Construction Industry Council - Annual Report 2024

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL 118 OPERATIONAL REVIEW In line with the Hong Kong Education Bureau’s promotion of STEAM education for primary and secondary schools, HKIC has been promoting the construction industry and strengthening its brand through a series of activities of the “STEAM Alliance” to secondary schools. This initiative aims to encourage more young people to enroll in HKIC programmes and join the construction industry in the future. The two signature events included Construction x STEAM Summer Camp 2024 and STEAM x BIM Construction Model Design Competition 2024. Group photo of Construction x STEAM Summer Camp 2024 During summer holiday, the “Construction x STEAM Summer Camp 2024” where a competition to assembly fantastic humidifier was organised. The number of participants hit a record high with particularly enthusiastic response. With the guidance of HKIC instructors, students utilised craftsmanship skills in joinery, electrical installations, and painting learned to design and create their unique humidifiers. The students’ works received high praise from judges. A number of the participating teams expressed their hope to participate in the STEAM Summer Camp again and will recommend it to other students. Alternatively, the STEAM x BIM Construction Model Design Competition 2024 successfully took place in December 2024. The entries combined the theme of Luxury Glamping, with the concept of Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), Building Information Modelling (BIM) software, and 3D printing model making, and received high praise from the judges and guests. The winning entries will be exhibited at the Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre and the Education and Career Expo 2025 and will also be displayed on different occasions. In addition, HKIC invited Mr. KHAN Jahangir, a Pakistani football player of Hong Kong team and Mr. Vivek MAHBUBANI (Ah V), an Indian stand-up comedian to promote HKIC’s Full-time Short English programmes for ethnic minorities and promote diverse culture at HKIC. School Promotion Promotion to secondary schools remains one of the key focuses of our student recruitment events. HKIC promoted the Full-time Year-long programmes and the Construction Pathway Project (CPP) to secondary school students and teachers through more than 120 on-site talks, activities and visits to the HKIC campuses with over 6,000 participants including Principals, teachers, students and parents, served. Funded by the Development Bureau and coordinated by HKIC, “STEAM UP” Project was launched to provide a set of STEAM teaching and learning materials dedicated to the construction industry for Primary four to six and Secondary School students and teachers. The project aims to introduce the professionalism and development of the construction industry to the public, thus attracting more newcomers to join the industry. Promote Full-time programmes to secondary students through various activities HKIC coordinated “STEAM UP” Project