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 ¡V 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 9th 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 1 October 2020 to 30 October 2020 (reporting period) and is submitted to
fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.
1.2.1
The works to be
executed under Contract No. HY/2019/01 include the following major items:
¡P Landscaping
and establishment works;
¡P Irrigation
system and associated drainage pumping system and facilities;
¡P Erection
and installation in the Passenger Clearance Building;
¡P Public
transport interchange (PTI) public toilet, satellite refuse collection point
(RCP) and observation guard booths;
¡P PTI
cross boundary shuttle (CBS) / cross boundary coach (CBC) lanes and covered
walkway;
¡P Vehicle
clearance plazas (VCP) vehicle kiosks and associate automatic vehicle clearance
supporting system (AVCSS).
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.
1.5.1
The main
construction works carried out in the reporting period were as follow:
¡P
Security measure
at existing gate at SPTI (land-based);
¡P
Recessed Cover at
SPTI and NPTI (land-based);
¡P
Minor Works at
PCB (land-based);
¡P
Excavation at VCP
and WA3 (land-based);
¡P
Road & Drain
works at SPTI and NPTI (land-based);
¡P
Vertical access at
PCB (land-based);
¡P
Covered Walkway
at SPTI and NPTI (land-based);
¡P
Public Toilet at
NPTI (land-based);
¡P
Kiosks
Construction at VCP (land-based);
¡P
Landscape Works
at G1 and G5 (land-based);
¡P
Conceal Conduits
Works at VCP (land-based);
¡P
Resurfacing Works
at BCF (land-based);
¡P
Ground
Investigation at G1 and near Seawall (North & West) (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.