HKCTC Webinar on Latest Technology and Development in Building Inspection

The Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification (HKCTC) and Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) organized a Webinar entitled “Latest Technology and Development in Building Inspection” held on 24^th Feb 2022.  HKSQ is one of supporting organizations. With the ageing of buildings in Hong Kong, building inspection and diagnostic testing have become crucial to access building conditions for proper follow up actions such as maintenance, refurbishment, and demolishment. In recent years, new technologies have been adopted in various aspects of building inspection to enhance its effectiveness and quality. This webinar aims to share with participants the experience and insights in using latest technology (e.g. artificial intelligence, drones, infra-red thermography, etc.) in building inspection.

The first speaker was Mr. Paul Lau (Senior Property Services Manager, Architectural Services Department, HKSAR) and his topic entitled “The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Drone to Assist Building Inspection for External Wall and Chinese Tiled Roof”. Firstly, Mr. Lau briefed the traditional approach for building inspection and some challenges (e.g. more than 70% building age > 30yrs, building density and height).

Then he quoted Construction 2.0 policy in three Pillars involved Innovation, Professionalization and Revitalization. Therefore, latest technology solution combined Drone and AI for external wall inspection was proposed. It employed real time kinematics positioning, photogrammetric modelling, computer vision and deep learning. 

And then Mr. Lau showed some real cases which employed drone inspection and collected many photos for analysis.

After that Mr. Lau briefed how to train AI to build the model using identified defect photos.  It could be employed in different types of building such as Chinese Tiled Roof inspection.  Lastly, he concluded some benefits: to improve external wall inspection efficiency, to improve condition survey accuracy, to optimize resources for preventive maintenance and to safeguard building & public safety.

The second speaker was Ir. Dr. Wallace Lai (Associate Professor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics, PolyU) and his presentation named “Common FAQs of Infrared Thermography on Building Envelop Inspections”.  In the beginning, Dr. Lai briefed the background of mandatory building inspection scheme since 2005. Then the specifications for IR inspection HKCI TM1 issued in 2009.  This specification is under review. 

Then Dr. Lai said Infrared thermography (IRT) employed to look for defects such as delamination and debond that defects appeared in region of hot temperature.  And then he said the factors affect IRT inspection were 4M and 1E.

Man: Based on HKCI TM1 (2^nd Edition under review), personnel qualification of signatories (Level 2 Thermography) and testing personnel (Level 1 Thermography) are updated according to HOKLAS SC No.19.

Machine: Angle of incidence should be <40 degree (Drone) and on-site functionality test that proposed to recognize a distinct object (e.g. fingers) clearly at five locations.

Material: It is good for Rendering, Tiles, Bricks but not for Glass and Metal Cladding.

Method: Different method for normal case, ground based and high-rise buildings.

Environment: It included time factor, orientation factor, and fine weather.

Finally, Dr. Wallace Lai mentioned the infrared image interpretation and its limitations.

The last speaker was Ir Dr Fiona Chan (Senior Accreditation Officer, HKAS) and her presentation title was “How does Accreditation Deliver Confidence in Construction Industry?”. Firstly, Dr. Chan briefed the role and benefits of accreditation.  That included technical competence, integrity and impartiality.

Then Dr. Chan briefed the service scheme of HKAS including HOKLAS, HKCAS and HKIAS.  She mentioned the statistic of number of accredited laboratory and there were 1/3 under construction field. After that she said two important messages that adopt more accredited services and accredited laboratory not equal to accredited test.

Finally, Dr. Chan introduced the new accreditation service related to construction tests and HOKLAS supplementary criteria No. 55 for accreditation of underground utility survey.

Reference:

HKCTC - https://www.hkctc.gov.hk/en/home/index.html

HKAS - https://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/hkas/index.html

Previous ICAC involved T&C Seminars:

20210705: HKCTC Professional Integrity and Corruption Prevention in Testing and Certification Webinar 2021 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/07/hkctc-professional-integrity-and.html

20210105: HKCTC Webinar – Underground Utility Survey Based on Nondestructive Testing, Surveying, Imaging and Diagnostic (NDTSID) Approaches - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/01/hkctc-webinar-underground-utility.html

20180712: HKAS & HKCTC Seminar on Cybersecurity Testing - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/07/hkas-hkctc-seminar-on-cybersecurity.html

20180131: HKCTC Seminar on the Latest Development of Testing and Certification under CEPA - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/01/hkctc-seminar-on-latest-development-of.html

