Contract
No. HY/2013/01
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V
Passenger Clearance Building
Monthly EM&A Report No. 9
(Covering the Period from 1 June 2015 to 30 June 2015)
9 July 2015
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/H
for HKBCF was issued on 19 January 2015. 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 (Version 1.0) and will be providing
environmental team services to the Contract.
This is the ninth Monthly
EM&A Report for the Contract which summarizes findings of the EM&A works
during the reporting period from 1 June 2015 to 30 June 2015.
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 or another ET of
the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6
and AMS7A 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. However, this is subject to ENPO¡¦s final
decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.
The
dates of site inspection during the reporting period are listed below:
Environmental Site
Inspection |
3, 10, 17, 24 and 30 June 2015 |
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels Summary
of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at
AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by 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 AMS7A 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 during the
reporting period.
Future Key Issues
The future key issues to be
undertaken in the upcoming month include:
¡P
Piling
Works at WA1;
¡P
Pile
testing at WA1;
¡P
Bulk
Excavation Works at WA1;
¡P
Pile
Cropping and Pile Capping Works at WA1;
¡P
Tie
Beams Works at WA1;
¡P
Base
Slab Construction at WA1;
¡P
Sheet
Piling;
¡P
Waterproofing
for pile cap and tie beams; and
¡P
Cement
Solidification/Stabilization Work for Excavated Marine Sediment at WA1.
¡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 (Ramboll Environ Hong Kong
Limited) |
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 |
3973 0488 |
3621 0180 |
Environmental
Officer |
Donald Ip |
6461 8635 |
3621 0180 |
|
Environmental
Team |
Environmental
Team Leader |
Sharifah Or |
2972 1802 |
2890 6343 |
24 hours complaint hotline |
--- |
--- |
3958 7300 |
--- |
¡P
Piling Works at WA1;
¡P
Pre-drilling Works at WA1;
¡P
Pile Testing at WA1;
¡P
Bulk Excavation at WA1;
¡P
Pile
Cropping and Pile Capping Works at WA1; and
¡P
Cement Solidification/Stabilization Work for
Excavated Marine Sediment at WA1 and Pile Cropping and Pile Capping
Works at WA1Portion B of
Contract No. HY/2010/02.
Table 2.1 Construction
Dust Monitoring Locations
ID |
Location Description |
AMS 6(1) |
Dragonair/CNAC
(Group) Building |
AMS 7A(1) |
Chu Kong Air-Sea
Union Transportation Co. Ltd.(2) |
Remark:
(1)
The ET of this
Contract should conduct impact air quality monitoring at the AMS listed in the
table as part of EM&A programme according to the latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring
station(s) is/are no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.
(2)
The
original monitoring location was at Hong Kong SkyCity
Marriott Hotel. As the permission
to carry out air quality monitoring at Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel was not
granted after 31 January 2015, the monitoring location has been relocated to Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd.
since 5 February 2015. The
alternative monitoring location was approved by EPD on 5 February 2015.
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
7A - Chu Kong Air-Sea
Union Transportation Co. Ltd. |
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
7A - Chu Kong Air-Sea
Union Transportation Co. Ltd. |
183 |
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
this Contract should conduct impact noise monitoring at the NMS listed in the
table as part of EM&A programme according to the latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s)
is/are no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.
(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.
24 June 2015
Table 5.1 Construction
Activities for July 2015
Site
Area |
Description
of Activities |
WA1 |
Piling Works |
WA1 |
Pile Testing |
WA1 |
Bulk Excavation Works |
WA1 |
Pile Cropping and Pile
Capping Works |
WA1 |
Tie Beams Works |
WA1 |
Base Slab Construction |
WA1 |
Sheet Piling |
WA1 |
Waterproofing for pile
cap and tie beams |
WA1 |
Cement
Solidification/Stabilization Work for Excavated Marine Sediment |