Research Outputs

The research activities of the Department can broadly be arranged in four major areas:

  1. Construction Management and Surveying
  2. Intelligent Built Environment
  3. Environment and Services
  4. Structure and Materials

Construction Management and Surveying

  • Management in Construction
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Technology and Materials
  • Construction Information Technology
  • Education and Training
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Intelligent Built Environment

  • Intelligent Building Systems
  • Fire Dynamics/ Fire Modelling/ Fire Safety Engineering
  • Evacuation Modelling
  • Computation Fluid Dynamics
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Environment and Services

  • Sustainable Development
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Air Pollution
  • Wind Engineering
  • Noise, Vibration
  • Daylighting
  • Acoustics
  • Energy Saving
  • Disaster Prevention/Mitigation
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Structure and Materials

  • Structural Analysis in Design
  • Dynamic Behaviour of Structures
  • Non-Linear Analysis of Steel Structure
  • Smart Materials
  • Structural Model Updating and Health Monitoring
  • Structural Control and Stability
  • Structural Safety
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Recent Major Projects

Hong Kong Housing Authority Research Fund

  • Development of a Near Infrared Reflectance Analysis for Water Seepage Analysis in Building [1 million]
  • Developing Innovation Precast Systems; Application of Structural Lightweight Aggregate and Raid Hardening PFA Concrete, for Economic Production [1.7 million]
  • Study on the Re-use of Construction and Demolition Waste in Public Housing Development including the Use of Recycled Aggregates in Structural Concrete Construction [0.5 million]
  • Applications of Self-compacting Concrete to Enhance Quality, Cost Effectiveness, Buildability and to Reduce Noise Nuisance in Public Housing Construction [1.1 million]

Innovation and Technology Fund

  • Research and Development of Local Area Network-band [8 million]
  • Development of Radon-proof Composite Emulsion Paint [1.5 million]

Professional Development Projects

  • Professional Services Development Assistance Scheme Project: Enhancement of Construction Value Management Professionalism for the New Generation [0.8 million]
  • Construction Industry Institute Research Project: The Feasibility of establishing construction standards for Hong Kong [0.5 million]

Others

  • Hong Kong Construction Association:
    Construction Cost in Hong Kong [0.4 million]
  • Water Supplied Department:
    Chlorine Drum Test [0.5 million]
  • Highways Department:
    Construction Method for the KCRC Kowloon Southern Link [0.5 million]
  • Hong Kong Government Competitive Earmarked Research Grant Projects:
    38 on going [amounting to HK$ 20 million]
Enquiries
Department of ACE, CityU

B6301, Blue Zone,
6/F Yeung Kin Man Acad Bldg,
83 Tat Chee Road, Kowloon Tong

Tel : (852) 3442 7609

Fax : (852) 3442 0427

Email: acedept@cityu.edu.hk