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The Quality Building Award (QBA) 2020 Award Presentation Ceremony dinner will be held on 26 August 2020 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, featuring Guest of Honour The Hon Mrs Carrie LAM CHENG Yuet-ngor, GBM, GBS, The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Co-founded in 2002 by nine of Hong Kong’s leading professional institutions, QBA has been held biennially ever since, and was established as the one of the property sector’s most coveted honours.

Since inception, QBA has publicly promoted and celebrated buildings that embody excellence. This year has drawn a record-high 49 submissions and 25 qualified finalists. With the theme “Transforming Communities‧Build with Heart and Care”, QBA 2020 provides an opportunity for professionals to be awarded for working holistically within the communities they serve.

The award ceremony dinner is open for reservation. Industry leaders, government officials, jurors, QBA leadership and award finalists will all be in attendance to celebrate the results and the industry’s latest successes. For more information, please visit www.qba.com.hk, or contact Mr Vincent Tam (Tel: +852 3159 2954) or Ms Kate Law (Tel: +852 3159 2902) at enquiry@qba.com.hk.

Quality Building Award 2020 Award Presentation Ceremony

Date: 26 August 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30pm –  Cocktail Reception
7:30pm – Dinner and Award Presentation Ceremony
Venue:  Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
Dress Code: Business Formal

Quality Building Award 2020 Organizers

The Hong Kong Construction Association
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects
The Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

• Building Division
• Building Services Division
• Structural Division

The Hong Kong Institute of Housing
The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
The Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency QBA 2020 Alternate Chair
The Hong Kong Chapter of International Facility Management Association
The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong

Shanghai Smart Home Technology (SSHT) will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) from 2 to 4 September 2020.
As a key industry platform for growing businesses and igniting conversations, SSHT services the entire smart home industry chain, presenting home security, intelligent sun-shading systems, smart switches, audio-visual and home entertainment systems, wireless control systems, cloud platforms and other technologies. Closely in touch with the industry trends, SSHT is an influential platform in China for trade opportunities, brand exposure and business matching.

Date
2 – 4 September 2020 (Wednesday – Friday)

Opening hours
09:00 – 17:00 (2 – 3 September)
09:00 – 14:30 (4 September)

Venue
Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)
2345 Longyang Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China

Why SSHT?

• Comprehensive smart home technology platform demonstrating the entire industry ecosystem
• Promotes interconnectivity and cross-industry resources integration
• Closely in sync with industry trends and encourages face-to-face discussion between industry leaders and visitors
• International business development outlook with audiences from China and 49 overseas countries and regions
• Concurrent events receiving exclusive support from multiple international standards organisations

For more details, please visit Website: www.building.messefrankfurt.com.cn
Email: building@china.messefrankfurt.com

RICS Annual Dinner and Awards Hong Kong Presentation Ceremony 2020 | Thursday 3 September 2020 | Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong

RICS Awards Hong Kong showcases outstanding achievements and developments of industry professionals who are creating better places and spaces to live and work, and who are helping to build resilient, successful communities. Across 14 categories, the RICS Awards emphasise professionalism and innovation in their respective areas, and positive social impact.

Winners of the Awards will be presented at the Annual Dinner, attended by RICS professionals, government officials, practitioners from the built environment. Come join to connect with industry leaders and book you place now.

Website: rics.org/hkdinner.

Enquiry:
Ms Karina Cheung ,Head of Partnership Development, RICS
Tel.: +852 2117 0695
E-mail: kcheung@rics.org

RICS Hong Kong Annual Conference 2020 – A vision for tomorrow :
Transformation in the 21st century | Friday 10 Jul | W hotel, Hong Kong

The RICS Hong Kong Annual Conference 2020 will bring together influential figures and industrial leaders to share their insights and experience.  We will examine hot topical issues, look into the current landscape of the regional and local built environment, interact and connect with local and international professionals to tap into possible solutions, therefore creating a profitable future for our city for the coming generations. Come join to connect with senior leaders and book your place before 05 Jun to enjoy early bird discount.

Website: rics.org/hkconf2020

A Message to our Clients from BCI’s Founder and Chairman, Matthias Krups

Dear Client of BCI Asia,

As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve I would like to give you a brief update on BCI’s position and response to this unprecedented crisis.

