1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background
1.1.1
MateriaLab Consultants
Limited was commissioned by China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited (also
referred to as ¡§the Contractor¡¨) to undertake the Environmental Team (ET)
services (including environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A)) for Contract
No. HY/2013/03 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing
Facilities ¡V Vehicle Clearance Plazas and Ancillary Buildings and Facilities¡¨ (includes
the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Automatic Vehicle Clearance
Support System¡¨ within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) (¡§the Contract¡¨) for
the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
1.1.2
Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes the construction works of
Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area) is part of Hong Kong¡VZhuhai¡VMacao Bridge Hong Kong
Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) which is ¡§Designated Projects¡¨, under
Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) (Cap 499)
and for which an EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-145-2009) was prepared and
approved. The current Environmental
Permit (EP) for HKBCF, namely No. EP- 353/2009/K, was issued on 11 April 2016.
These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance. The general layout of the
Project area is shown in Appendix A.
1.1.3
This is the thirty-seventh EM&A report to
document the findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme
carried out by the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes the construction works of
Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area) from 1 October 2018 to 31 October 2018 (reporting
period) under Contract No. HY/2013/03 (from
1
October 2018 to 31 October 2018 for
the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within
Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) and is submitted to fulfil Condition
5.4 of the EP.
1.2
Project
Description
1.2.1
The works to be executed under Contract No.
HY/2013/03 include the following major items:
a.
Cargo clearance facilities including kiosks for
clearance of good vehicles, customs inspection platforms, X-ray building, etc.;
b.
Passenger related facilities including processing
kiosks and examination facilities for private cars and coaches, annexure for
examination of accompanying passengers of private cars, etc.;
c.
Accommodation/offices for the facilities (like fire
station, police station, buildings for Immigration Department [ImmD], Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department [C&ED], Agriculture,
Fisheries and Conservation Department [AFCD], Food and Environmental Hygiene
Department [FEHD], Department of Health [DofH]
etc.) of the Government departments providing services in connection with the
HKBCF;
d.
Provision of transport and miscellaneous facilities
inside the HKBCF including public transport interchange (PTI), transport
drop-off and pick-up areas, vehicle holding areas, passenger queuing areas,
road networks, footbridges, fencing, sewerage and drainage systems, sewage
treatment plant and treated effluent disposal facilities, water supply system,
building services works, electronic system, and traffic control and information
system including traffic control and surveillance system (TCSS), etc.;
e.
Provision of roads connecting the BCF to the Hong
Kong Link Road (HKLR), the Tuen Mun
¡V Chek Lap Kok Link
(TM-CLKL) and the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), expect the part of
road works in HKIA entrusted to the HKLR project; and
f.
Reprovisioning of the
affected HKIA¡¦s facilities, expect those affected by the Automated People Mover
(APM) system such as the existing east rescue berth.
1.2.2
The works to be executed under Contract No.
HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area include the following
major items:
a.
The
Automatic Vehicle Clearance Support System amid to increasing traffic flow for Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary
Crossing Facilities;
b.
Responsible
for designs and develops a set of tailor-made computer monitoring and control
systems to for daily security operation; and
c.
The
Clearance Workstations at 72 vehicle clearance kiosks, Customs and Excise¡¦s
inbound and outbound traffic control centers as well
as a Vehicle Tracking System.
1.3
Project
Organisation
1.3.1
The Project Organisation for Environmental Works of
Contract No. HY/2013/03 is shown in Appendix
B. The contact person and telephone numbers of key personnel for the
captioned project are shown in Table 1.1:
Table 1.1 Contact Persons and Telephone Numbers of
Key Personnel (for Contract No. HY/2013/03)
Party |
Position |
Contact Person |
Telephone No. |
Fax No. |
Engineer or
Engineer¡¦s Representative (AECOM Asia
Co. Ltd.) |
Chief Resident Engineer |
Mr. W. S. Ng |
3958 7400 |
3902 8800 |
Environmental
Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Hong Kong Limited) |
Environmental
Project Office Leader |
Mr. Y. H.
Hui |
3547 2133 |
3465 2899 |
Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) |
Mr. Raymond
Dai |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
|
Environmental
Site Supervisor |
Mr. Ray Yan |
5181 8165 |
3465 2899 |
|
Contractor (China
Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd) |
Site Agent |
Mr. Paul Pui |
9125 0700 |
2512 0427 |
Environmental
Officer |
Mr. Marko Chan |
9427 2879 |
2512 0427 |
|
Environmental
Team (MateriaLab Consultants Limited) |
Environmental
Team Leader (ETL) |
Mr. Arthur
Cheng |
3565 4115 |
2450 8032 |
24-hr
Complaint Hotline |
-- |
-- |
5236 7111 |
-- |
1.3.2
The Project Organisation for Environmental Works of
Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area is shown in Appendix B. The contact person and
telephone numbers of key personnel for the captioned project are shown in Table 1.2:
Table 1.2 Contact Persons and Telephone Numbers of Key Personnel (for
Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area)
Party |
Position |
Contact Person |
Telephone No. |
Fax No. |
Engineer or
Engineer¡¦s Representative (AECOM Asia
Co. Ltd.) |
Chief Resident Engineer |
Mr. W. S. Ng |
3958 7400 |
3902 8800 |
Environmental
Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Hong Kong Limited) |
Environmental
Project Office Leader |
Mr. Y. H.
Hui |
3547 2133 |
3465 2899 |
Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) |
Mr. Raymond
Dai |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
|
Environmental
Site Supervisor |
Mr. Ray Yan |
5181 8165 |
3465 2899 |
|
Contractor (ATAL Technologies
Limited) |
Site Agent |
Mr. Eric Yim |
2565 3355 |
3162 5217 |
Environmental
Officer |
Mr. W. Li |
2565 3137 |
3162 5217 |
|
Environmental
Team (MateriaLab Consultants Limited) |
Environmental
Team Leader (ETL) |
Mr. Arthur
Cheng |
3565 4115 |
2450 8032 |
24-hr
Complaint Hotline |
-- |
-- |
6509 0375 |
-- |
1.3.3 The Contract HY/2013/03
has commenced on 10 April 2015. The commencement of construction works and the
EM&A programme have commenced on 29 August 2015.
1.3.4
The Contract HY/2013/06 has commenced on 14 August
2015. The commencement of construction works and the EM&A programme have
commenced on 13 September 2016 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area.
1.4
Construction
Programme
1.4.1
The construction programme for Contract No.
HY/2013/03 (includes the construction works of HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area) are provided in Appendix
C.
1.5
Construction Works
Undertaken during the Reporting Period
1.5.1
The construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/03 commenced
on 29 August 2015 (includes the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06
commenced on 13 September 2016 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area). During
this reporting period, the following major site activities were commenced:
For
Contract No. HY/2013/03
1. Maintenance
Works at All Site Area;
For Contract No.
HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works
area
1.
Defect fixing, System Testing & commissioning at
Vehicle Kiosk & Building 037