1.                      INTRODUCTION

1.1                     Background

1.1.1                                 Fugro Technical Services 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/2019/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Phase 2 and Other Works”.

1.1.2                                 Contract No. HY/2019/01 is part of the “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities” (HZMB HKBCF) Project which is a “Designated Project” under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (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 Register. The general layout of the Project area is shown in Figure 1. Commencement of the Contract took place on 4 December 2019 and the construction site preparation works commenced in early February 2020.

1.1.3                                 This is the 1st Monthly EM&A report to document the findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme carried out by the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2019/01 from 5 February 2020 to 29 February 2020 (reporting period) 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/2019/01 include the following major items:

·       Landscaping and establishment works;

·       Irrigation system and associated drainage pumping system and facilities;

·       Erection and installation in the Passenger Clearance Building;

·       Public transport interchange (PTI) public toilet, satellite refuse collection point (RCP) and observation guard booths;

·       PTI cross boundary shuttle (CBS) / cross boundary coach (CBC) lanes and covered walkway;

·       Vehicle clearance plazas (VCP) vehicle kiosks and associate automatic vehicle clearance supporting system (AVCSS).

1.3                    Project Organization

1.3.1                                 The Project Organization structure is shown in Appendix B. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.1.

1.4                    Construction Programme and Activities

1.4.1                                 The site layout plan of the Contract is shown in Figure 1.

1.4.2                                 The construction programme of this Contract is shown in Appendix A.

1.5                    Works undertaken during the month

1.5.1                                 The main construction works carried out in the reporting period were as follow:

·          Site Fence at SPTI (land-based);

·          Recessed Cover near building 035 (land-based);

·          UPS room at SPTI and NPTI (land-based);

·          Minor Works near building 062 (land-based);

·          Site hoarding VCP (land-based);

·          Excavation at VCP (land-based);

·          Road & Drain works at SPTI and NPTI (land-based);

·          Vertical access at PCB (land-based);

·          Site office renovation at WA3 (land-based).

1.6                    Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits

1.6.1                                 A summary of the relevant permits, licenses and/or notifications on environmental protection for this Contract is presented in Table 1.2.