Description:

The concept of Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) is to prefabricate building units at factories followed by on-site installation. It is considered to be part of the solutions to reduce site activities which require intensive labour force and to shorten construction cycles. As a consequence of governmental promotion and encouragement for MiC to tackle the local problems of shortage in labour force and high demand for housing units, it has become a hot topic in the industry drawing the attention of designers and engineers in various disciplines. As a leading learned society in concrete and related materials, HKCI has already pioneered to put this topic as the main theme in last year's Annual Seminar by giving much introduction and insights for MiC to the industry.

In many parts of the World, MiC has been studied and implemented for years with limited number of projects. However, different countries or localities have different characteristics of project size, building heights, road restrictions, site constraints, etc. for MiC. In this regard, overseas experience can be referred but may not be transferred in full to Hong Kong.

Following the ardent discussion and studies in the local industry for MiC in recent years, issues have been raised for difficulties and constraints in different areas in design, prefabrication, transportation, installation and inspection for compliance. Before implementing the construction method of MiC, issues should be identified as many as possible for the study of solutions for avoiding engineering problems or even small hiccups in large scale applications. Distinguished speakers from various sectors including design house, academic/research institutes and industry participants will share their knowledge, experience or research findings for providing solutions to these issues, although not all. This seminar will benefit participants in the industry for better understanding of MiC as well as solutions for issues that would be faced.

For details and registration, please refer to the link--> http://www.hongkongci.org/registration/. Please note that an early bird discount is available for registration made on or before 11 Nov 2019.

Flyer for HKCI Annual Seminar 2019.pdf

HK PolyU campus map - Block Z.docx