20180126: HKCTC Seminar on the Latest Development in Construction Material Testing, Inspection and Certification - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/01/hkctc-seminar-on-latest-development-in.html

20171218: HKCTC Seminar on Testing and Certification for Environmental Excellence - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2017/12/hkctc-seminar-on-testing-and.html

20170710: HKCTC Seminar on Integrity and Professional Development in Testing and Certification Industry - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2017/07/hkctc-seminar-on-integrity-and.html

20161012: HKCTC Seminar on Professional Integrity in Testing and Certification - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2016/10/hkctc-seminar-on-professional-integrity.html

20160627: HKCTC Seminar on Professional Integrity in Testing and Certification - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2016/06/hkctc-seminar-on-professional-integrity.html

20150713: HKCTC Seminar on Professional Integrity in Testing and Certification - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2015/07/hkctc-seminar-on-professional-integrity.html

20140114: ICAC Training Workshop for HKAS Accredited Organizations - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2014/01/icac-training-workshop-for-hkas.html

20131008: HKCTC Seminar on Integrity and Professional Development in Testing & Certification Industry - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2013/10/hkctc-seminar-on-integrity-and.html

20111103: Ethical Management Seminar for Testing and Certification Industry - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/11/ethical-management-seminar-for-testing.html

20110916: Seminar on Supports to Testing and Certification Industry - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/09/seminar-on-supports-to-testing-and.html

20101025: Seminar on Support to Testing and Certification Industry - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2010/10/seminar-on-support-to-testing-and.html

Webinar: Using the ISO 56002 Innovation Management System

Harrington Management Systems arranged the webinar entitled “Using the ISO 56002 Innovation Management System” on 23^rd Feb 2022.  This webinar covers how to use Benraouane & Harrington’s new book to use the exciting new standard ISO 56002:2019 Innovation Management System to improve your innovation. 

The speakers were Dr. Sid Ahmed Benraouane (Global Consulting Practice Lead) and Dr. H. James Harrington (CEO, Harrington Management Systems).  In the beginning, Dr. Benraouane introduced ISO Innovation Family including ISO 56000:2000, ISO 56002:2019, ISO 56003:2019, ISO 56004:2019, etc.

Then he introduced the new book content that follows the template of ISO 50002 which has the same high-level structure as ISO 9000 standard. In Section 1 – Introduction, it includes innovation principles including value realization, future-focused leaders, strategic direction, culture, exploiting insights, managing uncertainty, adaptability and system approach.  

In Section 4 – Context of the organization, it is similar to ISO 9001 but we need to determining the scope of the innovation management system.  The book provided different tools and model such as foresight model and cultural change model for our application.  In Section 5 – Leadership, Innovation vision, strategy and policy were discussed.

After that Dr. Benraouane briefed four types of Innovation Strategy and they were “Incremental Innovation”, “Breakthrough Innovation”, “Disruptive Innovation” and “Transformational Innovation”. Typically, 70% of company focused on Incremental Innovation for improvement. Transformational Innovation is a long-term innovation.

In Section 6 – Planning, it focuses on how to plan the success innovation. Organization structure needs to be addressed.  Dr. Benraouane quoted Harringtone (2019) for Section 7 – Support that included People, Time, Knowledge and Funding.

In Section 8 – Operation, that included identify opportunities, create concepts, validate concepts, develop solutions and deploy solutions steps.  Then Section 9 – Performance Evaluation, it describes the Input-related indicators (e.g. no. of idea suggested, no. of ideas implemented, value creation potential, and impact the market), Throughput-related indicators (e.g. speed of experimentation, learning & development, time to profit, time to market, engagement level and brand awareness), and Output-related indicators (e.g. Patents and IP work, user satisfaction).

Finally, he introduced Strategic Innovation Portfolio through 8 activities. 

Lastly, we had open discussion.  I met Dr. James Harrington in the ASQ World Conference for Quality and Improvement (WCQI) 2011 & 2016 and IAQ General Meeting 2016. And I also met one of participants Prof. Toru Nakagawa in the 6th International Conference on Systematic Innovation (ICSI 2015) in Hong Kong.

