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:

¡P 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;

¡P 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;

¡P 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

¡P 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) ¡V Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited (ARUP)

Ÿ Contractor ¡VDragages -China Harbour-VSL JV (DCVJV)

Ÿ Environmental Team (ET) ¡V 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 (Ramboll 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 Ramboll Environ Hong Kong Limited (Ramboll 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) P81R - Pier head was completed.

(b) P82L - Pile cap was completed.

(c) P82R - 5 pours of column were completed, pier head is to be constructed.

(d) P83L - 1 pour of column was completed.

(e) Portal Works:

Pier Location	Progress
P84	Portal concrete was poured on 14 October 2015. Removal of vertical formwork and temporary nailing works are in progress
P85	Removal of formwork and falsework is in progress
P86	Removal of steel bracket system was completed
P115	Installation of reinforcement to lower bearing plinth of AB-B3 was completed

Marine Viaduct (P0 to P80)

Progress at P68

(a) Pile testing works is completed.

(b) Right hand side (RHS): cofferdam sheetpiling in progress.

Progress at P69

(a) RHS: 1^st and 2^nd waling and struts installed with excavation started.

(b) Left hand side (LHS): Excavation in progress.

Progress at P75

(a) RHS: Pile testing completed.

(b) LHS: Piles no. L1, L3 and L4 casted. L2 RCD excavation in progress

Pile Cap Construction

(a) Precast shells installation ¡V 4 dolphin type F1, F2, F1A and F2A shells at D17 and D18

(b) Stage 1 concreting was completed at D17-F1, D17-F2 & D18-F2A.

(c) Stage 1 works ¡V Nil

(d) Stage 2 concreting - Nil

(e) Stage 2 works ¡V D17-F2 & D17-F1

(f) Kingpost installation and associated steel welding works for precast shell installation are in progress at D19-F2.

(g) Advanced concrete trimming (inside casing) works: - Nil.

(h) Concrete trimming (inside cap shell): - Nil

(i) Submerged pile cap works with cofferdam:

Pier Location	Side	Progress
P75	L	Rock excavation is in progress
	R	Rock excavation is in progress
P77	L	Backfilling and removal of cofferdam start on 13-Oct-15
	R	Backfilling and removal of cofferdam start on 13-Oct-15

In-situ Column (Single) Construction

(a) 1^st lift works is in progress at P8, P9, P10, P55-Ramp, P56, P57, P57-Ramp and P75.

(b) 1^st lift concrete was poured at P8, P26, P55 Ramp, P57, P57 Ramp and P74.

(c) 2^nd lift works is in progress: P74 and P55 Ramp

(d) 2^nd lift concrete pouring: Nil.

(e) 4^th life works is in progress at P78.

(f) Pier head works is in progress at P55.

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)
Commencement (i.e. starting from 1^stprecast unit)	P22	25 (P13 - P16, P21, P22, P24, P25, P27 - P44)	Commencement (i.e. starting from 1^stprecast unit)
Completion (i.e. completed installation of pier head unit)	P14-P16	23 (P14-P16, P24,P25, P27 - P44)	Completion (i.e. completed installation of pier head unit)
Vertical Tendons Stressed	P25, P31	18 (P25, P28-P44)	Vertical Tendons Stressed
Grouting Vertical Tendons	P31	17 (P28-P44)	Grouting Vertical Tendons
Pier Head Concrete	P29, P33	13 (P29, P33 - P44)	Pier Head Concrete

In-situ Double Blade Column Construction

Pier Location	Side	Progress
P17	L	All cast in October 2015, total 7 lifts
	R	All cast in October 2015, total 7 lifts
P76	L	All cast in October 2015, total 4 lifts (including pierhead)
P79	L	Poured concrete up to 1^st lift and 2^nd lift in progress
	R	Poured concrete up to 1^st lift and 2^nd lift in progress
P80	L	Poured concrete up to 1^st lift and started for 2^nd lift
	R	Poured concrete up to 1^st lift and started for 2^nd lift

Deck Erection

(a) Setting up of Equipment:

Type of Equipment	Status
Lifting Frames 1 (LF1)	First set of LF1 assembly completed Second set of LF1 assembly almost completed
Lifting Frames 3 (LF3)	Segment erection on going at P63 and P65 New set installed at P62
Launching Gantry 1 (LG1)	Segment erection from P114 to P104 completed; Segment erection on going at P103 and P102.
Launching Gantry 2 (LG2)	Eden portal gantry repaired

(b) Segment erection:

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*	P102, P103, P104	33	399
LG2	P43	40	240
LF3	P63, P64, P65	36	85
Typical Span SOP	P38, P35 and P34	12	80
Long Span SOP	P72	6	24

* includes crane erection for P109

Precast Segment

(a) Segment Casting:

- Production affected by inclement weather (0 days).

