Director of Buildings

Mr AU Choi-kai, JP

Mr C K Au is a professional building surveyor.  He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors of the UK and Member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers of the USA.  After completing his education in the Hong Kong Polytechnic, he joined the Hong Kong Government in 1974.  He has held a number of positions in the then Buildings Ordinance Office, Building Development Department, Buildings and Lands Department and Buildings Department.  He is now the Director of the Buildings Department.  He has over thirty years of experience in building control, especially in the review and formulation of statutory standards in the design and construction of buildings.  He was the chief drafter of a number of Codes of Practice which are still in force.  These include the Codes of Practice for “Means of Escape 1996”, “Fire Resisting Construction 1996”, “Means of Access for Fire Fighting and Rescue 1995”, “Overall Thermal Transfer Value in Buildings 1995” and “Building Works for Lifts and Escalators 1993”.

Date of Appointment       :    1 May 2001
Renewal of Appointment :    1 May 2004
                                        :    1 May 2007