2nd-gen MiC methods to streamline housing projects' construction process
發佈日期: 2025-07-17 19:59
TVB News
The Housing Bureau and the Nano and Advanced Materials Institute have teamed up to use their latest building technologies in the government's public housing projects.
Their building methods are said to be able to cut construction's connection time by half.
The Housing Bureau signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nano and Advanced Materials Institute, aiming to use the institute's Modular Integrated Construction, or MiC technologies to boost the efficiency of public housing construction.
Witnessing the ceremony were Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho and Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong.
The technologies will be used alongside the Housing Authority's public housing practical verification platform to accelerate the validation and application of the institute's new building materials.
The first batch of research technologies includes their "MiSmartLink."
The installation-friendly coupling designs are said to be able to cut construction connection time by half.
IVAN SHAM, Chief Commercial Officer, Nano & Advanced Materials Institute: "Major linkage actually can be prefabricated in the factory first and then later on, once those linkages can be shipped to the land site and then the workers can install them in one step such that the whole process can be reduced in terms of the time and also the simplicity."
The method will be used in the government's second-generation MiC housing projects.
They are also developing this high-strength, lightweight concrete which is 20 to 30 percent lighter than traditional ones. That makes it easier to transport and assemble while cutting construction cost.
Also under development are composite sealing rolls and soundproof construction materials.
