Hong Kong, 26 January 2022 — To provide opportunities for local higher education institutions to share their achievements and good practices in Building Information Modelling (BIM) education, the Construction Industry Council (CIC) organised the Inaugural BIM Education Symposium on 25 January 2022.
Speaking at the virtual Symposium, Mr CHAN Ka-kui, Chairman of the CIC, said, “BIM is gradually becoming a common language or a tool that designers, managers and supervisors of Construction projects must familiarise themselves with. I believe there is plenty of room for advancement in BIM, which will induce further improvement of construction technologies and methods like MiC, MiMEP and DFMA. There is no limitation for its development.”
Between 2017 and 2021, the CIC has signed MoU with nine higher education institutions to foster collaboration with local higher education institutions. This effort aims to introduce BIM content into their curriculums and equip students with the necessary knowledge of BIM and construction digitalisation before joining the construction industry in the future.
In addition to the MoU signed with HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) last week, the CIC also signed an MOU with Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) in the Symposium today as part of our efforts to promote BIM education. Visit www.bim.cic.hk to get more details of the CIC’s work on BIM. — Construction+ Online
