Tag: Contractor

Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation ****************************************************      Prime Asset Development Limited was fined $87,000 at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (October 16) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.             The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 13, 2022, at a construction site in Ho Man Tin. A scaffolder, while erecting a scaffold at the external wall of a building under renovation, plunged from the scaffold to the ground and died.

Contractor for construction works under Shatin to Central Link Project fined for material deviation from works shown in approved plans ******************************************************************************************      ​A registered contractor, who had deviated in a material way from the building works shown in the plans approved by the Buildings Department (BD), was convicted and fined $40,000 at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (June 27). In view of the conviction, the BD will refer the case to the Contractors’ Disciplinary Board for instigating disciplinary proceedings under the Buildings Ordinance (BO).       The case is related to the irregularities of the fixing of steel reinforcements in the building ... Read more

Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation ****************************************************      Shun Lee Engineering Limited was fined $115,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (July 25) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.        The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 2, 2021, at an upper unit under renovation of a building in Hung Hom, Kowloon. While dismantling a truss-out scaffold at the external wall of the unit, a scaffolder plunged to the bottom of the yard on the ground floor of the building ... Read more

Contractor of construction site in Tsing Yi convicted for contravening Noise Control Ordinance ******************************************************************************************      A contractor for a public housing development on Tsing Hung Road, Tsing Yi, namely China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited, which illegally used powered mechanical equipment to carry out construction works during restricted hours (between 7pm and 7am on weekdays) was convicted and fined $80,000 at Fanling Magistrates’ Courts yesterday (May 31) for contravening the Noise Control Ordinance (NCO). It was the heaviest fine among similar cases in the past three years.        A spokesman for the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) said today (June ... Read more

 After 23 years in business, and Denver painting company is expanding and changing its name. Walls by Design Inc. has serviced the Denver Metro offering interior painting services to homeowners and designers for 23 years. Nick May, owner of Walls by Design, has slowly expanded their service offering in recent years to include cabinet painting, tile installation, and trim carpentry. “We focus on smaller projects for homeowners. They need a backsplash, or some crown added to their cabinets, or want a feature wall. These are the projects larger contractors don’t want to take on, and thus, homeonwers don’t know where ... Read more