Contract
No. HY/2013/01
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V
Passenger Clearance Building
Monthly EM&A Report No. 10
(Covering the Period from 1 July 2015 to 31 July 2015)
11
August 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/I for HKBCF was issued on 17 July 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 tenth Monthly
EM&A Report for the Contract which summarizes findings of the EM&A works
during the reporting period from 1 July 2015 to 31 July 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 |
8, 15, 22 and 29 July 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 was one complaint
received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. Based
on the investigation results, it is found that the noise nuisance is not
related to Contract No. HY/2013/01. No follow up
action is required.
Environmental Complaint No. |
Date of Complaint Received |
Description of Environmental Complaints |
002 |
13 July 2015 |
Noise |
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
Pile
testing at WA1;
¡P
Pile
Cropping and Pile Capping Works at WA1;
¡P
Tie
Beams Works at WA1;
¡P
Base
Slab Construction at WA1;
¡P
Waterproofing
for pile cap and tie beams at WA1;
¡P
Tower
Crane Erection at WA1;
¡P
Bulk
Excavation Works at WA1 and WA1 Box Culvert; and
¡P
Sheet
Piling at WA1 Box culvert.
¡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
Pile Testing at WA1;
¡P
Bulk Excavation at WA1;
¡P
Pile
Cropping and Pile Capping Works at WA1;
¡P
Tie Beam Works at WA1;
¡P
Base Slab Construction at WA1;
¡P
Sheet Piling at WA1;
¡P
Waterproofing
for pile cap and tie beams at WA1; and
¡P
Cement Solidification/Stabilization Work for
Excavated Marine Sediment at WA1.
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
Noise 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.
* Limit level is 70 dB(A) for schools and
65 dB(A) during school examination period.
Table 4.1 A Summary
of Environmental Complaints for the Reporting Month
Environmental Complaint No. |
Date of Complaint Received |
Description of Environmental Complaints |
002 |
13
July 2015 |
Noise |
Table 5.1 Construction
Activities for August 2015
Site Area |
Description of Activities |
WA1 |
Pile Testing |
WA1 |
Pile Cropping and Pile
Capping Works |
WA1 |
Tie Beams Works |
WA1 |
Base Slab Construction |
WA1 |
Waterproofing for pile
cap and tie beams |
WA1 |
Tower Crane Erection |
WA1 and WA1 Box culvert |
Bulk Excavation Works |
WA1 Box Culvert |
Sheet Piling |