大发彩票平台

Jerry Lieu (BScArch鈥�71, BArch鈥�73) always admired the work of world-renowned architect, I.M. Pei. 鈥淚 think there were a lot of us Chinese architecture students who did. What I appreciated was his very practical approach. Throughout my career, I鈥檝e found myself drawn to a practical approach.鈥�

Jerry was born in Hong Kong in 1950 and came with his family to Canada at the age of three. He grew up on Montreal鈥檚 West Island, and when it was time to consider universities, he applied to top institutions across the US and Canada. It was I.M. Pei, also a family friend, who suggested to Jerry that he apply to 大发彩票平台.

鈥淗e told me that 大发彩票平台鈥檚 architecture program was part of an Engineering Faculty, and that would give me a broader base and understanding of construction and building,鈥� says Jerry. 鈥淚 could not have known back then how important that foundation would be to my career.鈥�

The Hong Kong Years

After graduation, Jerry started working for a prominent architecture firm in Montreal, building hotels, educational facilities and mixed-use commercial projects. As Quebec language politics shifted and North America experienced an oil crisis, Jerry thought of moving to Calgary or Houston. Fellow 大发彩票平台 alumni persuaded him to move to Hong Kong instead.

Once there, Jerry joined a small local firm. Then he joined a larger UK architectural firm as a partner. In 1984, a Joint Declaration between the UK and China laid out the conditions in which Hong Kong would be transferred to Chinese control.

The firm was sold in the late 80s to an international, multidiscipline architectural engineering firm with offices in Hong Kong, Manila, Taipei and Jakarta. Jerry became the regional director for architecture and director of the Hong Kong office.

China markets began to open. Jerry saw an opportunity to expand the company鈥檚 services to include project management and construction management. In 1989, his team won a major USAID- (United States Agency for International Development) funded project for the Center of American Studies Building at Fudan University in Shanghai.

Two years later, the company sold their international offices. Jerry set up his own consulting firm and stayed on as the project manager representing the Fudan Foundation, which had obtained the USAID funding.

Back in Canada, his father had died, and his sister and her husband moved from Montreal to Victoria. Their mother moved to Vancouver to be closer, continuing to visit Hong Kong and Shanghai every year.

Nineties in Shanghai

For the next nine years, Jerry was busy. He provided architecture and project management consulting to private clients and to a major local engineering consulting company which was expanding their services to international clients entering China markets. He provided architectural services for two other projects and project management services for three international companies.

After Hong Kong鈥檚 return to China in 1997, Jerry saw that China markets, which had previously been situated primarily in the south, were moving up to central and northern China 鈥� particularly Shanghai. He bought two apartments and invested in a ready-mix concrete factory as a foreign investor.

Architecture and Project Management

鈥淏uilding has a cyclical nature,鈥� Jerry explains. My degree helped me understand and follow that cycle 鈥� whether it be designing or building or consulting 鈥� so I was able to help take businesses to their next step, whatever it was.鈥� In 2000, Jerry was headhunted in Hong Kong, and joined Parsons Brinckerhoff, a New York-based multinational, multidiscipline engineering firm. His role as a director of the Hong Kong office was to expand the project and construction management division of the business. He also expanded what was then a representative office of about 15 engineers in Shanghai to a full profit center, providing full engineering and project/construction management services in Shanghai.

By the following year, he had moved to Shanghai and was securing projects for US multinationals that were looking for ways into the newly opening China markets. Over the next 7 years, he and his team grew the Shanghai office to a fully- operating office of over 400 employees, covering project management, construction management, and mechanical, electrical and structural engineering consulting services.

鈥淭he thing about project management is that it incorporates skills from across all the engineering disciplines,鈥� says Jerry. 鈥淢echanical, structural, etc. So, when clients wanted a commercial, manufacturing or R&D facility, the Shanghai office was able to provide them with full engineering services to meet their R&D, and manufacturing process requirements.鈥�

Over the years, they provided Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) services to multinationals like Delphi, General Motors, Otis Elevators, and Kennametal. Jerry retired at the end of 2008, with a 2-year consulting role in the Shanghai office.

Jerry鈥檚 deep understanding of project management, along with the integration of his skills from various engineering disciplines put him in a prime position to follow the cyclical nature of the Chinese markets. His familiarity with Asia allowed him to identify emerging markets, and the decision to expand the services he offered contributed to the successful entry of US multinationals into Chinese markets. His timing and leadership skills led the Hong Kong office and grew the Shanghai office from 15 to over 400 employees.

