Co-organized by buildingSMART China, buildingSMART Hong Kong, China, and HKABAEIMA, the Seminar on openBIM and openGIS was held on 24 September 2024 at the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub.
Industry leaders and government officials from Hong Kong and China shared their insights and experiences with participants in the morning session. In the afternoon session, there were three topics on openBIM and openGIS for discussion.
A presentation ceremony was also held during the event. A.C.I.D. is honored to be granted the right to use the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub as our CCBM (CIC-Certified BIM Manager) course and CCBC (CIC-Certified BIM Coordinator) course teaching venue in the Greater Bay Area. Mr. David Fung represented our company at the ceremony.
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects organized a seminar titled “Why openBIM?” on 8 July 2024, which was conducted both face-to-face and via Zoom. The seminar aimed to explore the world of openBIM, delving into its key concepts and advantages. It shed light on the transformative potential of openBIM for the architecture sector and shared insights, practical examples and success stories of openBIM implementation in real-world projects in Hong Kong and beyond.
Mr. David Fung, Managing Director of A.C.I.D., was one of the speakers at the event.
The buildingSMART International – Asia Summit 2024, hosted by HKABAEIMA and buildingSMART Hong Kong, China Chapter, was successfully held at Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East on 17 and 18 June 2024. The summit was themed “Accelerating openBIM adoption for Smart Cities and Sustainability.”
The event featured a host of world-class leaders, including buildingSMART International’s Global Leaders, overseas, mainland, and local experts, as well as government officials from diverse economies. These esteemed individuals shared their insights and experiences with the participants.
Throughout the two-day event, attendees had the opportunity to participate in Masterclasses, which provided valuable insights into improving project quality and leveraging openBIM technologies for better collaboration and efficiency in the construction industry.
The International Conference on BIM Technology, one of the largest annual BIM events in Mainland China, was successfully conducted in Hong Kong this year with the theme “Empower Construction Digitalisation and Smart City Management with BIM”. The event took place on May 30 and 31 at the Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel. With two days of live presentations and technical visits, it provided a unique platform for global industry leaders, stakeholders and scholars to share and explore the latest advancements in the construction industry.
A.C.I.D. was one of the sponsors of the event, and our Managing Director, Mr David Fung, also delivered a presentation titled “From Construction to Operation.”
To recognize best practices and innovations of openBIM and/or openGIS applications in project delivery and/or lifecycle asset management in the built asset industry in Hong Kong, HKABAEIMA and the Hong Kong Chapter of buildingSMART International are launching the Hong Kong openBIM/openGIS Awards 2024. The final presentation of the competition was held on 7 May 2024 at CIC Zero Carbon Park. There were altogether 21 shortlisted teams and presentations in three categories of submission: (1) Project Category; (2) Research Category, and (3) Technology Category.
Mr David Fung was the judging panel member of the competition.
On 24 January 2024, CIC has organized an appreciation lunch for the assessment panels of the CIC BIM Certification and Accreditation Schemes (BIMCAS) as a token of thanks on their efforts. The event was held at ClubONE Telford, Kowloon Bay. Mr David Fung, Managing Director of A.C.I.D. was invited and joined.
To recognise outstanding projects and organisations that best utilise Common Data Environment (CDE) to improve project management, collaboration, productivity, sustainability; and to share the awardees’ experiences on utilising CDE for digital collaboration with the industry, Development Bureau and Construction Industry Council continues to co-organise Hong Kong Construction Common Data Environment Award. Launching ceremony of the event has been held on 16 May 2023 at CIC-Zero Carbon Park to announce the details.
HKIBIM BIM Automation Arena 2023 was held on 31 March 2023 at OVC, The Arcade, Cyberport. Finalists from different categories including Visual Programming, Application Programming Interface/ Plugin and Software Applications made their presentations during the event. IM-CDE : Cloud, Mobile and Metaverse from A.C.I.D. awarded Gold Prize in the Software Applications (Standalone/SaaS) – Corporation category and Best User Experience Award – Corporation.
To give tokens of appreciation on the supports and efforts contributed to the assessment panels of the CIC BIM Certification and Accreditation Schemes (BIMCAS), an appreciation lunch has been arranged on 28 November 2022 at Palace One, Kowloon Bay.
As member of the BIMCAS assessment panel, Mr David Fung joined the lunch and received the Certificate of Appreciation during the event.
Development Bureau and the Construction Industry Council (CIC) co-organise the Celebration of BIM Achievement in 2022. The event aims to inspire organisations and practitioners to continually be creative, innovative, transformative or disruptive in bringing BIM to its full potential, by recognising and sharing their achievements with all stakeholders.
With four new categories added this year, there are altogether seven categories:
Advanced Construction Information Development Limited has been awarded BIM Training and R&D Organisations 2022. The certificate presentation ceremony was held at CIC – Zero Carbon Park on 19 October 2022.