Contract
No. HY/2013/01
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V
Passenger Clearance Building
Monthly EM&A Report No. 17
(Covering the Period from 1 February 2016 to 29 February 2016)
14 March 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/J
for HKBCF was issued on 25 February 2016. 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 seventeenth
monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summarizes findings of the EM&A works
during the reporting period from 1 February 2016 to 29 February 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: 3,
12, 17 and 24 February 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
An
application for variation of an environmental permit of the Project was made on
18 February 2016 and the current EP No. EP-353/2009/J was issued by the
Director of Environmental Protection on 25 February 2016. Therefore, the environmental permit number for the Project has been
updated.
Future Key Issues
The future key issues to be
undertaken in the upcoming month include:
¡P
Bulk Excavation at WA1;
¡P
Pile Cropping at WA1;
¡P
Tie Beams at WA1;
¡P
Pile Capping at WA1;
¡P
Base Slab Construction
at WA1;
¡P
Waterproofing at WA1;
¡P
Tower Crane Erection at
WA1;
¡P
Southern Drop off Area
Pile Capping & Column at WA1;
¡P
Southern Drop off Area
Decking at WA1;
¡P
Column and Wall
Construction at WA1;
¡P
Suspended Slab
Construction at WA1;
¡P
Marine Mud Treatment at
WA1;
¡P
Backfilling at WA1;
¡P
Mega Column Construction
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;
¡P
Blockwork walls at WA1;
¡P
Pipework and ductwork at
WA1.
¡P
Seawater Pump House Jet
Grouting at WA1; and
¡P
Footings for roof
erection 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
Bulk Excavation at
WA1;
¡P
Pile Cropping at WA1;
¡P
Tie Beams at WA1;
¡P
Pile Capping at WA1;
¡P
Base Slab
Construction at WA1;
¡P
Waterproofing at WA1;
¡P
Tower Crane Erection
at WA1;
¡P
Southern Drop off
Area Pile Capping & Column at WA1;
¡P
Southern Drop off
Area Decking at WA1;
¡P
Column and Wall Construction
at WA1;
¡P
Suspended Slab
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
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 at WA1; and
¡P
Formwork and falsework stripping 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 |
27 January 2016 |
1. Stagnant water was found inside drip trays at wooden panel storage
area of Portion A1. |
1. The stagnant water
was cleared. |
3 February 2016 |
3 February 2016 |
1. Temporary stockpile of marine mud was placed without proper bunding and cover near Tysan
work area. |
1. The Contractor was reminded to provide proper bunding
and cover for the marine mud. |
Follow-up actions undertaken
by the Contractor will be inspected during the site inspection to be
undertaken in March 2016. |
2.Stagnant water was found behind public toilet no.5. |
2. The stagnant water behind the 5 was removed. |
12 February 2016 |
|
17 February 2016 |
1. More than 20 bags
of cement were not covered entirely with impervious sheeting. |
1.The bags of cement were covered with impervious sheeting properly. |
24 February 2016 |
24 February 2016 |
1. Breaking activities took place without water spraying. |
1.The Contractor is reminded to spray water for the breaking activities to
minimise dust generation. |
Follow-up actions
undertaken by the Contractor will be inspected during the site inspection to
be undertaken in March 2016. |
2. Chemical drums were
not labelled. Also, stagnant water was found inside a drip tray. |
2.The Contractor is reminded to provide a proper label for the chemical
drums and remove the stagnant water inside the drip tray as chemical waste. |
Follow-up actions undertaken by the Contractor will be inspected during
the site inspection to be undertaken in March 2016. |
Table 5.1 Construction
Activities for March 2016
Site Area |
Description
of Activities |
WA1 |
Bulk Excavation |
WA1 |
Pile Cropping |
WA1 |
Tie Beams |
WA1 |
Pile Capping |
WA1 |
Base Slab Construction |
WA1 |
Waterproofing |
WA1 |
Tower Crane Erection |
WA1 |
Southern Drop off Area
Pile Capping & Column Construction |
WA1 |
Southern Drop off Area
Decking |
WA1 |
Column and Wall
Construction |
WA1 |
Suspended Slab
Construction |
WA1 |
Marine Mud Treatment |
WA1 |
Backfilling |
WA1 |
Mega Column Construction |
WA1 |
Reinforced Concrete works
at Box Culvert and Common Utilities Enclosure |
WA1 |
Bored Pilling Works at
Box Culvert |
WA1 |
Formwork and falsework stripping |
WA1 |
Blockwork walls |
WA1 |
Pipework and ductwork |
WA1 |
Seawater Pump House Jet
Grouting |
WA1 |
Footings for roof
erection |