The Making of the 6th Generation Peak Tram
The long-awaited documentary film about the Making of the 6th Generation Peak Tram was finally released.
Beyond Zero Carbon Design
The PGBC International Conference 2025 - Beyond Zero Carbon Design was a great start to the year
Heatherwick’s call to action
Thomas Heatherwick's call to action on humanising construction and buildings https://humanise.org/
The Project Profession
… perhaps 2025 could be the year that this situation begins to change, and that recognition of the value of “the Project Profession” begins to seep into the thinking of procuring bodies throughout the Hong Kong (and wider, regional) construction industry. Clients, employ a project professional to lead your next project, and see the difference it will make!
Lecturing on Risk Management
Mark has spent his Friday nights for the last two months delivering a series of 2-to-3-hour lectures at Hong Kong University, on many aspects of Risk Management in Construction to the students working towards a Masters in Construction Project Management.
Professionalism in Project Management
It was really encouraging to have Prof (Dr) Adam Boddison OBE visit Hong Kong this week, delivering a positive message about the Association for Project Management (finally) pursuing an ambition to be truly global. Since its establishment as a branch in 1991, the GBA Network has been active in promoting professionalism in project management in the region. With a renewed impetus, we look forward to making greater progress towards the recognition that the project profession truly deserves.
Technology versus Behaviour in site safety
We spend a lot of time and resource these days on the promotion of technology on HK’s construction sites. Much of this is geared towards productivity, but increasingly it is focussed on worker safety.
Modular construction
There are many parallels with this NYT article as HK pushes to increase the adoption of MiC, from regulation, through designing beautiful modular homes, to production-at-scale.
West Kowloon Terminus topside
Having been a PM at MTR for the design and construction of the West Kowloon Terminus, the topside development above was at the time somewhat undefined. I was at WKT a couple of weeks ago, and it is great to see the topside development now taking shape. Looking forward to exploring it on completion.
Can designers really influence construction productivity?
Can designers really influence construction productivity?
WKCD Integrated Basement Progress
Having been a PM at MTR for the design and construction of the West Kowloon Terminus basements, it is exciting to see that WKCDA are making progress on the enhanced design for the IB & UR across the undeveloped phases of the site.