2 Contract INFORMATION

Background

2.1 The proposed Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR) is 12km long connecting the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) at the HKSAR Boundary with the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) situated at the north eastern waters of the Hong Kong International Airport, opening a new and direct connection route between Hong Kong, Macao and the Western Pearl River Delta.

2.2 The HKLR comprises a 9.4km long viaduct section from the HKSAR boundary to Scenic Hill on the Airport Island; a 1km tunnel section to the reclamation formed along the east coast of the Airport Island and a 1.6km long at-grade road section on the reclamation connecting to the HKBCF. The tunnel section of HKLR will pass under Scenic Hill, Airport Road and Airport Railway to minimize the environmental and visual impacts to Tung Chung residents.

2.3 An application (No ESB-110/2003) for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Study Brief under Section 5(1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) was submitted by Highways Department (the Project Proponent) on 8 October 2003 with a Project Profile (No. No. PP-201/2003) for the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge Hong Kong Section and North Lantau Highway Connection. The Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge Hong Kong Section and North Lantau Highway Connection has subsequently been renamed as HKLR. EPD issued an EIA Study Brief (No: ESB-110/2003) in November 2003 to the Project Proponent to carry out an EIA study.

2.4 An EIA Study (Reg. No. AEIAR-144/2009) has been undertaken to provide information on nature and extent of environmental impacts arising from the construction and operation of HKLR. The Environmental Permit was issued on 4 November 2009 (Permit No. EP-352/2009). Pursuant to Section 13 of the EIAO, the Director of Environmental Protection amends the Environmental Permit (No. EP-352/2009) based on the Application No. VEP-339/2011 and the environmental Permit (Permit No. EP-352/2009/A) was issued on 9 November 2011 for HKLR to the Highways Department as the Permit Holder. Subsequently, the Director of Environmental Protection amends the Environmental Permits (No. EP-352/2009/A, EP-352/2009/B, EP-352/2009/C) based on the Application No. VEP-409/2013, VEP-411/2013 and VEP-459/2014 respectively. The environmental Permit (Permit No. EP-352/2009/D) was then issued on 22 December 2014.

2.5 Figure 1a-d shows the layout of the Contract and the scope of the Contract works comprises the following major items:

· a dual 3-lane carriageway in the form of viaduct from the HKSAR boundary (connecting with the HZMB Main Bridge) to the Scenic Hill (connecting with the tunnel under separate Contract No. HY/2011/03), of approximately 9.4km in length with a hard shoulder for each bound of carriageway and a utilities trough on the outer edge of each bound of viaducts;

· a grade-separated turnaround facility located near San Shek Wan, composed of sliproads in the form of viaduct with single-lane carriageway bifurcated from the HKLR mainline with an elevated junction above the mainline;

· provision of ancillary facilities including, but not limited to, meteorological enhancement measures including the provisioning of anemometers and modification of the wind profiler station at hillside of Sha Lo Wan, provisioning of a compensatory marine radar, and provisioning of security systems; and

· associated civil, structural, geotechnical, marine, environmental protection, landscaping, drainage and highways electrical and mechanical (E&M) works, street lightings, traffic aids and sign gantries, marine navigational aids, ship impact protection system, water mains and fire hydrants, lightning protection system, structural health monitoring and maintenance management system (SHM&MMS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, as well as operation and maintenance provisions of viaducts, provisioning of facilities for installation of traffic control and surveillance system (TCSS), provisioning of facilities for installation of telecommunication cables/equipments and reprovisioning works of affected existing facilities/utilities.

Contract Organisation

2.6 Different parties with different levels of involvement in the Contract organization include:

Ÿ Supervising Officer’s Representative (SOR) – Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited (ARUP)

Ÿ Contractor –Dragages -China Harbour-VSL JV (DCVJV)

Ÿ Environmental Team (ET) – Cinotech Consultants Ltd. (Cinotech)

2.7 The proposed project organization and lines of communication with respect to the on-site environmental management structure are shown in Figure 2. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1 Key Contacts of the Contract

Party	Position	Position	Phone No.	Fax No.
SOR (ARUP)	CRE	Mr. Michael Chan	3767 5803	3767 5922
		Mr. Colin Meadows	3767 5801
ENPO/IEC (Environ)	Environmental Project Office Leader	Mr. Y. H Hui	3465 2888	3465 2899
	Independent Environmental Checker	Mr. Antony Wong	3465 2888	3465 2899
Contractor (DCVJV)	Deputy Project Director	Mr. W.K Poon	3121 6638	3121 6688
	Environmental Officer	Mr. CHU Chung Sing	3121 6672
	24-hour Hotline	--	6898 6161	--
ET (Cinotech)	Environmental Team Leader	Dr. Priscilla Choy	2151 2089	3107 1388

2.8 ENVIRON Hong Kong Ltd. (Environ) is employed by the Highways Department as the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) and Environmental Project Office (ENPO) for the Project.

