Dr Caroline T W CHANBSc, MSc, PhD, MHKIS
Lecturer of Division of Building Science and Technology
Contact InformationOffice:MMW-5433
Phone:+(852)-3442-9798
Fax:+(852)-3442-9716
Email:caroline.chan@cityu.edu.hk


Research InterestsTendering Strategies
Procurement Methods
AI Modelling

Dr. Chan is a professional quantity surveyor and has been involved in the contract administration for a number of large projects in the past, like the Hong Kong International Airport Passenger Terminal, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center Extension, the Island Place Development, etc. Her research work mainly relates to estimating / tendering strategies and the application of artificial intelligence in construction management practices.
PublicationsBooks Chan, C.T.W., 2021. Estimating & Measurement for Simple Building Works in Hong Kong, 2nd Edition, Routledge, ISBN 978.
Chan, C.T.W., 2014. Estimating & Measurement for Simple Building Works in Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Pearson Education Asia, ISBN 978-988-232-052-9.
Chan, C.T.W. and Sin, H.C., 2009. Construction Project Management – from Theory to Practice, Prentice Hall, Singapore, ISBN-13 978-981-06-8122-7.
Book Chapters Chan, C.T.W., 2017. Mitigation of Construction Disputes through Relational Contracting in Public Projects in Hong Kong, In Construction Projects: Improvement Strategies, Quality Management and Potential Challenges, Ch. 5, Editor: Kimberly Hall, Nova Science Pub Inc, p. 137-171.
Refereed Journal PapersChan, C.T.W., 2018. Improving Peer and Self-assessment for Group Presentations from Chinese Students' Perspective
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Chan, C.T.W., 2018. Promoting Vertical Greening in High-rise Residential Buildings within Urban Areas, Pacific International Journal, 1(2), April 2018, pp 42-51.
Chan, C.T.W and Sher, W., 2014. Exploring AEC education through collaborative learning, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 21(5), 532 – 550.
Chan, C.T.W., 2014. Barriers of implementing BIM in construction industry from the designers' perspective: A Hong Kong experience, Journal of System and Management Sciences, 4(2), 24-40.
Chan, C.T.W, 2012. The principal factors affecting construction project overhead expenses: an exploratory factor analysis approach, Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 903-914.
Chan, C.T.W., 2007. Fuzzy procurement selection model for construction projects, Construction Management and Economics, 25, 611-618.
Lam, P.T.I., Cheung, S.O., Chan C.T.W., 2004. Reflections on the use of the contract price fluctuation system for public sector works in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Surveyor, 15(1), 30-38.
Chan, C.T.W. and Pasquire, C., 2004. An Analysis for the Degree of Accuracy in Construction Project Indirect Costs, Journal of Cost Analysis and Management, 2004, Summer, 46-66.
Invited Conference papersChan, C.T.W. and Sin, H.C., Maximizing the Advantage of Electronic Data Interchange in the Construction Industry, Invited Paper of the 7th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress, Tokyo, 31 Oct – 3 Nov, 2003, 31-38.
Refereed Conference PapersChan, C.T.W., 2017. Improving peer and self-assessment for group presentations from Chinese students’ perspective, The 4th International Conference on Society, Education and Psychology (ICSEP 2017), Macau, 06-08 May, 2017.
Chan, C.T.W, 2013. BIM from Design Stage – Are the Hong Kong Designers Ready? Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Service Science, Reading, U.K., 21-24 Aug, 2013.
Chan, Eric W.L. and Chan, C.T.W., 2013. Contractor quantity surveyor using ERP system in cost reporting, in Ahmed, Syed M. (eds), CITC-VII 2013: Challenges in innovation, integration and collaboration in construction & engineering: Proceedings of the Construction in the 21st Century 2013 International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 19-21 Dec, 2013.
Chan, C.T.W. and Sher, 2012. Designing Collaborative Learning Environment for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Students, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies, Sapporo, Japan, 27-29 Aug, 2012.
Chan, C.T.W. and Sin, H.C., 2010. Critical Success Factors for ERP implementation in Chinese Construction Companies, Proceedings of 8th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN2010), Osaka, Japan, 13-16 July, 2010.
Chan, C.T.W. and Sin, H.C., 2009. A web-based self-tuning control system to automate materials procurement in large construction projects, Proceedings of the ICCAS-SICE 2009, ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 18-21 August, 2009.
Chan, C.T.W. and Sin, H.C., 2008. Decision support for subcontractor selection by probabilistic neural network model, Proceedings of 2008 International Conference on Business and Information, Seoul, Korea, 07-09 July, 2008.
Chan C.T.W. and Sin, H.C., 2007. Successful enterprise resource planning for large Chinese construction companies. Proceedings of 9th IEEE International Conference on E-Commerce Technology and The 4th IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services (CEC-EEE 2007), Tokyo, Japan, 23-26 July, 2007.
Chan, C.T.W. and Pasquire, C., 2006. A decision-making matrix model for estimating construction project overheads, Proceedings of PMI Research Conference 2006, Montreal, Canada, 16-19 July, 2006.
Chan, C.T.W. and Sin, H.C., 2005. Enhancing materials management system by enterprise resource planning through knowledge-based model, Proceedings of the Construction Research Conference of the RICS Foundation, Brisbane, Australia, 4-8 July, 2005.
Chan, C.T.W. and Pasquire, C., 2002. Estimation of project overheads: a contractor’s perspective, 18th ARCOM Conference, Newscatle, U.K., 2-4 Sept, 2002.