Prof. CHEUNG Sai On (張世安)

The research interests of Professor Cheung include Law in construction, trust and organizational culture. Building on his industrial experience in contract administration, Professor Cheung has developed research programmes in contract and dispute management. Professor Cheung is the Head of the Construction Dispute Resolution Research Unit (CDRRU) and specialty editor of Contracting of the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. Some of the studies conducted by the CDRRU have been published in research monographs - "Trust in Co-operative Contracting in Construction", "Construction Dispute Research: Conceptualisation, Avoidance and Resolution", "The Soft Power of Construction Contracting Organisations", "Construction Dispute Research Expanded" and "Cobnstruction Incentivisation: beyond carrpot and stick". Professor Cheung is a recipient of the 2010 City University of Hong Kong Teaching Excellence Awards. Prof. Cheung and his team was honoured with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 2022 Quantity Surveying team of the Year (Highly Commended) Award and 2024 Research team of the year (Highly Commended).  In recognition of his outstanding contribution in developing the quanity surveying profession in Hong Kong and beyond, the Hong Kong Insitute of Surveyors presented Professor Cheung the 2024 Quantity Surveying Awards of Excellence. Professor Cheung is highly regarded by the quantity surveying community for his innovations in quantity surveying eduation and pioneering construction dispute research. 

• CA2311: Construction Contracts I
• CA4313: Construction Contracts III
• CA6233: Contract and Dispute Management