HKIE Civil Division
With the dedicated hands of our Committee, the Civil Division has grown to become the largest division within HKIE, with a current membership of over 9000.
- Date
- 18 May 2026
- Time
- 19:00 - 20:00 HKT (GMT+8)
- Location
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Chan Yat Mei Sophie Room, HKIE Headquarters 9/F Island Beverley No.1 Great George Street Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
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Overview
The seminar examines how wind affects buildings, long-span roofs, bridges, and urban environments, and how engineers translate science into reliable design practice.
Drawing on three decades of academic and professional experience, Dr K.M. Lam will discuss fundamental wind engineering principles, wind tunnel testing, and numerical flow simulations used to evaluate wind loads, interference effects, and vortex-induced responses of structures.
The talk will also highlight links between structural wind engineering and environmental fluid mechanics, including airflow, dispersion, and turbulent mixing around infrastructure. Participants will gain insight into the development and application of regional wind codes, with reference to Hong Kong and Macau practices, and lessons for future resilient design.
The event will be delivered as an invited technical seminar, featuring a structured lecture followed by a moderated question-and-answer session for practitioners, researchers, and students interested in wind-responsive civil infrastructure design across diverse climatic regions.
Note:
- Registration will be confirmed on a first-come-first-served basis, with priority given to ICE HKA members, and HKIE members.
- Only successful applicants will receive a confirmation e-mail.
- Attendance certificates will be provided after 2 weeks of the event only if attendees attend the whole event.
- The above is subject to change without prior notice
Technical Report Prize
The event is designated by the HKA committee and is eligible for the Technical Report Prize. ICE HKA awards prizes to ICE members who reside in Hong Kong and prepare reports of a high standard on the caption technical event. Winners will be given a prize of HK$500.
For the eligibility and more information about the prize, please visit ICE website (ICE Hong Kong Awards | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)). Submit your report and below info to [email protected] by 18 June 2026 and win the prize!
Speaker
Dr Kit Ming Lam
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
adjunct associate professor
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Dr Kit Ming Lam
Dr K.M. Lam has near 30 years of academic career at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, and at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
His teaching and research areas include wind engineering, hydraulics and fluid mechanics. Dr Lam has carried out numerous basic and applied research projects on wind effects on buildings and structures, using wind tunnel testing and numerical flow computation.
These include wind pressures on large cantilevered roofs, interference of wind loading of tall buildings in close proximity and vortex excitation of tall buildings and cylindrical structures. Dr Lam contributed to the writing of Hong Kong Wind Code 2004 and the Macau Wind Code 2008.
He was president of Hong Kong Wind Engineering Society during 2011-2014. In addition to wind engineering and bluff body aerodynamics, Dr Lam also carries out many research projects in environmental hydraulics such as jet mixing and particle settling in turbulent flows.
In public services. Dr Lam has served the Buildings Authority in the Expanded Building Committee (Buildings Authority), in the Steering Committee on the Consultancy for the Review of the Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2004, and in the Technical Committee for the Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2004.
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