Contract
No. HY/2013/01
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V
Passenger Clearance Building
Monthly EM&A Report No.1
(Covering the Period from 26 September 2014 to 31 October 2014)
14
November 2014
Revision
1
Main Contractor Environmental
Team
Contents
Executive Summary
1.4 Construction
Works Undertaken During the Reporting Period
2....... Air
Quality Monitoring
4....... ENVIRONMENTAL
SITE INSPECTION AND AUDIT
4.2 Advice
on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status
4.3 Environmental
Licenses and Permits
4.4 Implementation
Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures
4.5 Summary
of Exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit
4.6 Summary
of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution
5.1 Construction
Programme for the Coming Months
5.2 Environmental
Site Inspection Schedule for the Coming Month
Figures
Figure 2.1
Location of Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Figure 3.1
Location of Noise Monitoring Stations
Appendices
Appendix A Location of
Works Areas
Appendix B Project
Organization for Environmental Works
Appendix C Construction
Programme
Appendix D Event and
Action Plan
Appendix F Environmental
Licenses and Permits
Appendix G Implementation
Schedule for Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS)
Executive Summary
This Monthly Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for Contract HY/2013/01 Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) ¡V Passenger
Clearance Building (hereafter referred to as ¡§the Contract¡¨) for the Highways
Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Contract was
awarded to Leighton ¡V Chun Wo Joint Venture (hereafter referred to as ¡§the
Contractor¡¨) and Atkins China Limited was appointed as the Environmental Team
(ET) by the Contractor.
The Contract is part of
Hong Kong ¡V Zhuhai ¡V Macao Bridge HKBCF which is a ¡§Designated
Project¡¨, under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO)
(Cap 499) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report (Register No.
AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared for the Project. The current Environmental Permit (EP) No. EP-353/2009/G
for HKBCF was issued on 6 August 2013. These documents are available through the EIA
Ordinance Register. Site preparation works of the
Contract started on 26 September 2014 and the construction
works of the
Contract commenced on 6 October 2014.
Atkins China Limited has
been appointed by the Contractor to implement the Environmental Monitoring
& Audit (EM&A) programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A
Manual for
HKBCF (Version1.0)and will be providing
environmental team services to the Contract.
This is the first Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works
during the reporting period from 26 September 2014 to 31 October 2014.
Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Progress
The monthly EM&A
programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for
HKBCF (Version
1.0).
It should be noted that the air quality and noise monitoring works for the Contract are covered by
Contract No. HY/2010/02 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge HKBCF
¡V Reclamation Works and Contract No. HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road ¡V Section between Scenic Hill
and HKBCF. The ET of the Contract
is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 and AMS7 and noise
monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring
stations are no longer covered under Contract Nos. HY/2010/02 and HY/2011/03.
The
dates of site inspection during the reporting period are listed below:
Environmental Site
Inspection |
3, 8, 16, 23 and 29 October 2014 |
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels No
Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and no Limit Level
exceedance of 24-hr TSP level were recorded at station AMS6 by Environmental
Team of Contract No. HY/2011/03. An Action Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP
level was recorded at AMS6 by the Environmental Team of Contract No.
HY/2011/03 on 15 and 27 October 2014. Investigations and results for the air
quality exceedance at AMS6 were reported in the Monthly EM&A Report
prepared for Contract No. HY/2011/03. There
was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP
level recorded at AMS7 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02
during the reporting period. There
was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at NMS2 and NMS3B
by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting
period. |
Complaint Log
There were no complaints received in
relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.
Notifications
of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
There were no notifications of summons or
prosecutions received during this reporting period.
Reporting
Change
There was no reporting change in the
reporting period.
Future Key Issues
The future key issues to be
undertaken in the upcoming month:
¡P
Piling
Works at WA1;
¡P
Pre-drilling Works at WA1;
¡P
Construction
of Office, Welfare facilities and Canteen Building at WA1;
¡P
Marine
Solidification/Stabilization work at the South of WA1; and
¡P
Construction
of CLP substation Building at WA2.
