Professor Cheung currently teaches on the following courses:
- MSc Quantity Surveying
- MSc Construction Project Management
- BSc Quantity Surveying
Professor Cheung is currently supervising 11 PhD students whose research covers:
- Circularity assessment of building materials at the product manufacturing stage
- Digital twins for healthy homes and occupants with COPD
- AI-driven disruption mitigation and supply-chain resilience in offsite construction logistics
- Reduction of single-use plastic reliance in UK construction
- Nutrient neutrality requirements and their impact on UK housing projects
- Semantic OpenBIM frameworks for circularity assessment of prefabricated building components
- Immersive VR for architectural education and experiential learning
- Learning from failure in Modern Methods of Construction
- Automated compliance checking using regulation interpretation and large language models
- LLM-powered multi-agent systems for early-stage sustainable building design
- Climate AI approaches to energy-system probing
Professor Cheung has also supervised three completed PhDs in knowledge-based cost modelling for offsite manufacturing, material waste in offsite construction, and digital twins for asthma-specific indoor environmental quality.
Cheung, F. K., Hradil, P., Lavikka, R., Beach, T., Breitenfelder, K., Costa, G. & Patlakas, P. (2026), “Institutionalizing automated compliance checking (ACC): a cross-context analysis of implementations in Europe”, Building Research & Information, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2026.2686293
Senousy, Y., Cheung, F., Beach, T., Elezaj, O. & Vakaj, E. (2026), “Automated compliance checking in AEC in the era of AI and LLMs: A review (2022–2025)”, Automation in Construction, 191, 107165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2026.107165
Khosh-Amadi, N., Talebi, S. & Cheung, F. (2026), “RESPIRA-DT: A Digital Twin Framework for Proactive IAQ Management in Asthma-Sensitive Residential Buildings”, Journal of Building Engineering, 116909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2026.116909
Khosh-Amadi, N., Talebi, S., Cheung, F. & Al-Adhami, M. (2025), “Development of a spatially contextualised and AI-enabled digital twin for asthma-specific indoor air quality management”, Journal of Building Engineering, 115027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.115027
Ayinla, K., Cheung, F. & Towe, B. (2025), “Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) model for performance optimisation of offsite manufacturing methods housebuilding”, Construction Management and Economics, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2025.2492850
Patlakas, P., Christovasilis, I., Riparbelli, L., Cheung, F. & Vakaj, E. (2024), “Semantic web-based Automated Compliance Checking with integration of Finite Element Analysis”, Advanced Engineering Informatics, 61, 102448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2024.102448
Hadi, A., Cheung, F., Adjei, S. & Dulaimi, A. F. (2023), “Evaluation of lean off-site construction literature through the lens of Industry 4.0 and 5.0”, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(12). https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-13622
Professor Cheung has extensive experience of translating research into industry practice through Innovate UK projects, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and commissioned research. Key examples include:
- Hadley Group – Academic Lead for the £186k KTP developing the Hadley Offsite Modular Engineering (HOME) Tool; currently Academic Advisor on a £207k KTP embedding data integration and AI/ML capabilities within the business.
- Hadley Group / West Midlands DfMA House project – Principal Investigator on the Innovate UK-funded project developing a knowledge-based engineering approach for cost-efficient, low-impact housing. The project contributed to Hadley investing approximately £3 million in modular house production.
- National Highways – Principal Investigator on the £50k project developing an Industrialised Construction/MMC assessment framework covering classification, benchmarking, adoption, procurement and should-cost modelling.
- Davicon Group – Academic Lead for an awarded £223k KTP to develop an integrated parametric digital platform for design automation, commencing September 2026.
- Walsall Housing Group (whg) – Principal Investigator for the ECHO project evaluating embodied carbon across alternative house framing systems.
