Prof. Jack CHENG’s Team Won in Student Research Category of buildingSMART International openBIM Awards 2024
A student team led by Prof. Jack CHENG, Associate Head and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CIVL), won the final award in the Student Research Category of buildingSMART International openBIM Awards 2024, which is the most globally recognized award in openBIM. They are cited for demonstrating exemplary use of openBIM in the built asset industry.
The team comprised Civil Engineering PhD students XU Yuqing, GONG Xingbo and WU Zhaoji, and PhD graduate Helen KWOK Hoi-Ling. Their winning entry is titled “CarbonSmart: Automated Knowledge Graph-based Carbon Assessment and Tracking throughout the Construction Life Cycle using openBIM, openGIS, and Blockchain”. The award was presented at the banquet of buildingSMART International Summit cum CIB W78 Conference held in Marrakech, Morocco in October 2024.
This year marked a record-breaking result for Hong Kong, with five finalists (world’s top three in a category), among 160+ submissions in the world, and three final award winners (HKUST, Hip Hing Engineering Company Limited, and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government).
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