The 2-day buildingSMART International – Asia Summit 2024 was successfully held in Hong Kong on 17/6 and 18/6. With a theme of “Accelerating openBIM adoption for Smart Cities and Sustainability”, the Summit served as a platform for the stakeholders to explore ways in which openBIM and BIM x GIS can augment the efficiency of designing, constructing and operating built assets, and facilitate them to meet regulatory objectives and sustainability goal.

 

Rosana of Yau Lee Group thanks the HKABAEIMA and its Chairperson, Ada, for bringing this global event to Hong Kong. All participants gained a lot of invaluable insights from the world-class leaders which was really eye-opening experiences to learn and share about the most advancement of openBIM around the world.

 

On the first day, the event kicked off with Patrick MacLeamy, Ian Howell, Clive Billiald, Aidan Mercer from the buildingSMART International and Lai Wei from the buildingSMART China, followed by panel discussion focusing on IFC, Next Gen Thinking and Smart Cities and Sustainability. On the second day, the event kicked off with Ms. Bernadette Linn (Secretary for Development), Mr. Tony Wong, (Government Chief Information Officer) and Mr. Johnny Chan (Deputy Secretary for Development (Works)), followed by a keynote speech by Mr. Victor Tai (Under-Secretary for Housing) and panel discussion focusing on Regulatory Domain, Government Symposium and Construction Domain and Asset Management for Smart Cities. Mr. Tai demonstrated how openBIM enhances project quality by using the long span footbridge in Hoi Tat Estate as an example. The footbridge was built by Yau Lee Construction with the lowering method and other innovative technologies, such as 3D laser scanner to ensure the quality of downstream manufacturing and every construction phase. In addition, masterclasses on “Enhance Project Quality: Implement IDS for Quality Checking Data in IFC Digital Model Throughout Project Lifecycle” and “Seeing is Believing: Globally-Proven openBIM Applications & Regional Developments to Improve Workflows & Boost Quality” were also held to enable in-depth exchanges.

 

After all, a gala dinner cum Hong Kong OpenBIM/OpenGIS award presentation was held to conclude the 2-day Summit. Mr. Michael Wong (Deputy Financial Secretary) was invited as the guest of honour. The implementation of smart command theatre and digital twin solutions of our latest renovated project at the Motto by Hilton Hong Kong SoHo received a merit award and the details was presented by Benny of GVDC during the sharing session.