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) P83R backfilling and removal of wailings and struts are in progress.

(b) P83L pier head was completed.

(c) P82R reinstatement works (backfilling and removal of wailings and struts) commenced.

(d) P82L 4 pours of column was completed.

(e) P81R removal of cofferdam was completed.

(f) P81L removal of cofferdam is in progress.

(g) Portal Works:

Pier Location	Progress
P84	Removal of steel brackets are in progress
P85	Removal of steel bracket system was completed

(h) Formwork erection and steel fixing for in-situ deck to Scenic Hill Abutment are in progress.

Marine Viaduct (P0 to P80)

Progress at P68, P69 & P75

Pier Location	Progress
	Right Hand Side (RHS)	Left Hand Side (LHS)
P68	Cofferdam completed; Trimming of concrete pile head completed; Installation of formwork to be started.	Remove rockfill platform for rock breaking for cofferdam installation
P69	Cofferdam completed; Blinding layer completed. Trimming of concrete pile head to be started.	Cofferdam completed; Trimming of concrete pile head in progress
P75	Enhancement work to cofferdam to improve water tightness in progress	Enhancement work to cofferdam to improve water tightness in progress

Pile Cap Construction

(a) Precast shells installation - all shells erected.

(b) Stage 1 concreting - D19R-F1 & D20R-F1.

(c) Stage 2 works - D19R-F1 & D20R-F1.

(d) Stage 2 concreting - D19R-F1.

(e) Kingpost installation and associated steel welding works for precast shell installation: all completed.

(f) Advanced concrete trimming (inside casing) works: all completed.

(g) Concrete trimming (inside cap shell): all completed.

(h) Submerged pile cap works with cofferdam (excluded P69 & P75):

Pier Location	Side	Progress	Completed Pile Cap with Cofferdam Backfilled and Removed
P74	L	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 21-Aug-15, pier construction in progress	P70 - P73, P76 - P77
	R	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 29-Sep-15, pier construction in progress
P78	L	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 24-Jan-15, pier construction in progress
	R	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 30-Jan-15, pier construction in progress

In-situ Column (Single) Construction

(a) 1^st lift works is in progress at P5 & P67.

(b) 1^st lift concrete was poured at P5 & P67.

(c) 2^nd lift works is in progress: P56 Ramp.

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

(e) 3^rd lift works is in progress at P55 Ramp, P57 Ramp and P74.

(f) 3^rd lift concrete pouring: P55 Ramp, P57 Ramp and P74L.

(g) Pier head works is in progress: P56, P57 and P78.

(h) Pier head concrete pouring: NIL.

Precast Column Erection

Description	Pier Location (in this reporting period)	Cumulative No. of Gridline (up to 28th of each month)
Commencement (i.e. starting from 1^st precast unit)	P12	29 (P12 - P16, P21 - P44)
Completion (i.e. completed installation of pier head unit)	P22, P26	27 (P13 - P16, P21, P22, P24 -P44)
Vertical Tendons Stressed	P13, P14	22 (P13, P14, P24, P25, P27 -P44)
Grouting Vertical Tendons	P13, P14, P24	22 (P13, P14, P24, P25, P27 -P44)
Pier Head Concrete	P27 - P28	18 (P27 - P44)

In-situ Double Blade Column Construction

Pier Location	Side	Progress	Completed Columns
P80	L	All casting completed in December 2015, total 3 lifts	P17 - P20 P71 - P73 P76 - P79
	R	All casting completed in December 2015, total 3 lifts

Deck Erection

(a) Setting up of Equipment:

Type of Equipment	Status
Lifting Frames 1 (LF1)	1^st set loaded on flat barge awaiting for mobilization at P20

(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)
Launching Gantry 1 (LG1)*	P97, P98, P99 and P100	60	554
Launching Gantry 2 (LG2)	P39, P40 and P49	92	412
Hanger Beam (HB)	P20	8	8
Lifting Frames 3 (LF3)	P62,P63,P65,P66	43	166
Typical Span SOP	P36 and P54	8	96
Long Span SOP	P18	4	28

* includes crane erection for P109

Precast Segment

(a) Segment Casting:

- Production affected by inclement weather: 1 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 modification of L/S storage ground beam for MCH1 segment was completed. The corresponding modification of L/S storage ground beam is in progress.

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

- L/S segments of P71 loaded on barges for temporary storage (total 40 L/S segment were stored on 9 barges).

Item	Number in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Completed (up to 28th of each month)
Segment Cast	145	3164

(b) Off-site Storage:

Area	No. in Off-site Storage
A1	0
A2	384
A3	222
A4	116(L/S) & 38(D)

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: 58 trips.

- Cumulative number of deck segment deliveries: 293 trips.

Segment Types	Segment Delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Delivered (up to 28th of each month)
A	195	723
B	0	0
C	10	38
D	19	49
E	74	586

(a) 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: 2 trips

- Cumulative number of column unit deliveries: 46 trips

Unit Types	Number of units delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Column Delivered (up to 28th of month)
3m	0	27
6m	10	142
PH1	2	34
PH2	0	20

(b) Temporary storage of long span segments:

- First two long span barges sent to Hong Kong P20-S1 & P20-S2.

- 7 barges remain at Zhongshan port loaded with long span segments.

- Two barges have been loaded with Long Span P71-S6 & P71-S7 for storage on pilecap in site.

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)
P81 ¡V 83: GW-RS0814-15	30/07/2015(19:00)	29/01/2016(24:00)	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
P69 ¡V P74: GW-RS0967-15	08/09/2015(19:00)	07/03/2016(24:00)	Valid
P0 ¡V P68: GW-RS1075-15	06/10/2015(19:00)	05/04/2016(24:00)	Cancelled on 10 December 2015
P101 ¡V P114: GW-RS1092-15	19/10/2015(19:00)	31/12/2015(05:30)	Valid
P81 ¡V P115: GW-RS1308-15	24/11/2015(19:00)	23/05/2016(24:00)	Valid
P0 ¡V P68: GW-RS1345-15	10/12/2015(19:00)	09/06/2016(24:00)	Valid
P101 ¡V P114: GW-RS1343-15	31/12/2015(19:00)	30/06/2016(05:30)	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)	23/11/2015	29/02/2016	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
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