¡P
Construction of
Passenger Clearance Building (PCB) including architectural and builders works,
structural steel roof and reinforced concrete frames, basement, piled
foundations, aluminium roof, curtain wall facades, building services and
electrical and mechanical works;
¡P
Installation of district
cooling system
including seawater cooling intake pumping station, seawater intake and
discharge water pipelines work; Installation of Chilled water cooling pipelines
system, heat exchanger and chilled pumping system;
¡P
Construction of
transport and associated facilities connecting to the PCB entailing the
Emergency Vehicular Access, an at-grade mainland side drop-off area, an Hong
Kong side elevated drop-off deck and 8 nos. of footbridge links;
¡P
Construction of a
public toilet, 6 nos. of C&ED observation booths, a generator set building
and a refuse storage & material recovery chamber;
¡P
Construction of a
section of 70m common utilities enclosure and staff subway and civil provisions
for associated electrical and mechanical works;
¡P
Construction of
drainage, sewerage, fresh water & flushing water supply and utilities &
service works;
¡P
Construction of
civil provisions, including draw pits & ducting for Traffic Control and
Surveillance System (TCSS) and Extra Low Voltage System (ELV);
¡P
Construction of box
culvert A;
¡P
Construction of 2
nos. of vehicular bridge abutments at mainland side pickup area earthmound;
¡P
Construction of geotechnical
works including top up the existing earth mound from +11.5mPD to the finished
level as stated in the Contract, reinforced earth slope and fill slopes and
special backdrop manhole at mainland side pick up area earthmound;
¡P
Landscape hardworks
and softworks; and
¡P
Other works which
are shown on the Drawings or specified in the Specification or which may be
ordered in accordance with the Contract.
Table
1.1 Contact
Information of Key Personnel
Party |
Position |
Name |
Telephone |
Fax |
Engineer or
Engineer¡¦s Representative |
Chief
Resident Engineer |
Darrel Kingan |
3958 7339 |
3468 2076 |
Environmental
Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker |
Environmental
Project Office Leader |
Y. H. Hui |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
Independent
Environmental Checker |
Raymond Dai |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
|
Contractor |
Project
Manager |
Gary Wong |
3143 7013 |
3973 1188 |
Environmental
Officer |
Donald Ip |
6461 8635 |
39731188 |
|
Environmental
Team |
Environmental
Team Leader |
Sharifah Or |
29721802 |
2890 6343 |
¡P
Piling
works at WA1;
¡P
Pre-drilling works at WA1;
¡P
Construction
of office,
welfare
facilities
and canteen
building
at WA1; and
¡P
Marine
Solidification/Stabilization work at the South of WA1.
Table 2.1 Construction
Dust Monitoring Locations
ID |
Location Description |
AMS 6(1) |
Dragonair/CNAC
(Group) Building |
AMS 7(2) |
Hong
Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel |
Remarks:
(1) The ET of the Contract should conduct impact air
quality monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme if this monitoring
station is no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2011/03.
(2) The ET of the Contract should conduct impact air
quality monitoring at AMS7 (or alternative location) as part of EM&A
programme if this monitoring station is no longer covered under Contract No.
HY/2010/02.
Table
2.2 Action
and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP
Monitoring
Station |
Action
Level, µg/m3 |
Limit
Level, µg/m3 |
AMS
6 ¡V Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA) |
360 |
500 |
AMS
7 - Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel |
370 |
Table
2.3 Action
and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP
Monitoring
Station |
Action
Level, µg/m3 |
Limit
Level, µg/m3 |
AMS
6 ¡V Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA) |
173 |
260 |
AMS
7 - Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel |
183 |
260 |
Table 3.1 Construction
Dust Monitoring Locations
ID |
Location
Description |
NMS2(1) |
Seaview Crescent |
NMS3B(1)(2) |
Site Boundary of Site Office Area at Works Area WA2 |
Remarks:
(1)
The ET of
the Contract should conduct impact noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B as part
of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under
Contract No. HY/2010/02.
(2)
The Action
and Limit Levels for schools will be applied for this alternative monitoring
location.
Table 3.2 Action
and Limit Level for Construction Noise
Parameter |
Action Level |
Limit Level |
07:00 ¡V 19:00 hours
on normal weekdays |
When one documented complaint is received |
75 dB(A)* |
Notes :
If works are to be carried out during restricted hours, the conditions stipulated in the construction noise permit issued by
the
Noise Control Authority have to be followed.
* Reduce to 70 dB(A) for schools and 65 dB(A) during school examination period.
Table 5.1 Construction
Activities for November 2014
Site Area |
Description of
Activities |
WA1 |
Piling Works |
WA1 |
Pre-Drilling Works |
WA1 |
Construction of Office, Welfare Facilities and
Canteen Building |
WA1 |
Marine Solidification/Stabilization Work |
WA2 |
Construction of CLP Substation Building |