Discussion Forum

The Buildings Department’s Authorised Persons, Registered Structural Engineers and Registered Geotechnical Engineers Committee is a forum for discussing all matters concerning the duties and practices of the above three categories of professionals. The HKIS’s representatives are Sr Andrew KUNG and Sr Edgar LI. From time to time, the discussion forum is convened by BD, discussing matters raised by various institutes that relate to the professional practices. Matters

raised by other institutes include clarifying regulations, codes of practice, and even different interpretations from BD officers. In this regard, if you want us to raise a matter, please e-mail us at:[email protected].

 

A web discussion platform will also been established for communications. Please e-mail us at the above address if you want to be informed of the different discussion topics.

 

 

HKIS BS Award

Further to my announcement in the April issue on commending building surveying projects, title is the “BS Award”. We plan to have three main categories for the Award: New Building Projects, Major A&A & renovation works, and Maintenance & Repair works for three different participant categories: clients, consultants, and contractors. We will enlist the help of an event organiser to implement the project. Subject to the confirmation of the schedule, nominations should start in October.

 

Workshop on Proper Maintenance Arrangements

A workshop will be held to address the current difficulties in the implementation of proper maintenance arrangements, particularly on how to address the problem of bid-rigging. This workshop is part of the Scholarship for Secondary School Students programme that we are promoting to potential candidates. A working group has been formed to follow up on this issue, in particular on suggesting that a statutory body to regulate the conduct of maintenance consultants and maintenance contractors, which we suggested in our press release last September. Please see the Chinese press release in the following link:  http://www.hkis.org.hk/ufiles/pr-20130925.pdf

 

 

If you want to volunteer this event or contribute to the proper maintenance arrangement, please write to me.

 

 

Distinguished Building Surveyors

Nominations for inclusion on the list of Distinguished Building Surveyors expired on May 31. The nominations are under the review of the BSD Council. The result will be announced soon.

 

Direct Communication with the BSD Chairman

If you have any idea or comment that you want to communicate or share with me, please e-mail me at:[email protected].

 

屋宇署为认可人士、注册结构工程师及注册岩土工程师设立论坛，让各建筑专业学会传达、表达及讨论同业在执业时遇到的问题及在建筑条例演译上的疑问。如果你想提供意见或期望知道讨论题目，可电邮给我们。承上月的报告，我们会就工程及参与者的分类设立HKIS BS Award，并暂定于十月开始接受提名。另外我们亦预备开设有关楼宇保养的工作坊，欢迎大家参与及提供协助。

 

至于杰出建筑测量师奖的提名已于 5 月 31 日截止，结果将容后公布。