Reference:

Harrington Management Systems - https://www.edgesoftware.cloud/services.html

20201106: A-PROCS Webinar – Innovating for Success in the Disruptive Times - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-procs-webinar-innovating-for-success.html

20160515: ASQ Fellow Lunch 2016 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2016/05/asq-fellow-lunch-2016.html#more

20160514: The International Academy for Quality (IAQ) General Meeting and Dinner - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-international-academy-for-quality.html

20110519: ASQ World Conference - Day 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2011/05/asq-world-conference-day-2.html

20150715: The 6th ICSI 2015 – Conference Tutorials - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-6th-icsi-2015-conference-tutorials.html

 

CityU HKIAS Distinguished Lecture - Single Cell Analysis of Tumor Heterogeneity During Cancer Metastasis

The HKIAS Distinguished Lecture named “Single Cell Analysis of Tumor Heterogeneity During Cancer Metastasis” was held on 18^th Feb 2022 in online mode. Prof. Michael Yang (Department of Biomedical Sciences, CityU) was the guest speaker. In the beginning, he introduced his research interests including biochip technology, nanomedicine and cancer biology.  He also introduced his book named “Detection Methods in Precision Medicine” in 2020. 

Firstly, he briefed the background of cancer metastasis and its key steps involved invasion, intravasation, circulation, extravasation and colonization. He said understanding the dynamics of this process will help identify targets for molecular therapies that may halt or possibly reverse cancer growth and metastasis.

Then Prof. Yang mentioned two research challenges in this field and they were “Tumor Heterogeneity” and “Microenvironment”.

Chemotasix/Electrotaxis plays an important role during embryogenesis, inflammation, wound healing and tumour metastasis.  Therefore, Prof. Yang’s team employed microfluidics with gradient control and microchannels for studying single cell migration under different physical and biological conditions.

After that he briefed the background of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) that occurs through either single-cell dissemination or collective migration. Finally, Prof. Yang shared some data analysis which related to tumor heterogeneity in different microenvironment.

Lastly, Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) biological and physical properties studies were discussed such as CTC enrichment and isolation.

Prof. Yang expected to win the war on cancer through collaboration with all scholars and experts at the end of seminar.

Reference:

HKIAS - https://www.hkias.cityu.edu.hk/en/

Other CityU’s AI & Data Science seminar:

20200930: CityU HKIAS Distinguished Lecture – Data-Driven Global Pandemic Management - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/09/cityu-hkias-distinguished-lecture-data.html

20200819: CityU Staff Seminar - Copyright As An Obstacle to AI Development - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/08/cityu-staff-seminar-copyright-as.html

20191101: CityU & PolyU Jointly Seminar on Attacks and Defenses on Machine Learning Services - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/11/cityu-polyu-jointly-seminar-on-attacks.html

20190912: CityU Seminar on the challenges and responses of AI to Public Management - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/09/cityu-seminar-on-challenges-and.html

20190814: CityU & NVIDIA Technology Sharing - AI Application and Research - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/08/cityu-nvidia-technology-sharing-ai.html

20190409: CityU & TFI Seminar – AI for Better Health and Wealth - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/04/cityu-tfi-seminar-ai-for-better-health.html

20190409: AI and E-Commerce: Ethical Conflicts《人工智能與電子商貿：倫理對弈》 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/04/ai-and-e-commerce-ethical-conflicts.html

20190322: CityU President's Lecture series - Big Data Analysis & AI: Opportunities & Challenges - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/03/cityu-presidents-lecture-series-big.html

20190227: CityU Seminar on Design of Accident Prevention System for LWR using ANN and HS Simulator - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/02/cityu-seminar-on-design-of-accident.html

20190128: CityU Distinguished Lecture on AI Enabled Personalized Theranotics - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/01/cityu-distinguished-lecture-on-ai.html

20190122: CityU Seminar on The First Step for AI-based Human-Like Language Understanding – Sentiment Analysis of Text - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/01/cityu-seminar-on-first-step-for-ai.html

20181227: CityU Distinguished Lecture - How to Make an Artificial Vision System Smart? - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/12/cityu-distinguished-lecture-how-to-make.html

20181114: CityU the 1st Workshop on Financial Data Analysis - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/11/cityu-1st-workshop-on-financial-data.html

20180804: HKSQ AGM Quality Innovation Seminar on “Extenics and AI Application” - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/08/hksq-agm-quality-innovation-seminar-on.html

20180607: CityU Workshop on AI in the Era of Big Data - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/06/cityu-workshop-on-ai-in-era-of-big-data.html

CAiRS Lecture - Digital twins for reducing testing and qualification needed for safety assurance

The webinar named “Digital twins for reducing testing and qualification needed for safety assurance: Is the Microelectronics Industry Ready?” was organized by Centre for Advances in Reliability and Safety (CAiRS) on 16^th Feb 2022.  The speaker was Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta (University of Maryland). 