Construction Programme

2.9 A copy of Contractor’s construction programme is provided in Appendix A.

Summary of Construction Works Undertaken During Reporting Month

2.10 The major site activities undertaken in the reporting month included:

Land Viaduct (P85 to Abutment at SHT) & Marine Viaduct (P81 - P84)

(a) P81L pile cap was completed and column construction work is in progress.

(b) P81R excavation works was completed and reinforced concrete works is in progress.

(c) P82L pre-bored sheet pile was completed and P82L&R excavation works are in progress.

(d) P83R pile cap was completed and pre-bored sheet pile was completed

(e) Portal Works:

Pier Location	Progress
P84	Steel bracket and girders erection completed; Pier head construction is in progress
P86	Formation for falsework is in progress
P87	Steel fixing is in progress, target to concrete by end May 2015
P88	Removal of falsework is in progress
P89	Formation for falsework is in progress
P90	Steel bracket erection completed; Erection of planking and steel cross beams at road side is in progress
P91	Formwork erection completed; Steel fixing is in progress
P92	Erection of soffit formwork and construction of lower bearing plinths is in progress
P93	Removal of falsework completed; Removal steel cross beams is in progress
P94	Removal of falsework and steel bracket completed
P95	Removal of falsework completed

Marine Viaduct (P0 to P80)

RCD Method (locations other than P68 & P75):

(a) Inter-face coring tests were carried out at P8 & D17.

(b) P6-L2 & P9-R2 Full depth coring test was carried.

(c) Sonic tests were carried out at P8, P9 & D17.

(d) Grouting works were carried out at P6, P8, P57 & P69.

Progress at P68

(a) Temporary Rockfill platform formation completed.

(b) Outer and inner permanent casings were installed on left hand side (LHS).

(c) Annulus concrete around casings was cast.

(d) Infill concrete between inner and outer casing was cast.

(e) Torque frame was installed on LHS and right hand side (RHS).

(f) Temporary access to spoil barge was installed.

(g) RCD were set up on LHS.

Progress at P75

(a) Excavation to formation (at concrete plug base) level by breaker & chisel at P75 RHS was completed and levelling/preparation for cofferdam box installation is on-going.

Disposal from Marine Works

(a) The disposals in this reporting period are shown in below table.

Disposal Location	No of Trip	Type of Materials
TM38	0	Inert Materials
TMCLK	0	Inert Materials
HK Open Sea Mud Pits	0	Types II Marine Mud
Cross Boundary Disposal	0	Type I Marine Mud

Pilecap Construction:

(a) 2 precast cap shells were installed P55.

(b) Stage 1 concreting was completed at P2L, P7, P13 & P58L.

(c) Stage 1 works is in progress at P26R.

(d) Stage 2 concreting was completed at P15, P54 & P58R.

(e) Stage 2 works is in progress at P7, P13 & P58L.

(f) Kingpost installation and associated steel welding works for precast shell installation are in progress at P57.

(g) Concrete trimming and advanced trimming (inside casing) works were carried out at P5L, P11, D17-F1, P26R (inside shell), P56 & P57.

(h) Submerged pile cap works with cofferdam:

Pier Location	Side	Progress
P71	L	Backfilling and removal of cofferdam completed on 8-May-15
	R	Backfilling and removal of cofferdam completed on 8-May-15
P73	L	Backfilling and removal of cofferdam started on 20-May-15
	R	Backfilling and removal of cofferdam started on 20-May-15
P74	L	Trimming of pile head concrete is in progress
	R	Concreting works of concrete plug and concrete beam completed and dewatering to the bottom of cofferdam will be carried out
P75	L	Rock excavation is in progress
	R	Rock excavation is in progress
P76	R	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 2-May-15

In-situ Column Construction

(a) 1^st lift works is in progress at P1, P3, P4, 59L-ramp & P78.

(b) 1^st lift concrete was poured at P12, P14, P22, P23, P24, P54 & P59R-ramp.

