Development of an Integrated E-learning Centre for Construction Value Management

To enhance the innovative management techniques for the construction students who will become professionals in the industry, Value Management (VM) course has been incorporating in the BSc(Hons) in Surveying programme at the City University of Hong Kong since 2003. In order to allow VM students to get acquainted with the rules at a pace suited to the level of professional knowledge, an integrated e-Learning Construction Value Management (CVM) Centre has been established since 2003 with the support of a number of organizations such as City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Value Management and LEARNet at the University of Hong Kong. Apart from the basic VM information such as the history, the development and the terminologies, the e-Learning CVM Centre also includes over 30 self-explanatory slideshows and live videos of VM techniques in the 6-phase job plan and 4 scenarios with the application of VM in real construction projects. Students, thus, can learn how to apply various VM techniques to solve the practical construction problem during VM workshop. This constructive e-Learning Centre creates an excellent environment for students in the VM education, as it establishes a self-learning platform to them for acquiring both theoretical and practical VM knowledge without the limitation of time and venue in their learning process. Finally, it is further expected that students will contribute their professional knowledge to the construction industry by applying the VM techniques in the future.