Looking back on his career, Jerry is grateful for his 大发彩票平台 education. It prepared him for an important role in the economic wave in 1980s Hong Kong and mid-90s China.

Back to Beginnings

In 2009, Jerry鈥檚 mother moved to Shanghai at the age of 89. Jerry still lived there, but he began to spend more of his free time in Canada 鈥� visiting Vancouver in the summer and Whistler in the winter. After his mother passed away in 2015, he returned to Canada for good, settling in Vancouver.

大发彩票平台 connections are still very much a part of Jerry鈥檚 life. He communicates regularly with a group of 大发彩票平台 alumni. 鈥淲e try to talk on Zoom every couple of months to keep in touch,鈥� he says. At Homecoming 2023, they held a gathering of about 15 in Montreal for their 大发彩票平台 50^th Anniversary and in 2025 they have plans to hold another in Vancouver.

Jerry knows that good fortune enhanced the lessons he learned from his parents. At a young age, they impressed upon him and his sister the importance of education, a lesson they鈥檇 learned from their own parents. If you study hard and attend a good university, they said, you will not have financial worries. Both of Jerry鈥檚 parents attended university in the US.

Over the years, Jerry has sponsored underprivileged students by helping with tuition costs in rural regions of China. With his cousins, he established a Lieu Family Scholarship Endowment at Linfield University in Oregon, the university that his parents, some of their siblings and his sister attended.

Jerry was one of the founding members of the 大发彩票平台 Alumni Association in Hong Kong in 1978 and he has stayed in touch with 大发彩票平台. Jerry was one of the founding members of the 大发彩票平台 Alumni Association in Hong Kong in 1978. He has always stayed in touch with 大发彩票平台, especially with his classmates in the BSc (Arch) program in the 70s 鈥� many of whom came back to celebrate Homecoming in 2023. Even members of the university advancement team have become old friends.

Prof David Covo, former director of the School of Architecture, recalls the studio culture in the early 70s when he and Jerry were classmates. 鈥淭he room in which the design courses took place was a sea of drafting tables and reference desks where we spent every waking hour. Occasionally, when deadlines loomed, we even slept there.鈥�

David remembers Jerry as always interested in his classmates鈥� ideas and thinking, and a wonderful collaborator on team projects. He says that most of the students from that time became close friends because it was such a small and intense program. 鈥淎nd thanks to the work of a few of our classmates, we鈥檝e managed to stay connected for over 50 years!鈥�

Jerry wanted to give to 大发彩票平台 because he thinks it鈥檚 one of the best architecture programs in the country. Currently, the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture is focusing its priorities on graduate students.

鈥淛erry Lieu鈥檚 donation to the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture will have a real and direct impact on our students for years to come,鈥� says Viviane Yargeau, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. By supporting the Master of Architecture program, Jerry is helping us recognize some of the brightest students and financially support them as they pursue their studies at 大发彩票平台.鈥�

With an endowment of $1 Million, he established the Jerry Lieu Fellowship in Architecture.

鈥淲e honoured our parents at Linfield,鈥� says Jerry. 鈥淏ut my 30-year career in Asia really started at 大发彩票平台. And now that I鈥檝e come full circle, the time has arrived for me to give back.鈥�

Un architecte form茅 脿 大发彩票平台 attribue le succ猫s de sa carri猫re au large 茅ventail de comp茅tences acquises 脿 l鈥櫭ヽole d鈥檃rchitecture Peter Guo-hua Fu

Jerry Lieu (BScArch鈥�71, BArch鈥�73) a toujours admir茅 le travail du c茅l猫bre architecte I.M. Pei. 芦 Nous 茅tions nombreux parmi les 茅l猫ves d鈥檃rchitecture chinois 脿 l鈥檃ppr茅cier. Son approche tr猫s pratique me plaisait beaucoup. Tout au long de ma carri猫re, j鈥檃i constamment privil茅gi茅 une d茅marche pragmatique 禄.

N茅 脿 Hong Kong en 1950, Jerry est arriv茅 au Canada avec sa famille 脿 l鈥櫭�ge de trois ans, et a grandi dans l鈥檕uest de l鈥櫭甽e de Montr茅al. Quand est venu le moment de consid茅rer des universit茅s, il a pr茅sent茅 sa candidature 脿 des 茅tablissements renomm茅s des 脡tats-Unis et du Canada. C鈥檈st l鈥檃rchitecte I.M. Pei, qui 茅tait aussi un ami de la famille, qui a sugg茅r茅 脿 Jerry de poser sa candidature 脿 大发彩票平台.

