Contract
No. HY/2013/01
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V
Passenger Clearance Building
Monthly EM&A Report No. 18
(Covering the Period from 1 March 2016 to 31 March 2016)
13 April 2016
Revision 2
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)
Appendix I Environmental
Site Inspection Schedule
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 eighteenth
monthly EM&A Report for the
Contract which summarizes findings of the EM&A works during the reporting
period from 1 March 2016 to 31 March 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: 2,
9, 16, 23 and 30 March 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
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 Test at WA1;
¡P
Bulk Excavation at Common utilities enclosure (CUE)
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
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
Rebar Fixing works at Box Culvert and Common utilities enclosure (CUE)
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;
¡P
Footings for roof erection at WA1;
¡P
Wet trade works at WA1; and
¡P
Self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) Path 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 |
Michael Lee |
9502 5887 |
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 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
Rebar fixing works at Box Culvert and CUE at WA1;
¡P
Bored Pilling Works 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(1), (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 |
3 February 2016 |
1. Temporary
stockpile of marine mud was placed without proper bunding and cover near
Tysan work area. |
1. The
temporary stockpile of marine mud was treated using cement
solidification/stabilization techniques and the treated marine mud were
placed near Tysan works area for drying during site audit. The treated marine
mud will be used for backfilling in near future. |
2
March 2016 |
24
February 2016 |
1. Breaking
activities took place without water spraying. |
1. It was
observed that water spraying was provided for the breaking activities. |
2
March 2016 |
2. Chemical
drums were not labelled. Also, stagnant water was found inside a drip tray. |
2. The
chemical drums were removed. |
2
March 2016 |
|
2
March 2016 |
No
drip tray was provided for chemical containers |
The
chemical containers were removed. |
9
March 2016 |
9 March 2016 |
Stagnant
water was found near Public Toilet No.7. |
The
Contractor was reminded to clear the stagnant water near Public Toilet No. 7. |
Follow-up
actions undertaken by the Contractor will be inspected during the site
inspection to be undertaken in April 2016. |
16 March 2016 |
Stagnant
water/wastewater was found inside the southern u-channel. |
The
Contractor cleared stagnant water at the southern u-channel. |
23
March 2016 |
23 March 2016 |
Stagnant
water was observed at Portion WA1. |
The
stagnant water was cleared on the ground at Portion WA1. |
30
March 2016 |
30 March 2016 |
1. More
than 20 bags of cement were not covered properly. |
1. The
Contractor was reminded to cover the bags of cement properly. |
Follow-up actions undertaken by the Contractor
will be inspected during the site inspection to be undertaken in April 2016. |
2. Stagnant
water was found in a drip tray for chemical drums. |
2. The
Contractor was reminded to remove the stagnant water |
||
3. Stagnant
water was found in a drip tray for a generator and the plug of the drip tray
was missing. |
3. The
Contractor was reminded to remove the stagnant water and provide a plug for
the drip tray. |
Table 5.1 Construction
Activities for April 2016
Site Area |
Description
of Activities |
WA1 |
Piling Test |
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 |
WA1 |
Column and Wall Construction |
WA1 |
Suspended Slab Construction |
WA1 |
Marine Mud Treatment |
WA1 |
Backfilling |
WA1 |
Mega Column Construction |
WA1 |
Rebar fixing works at Box Culvert and
CUE |
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 |
WA1 |
Wet trade works |
WA1 |
SPMT Path |