(c) 2^nd lift works is in progress at P54 and P70R.

(d) 2^nd lift concrete was poured at P70L.

(e) Pier head works is in progress at: nil

(f) Pier head concreting was poured at P53.

Precast Column Erection

Description	Location completed in this reporting period	Number of Units erected/ Number of Columns completed in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Piers completed (up to 28th of each month)
Precast Column Base Unit	P21, P27	4	19 (P21, P27-P44)
Precast Column Pier Head	Nil	0	15 (P30-P44)
Vertical Tendons Stressed	P37, P38	4	8 (P37-P44)
Grouting Vertical Tendons	P39, P41, P43R	5	6 (P39-P44)
Pier Head Concrete	P42, P43	4	3 (P42-P44)

In-situ Double Blade Column Construction

Pier Location	Side	Progress
P17	L	Works commenced
	R	Works commenced
P18	L	Poured concrete to 3^rd lift and 4^th lift in progress
	R	Poured concrete to 3^rd lift and 4^th lift in progress
P19	L	All cast in May 2015, total 7 lifts
	R	All cast in May 2015, total 7 lifts
P20	L	All cast in March 2015, total 7 lifts
	R	All cast in March 2015, total 7 lifts
P71	L	All cast in February 2015, total 3 lifts (including pierhead)
	R	All cast in March 2015, total 3 lifts (including pierhead)
P72	L	Poured concrete to 1^st lift and 2^nd lift in progress
	R	Poured concrete to 1^st lift and 2^nd lift in progress
P73	L	All cast in May 2015, total 3 lifts (including pierhead)
	R	All cast in April 2015, total 3 lifts (including pierhead)
P77	L	Works commenced
	R	Works commenced

Marine Portal

(a) Formwork removal and remedial works for Portal at P52 are in progress.

(b) Portal at P60 was casted on 16 May 2015.

Deck Erection

(a) Setting up of Equipment:

Type of Equipment	Status
Lifting Frames 1 (LF1)	Assembly of the first & second set of LF1 is on-going at WA4; Steelwork for the 3^rd and 4^th set of Lifting Frames is under fabrication with some deliveries commenced.
Lifting Frames 3 (LF3)	Fabrication of LF3 in China is almost completed for 8 sets. Most of the major components have been completed, and have been delivered to site. Assembly of the first 2 sets of LF3 is completed. The 3^rd and 4^th sets are targeted to be completed by early-June at WA4. Assembly of the 5^th to 8^th sets will commence in June as well.
Launching Gantry 1 (LG1)	LG1 in operation and launching back to P112L is in progress.
Launching Gantry 2 (LG2)	Commissioning completed for segment erection; Load test part 2 for launching scheduled in June.

(b) Segment erection:

- A cumulative total of 140 segments have been erected

Type	Location of Segments erected in this reporting period	Number of Segments erected in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Segments erected (up to 28th of each month)
LG1	P108 & P113 & P114	46	220
LG2	P46-P47	32	80
SOP	P44 & P63	8	36

Precast Segment

(a) Segment Casting:

- Storage for long span & type D segments is still the main issue.

Item	Number in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Completed (up to 28th of each month)
Segment Cast	164	2089

(b) Off-site Storage:

Area	No. in Off-site Storage
A1	134
A2	226
A3	98

Precast Concrete Shell Casting

(a) Summary of precast shell cast in the precast yard:

Type of Shell	Number of Precast Shell Cast in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Shell Completed (up to 28th of each month)
CP1	3	90
CP2	Completed	12
CP3	2	12
CP4	Completed	8
CP5	Completed	6
CP6	Completed	4
CP11	Completed	1
CP12	1	1

Precast Column & Precast Pier Head Casting

(a) Progress of the precast column & precast pier head casting:

- All the 5 moulds are in service for precast production.

- Totally 30 precast elements (5 piers with 3m high, 20 piers with 6m high, 4 monolithic pier heads and 1 pier heads with bearing support) were cast in this reporting period.

- All the 3m high piers have been completed in this period (in total 39 elements).

- Cumulatively 229 precast elements have been produced.

