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TEACHING AREAS

  • Financial Management 

  • New Engineering Contract (NEC) 

QUALIFICATIONS

2012 PhD in Construction Management, The University of Hong Kong
2006 MSc (Urban Planning), The University of Hong Kong
2004 BSc (Hons) Construction Economics and Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

EMPLOYMENT

2018 - Present Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Science and Technology, the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
2016 - 2018 Lecturer, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)
2013 - 2016 Instructor, Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2011 - 2013 Research Assistant, Division of Building Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Construction Management
  • Construction Economics
  • Facilities Management

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Lai, Hung Kit Joseph (2020), “Building Information Modelling for Building Services Engineering: Benefits, Barriers and Conducive Measures”, Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, DOI 10.1108/ECAM-10-2018-0460. 

  • Lai, Hung Kit Joseph, Chiu, Wai Yee Betty, Wong, Philip, Hou, Huiying Cynthia and Yuen, P.L. (2020), “Performance indicators for hospital facility management: perceived importance of building practitioners”, Associated Schools of Facility Management Fall 2020 VIRTUAL Colloquium, 18 December, pp. 10-18. 

  • Ho, M.Y. Annie, Lai, Hung Kit Joseph and Chiu, Wai Yee Betty (2021), “Shortlisting KPIs for holistic performance evaluation of building retrofits”, CIBSE Technical Symposium, UK 13-14 July 2021 

  • Ho, M.Y. Annie, Lai, Hung Kit Joseph and Chiu, Wai Yee Betty (2021), “Key performance indicators for holistic evaluation of building retrofits; systematic literature review and focus group study”, Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 43, November, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102926 

  • Lai, Hung Kit Joseph, Hou, Huiying Cynthia, Chiu, Wai Yee Betty, Edwards, David, Yuen, P.L., Sing, Michael and Wong, Philip (2022), “Importance of hospital facilities management performance indicators: building practitioners’ perspectives”, Journal of Building Engineering, January, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103428 

  • Lai, Hung Kit Joseph, Ng, Tsz Ho Roger, Chiu, Wai Yee Betty, Hou, Huiying Cynthia, Edwards, David and Wong, Philip (2022), “Retro-commissioning for buildings: problems and the way forward for a policy research study”, CIB world Building Congress, W070 Sustainable Facility Management and Maintenance, 27 – 30 June, Melbourne, Australia  

  • Lau, Ellen and Chiu, Wai Yee Betty (2013), “Empirical Findings of the Involvement of QS in Performing the Cost Management Functions: A Comparative Perspective for Building and Engineering Projects”, 17th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress, Xian, China, 18 - 21 May 2013.
  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Ng, Fung Fai (2013), “Improvement of job satisfaction and organizational commitment through work group identification: an examination of the Hong Kong quantity surveyors”, Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, 13(3), pp. 80-95
  • 黎鸿杰博士、焦慧儿博士 (2014), 香港的设施管理教育,《现代物业: 设施管理》 (Modern Property Management: Facility Management), No. 10, pp. 22-23.
  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Ng, Fung Fai (2015), “The Mediation Role of Job Satisfaction in Organizational Commitment: An Examination of the Hong Kong Quantity Surveying Profession”, Construction Economics and Building, 15(1), pp. 56-74
  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Ng, Fung Fai (2015), “Enhancement of Organizational Commitment through Propensity to Trust”, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(3), pp. 272-294
  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Lai, Hung Kit Joseph (2015), “Developing an Electronic Dictionary for Building Services Engineering Students”, Paper presented in the Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society, Hong Kong, 16 – 18 December 2015.
  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Lau, Hat Lan Ellen (2015), “Quantity Surveyors’ Perception of Cost Impact Factors in Hong Kong Civil Engineering Projects”, KICEM Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management, 5(3), pp. 1-9
  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Lai, Hung Kit Joseph (2016), “Implementing Building Information Modelling in Building Services Engineering: Benefits and Barriers”, CIB World Building Congress 2016, Tampere, Finland, May 30 – June 3 2016.
  • Lai, J.H.K., Ng, R.T.H. and Chiu, Wai Yee Betty (2016), “A Collaborative Research on Building Information Modelling in Building Services Engineering in Hong Kong”, Joint Symposium: Building a Smarter City via Latest Technologies, Hong Kong, 22 November, pp. 28-40.
  • Chiu, Wai Yee Betty and Lai, Hung Kit Joseph (2017), “Project Delay: Key Electrical Construction Factors in Hong Kong”, Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 23(7), pp. 847-857.
  • 黎鸿杰博士、黄溢能博士、焦慧儿博士 (2018), “Facilities management demand and education in Hong Kong”,《现代物业: 设施管理》 (Modern Property Management: Facility Management), No. 5., pp. 17-19