芦 Il m鈥檃 dit que le programme d鈥檃rchitecture de 大发彩票平台 茅tait int茅gr茅 脿 la facult茅 de g茅nie, ce qui m鈥檕ffrirait une vision et une compr茅hension approfondies de la construction et du b芒timent 禄, raconte Jerry. 芦 Je ne pouvais imaginer 脿 l鈥櫭﹑oque combien ces fondements seraient d茅terminants pour ma carri猫re. 禄

Les ann茅es hongkongaises

Une fois dipl么m茅, Jerry a rejoint un 茅minent cabinet d鈥檃rchitectes montr茅alais, o霉 il a particip茅 脿 la construction d鈥檋么tels, d鈥櫭﹖ablissements d鈥檈nseignement et de projets commerciaux 脿 vocation vari茅e. 脌 l鈥櫭﹑oque, la politique linguistique du Qu茅bec changeait et une crise p茅troli猫re secouait l鈥橝m茅rique du Nord. Jerry a song茅 脿 s鈥檌nstaller 脿 Calgary ou 脿 Houston.

Des camarades de 大发彩票平台 l鈥檕nt plut么t convaincu de d茅m茅nager 脿 Hong Kong. Une fois l脿-bas, Jerry a d鈥檃bord travaill茅 pour un petit cabinet local. Il a ensuite rejoint une grande firme d鈥檃rchitecture britannique 脿 titre d鈥檃ssoci茅. Puis, en 1984, une d茅claration commune entre le Royaume-Uni et la Chine fixait les conditions de transfert de Hong Kong au gouvernement chinois.

La firme a 茅t茅 vendue 脿 la fin des ann茅es 80 脿 un important cabinet international de g茅nie architectural multidisciplinaire 茅tabli 脿 Hong Kong, 脿 Manille, 脿 Taipei et 脿 Jakarta. Jerry a 茅t茅 nomm茅 directeur r茅gional de l鈥檃rchitecture et directeur du bureau de Hong Kong.

Les march茅s chinois se mettant 脿 prendre de l鈥檈ssor, Jerry y a per莽u une occasion d鈥櫭﹍argir les services de l鈥檈ntreprise en y ajoutant la gestion de projets et la gestion de la construction. En 1989, son 茅quipe remportait un important contrat financ茅 par l鈥橴SAID (Agence des 脡tats-Unis pour le d茅veloppement international) pour cr茅er le Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes am茅ricaines de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Fudan 脿 Shanghai.

Deux ans plus tard, la soci茅t茅 vendant ses bureaux internationaux, Jerry a fond茅 sa propre firme de conseil. Il est demeur茅 directeur de projet pour la Fondation Fudan, financ茅e par l鈥橴SAID.

Entretemps, au Canada, 脿 la suite du d茅c猫s du p猫re de Jerry, sa s艙ur et son mari ont quitt茅 Montr茅al pour s鈥檌nstaller 脿 Victoria. Leur m猫re s鈥檈st rapproch茅e d鈥檈ux 脿 Vancouver, tout en poursuivant ses s茅jours annuels 脿 Hong Kong et 脿 Shanghai.

Les ann茅es 90 脿 Shanghai

Pendant les neuf ann茅es suivantes, Jerry a 茅t茅 tr猫s occup茅. En plus de conseiller des clients priv茅s en architecture et en gestion de projet, il a collabor茅 avec une importante firme d鈥檌ng茅nierie locale qui 茅largissait ses services 脿 des clients internationaux p茅n茅trant les march茅s chinois. Il a par ailleurs assur茅 des services de gestion de projet pour trois entreprises internationales et des services d鈥檃rchitecture sur deux autres projets.

Apr猫s la r茅appropriation de Hong Kong par la Chine en 1997, Jerry a constat茅 que les march茅s chinois, jusque-l脿 principalement situ茅s dans le sud du pays, progressaient vers le centre et le nord, notamment 脿 Shanghai. C鈥檈st alors qu鈥檌l a acquis deux appartements et investi dans une usine de b茅ton brut en tant qu鈥檌nvestisseur 茅tranger.