Our overarching philosophy is to focus on and protect the health and wellbeing of our employees, clients and other stakeholders. We have decided to take a balanced, yet pro-active approach that takes into account the individual circumstances in the countries we serve, and that is guided by recommendations and instructions from local authorities. In line with this approach we have begun to introduce comprehensive working-from-home arrangements for our staff, ranging from alternating teams’ presence in our offices to a complete working-from-home regime. We anticipate that over the next weeks, as governments introduce general lockdown directives, virtually all of BCI will be working from home.

It is important to note that, by the nature of our business and thanks to an outstanding remote IT access infrastructure, BCI is exceptionally well prepared to operate away from our offices. This enables us to maintain the high level of quality and consistency that you have come to expect from BCI. We take pride in doing our part in mitigating some of the significant disruption we know our clients will be experiencing during this period of crisis.

BCI’s mission is to help our clients to identify and take advantage of opportunities in the market. We believe these opportunities continue to exist during times of adversity. By continuing to support you with actionable information we hope to bring an element of certainty and transparency in an exceptionally uncertain time.

For the last 22 years the team of BCI has been guided by our core values of Boldness, Commitment and Integrity. We will continue to pursue these values in the weeks and months ahead as we continue to single-mindedly focus on serving you, our client, to the very best of our abilities.

Matthias Krups, Chairman, BCI Media Group Pty Ltd

Date: 20 November 2020
Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia

BCI Equinox is a series of evening boutique exhibitions held across Asia designed to connect architects, interior designers and design specifiers with product suppliers.

Unlike the larger tradeshows and exhibitions, the more intimate and relaxed environment of BCI Equinox means specifiers can easily engage with suppliers and manufacturers over drinks and canapés whilst discovering the latest in new building product innovations.

• Free for architects, interior designers and design specifiers to attend
• Held in major cities across Asia: Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia
• Each event runs for 2 to 3 hours
• Features a variety of exhibitors
• Drinks and canapés are provided throughout the event
• Entertainment – for added fun, at each event we like to include something different in the form of entertainment to keep our guests guessing. This could be a dazzling light show or an unsuspecting flash mob – you won’t know until you go.

To see what BCI Equinox is like, click here to see our time lapse video from an Equinox event in Asia.

Date: 27 November 2020
Time: 5.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue: Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The annual BCI Asia Awards—now into its 16th year—recognises developers and architecture firms that have built and designed the greatest volume of buildings in seven Asian markets: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. This event seeks to encourage the creation of socially responsible architecture, and remains one of the most coveted awards in the regional building industry while serving as a platform for domestic and international networking among elite architecture firms, property developers, manufacturers and service providers.

For more details, please contact us:
Phone                     : +84 28 6256 1010
Email                      : hcmc@bciasia.com
Website                  : www.bciasia.com/contact/

Date: 15 October 2020
Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Venue: Bangkok, Thailand

BCI Equinox is a series of evening boutique exhibitions held across Asia designed to connect architects, interior designers and design specifiers with product suppliers.

Unlike the larger tradeshows and exhibitions, the more intimate and relaxed environment of BCI Equinox means specifiers can easily engage with suppliers and manufacturers over drinks and canapés whilst discovering the latest in new building product innovations.

• Free for architects, interior designers and design specifiers to attend
• Held in major cities across Asia: Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia
• Each event runs for 2 to 3 hours
• Features a variety of exhibitors
• Drinks and canapés are provided throughout the event
• Entertainment – for added fun, at each event we like to include something different in the form of entertainment to keep our guests guessing. This could be a dazzling light show or an unsuspecting flash mob – you won’t know until you go.

To see what BCI Equinox is like, click here to see our time lapse video from an Equinox event in Asia.

Date: 10 September 2020
Time: 5.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue: JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok, Thailand

The annual BCI Asia Awards—now into its 16th year—recognises developers and architecture firms that have built and designed the greatest volume of buildings in seven Asian markets: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. This event seeks to encourage the creation of socially responsible architecture, and remains one of the most coveted awards in the regional building industry while serving as a platform for domestic and international networking among elite architecture firms, property developers, manufacturers and service providers.

For more details, please contact us:
Phone                     : +662 0902100
Email                      : bangkok@bciasia.com
Website                  : www.bciasia.com/contact/