Hong Kong – Tender period extended for Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to Caverns – Civil Works for Sewage Treatment Facilities and Associated Works
Tender period extended for Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to Caverns – Civil Works for Sewage Treatment Facilities and Associated Works
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The Drainage Services Department (DSD) today (April 19) announced that the tender period for the contract for Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to Caverns – Civil Works for Sewage Treatment Facilities and Associated Works (Contract No. DC/2023/18) has been extended to noon on May 24.
The DSD invited tenders for the contract on March 8. The tender period was originally scheduled to expire at noon on May 3.
The extension of the tender period was gazetted today. Details of the tender notice are available at the DSD’s website (www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/Tender_Notices/Current_Tenders/index.html).
The DSD has commissioned AECOM Asia Company Limited to design and supervise the works. For enquiries, please call the company at 3922 9000 during office hours.
Works departments carried out surprise inspections to ensure site safety (with photos)
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Proposed road works at Tung Chung Road and proposed Cheung Sha residential site authorised
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Shek O repair works in full swing (with photos/video)
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The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, instructed all departments to race against time to repair roads, provide necessary supplies to residents and carry out evacuations. The operation has two components – the Transport and Logistics Bureau oversees road repair while the Security Bureau coordinates the distribution of supplies and evacuations.
The Southern District Office, together with the Fire Services Department, the Police, the Civil Engineering and Development Department, the Highways Department, the Transport Department and the Social Welfare Department, held an interdepartmental meeting last night to discuss on how to assist the affected residents. All the relevant departments have spared no effort in dealing with the aftermath.
The Southern District Office and the Southern District Care Teams took the fireboat to bring supplies to Shek O via the sea-route in two batches in the morning and in the afternoon today (September 9). Supplies included food, medicines, and SIM cards. The District Officer (Southern) also joined the second batch to co-ordinate efforts of the Care Teams.
The Fire Services Department, the Police, the Home Affairs Department, the Civil Aid Service and the Auxiliary Medical Service assisted the residents in need to take the fireboat and the Police launch to evacuate to the urban areas this afternoon. The District Offices had arranged the Causeway Bay Community Centre to receive villagers evacuated by the Fire Services Department.
The Highways Department and the Civil Engineering and Development Department carried out repairing works at two landslide locations at Shek O Road with a view to resuming traffic as soon as possible. Clearance of soil debris from one of the locations was completed at 3pm today. One traffic lane at the other location of road surface with road surface damaged by the landslide was reopened around 9pm today so as to allow light trucks to pass through. The Highways Department will continue with the emergency repairing works, so that single-decker buses could also drive through the road section concerned by 6am tomorrow, after it is confirmed safe to do so.
The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited (HEC) received a total of six requests for assistance due to power outage from Shek O Village and Tai Long Wan Village. The Government coordinated with HEC personnel for emergency repairs and HEC has assisted the affected households in restoring power today. It has been confirmed that the power supply in Shek O Village and Tai Long Wan Village is normal.
The Southern District Office, the Fire Services Department, the Police, the Auxiliary Medical Service and the Civil Aid Service will station in Shek O over the night to provide emergency assistance to the residents.
LegCo Public Works Subcommittee conducts site visit to cavern construction site of public works project on relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (with photos)
****************************************************************************************** At the invitation of the Government, the Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Works Subcommittee conducted a site visit to the cavern construction site and community liaison centre of “PWP Item No. 399DS – Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to caverns” project today (August 29) to learn about the scope, progress and the application of innovative technologies in the project.
Members first visited the community liaison centre and received a briefing from representatives of the Development Bureau and the Drainage Services Department on the scope and progress of the project. Members learnt that the relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Works to caverns can greatly improve the environment of the existing site and its surroundings. It can also release 28 hectares of land mainly for innovation and technology development.
A total of 12 members and non-members of the Public Works Subcommittee joined the visit.
Hong Kong – Works departments carried out surprise inspections to ensure site safety (with photos)
A spokesman for the Development Bureau (DEVB) said today (November 30) that in view of the numbers of serious incidents occurred in the construction industry in recent months, the heads of works departments took lead to carry out surprise inspections on different public works sites in the past week, targeting high-risk work activities, in particular lifting operation and work at height to curb unsafe practices.
The spokesman said, “Warnings were immediately issued to the contractor when risks of unsafe practices were found in the inspection. Rectifications had to be made before the relevant work activities could continue. In addition, the site safety performance of the contractor would be duly reflected in the contractor’s quarterly performance report. Unsatisfactory site safety performance would have implications on the contractor’s opportunity of undertaking public works contracts in the future.”
Besides, works departments and their resident site staff will continue to closely supervise site safety of public works. Any inappropriate conditions unearthed will be taken seriously. In addition, the DEVB will continue to impose appropriate regulating actions against contractors involved in serious incidents according to the contractor regulating regime.
The spokesman said that enhancing safety awareness of the project teams and site staff is also very important to reduce the occurrence of serious incidents. To this end, the DEVB and the works departments held on November 17 a seminar about the recent serious incidents to identify the causes, to reiterate strict enforcement of safety measures and to enhance the safety training of relevant personnel. To raise front-line site personnel’s alertness to site safety matters, the DEVB has also requested project teams of works departments to participate regularly in safety morning assemblies at sites, conveying the Government’s concerns over site safety directly to the front-line site personnel and sharing with them safety information.
The spokesman stressed that the DEVB attaches great importance to site safety and will continue to adopt a multi-pronged approach and timely refine the site safety management system of public works to enhance site safety. The spokesman appealed to the industry to actively support the enhancement of site safety culture. Every stakeholder in the construction industry has a responsibility. They should perform their own duties and work together for achieving the target of carrying out work activities safely.Hong Kong – Proposed road works at Tung Chung Road and proposed Cheung Sha residential site authorised
The Chief Executive in Council has authorised the proposed road works at a section of Tung Chung Road and the proposed residential site in Cheung Sha. The notice was gazetted today (October 27).
Details of the works are set out in the Annex.Hong Kong – Shek O repair works in full swing (with photos/video)
The trough of low pressure associated with remnant of Haikui has brought torrential rain, leading to widespread flooding. Landslides and road collapse occurred in Shek O Road yesterday (September 8). The affected road section has been temporarily closed for emergency slope works. The Government is highly concerned about the incident. Coordination across departments is in place to speed up the repair works and dispatch of supplies as well as facilitate evacuation, with a view to rendering assistance to the affected residents. Hong Kong – LegCo Public Works Subcommittee conducts site visit to cavern construction site of public works project on relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (with photos)
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
Members then visited the cavern construction site and inspected the Drilling Jumbo, HoloLens and Blasting Supervision System, etc, Members learnt that the project had adopted various innovative technologies which can reduce the construction cost, speed up the construction progress, improve quality control and enhance construction site safety.Ads
