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Advancing the discourse on AI in the built environment through peer-reviewed publications and industry-academic collaboration.

Ongoing Research

In Progress·AAL INNOVATION, HKU, PolyU

LLM Benchmark for Hong Kong Fire Safety Codes

Building the first expert-verified benchmark for Hong Kong Fire Safety Codes using Large Language Models. Over 500 complex regulatory questions have been tested against top AI models including GPT-4, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Qwen — examining accuracy, clarity, and hallucination rates for AEC regulatory compliance.

Preliminary Findings

  • Some models excel at accuracy but fail on clarity
  • Others are fast but hallucinate critical compliance details
  • Human expertise remains essential — algorithms alone are insufficient
LLMFire SafetyRegulatory ComplianceBenchmarkingHong Kong

Call for Contributors

We are inviting HKIA Registered Architects and HK Registered Fire Engineers to join our verification panel. Just 1.5 hours of your time to review AI-generated answers and help establish the definitive "Golden Answers."

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Published Papers

Urbanie & Urbanus
PublishedUrbanie & Urbanus·Issue 13 — AI and Urban Design·January 2026

AI Governance and Governance in AI For our Cities: Opportunities and Safeguards in the Transforming Global Construction Paradigm

Adeline Chan & Anne Zhang

The 21st-century city is a crucible of innovation and challenge, a complex organism where the imperatives of growth, sustainability, and human welfare perpetually intersect. Today, the AEC industry stands at the precipice of its most profound transformation since the Industrial Revolution. The catalyst is Artificial Intelligence — a force not merely of incremental improvement but of paradigmatic shift. This paper examines the powerful duality of AI as both a transformative engine for urban development and a potent tool for its own regulation, framing a critical discourse around AI Governance and Governance in AI.

AI GovernanceUrban ResilienceAEC TransformationConstruction ParadigmEquitySafeguards
Read Full PaperView on U&U JournalDOI: 10.55412/13.03

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