The 305th Wenlan Financial Forum

Abstract：

Globally speaking, the safety performance of the construction industry remains poor, characterized by high accident and fatality rates. Improving the safety of construction projects has always been a top priority. This lecture will focus on construction safety, introducing relevant research results from the "Smart Construction Lab" at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The key topics will be the wireless transmission network technology - Landlink, which supports digital construction sites, as well as relevant practical application cases in engineering (such as mobile robotic dog-based site inspections and remote operation systems for tower cranes). Additionally, the lecture will discuss the integrated and centralized safety management system (Smart Site Safety System, SSSS), which integrates the Internet of Things (IoT), Building Information Modeling (BIM), computer vision, and artificial intelligence. The SSSS system aims to address common construction hazards such as falls from heights, object strikes, and mechanical injuries. It enables automatic positioning of construction equipment, identification of high-risk states, warning of dangerous areas, prediction of human-machine collisions, and recognition of unsafe behaviors among workers.

Speaker Introduction：

Heng Li, a Distinguished Professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Building and Real Estate at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has been recognized as one of the "World's Top 2% Scientists in 2023". His research focuses on the theories, methods, and technologies of construction project management in the context of informatization and big data. He is one of the earliest scholars in the world to engage in this field, making significant contributions in virtual design and construction, AI-driven quality and safety supervision, among other aspects. He has led various research projects, including projects funded by the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), the Hong Kong Public Policy Research (PPR) Project, and a sub-project of the National Eleventh Five-Year Plan for Science and Technology Support. He has also received numerous awards, including the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Higher Education Institutions awarded by the Ministry of Education in 2011 and 2013, the Merit Award for Innovation Achievement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2016, and the Gold Medal at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva. In addition, he serves as a review editor for Automation in Construction, a top journal in the field of construction project management, and holds concurrent positions as a part-time professor at the University of Technology Sydney and the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, as well as a visiting professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.