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ICE Breaker 2023 Messages

Message from ICE Representative for

Hong Kong

To much of our relief, Hong Kong is gradually coming out of the Covid-19
pandemic as I write this Message to welcome the Year of the Rabbit and
extend my best wishes to our fellow members and readers.
2-1 No doubt, we will find ourselves in a changed environment facing new

challenges and opportunities. The reassuring part is that, as a result of
our joint efforts against the pandemic we have become more resilient
and better prepared for future challenges. We have also become more
appreciative of the need for a stable environment for orderly planning and
sustaining our development.

Civil engineers continue to take the lead to meet the unremitting
demand for land, housing, medical, road and railway networks and
many infrastructure projects, with a very substantial annual commitment
of construction expenditure at HK$300 billion level, public and private
sectors combined, for the coming years. Responding to the Chief
Executive’s advocacy for “enhancing quantity, speed, efficiency and
quality”, we have to work smarter, not merely harder, to increase our
capacity and capability and to revolutionize our industry towards high
productivity construction. It is against this backdrop that I am pleased to
share with our readers the focus and priorities of the construction industry
in Hong Kong for the coming years.

The timely implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM),
initially on public works projects and now across all sectors, has been
the key to digitalization of information, and in turn, integration of
design, construction and facilities management. Modular Integrated
Construction (MiC), Multi-trade Integrated MEP (MiMEP), Digital Works
Supervision System (DWSS) and Common Data Environment (CDE) are
cornerstone achievements signifying the move towards High Productivity
Construction (HPC). To enhance overall management of the Capital
Works Programme, we are also implementing the Integrated Capital
Works Platform (iCWP) in phases to collect and consolidate data from
DWSS and other digital systems. The first phase of iCWP was launched in
August 2022.

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