In the beginning, he briefed digital twin for developing reliable products.

And he also mentioned the background of microelectronics industry and its development history.  Traditional electronic packaging hierarchy was also discussed including wire bonding, ball grid array and flip chip, 3D IC, etc.

Hybrid Integration (HI) concept such as Intel’s Embedde Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMID) was described and HI digital twins on complex multi-physics multi-scale systems was discussed. And then raised “Reliable/Safe HI system approach”.

After that Prof. Dasgupta mentioned the reliability/safety methodology for HI system using both Top-Down Big Data Approach and Bottom-Up Physics Approach to establish “Reliability Digitals Twins” for fusion prognostics.

Finally, a holistic approach on microelectronics reliability was introduced and discussed the convergence of reliability-physics and AI.

Lastly, different digital twins’ applications were discussed such as In-Situ Service Load Monitoring for automotive life-cycles (driving Digital Twins), Multi-Physics Degradation in Electronics (e.g. Capacitor, Batteries, Printed Hybrid Electronics (PHEs), etc). So that digital twins would improve the whole supply chain.

At the end, Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta briefed grad challenges for digital twins on reliable/Safe microelectronics that were timely development, deployment, and sustainment of reliable, safe, repairable, and affordable systems.

Reference:

CAiRS - https://www.cairs.hk/view/index.php

ESG Webinar - 2022 Trends - Metaverse, Crypto, A.I. for Executives

The Executive Study Group (ESG) webinar named “2022 Trends - Metaverse, Crypto, A.I. for Executives” was held by Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy Limited (APIFS) on 15^th Feb 2022.   In the beginning, Dr. Mark Lee briefed the background, history, and goal of Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy Limited (APIFS).   This talk content included “Early Sign of Metavers”, “5 Concepts between Metaverse and Internet 2.0” and “The Future of Metaverse”. 

In the beginning, Dr. Mark Lee introduced some luxury brands entered pre-Mataverse Markets and quoted some examples – Tiffany, LV and Gucci that Tiffany employed AR, LV cross-over “League of Legends” and Gucci cross-over The North Face under Gucci-Poke stops.

Then he gave poll 1 to ask us could digital world generate luxury experience effectively?  There were 40% participants agreed the statement.

And then Dr. Lee mentioned the five concepts between Metaverse and Web 2.0 and they were i) Uniqueness vs Imitability, ii) Avatar vs User Account Login, iii) Self-Sustainable vs Dependent Economy, iv) Non-Fungible Assets vs Fungible Assets, and v) Without Middleman vs With Middleman.

For the first concept, Dr. Lee quoted some cases such as Beeple NFT tacked digital artwork sold for ~US$70 million and “Overpriced” BlockParty for US26,000 to explain creating scarcity in digital world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) new technology.

It could be further explained by the law of supply and demand in Metaverse.

After that Dr. Mark Lee raised the Poll 2 for NFT digital artwork is fad or not.  That showed M shape that half believed and half didn’t believe it.

And then Dr. Lee briefed why it called as Avatar that word come from India.  Avatar would be your digital identity in Metaverse. He said digital platform (e.g. Facebook and Amazon) owned your identify today but you could own your digital assets which also reflected Avatar’s Personality in Metaverse.

Dr. Lee also gave the Poll 3 about Avatar’s Personality and discussed with participants to reflect real personality or create new personality in avatar design.  It could be half-half to support real and virtual personality.

The third concept was about self-sustainable.  He discussed Metaverse Economy that digital currencies existed in the metaverse for money transfer, shopping, trading, reselling, etc.

Dr. Lee then mentioned the fourth concept about Fungible and Non-Fungible economics concepts.  Fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity such as gold.  Non-Fungible has a value that cannot be replaced such as land.  Non-fungible token (NFT) created uniqueness in the digital world.

The Poll 4 surveyed us to trust or not on NFT.  The result showed half people believed and half not.

The last concept was without middleman in Metaverse because of using Blockchain technology.

Finally, Dr. Mark Lee introduced the father of the Metaverse who is Mr. Neal Stephenson (Author of Snow Crash) and his idea come from his 1992 cyberpunk novel.  Based on Mr. Stephenson’s novel, the future of Metaverse had multiple worlds, law enforcement, jail, and different operators.

At the end, Dr. Mark Lee performed the last Poll that should governments supervise the land trading in metaverse? The result was also half-half!

Reference:

Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy Limited (亞太策略研究所有限公司) – www.apifs.org

ESG facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/esg08

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