Professor Heng Li is a Chair Professor of Construction Informatics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Heng started his academic career from Tongji University since 1987. Heng then researched and lectured at the University of Sydney, James Cook University and Monash University before joining Hong Kong Polytechnic University. During this period, Heng have also worked with engineering design and construction firms and provided consultancy services to both private and government organizations in Australia, Hong Kong and China. Heng has conducted many funded research projects related to the innovative application and transfer of construction information technologies, and he has published 2 books, more than 500 journal papers in major journals of his field and numerous conferences papers in proceedings. His research interests have led him through an intellectual journal of exploring digital construction, smart construction, ergonomics and robotics.