On November 20 and 21,2021, the 26th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (CRIOCM 2021) and the 7th Cross-Strait Forum on Sustainable Urban Development were successfully held online. The conference was jointly hosted by Tsinghua University, China Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and jointly organized by the School of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University, the Institute of Future Town and Infrastructure of Tsinghua University and the Institute of Sustainable Urban Development of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More than 200 experts and scholars from the field of construction management and real estate from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong China, Taiwan China, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries and regions have discussed hot issues such as contemporary construction management, real estate innovation, and sustainable urban development, with an online audience of more than 1,200 people.
The opening ceremony was presided over by Associate Professor Guo Hongling of the Department of Construction and Management of Tsinghua University. Professor Fang Dongping, dean of the School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Professor Lu Weisheng, President of the CRIOCM from the University of Hong Kong, and Professor Li Xiangdong, dean of the Institute of Sustainable Urban Development, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, delivered the opening speeches.
The two-day event was divided into two sessions: the keynote report in the morning and the seminar in the afternoon. The keynote report was hosted by Professor Fang Dongping of Tsinghua University, Professor Liu Guiwen and Professor Shen Liyin of Chongqing University, and Professor Lu Weisheng of the University of Hong Kong. In this session, Dr. Wang Tiehong, former chief engineer with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and President of the China Construction Industry Association systematically analyzed the problems and solutions of sustainable urban development and green digital transformation and upgrading of construction industry. Professor Roger Flanagan at the University of Reading, the UK, analyzed uncertainty in the world and the construction industry, hoping that researchers will re-calibrate the construction industry with a new way of thinking that challenges the tradition. Professor Shen Qiping of Hong Kong Polytechnic University shared the concept and method of value management for the needs of large and complex projects and analyzed the practical value of this method with the aid of several actual engineering cases. Professor Lucio Soibelman from the University of Southern California deeply discussed the role and function of computers and artificial intelligence technology in the construction industry based on Industry 4. Professor Makarand Hastak of Purdue University called for the sustainable construction of community resilience from seven aspects, namely civil infrastructure, public infrastructure, society, finance, environment, education, and network communication. Professor Miroslaw Skibniewski of the University of Maryland shared the concept of Construction Industry 5, believing that the future of the construction industry will be people-centered and more focused on sustainability and offering new insight for the future development of the industry. Mr.Zhuang Yong, Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of China Overseas Grand Oceans Group Co., Ltd., starting from the perspective of an enterprise and through the actual engineering cases, deeply discussed the current situation and the future development direction of the real estate industry. Dr. Pierpaolo Franco, vice president of International Market Development, Glodon Co., Ltd., pointed out that in order to reduce engineering changes and improve management efficiency, the digital transformation of the construction industry should be promoted, placing the digital building platform at the core position. Professor Kincho Law from Stanford University shared cases of digital infrastructure construction in smart cities, pointing out that intelligent infrastructure construction can greatly improve the urban and social environment and help realize sustainable development goals. Guo Hongling, an associate professor at Tsinghua University, shared the research results on how to move from virtual construction to intelligent construction, emphasizing the vital importance of man-robot collaboration.
Dr. Wang Tiehong delivers a report
Professor Roger Flanagan delivers a report
Professor Shen Qiping delivers a report
Professor Lucio Soibelman delivers a report
Professor Makarand Hastak delivers a report
Professor Miroslaw Skibniewski delivers a report
Mr.Zhuang Yong delivers a report
Dr. Pierpaolo Franco delivers a report
Professor Kincho Law delivers a report
Associate Professor Guo Hongling delivers a report
During the seminar, there were 11 parallel mini workshops. 150-plus experts and scholars from universities at home and abroad such as University of Adelaide, Peking University, Chongqing University, Southeast University, South China University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, University of Manchester, The University of Melbourne, Nanjing University, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen University, Sichuan University, Taiwan University, Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tongji University, Wuhan University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Western Sydney University, City University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics and Zhejiang University had heated discussions around various topics such as “construction management theory and practice innovation, construction management innovation technology, urban renewal and urban resilience, smart cities and intelligent construction, social governance in the process of new infrastructure construction and urbanization, national land space planning and land use innovation, real estate management and housing policy, construction management and real estate development in the post-pandemic era, sustainable development of construction environment, construction waste management and green buildings, occupational safety and health, corporate social responsibility and industrial governance.
Group photo of the third sub-venue (part)
Group photo of the fifth sub-venue (part)
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The closing ceremony was presided over by Associate Professor Li Nan of Tsinghua University. First, Professor Shen Qiping of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Secretary General of CRIOCM and Professor Peng Yi of Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics made a concluding speech. Later, Professor Liu Guiwen from Chongqing University, director of the Academic and Development Committee of CRIOCM, announced the list of outstanding papers at the conference. A total of 175 papers were received at this conference. After two rounds of expert double-blind review, 10 papers were selected for Merit Paper Award, of which 6 won Outstanding Paper Award, and 4 won Best Paper Award. Finally, Professor Lu Weisheng from the University of Hong Kong, President of the CRIOCM, announced that the organizer of the 27th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (CRIOCM 2022) will be the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Dr. Li of the Chinese University of Hong Kong delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of the organizer. At this point, the 26th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate and the 7th Cross-Strait Forum on Sustainable Urban Development were concluded successfully.
The Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM) is a non-profit folk academic group registered and established in 1998 according to the Societies Regulations of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which aims to serve as a bridge between the world and China through organizing and launching academic research activities of construction management and promote the healthy, coordinated and sustainable development of construction industry, real estate industry and urban planning.
The Institute of Sustainable Urban Development of Hong Kong Polytechnic University was funded by Dr. Yin Yen-leung through Kwang-hua Foundation in 2013, which supported the Institute to organize academic exchanges across the Taiwan Strait in such areas as civil engineering and environment continuously in ten years, including the Cross-Strait Forum on Sustainable Urban Development, with an aim to enhance the universities across the Taiwan Strait to exchange and discuss the sustainable urban development and promote the academic exchanges and industry-academy-research integration across the Taiwan Strait.
