Intelligent Construction The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Overview

The Intelligent Construction Master is offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  As the current trend of digital shift in the built environment sector, particularly in the construction sector, has continued to grow, construction professionals require competent construction related IT skills to perform their professional services effectively and efficiently.

Key Facts

To address the significant volume of predicted construction activities adopting innovation and advanced technologies, the Hong Kong SAR Government is taking the initiative to be a leading agent for the change. This is presented in “Construction 2.0 - Time to Change” – an expression of the construction industry’s changes required across three key pillars: Innovation, Professionalism and Revitalisation. Other additional initiatives are also put forward to ensure the construction industry is collectively allocating its resources to bring a resounding positive impact. These initiatives include science and technologies in BIM, IoT, Robotics, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Electronic Sensing Technology, Advanced Computing Technology, and Machine Learning. Accordingly, Intelligent Construction Technologies (ICT) are a combination of the above-mentioned modern science and innovative construction technologies. ICT has been designed to save costs, reduce delivery time and improve the quality and safety of construction projects throughout the entire life cycle from planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, rehabilitation and demolition.