Delivery for Precast Concrete Elements (by barge)

(a) Precast Deck Segments:

- Number of additional barges engaged in this period: 2

- Cumulative number of barges: 11

- Number of Deck Segment deliveries in this period: 14 trips

- Cumulative number of Deck Segment deliveries: 67 trips

Segment Types	Segment Delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Delivered (up to 28th of each month)
A	38	130
B	0	0
C	0	0
D	0	0
E	38	252

(b) Precast column units:

- Number of additional barges engaged in this period: 1

- Cumulative number of barges: 4

- Number of column unit deliveries in this period: 3 trips

- Cumulative number of column unit deliveries: 27 trips

Unit Types	Number of units delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Column Delivered (up to 28th of month)
3m	0	18
6m	10	56
PH1	0	20
PH2	4	10

(c) Temporary storage of long span segments:

- Number of barges engaged in this period: 1

- Cumulative number of barges: 4

- 4^th barge loaded with long span.

Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits

2.11 A summary of the relevant permits, licences, and/or notifications on environmental protection for this Contract is presented in Table 2.2.

Table 2.2 Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits

Permit / License No.	Valid Period		Status
	From	To
Environmental Permit (EP)
EP-352/2009/D	22/12/2014	N/A	Valid
Consruction Noise Permit (CNP)
WA7: GW-RW1024-14	13/01/2015(19:00)	12/07/2015(07:00)	Valid
P76 – P80: GW-RS0094-15	03/02/2015(01:30)	02/08/2015(08:00)	Valid
P81 – P114: GW-RS0122-15	06/02/2015(19:00)	05/08/2015(23:00)	Valid
P0 – P68: GW-RS0130-15	10/02/2015(19:00)	08/08/2015(24:00)	Valid
Waters next to Southeast Quay: GW-RS0181-15	23/02/2015(19:00)	22/08/2015(23:00)	Valid
P53 – P59: GW-RS0314-15	31/03/2015(00:00)	30/09/2015(07:00)	Valid
P69 – P74: GW-RS0333-15	31/03/2015(00:00)	30/09/2015(24:00)	Valid
P101 – P114: GW-RS0364-15	08/04/2015(19:00)	07/07/2015(05:30)	Valid
P75 – P80: GW-RS0409-15	13/04/2015(19:00)	12/06/2015(24:00)	Cancelled on 13 May 2015
WA4: GW-RW0207-15	29/04/2015(19:00)	28/10/2015(23:00)	Valid
P86: GW-RS0460-15	04/05/2015(00:00)	31/08/2015(05:30)	Valid
P100 – P111: GW-RS0487-15	07/05/2015(23:00)	06/11/2015(07:00)	Valid
P75 – P80: GW-RS0508-15	13/05/2015(19:00)	12/07/2015(24:00)	Valid
Notification pursuant to Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation
345773	04/06/2012	N/A	Receipt acknowledged by EPD
Billing Account for Construction Waste Disposal
A/C# 7015341 (Construction Site)	11/06/2012	N/A	Valid
A/C# 7016948 (Vessel Disposal)	18/11/2014	31/05/2015	Valid
	22/05/2015	31/08/2015	Valid
Registration of Chemical Waste Producer
WPN 5213-951-D2499-01	18/07/2012	N/A	Valid
Effluent Discharge License under Water Pollution Control Ordinance
WA6A(DCVJV site office): WT00014053-2012	12/09/2012	30/09/2017	Valid
WA6B (SOR site office): WT00014447-2012	30/10/2012	31/10/2017	Valid
WA3: WT00015118-2013	30/01/2013	31/01/2018	Valid
Portion C: WT00015356-2013	22/02/2013	28/02/2018	Valid
Portion A: WT00016076-2013	21/05/2013	31/05/2018	Valid
WA4B: WT00014750-2012	12/08/2013	31/08/2018	Valid
WA7: WT00015722-2013	16/01/2013	31/01/2019	Valid
P0 – P80: WT00018203-2014	30/01/2013	31/01/2019	Valid
P114: WT00018631-2014	31/03/2014	31/03/2019	Valid
Marine Dumping Permit
Dumping of Phase 1, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal) marine sediment EP/MD/15-226	11/02/2015	09/08/2015	Valid
Cross-border dumping of dredged sediment of Category L and Category Mp at Erzhou Island in China EP/MD/15-253	03/04/2015	02/05/2015	Expired
Dumping of Phase 1, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d (Type 1D and Type 2) marine sediment EP/MD/15-254	06/04/2015	05/05/2015	Expired
Cross-border dumping of dredged sediment of Category L and Category Mp at Erzhou Island in China EP/MD/16-009	03/05/2015	02/06/2015	Valid