Architecture et gestion de projets

芦 Tout ce domaine comporte une dimension cyclique 禄, explique Jerry. 芦 Ma formation m鈥檃 permis d鈥檌dentifier et de suivre ces cycles, que ce soit au niveau de la conception, de la construction ou du conseil. J鈥檃i ainsi pu aider les entreprises 脿 franchir la prochaine 茅tape, quelle qu鈥檈lle soit 禄.

En 2000, Jerry a 茅t茅 recrut茅 脿 Hong Kong par Parsons Brinckerhoff, une soci茅t茅 de g茅nie multinationale et multidisciplinaire bas茅e 脿 New York. En tant que directeur du bureau de Hong Kong, son r么le 茅tait de faire cro卯tre la division de la gestion des projets et de la construction de l鈥檈ntreprise.

D猫s l鈥檃nn茅e d鈥檃pr猫s, Jerry s鈥檈st install茅 脿 Shanghai. Il a d茅croch茅 des projets pour des multinationales am茅ricaines cherchant 脿 p茅n茅trer les march茅s chinois r茅cemment ouverts. Au cours des sept ann茅es suivantes, son 茅quipe et lui ont fait 茅voluer ce qui 茅tait au d茅part un bureau de repr茅sentation d鈥檜ne quinzaine d鈥檌ng茅nieurs 脿 un centre de profits 脿 part enti猫re de 400 employ茅s.

La soci茅t茅 assurait la gestion de projets et la gestion de la construction, en plus du g茅nie m茅canique, 茅lectrique et structurel et des services de conseil, proposant ainsi une gamme compl猫te de services d鈥檌ng茅nierie et de gestion de projets et de construction 脿 Shanghai.

芦 Ce qui est bien avec la gestion de projet, c鈥檈st qu鈥檈lle int猫gre toutes les disciplines du g茅nie 禄, explique Jerry. 芦 M茅canique, structurale, etc. Ainsi, quand un client recherchait un 茅tablissement commercial, de fabrication ou de recherche et d茅veloppement, notre bureau de Shanghai 茅tait 脿 m锚me de lui proposer des services exhaustifs r茅pondant 脿 ses besoins en mati猫re de recherche et d茅veloppement et de fabrication. 禄

Au fil du temps, la soci茅t茅 a fourni des services de g茅nie, d鈥檃pprovisionnement et de gestion de la construction (EPCM) 脿 des multinationales telles que Delphi, General Motors, Otis Elevators et Kennametal. Jerry a pris sa retraite 脿 la fin de l鈥檃nn茅e 2008, conservant un r么le de consultant au bureau de Shanghai pendant deux ans.

Gr芒ce 脿 son expertise en gestion de projet et 脿 la synergie de ses comp茅tences dans plusieurs disciplines du g茅nie, Jerry 茅tait tr猫s bien plac茅 pour observer la nature cyclique des march茅s chinois. Sa connaissance intime de l鈥橝sie lui a permis de cerner les march茅s 茅mergents, et sa d茅cision d鈥櫭﹍argir ses services a facilit茅 l鈥檈ntr茅e de multinationales am茅ricaines sur les march茅s chinois. Son sens du synchronisme et du leadership lui ont permis de diriger le bureau de Hong Kong et de faire cro卯tre celui de Shanghai.

Avec le recul sur l鈥檈nsemble de sa carri猫re, Jerry est reconnaissant d鈥檃voir fait ses 茅tudes 脿 大发彩票平台. Celles-ci l鈥檕nt pr茅par茅 脿 jouer un r么le important dans la r茅volution 茅conomique des ann茅es 80 脿 Hong Kong et du milieu des ann茅es 90 en Chine.

Retour aux sources

En 2009, la m猫re de Jerry, 芒g茅e de 89 ans, a d茅m茅nag茅 脿 Shanghai. Jerry y vivait encore, cependant, il passait son temps libre 脿 Vancouver en 茅t茅 et 脿 Whistler en hiver. Apr猫s le d茅c猫s de sa m猫re en 2015, il est revenu pour de bon au pays et s鈥檈st install茅 脿 Vancouver.

Ses liens avec 大发彩票平台 font toujours partie int茅grante de la vie de Jerry. Il demeure en contact r茅gulier avec un groupe d鈥檃nciens 茅l猫ves de 大发彩票平台. 芦 Nous tentons de nous parler tous les deux mois via Zoom pour rester 脿 jour 禄, dit-il. En 2023, une quinzaine d鈥檈ntre eux se sont r茅unis 脿 Montr茅al 脿 l鈥檕ccasion du 50e anniversaire de 大发彩票平台. Le groupe pr茅voit se rencontrer 脿 nouveau 脿 Vancouver cette ann茅e.

