Contract No.
HY/2013/01
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V
Passenger Clearance Building
Monthly EM&A Report No. 16
(Covering the Period from 1 January 2016 to 31 January 2016)
15
February 2016
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 sixteenth monthly
EM&A Report for the Contract which summarizes findings of the EM&A works
during the reporting period from 1 January 2016 to 31 January 2016.
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 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. 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: 6,
13, 20 and 27 January 2016
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 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
Air Quality Monitoring Location,
AMS7A, was relocated back to its original location (AMS7-Hong Kong SkyCity
Marriott Hotel) on 30 December 2015.
The relocation of air quality monitoring location, AMS7A, back to AMS7
was approved by EPD on 21 December 2015. The air quality monitoring at
AMS7-Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel started in January 2016. The action/limit
level for air quality as derived from the baseline monitoring data recorded at
Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel (AMS7) was adopted for the air quality
monitoring location.
Future Key Issues
The future key issues to be
undertaken in the upcoming month include:
¡P
Bulk
Excavation at WA1;
¡P
Pile
Cropping and Pile Capping at WA1;
¡P
Tie
Beams at WA1;
¡P
Base
Slab Construction and Suspended Slab Construction at WA1;
¡P
Waterproofing
at WA1;
¡P
Tower
Crane Erection at WA1;
¡P
Southern
Drop off Area Pile Capping & Column Construction at WA1;
¡P
Column
and Wall Construction at WA1;
¡P
Seawater
Pump House Socket H-pile works at WA1;
¡P
Marine
Mud Treatment at WA1;
¡P
Backfilling
at WA1;
¡P
Mega Column Construction at WA1;
¡P
Bulk Excavation at Box Culvert of WA1;
¡P
Reinforced
Concrete works at Box Culvert and Common Utilities Enclosure at WA1;
¡P
Bored
Pilling Works at Box Culvert at WA1;
¡P
Cut
Platform Construction at Box Culvert of WA1; and
¡P
Formwork
and falsework stripping 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 numbers of footbridge links;
¡P
Construction of a
public toilet, 6 numbers 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
numbers 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 Test at WA1;
¡P
Bulk Excavation at WA1;
¡P
Pile Cropping and Pile Capping at WA1;
¡P
Tie Beams at WA1;
¡P
Base Slab Construction and Suspended Slab
Construction at WA1;
¡P
Waterproofing at WA1;
¡P
Tower Crane Erection at WA1;
¡P
Southern Drop off Area Pile Capping &
Column Construction at WA1;
¡P
Column and Wall Construction at WA1;
¡P
Seawater Pump House Socket H-pile works at
WA1;
¡P
Marine Mud Treatment at WA1;
¡P
Backfilling at WA1;
¡P
Mega Column Construction at WA1;
¡P
Bulk Excavation at Box Culvert at WA1;
¡P
Reinforced Concrete works at Box Culvert and Common
Utilities Enclosure at WA1;
¡P
Bored Pilling Works at Box Culvert at WA1;
¡P
Formwork and falsework stripping at WA1; and
¡P
Cut Platform Construction at Box Culvert at
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 |
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 (AMS7). 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 was relocated to Chu Kong Air-Sea Union
Transportation Co. Ltd. (AMS7A) from 5 February 2015 to 30 December 2015. The alternative monitoring location at
Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd. was approved by EPD on 5
February 2015. However,
AMS7A was relocated back to its original location (AMS7-Hong Kong SkyCity
Marriott Hotel) on 30 December 2015.
The relocation of air quality monitoring location, AMS7A, back to AMS7 was
approved by EPD on 21 December 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
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 |
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 Summary
of Environmental Site Inspections
Date of Audit |
Observations |
Actions Taken
by Contractor / Recommendation |
Date of
Observations Closed |
30 December 2015 |
1.
Refuse was scattered on the ground
near a site office. |
1. The refuse was cleared. |
6 January 2016 |
6 January 2016 |
1.
An empty chemical container was
found without drip tray inside a box culvert at WA1. |
1. The empty chemical container was removed. |
13 January 2016 |
13 January 2016 |
1. Untreated
marine sediment was not covered by tarpaulin sheet at Portion A1. |
1. No untreated marine sediment was observed. Treated marine sediment
was covered with tarpaulin sheets at Portion A1. |
20 January 2016 |
2. Chemical
containers were placed on the ground without drip trays at Portion A2 West. |
2. The chemical
containers were removedt. |
20 January 2016 |
|
20 January 2016 |
No particular environmental issue was recorded
during the site inspection. |
Nil |
Nil |
27 January 2016 |
1. Stagnant
water was found inside drip trays at wooden panel storage area of Portion A1.
|
1. The
Contractor was reminded to clear stagnant water inside the drip trays. |
Follow-up actions undertaken by the Contractor will be inspected
during the next site inspections. |
Table 5.1 Construction
Activities for February 2016
Site Area |
Description
of Activities |
WA1 |
Bulk Excavation |
WA1 |
Pile Cropping and Pile
Capping |
WA1 |
Tie Beams |
WA1 |
Base Slab Construction
and Suspended Slab
Construction |
WA1 |
Waterproofing |
WA1 |
Tower Crane Erection |
WA1 |
Southern Drop off Area Pile
Capping & Column Construction |
WA1 |
Column and Wall
Construction |
WA1 |
Seawater Pump House
Socket H-pile works at WA1 |
WA1 |
Marine Mud Treatment |
WA1 |
Backfilling |
WA1 |
Mega Column Construction |
WA1 |
Bulk Excavation at Box
Culvert |
WA1 |
Reinforced Concrete works at Box Culvert
and Common Utilities Enclosure |
WA1 |
Bored Pilling Works at
Box Culvert |
WA1 |
Cut Platform Construction
at Box Culvert |
WA1 |
Formwork and falsework stripping |