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Brief
K.C. Lam, PhD (Loughborough U), MSc (Brunel), BSc(Hons) (Nottingham Trent U), Dip, Enr Eng (Newcastle Poly), RPE(BS), MHKIE, MCIWEM, CWEM, MIOP. Dr. Lam joined the department in 1988 after a long career in the building services industry. His main teaching areas are building services project management, O & M for building services and plumbing engineering services. His research/consultancy interests are building services procurement, co-ordination issues and construction laws, reliability maintenance and high-rise plumbing and drainage design and analysis.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- 2003, PhD. Dept. of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
- 1995, Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Cost Management of Building Engineering Services, The Nottingham Trent University, U.K.
- 1992, Master of Science in Building Services Engineering, Brunel University, U.K.
- 1976, Diploma in Environmental Engineering, Newcastle Upon-Tyne Polytechnic, U.K.
Research Interests
Building Services Procurement
Consultancy
- 2001 Report on WC Problems (Drainage Design & Installation) for the Hong Kong Housing Authority
- 1999 Plumbing Training Course for Towngas Co.
- 1996 Industry attachment to M&E services consultancy for QA system.
- 1995/96 Arbitration (Technical Witness)
- 1993 Evaluation of halon system designs for a large regional hospital project in Hong Kong
- 1991 Plumbing Training Course for Architectural Services Department and Hsin Cheong Construction Co Ltd.
Teaching Experiences
- HD1 Building Life Cycle, Plumbing & Drainage
- HD2 Building Services Contract Administration
- Site Co-ordination and Supervision and Design Project
- MSc Fire Engineering
- PTBE3 Construction Management
Professional /Scholarly Activities
Areas of interest are QA/TQM, integrated building services designs, management of highly serviced projects and development
of CPD courses for the local plumbing industry.
Advisor of the Technical Section, Institute of Plumbing, Hong Kong Branch.
Selected Recent Publications
Refereed Journals
- 2001 Asia Pacific Building and Construction Management Journal (Quality Assurance System for Quality Building Services Management)
- 1997 Asia Pacific Building and Construction Management Journal (Management of Building Services Engineering by Better Design Brief)
Other Journals
- Aug 2004 Health Estate Journal, UK (Full co-ordination is key to project success)
- Aug 2004 HKIE Journal (Better hospital design and building services maintenance)
- Jun 2001 Health Estate Journal, UK (Examining maintenance responsibilities)
- Aug 2001 Health Estate Journal, UK (Spotlighting cost management of building services)
- Mar/Apr 2001 Southeast Asia Facility Management (SAFM) Journal, Singapore (The choice of procurement systems for hospitals and other highly serviced healthcare facilities)
- Jan/Feb 2001 SAFM Journal, Singapore (Setting up a building services maintenance scheme: managing the unmanageable practice)
- Sept 2000 Health Estate Journal, UK (Management of building services procurement for highly serviced healthcare facilities)
- Jun 2000 Building Journal Hong Kong China (Management of building procurement for highly serviced healthcare facilities)
- Jul/Aug 2000 SAFM Journal, Singapore (The CIBSE's new guide to ownership, operation and maintenance of building services)
- Mar/APR 2000S SAFM Journal, Singapore (Planning and execution of building services maintenance beyond year 2000)
- May/Jun 2000 SAFM Journal, Singapore (Quality assurance in management of building services maintenance)
- May/Jun 1999 SAFM Journal, Singapore (The importance of better management of building services maintenance)
- Nov/Dec 1998 SAFM Journal, Singapore (A key factor of energy efficiency)
- 2004 COBRA 2004
RICS, UK (Re-engineered Procurement for co-ordination of Building Services for Better Buildings) - 2001 CIBSE National Conference
Paper No.1 (Quality Assurance System for Quality Building Services Maintenance)
Paper No.2 (Management of Building Services Procurement for Highly Serviced Healthcare Facilities) - 2000 CIBSE/ASHRAE Dubin Conference (Planning and Execution of Business Centred Maintenance for Perfect Buildings in Year 2000)
- 1998 15th IFHE Congress (Selection of procurement Paths for Hospital Buildings)
- 1998 CIB Harmony and Profit Symposium (Quality Assurance for Profitable Building Services Procurement)
- 1998 EASEC-6, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
Paper No.1 (Total quality management for the maintenance of M&E services in building)
Paper No. 2 (Quality assurance and constructability in building services planning and procurement)
Paper No. 3 (Management of contractors by project/quality management system)
Paper No. 4 (Co-ordination problems in hospital buildings)
Paper No. 5 (The impact of building services in real estate markets) - 1997 The Int. Conference on Construction Process Re-engineering, Australia (Re-engineering procurement method for co-ordination of M&E services in hospital buildings and Management of building services engineering by better design brief)
- 1997 CIBSE National Conference, London, 1997
(Quality Building Services - co-ordination from brief to occupation) - 1997 ARCOM Conference, Cambridge 1997 (An analysis of building procurement factors affecting coordination of building services)
- 1997 CIBW 92 Conference, Canada 1997
Paper No. 1 (Selection of a procurement path for highly serviced hospital buildings)
Paper No. 2 (Quality assurance and constructability in procurement of highly serviced buildings) - 1996 Australia and New Zealand Architectural Science Association Conference,
1996
Paper No. 1 (Intelligent fire engineering for the environment and Building)
Paper No. 2 (Successful Management of building services design by total quality management) - 1996 International Federation of Hospital Engineering, 14th Congress, Denmark
(Co-ordination of building services and the building procurement systems)
1996 ARCOM Conference, 1996 (Impact of building procurement methodologies on co-ordination of building services. - 1995 CIBSE National Conference, 1995 (Drop-in replacement of Halon 1301 and the environmental protection issue)
- 2001 International Conference on Construction, HK
(Modern engineering and utility services for tomorrow's city) - 1999 IFMA Conference, HK
(Successful maintenance management of building services - a national approach) - 1999 Construction Challenges Into the Next Century, HKIE
(Building services design and installation for better maintainability) - 1999 Building Services Engineering in the 21st Century, CIBSE, HKIE, ASHRAE
and City U.
(Maintenance from better design of building and building services) - 1999 HK and Shanghai Symposium on Science and Technology, HKIE
(Quality maintenance management of building services - an integrated approach for Hong Kong and China) - 1998 IFMA, HK
(Energy saving by organized maintenance in buildings) - 1998 Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Science and Technology
(The use of HCFC as a drop-in Halons- replacement for existing buildings) - 1997 Building, Energy and Environment, CIBSE, HKIE ASHRAE and HKPU
(Energy saving by organized maintenance in buildings) - 1995 Engineering Intelligent Buildings, HKIE, HKPU, CIBSE and ASHRAE
(Intelligent fire protection for the environment and successful management of building services engineering by total quality management)