Construction Innovation & Technology Fund (CITF)

Objective: Encourage wider adoption of innovative construction methods and new technologies in the construction industry with a view to promoting productivity, uplifting built quality, improving site safety and enhancing environmental performance.

Funding Details:

Technology Adoption
Supports technologies (including machinery, equipment and software) with proven effectiveness in boosting productivity, uplifting built quality, improving site safety or enhancing environmental performance, through leveraging automation, industrialisation and digitisation rather than sheer innovative management practices. Areas of Technology Adoption include:

Advanced Construction Technologies (ACT)
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Modular Integrated Construction (MiC)
Prefabricated Steel Rebar (STB)

Manpower Development
To enhance the capability of practitioners to harness technology for the continuous improvement of construction industry, CITF supports existing practitioners and prospective built professionals to take part in courses and events on advanced construction technologies. Supportable programmes can be broadly cateogrised into four types:

Local Collaborative Courses
International Conferences in Hong Kong
Non-local Enrichment Courses/Study Tours for Students
Non-local Training/Visits for Practitioners

Eligibility:

Applicants for applications on Technology Adoption must be:

Levy-paying contractors which have paid levy for construction works under the Construction Industry Council Ordinance (Cap. 587) to the Construction Industry Council (CIC) in the 24 months preceding the time of application
Specialist trade contractors and subcontractors which are registered with the CIC and hold a valid registration at the time of application
Consultants on the lists maintained by Government and professional bodies
Other players, including material suppliers, in the construction process may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants for applications on Manpower Development must be:

Local Hong Kong higher education institutions;
Professional institutions (such as the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors)
Trade associations
Unions
Quasi-governmental or statutory organisations (for organising local collaborative courses only).

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