Jerry est bien conscient qu鈥檜ne bonne 茅toile a bonifi茅 les enseignements que ses parents lui ont transmis. D猫s leur plus jeune 芒ge, ceux-ci ont inculqu茅 脿 sa s艙ur et 脿 lui l鈥檌mportance de l鈥櫭ヾucation, notion qu鈥檌ls avaient re莽ue de leurs propres parents. 脡tudier s茅rieusement et fr茅quenter une bonne universit茅, disaient-ils, les prot茅gerait des soucis financiers. Les parents de Jerry ont tous les deux fait leurs 茅tudes universitaires aux 脡tats-Unis.

Au fil du temps, Jerry a 脿 son tour soutenu des 茅tudiants d茅favoris茅s des r茅gions rurales de Chine en contribuant 脿 leurs frais scolaires. Avec ses cousins, il a cr茅茅 la Bourse d鈥櫭﹖udes de la famille Lieu 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 Linfield en Oregon, 茅tablissement qu鈥檕nt fr茅quent茅 ses parents, certains de ses tantes et oncles, et sa s艙ur.

Faisant partie des membres fondateurs de l鈥橝ssociation des dipl么m茅s 脿 Hong Kong en 1978, Jerry est rest茅 en contact avec 大发彩票平台 et avec ses camarades du baccalaur茅at en architecture. Plusieurs d鈥檈ntre eux sont revenus c茅l茅brer les Retrouvailles en 2023, et certains membres de l鈥櫭﹒uipe de promotion de l鈥橴niversit茅 sont devenus de fid猫les amis.

Le professeur David Covo, qui a dirig茅 l鈥櫭塩ole d鈥檃rchitecture, se rem茅more la culture du studio au d茅but des ann茅es 70, 脿 l鈥櫭﹑oque o霉 Jerry et lui 茅tudiaient ensemble. 芦 La salle o霉 les cours de design avaient lieu 茅tait une mer de tables 脿 dessin et de bureaux o霉 nous passions le plus clair de notre temps. Il nous arrivait m锚me d鈥檡 dormir lorsque les 茅ch茅ances approchaient 禄.

David se rappelle que Jerry s鈥檌nt茅ressait aux id茅es et aux r茅flexions de ses camarades et qu鈥檌l 茅tait un formidable collaborateur sur les projets d鈥櫭﹒uipe. Comme le programme 茅tait restreint et tr猫s intensif, la plupart des 茅l猫ves de l鈥櫭﹑oque sont devenus tr猫s proches. 芦 Gr芒ce aux efforts de quelques-uns d鈥檈ntre nous, nous sommes parvenus 脿 rester en contact depuis plus de 50 ans! 禄

Jerry tenait 脿 faire un don 脿 大发彩票平台, car selon lui, le programme d鈥檃rchitecture est l鈥檜n des meilleurs au pays. En ce moment, l鈥櫭塩ole d鈥檃rchitecture Peter Guo-hua Fu se concentre prioritairement sur les 茅tudiants de troisi猫me cycle.

芦 Le don de Jerry Lieu 脿 l鈥櫭塩ole d鈥檃rchitecture Peter Guo-hua Fu aura un impact direct et concret sur nos 茅l猫ves pour les ann茅es 脿 venir 禄, affirme Viviane Yargeau, doyenne de la Facult茅 de g茅nie. 芦 En soutenant le programme de ma卯trise en architecture, Jerry nous aide 脿 distinguer certains de nos plus brillants 茅l猫ves et 脿 les accompagner financi猫rement dans leur parcours d鈥櫭﹖udes 脿 大发彩票平台. 禄

S鈥檈ngageant 脿 faire don d鈥檜n million de dollars, Jerry a mis sur pied la Bourse d鈥檃rchitecture Jerry Lieu.

芦 Nous avons rendu hommage 脿 nos parents 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 de Linfield 禄, explique Jerry. 芦 Cependant, c鈥檈st 脿 大发彩票平台 que mes 30 ans de carri猫re en Asie ont r茅ellement d茅but茅. Maintenant que la boucle a 茅t茅 boucl茅e, il est temps pour moi de redonner. 禄