ICE and CHEC: Carbon management conversations - applying PAS 2080 and sharing best practice

Dr Patrick W T Chan

Dr Patrick Chan is a retired chartered civil engineer and a holder of the ICE’s Garth Watson Medal for his valued service to the institution over many years. 

In a career spanning more than half a century, Chan contributed significantly to enhancements in construction safety in Hong Kong, where he was an executive director of a major building company. Playing a key role in the introduction of a safety management system and site induction training in the 1990s, he also helped to improve construction quality and sustainability in the special administrative region. 

The first ICE regional director in Hong Kong, Chan served as a member of the ICE Council from 2017 to 2020. He was also secretary general of the Hong Kong Construction Association and held the same post at the International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors’ Associations. 

A civil engineering graduate of the University of Hong Kong, Chan holds an MBA as well as a PhD, which he obtained through his research investigating political and economic aspects of construction projects.

Tim Wong

Ir Prof Tim Wong is the ESG and Sustainability Hub lead at AECOM Hong Kong, driving innovation in sustainable infrastructure and carbon management. With over 17 years of experience in both civil engineering and ESG, Tim has worked on major climate-resilient transport and water projects across the Greater Bay Area and Southeast Asia. Starting his career in 2008, Tim applied ESG principles to infrastructure projects even before the concept was widely recognised – most notably on a drainage tunnel project in northwest Hong Kong Island.
 
He is a certified carbon auditor, ESG planner and analyst, and has been a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) since 2013. A strong advocate for sustainable practices, Tim serves on the Hong Kong Green Building Council’s infrastructure rating system committee. He was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers in 2020 and represented Hong Kong at the UN’s COP28 climate change conference in 2023. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the Academy of Innovations of the City University of Hong Kong since 2025.
 
Prof Wong is also an active thought leader. He has shared his expertise at global and local events including conferences, industry forums and university seminars in countries such as Turkey and Thailand, contributing to the international exchange of ideas on sustainability and infrastructure.

Jinhui Jeanne Huang

Jinhui Jeanne Huang is an internationally recognised expert in water resources engineering, ecohydrology and climate-change adaptation. 

A Canadian citizen, Huang gained her PhD in water resources engineering from the University of Guelph, Ontario, in 2006. She has since held key academic positions both there and in China at the universities of Nankai and Tianjin.

Huang has also served as a senior project engineer for WPS (formerly the MMM Group) in Canada, where she worked on major environmental and water infrastructure schemes. 

Huang has been instrumental in shaping urban water strategies in China, where she sits on the expert board of the state’s sponge city committee. At Tianjin, she pioneered the introduction of low-impact development in ecosystem planning in 2011 and later designed the largest constructed wetland for water treatment in northern China, providing nature-based methods of urban water quality improvement. 

A fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Huang has chaired its international affairs committee. She also serves on the water committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations.