Membership has been approved.
A.C.I.D. has now become a Registered Practice of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects.
The first meeting of HKIA BIM & IT Committee in 2015 was held on April 30 2015 at HKIA Premises. The new committee members for 2015-2016 have been elected during the meeting. Mr. David Fung, Managing Director of A.C.I.D. Hong Kong, is now the Vice Chairman of the committee.
Topics have been discussed as follows:
– Recommended fee scale of BIM as additional service;
– Research on BIM standards in mainland China;
– BIM management courses.
buildingSMART Hong Kong International BIM Award 2015 serves to recognize the outstanding performance and excellent contribution of organizations / project teams in demonstrating innovative use of BIM technology in problem solving, decision making, project control, construction productivity enhancement and operation management.
Heritage Information Modelling – The Story of the Victoria Peak Fire Station by Architectural Services Department was one of the award entries. This project displays highly technical, professional and innovative use of BIM.
As the consultant of the project, A.C.I.D. would like to congratulate Architectural Services Department for the demonstration of great effort in BIM project adoption.
A.C.I.D. currently has four offices. The office in Wuhan was established in 2012, while Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai offices in 2014. After the rapid expansion in the past year, there are altogether more than 100 staff members.
Hong Kong office is fully supported by Shenzhen office. Staff members from both offices will meet from time to time to exchange their views and have better understanding of each other.
Organized by Construction Industry Council, the BIM Excellence Awards 2014 Presentation Ceremony was held on 11 March 2015 in Sky100 at International Commerce Centre.
The awardees shared their feelings and valuable experiences on BIM application during the ceremony. As the winner of BIMer of the Year award, our Managing Director Mr. David Fung also shared his views on the development of BIM in Hong Kong. Capital Magazine has published a comprehensive review of the event in their April 2015 issue.
BIM Excellence Awards 2014 video link:
https://cloud.hkacid.com/owncloud/index.php/s/wwLBdnNvW9zlDHl
A training course on BIM application and project engineering management was held on March 12-13 in Shenzhen. Organized by CBC Academy, the two-day course focused on the information management of the architecture life cycle, aiming at new skills provision, speed improvement and efficiency enhancement.
As one of the BIM experts in Hong Kong, our Managing Director Mr. David Fung was invited to be one of the instructors of the course.
Organized by HKIS (The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors), the BIM Experience Sharing and Gathering Dinner, one of the events in the QSD BIM Series 2015, was held at Telford Recreation Club on 17 March 2015.
As the winner of the CIC BIMer of the Year Award, our Managing Director Mr. David Fung was invited to share his valuable experiences on using BIM on the gathering.
The 7th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling (HKIBIM) was held at the CIC Zero Carbon Building on 12 March 2015. Our Managing Director Mr. David Fung was elected as the Chairman for the year term 2015– 2017.
Jointly organized by A.C.I.D. and Autodesk, two full-day training courses on Revit FLIP Families will be held on January 29, 2015 and February 5, 2015 at BIM Studio. Both courses are available for registration now.
Please visit the following web link for some background information about FLIP: http://aiab.org/index.php/background