Aravinda Adhikari

City University of Hong Kong | CityU · Division of Building Science and Technology

An applied degree education is about using work-integrated learning approaches in student learning. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected how applied education may continue to enrich students’ knowledge of the real world. In various degree programs, a simulated environment is an essential part of the curriculum and applying it...

Hazardous nature of the construction site is a direct threat to human life and its properties. Not only the hazards at the worksite but also the negligent behaviour of construction workers can cause harm to others. Thus, workers' knowledge of construction safety, as well as the behaviour of themselves and others in hazardous situations, need to be...

Purpose - This paper aims to identify the impact of Building Information Modeling (BIM) on contractors’ Quantity Surveyor (QS)’s role and how the latest BIM tools affect QS functions in construction projects in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/Approach - First, a comprehensive literature review was carried out to explore the antecedents of BIM and ide...

Technical knowledge is the practical skills of knowing and doing as well as argument, explanation and principle. It has been identified that technical knowledge constitutes a major part in the pool of knowledge of a Quantity Surveyor. However, the relationship between technical knowledge and the practice of Quantity Surveying functions remains unde...