1st Borneo Building Information Modelling Symposium gets support of Miri Mayor

Miri – 4 December 2019 – A delegation led by the organising chairperson of the upcoming 1^st Borneo Building Information Modelling (BIM) Symposium in Miri, Dr. Wong Kwong Soon, paid a courtesy visit on the mayor of Miri, Adam Yii Siew Sang recently.

Dr. Wong, who is a senior lecturer of civil and construction engineering at Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia), said the purpose of the visit was to update the mayor on preparations for the conference to be held at the university campus on 6 and 7 December 2019, as well as brief him on BIM and its use in the construction and post-construction of buildings and infrastructures.

The mayor said he appreciated the update and encouraged engineers, architects and quantity surveyors, including those in the Miri City Council, to join the symposium.

Jointly organised by the Curtin Highway Infrastructure Research and Innovation hub (CHIRI), Department Civil and Construction Engineering and student-run Curtin Civil Society (CCS) of Curtin Malaysia, the symposium is aimed at bringing together engineers, quantity surveyors, architects, researchers and academics to share and discuss their experiences in BIM.

Highlights of the symposium will include keynote speeches, workshops and case studies by experts from the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and industry practitioners from software company Bentley Systems and integrated project management consultancy solutions provider PCSS Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. There will also be oral presentations by academics and engineers on the latest developments in BIM both nationally and globally.

Participants in the symposium will receive 7.5 CPD points from the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), 6 CPD points from the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM) and 2 CPD points from the Board of Architects Malaysia (BAM), in addition to 20 CCD points from the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB).

To prepare the participants for the symposium, a pre-symposium BIM proficiency training session, jointly organised with CIDB and covering the concept and theory of BIM, will be held at Curtin Malaysia on 5 December 2019. All those who participate in the workshop will obtain 15 CCD points from CIDB.

Dr Wong (3rd left) and other organising committee members with Mayor Yii (5th left).