- Long span (L/S) segments temporary stored at CCCC4¡¦s Machong yard (A4).

- Off yard storage extension (A2 & A3) for typical segments completed.

- Line 1 & 6 modification of L/S storage ground beam for MCH1 segment in progress.

- Additional line 0 storage for L/S segments is under construction.

- L/S segments of P71 are loading on barges for temporary storage.

Item	Number in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Completed (up to 28th of each month)
Segment Cast	174	2831

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	Completed	94
CP2	Completed	12
CP3	Completed	14
CP4	Completed	8
CP5	Completed	6
CP6	Completed	4
CP11	Completed	1
CP12	Completed	1
F1 & F1A	1	3
F2 & F2A	2	4

Delivery for Precast Concrete Elements (by barge)

(a) Precast Deck Segments:

- Number of additional barges engaged in this period: 0

- Number of deck segment deliveries in this period: 23 trips

- Cumulative number of deck segment deliveries: 194 trips

Segment Types	Segment Delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Delivered (up to 28th of each month)
A	76	410
B	0	0
C	2	24
D	5	17
E	24	450

(b) Precast column units:

- Number of additional barges engaged in this period: 0

- Cumulative number of barges: 1

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

- Cumulative number of column unit deliveries: 41 trips

Unit Types	Number of units delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Column Delivered (up to 28th of month)
3m	4	27
6m	8	118
PH1	0	28
PH2	6	20

(c) Temporary storage of long span segments:

- 2 barges remain with long span stored with segments for P20.

- 2 barges have been loaded with segments for P19 for temporary long span storage.

- Four additional barges have been engaged to load P71 long span segments as temporary long span storage, of which three barges are have been loaded with P71 segments. The remaining barge (4^th) is waiting for the arrival of the temporary support steal before loading can proceed.

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)
WA4: GW-RW0207-15	29/04/2015(19:00)	28/10/2015(23:00)	Expired
P100 ¡V P111: GW-RS0487-15	07/05/2015(23:00)	06/11/2015(07:00)	Valid
P101 ¡V P114: GW-RS0715-15	07/07/2015(19:00)	31/10/2015(05:30)	Valid
P81 ¡V 83: GW-RS0814-15	30/07/2015(19:00)	29/01/2016(24:00)	Valid
P81 ¡V 115: GW-RS0818-15	29 /07/2015(19:00)	28/01/2016(23:00)	Valid
P75 ¡V 80: GW-RS0829-15	30 /07/2015(19:00)	31/12/2015(24:00)	Valid
Portion A: GW-RS0884-15	23/08/2015 (07:00)	22/02/2016 (23:00)	Valid
P0 ¡V P68: GW-RS0931-15	24/08/2015(19:00)	23/02/2016(24:00)	Cancelled on 6 October 2015
P69 ¡V P74: GW-RS0967-15	08/09/2015(19:00)	07/03/2016(24:00)	Valid
P86: GW-RS1015-15	01/10/2015(00:00)	30/11/2015(05:30)	Valid
P0 ¡V P68: GW-RS1075-15	06/10/2015(19:00)	05/04/2016(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)	26/08/2015	30/11/2015	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 ¡V P80: WT00018203-2014	30/01/2013	31/01/2019	Valid
P114: WT00018631-2014	31/03/2014	31/03/2019	Valid
P81-P83: WT00021946-2015	08/07/2015	31/07/2020	Valid
Marine Dumping Permit
Cross-border dumping of dredged sediment of Category L and Category Mp at Erzhou Island in China EP/MD/16-066	08/09/2015	07/10/2015	Expired
Dumping of Phase 1, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d (Type 1-Open Sea Disposal) marine sediment at The Brothers Contaminated Mud Pits EP/MD/16-088	09/10/2015	31/12/2015	Valid