Heap-Yih Chong obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2011. Currently, he serves as a Research Professor at the School of Engineering Audit, Nanjing Audit University, China. He has a strong track record of coherent research outputs in the form of top refereed journal articles (150+) and has successfully secured competitive research grants (15+) from funding bodies in Australia, Malaysia, China, the Middle East, and Japan.