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Hong Kong’s construction costs are among the highest in the world. Labour, materials and equipment are the costs we see and measure. But there is another cost that rarely appears on any bill of quantities, the hidden cost of managing mistrust.
This session argues that a meaningful share of Hong Kong’s construction cost premium is not driven by material prices or labour shortages. It is driven by adversarial behaviour, defensive contracting, and a missing governance layer around collaboration that the industry has quietly accepted for decades.
With full NEC implementation confirmed for all public works, the timing could not be more critical. A contract alone cannot substitute for the human choice to lead with integrity, or for the governance needed to sustain genuine mutual trust and co-operation in practice.
Drawing on over 30 years of Hong Kong infrastructure delivery, industry cost data and direct government engagement, this session asks: what will it actually take?
| CPD Code: | CPD20260928S |
| Organized: |
Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers (HKICM)
Quantity Surveyors International (The QSi) |
| Date: | 28 September 2026 (Monday) |
| Time: | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
| Venue: | 1) Rooms 801-2, On Lok Yuen Building, 25 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong 2) By online media - ZOOM |
| Speaker(s): | Tim Leung CEng CSci FICE FIMMM FHKIE正高级工程师 | Adjudicator
Tim Leung is the Founder and Director of Apex Tech Solutions (ATS) Ltd, a Hong Kong-based engineering advisory, project management and dispute resolution consultancy.
With over 30 years of Hong Kong infrastructure delivery experience, Tim has held senior leadership roles at Paul Y. Engineering Group, where he led a peak team of over 1,000 people and managed a portfolio exceeding HK$20 billion, and Director of Business Development at China State Construction Engineering (HK) Ltd.
He is a Panel Adjudicator of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) under the Construction Industry Security of Payment Ordinance (Cap. 652), and was named NEC Business Leader of the Year at the NEC Martin Barnes Awards 2024.
Tim has authored a number of publications related to NEC and collaborative contracting in Hong Kong, GBA and the UK. |
| Language: | Cantonese supplemented by English |
| CPD Hour(s): | 1.5 |
| Priority: | HKICM & The QSi Member; First-come, first-served |
| Enrollment Fee: | HKICM & The QSi Member HK$150.00 Non-member HK$180.00 |
| Deadline: | 21 September 2026 (Monday) |
| Register Link: | Register |
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