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	Name	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 Period

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

December 2015:

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.

January 2016:

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

(a) P81R & P81L - Removal of cofferdam was completed, and removal of filled platform is in progress.

(b) P82 - Reinstatement works (backfilling and removal of wailings and struts) is in progress at R-side, backfilling is in progress at L-side.

(c) P83R - Removal of sheet pile cofferdam was completed and open cut excavation at P83R is in progress for associate vertical seawall reinstatement at L-side.

(d) P83L - Removal of sheet piles is in progress.

(e) P82L & P83L columns were completed.

(f) Portal Works at P84 - Removal of steel brackets was completed.

(g) In-situ end segments at P115 Abutment was completed.

Marine Viaduct (P0 to P80)

Pile Cap Construction

(a) All emerged pile cap completed except P68L.

(b) All submerged pile cap works with cofferdam complete except P69R and P75.

(c) Progress at P68, P69 & P75:

Pier Location	Progress
	Right Hand Side (RHS)	Left Hand Side (LHS)
P68	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 12-Jan-16	Remove rockfill platform for rock breaking for cofferdam installation and sheetpiles installation
P69	Steel re-bar fixing for pile cap in progress	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 18-Jan-16.
P75	Works to enhance water tightness completed. Blinding layer in progress	Enhancement work to cofferdam to improve water tightness in progress

In-situ Column (Single) Construction

(a) 2^nd lift works is in progress: P67.

(b) 2^nd lift concrete pouring: P56 Ramp.

(c) 3^rd lift concrete pouring: P56 Ramp and P74R.

(d) Pier head works is in progress: P74.

(e) Pier head concrete pouring: P56 and P78.

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^stprecast unit)	P10, P11	31 (P10-P16, P21-P44)
Completion (i.e. completed installation of pier head unit)	P22	27 (P13 - P16, P21, P22, P24 -P44)
Vertical Tendons Stressed	P22, P26	24 (P13, P14, P22, P24-P44)
Grouting Vertical Tendons	P14, P22, P26	24 (P13, P14, P22, P24-P44)
Pier Head Concrete	P24, P25	20 (P24, P25, P27-P44)

Remarks: Strong wind disruption as notified under Claim No.064 affected the erection works

In-situ Double Blade Column Construction

Pier Location	Side	Progress	Completed Columns
P69	L	Formwork assembly	P17 - P20, P71 - P73, P76, P77, P79, P80, P82 and P83 (i.e. all completed except P68, P69 & P75)
	R	Formwork assembly

Deck Erection

(a) Setting up of Equipment: 2^nd set of LF1 is ready for installation at P19.

(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)*	P94, P95, P96 and P97	93	672
Launching Gantry 2 (LG2)	P35, P36 and P37	108	548
Hanger Beam (HB)	P19	8	16
Lifting Frames 1 (LF1)	P20	4	4
Lifting Frames 3 (LF3)	P49,P50,P54 and P66	48	240
Typical Span SOP	P31 and P53	8	112
Long Span SOP	P17	6	36

* includes crane erection for P109

Remarks: Strong wind disruption as notified under Claim No.064 affected the erection works.

Precast Segment

(a) Segment Casting:

- Production affected by inclement weather: 14.5 days.

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

- Off yard storage extension (A2 & A3) for typical segments was 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 is under construction.

- L/S segments of P71 loaded on barges for temporary storage (total 40 L/S segments 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	115	3318

Remarks: Cumulative no. includes 6 nos. of damaged segment due to toppled incident at the casting yard.

(b) Off-site Storage:

Area	No. in Off-site Storage
A1	0
A2	222
A3	193
A4	112(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: 51 trips.

- Cumulative number of deck segment deliveries: 349 trips.

Segment Types	Segment Delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Delivered (up to 28th of each month)
A	136	875
B	2	2
C	36	74
D	10	61
E	84	682

(b) Precast column units:

- Number of additional barges engaged in this period: 0

- Cumulative number of barges: 1

- Number of column unit delivery trips in this period: 2 trips

- Cumulative number of column unit delivery trips: 48 trips

Unit Types	Number of units delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Column Delivered (up to 28th of month)
3m	2	29
6m	8	150
PH1	0	34
PH2	2	22

(c) Temporary storage of long span segments:

- 4 barges remains at Zhongshan port loaded with long span segments.

- Segments deliveries have been affected during the last week of January 2016 due to inclement weather and material break down at the precasting yard.

February 2016:

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

(a) P81R & P81L - Removal of filled platform to intermediate stage was completed for SOP erection.

(b) P82 - Reinstatement works (removal of sheet piles in P82R & P82L) is in progress.

(c) P83R - Removal of filled platform at P83R is in progress.

(d) P83L ¡V Reinstatement of vertical seawall is in progress.

(e) In-situ end segments at P115 Abutment was completed.

Marine Viaduct (P0 to P80)

Pile Cap Construction

(a) All pile cap construction was completed except P68L and P75.

(b) Progress at this reporting period at P68, P69 & P75.

Pier Location	Progress
	Right Hand Side (RHS)	Left Hand Side (LHS)
P68	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 12-Jan-16	Concreting work of cofferdam plug completed on 24-Feb-16
P69	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 30-Jan-16.	Concreting works of pile cap completed on 18-Jan-16.
P75	Re-bar steel fixing for pile cap in progress	Enhancement work to cofferdam to improve water tightness in progress

In-situ Column (Single) Construction

(a) 2^nd lift concrete pouring: P67.

(b) 4^th lift concrete pouring: P56 Ramp.

(c) Pier head works is in progress: P67.

(d) Pier head concrete pouring: P74.

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 1st precast unit)	P8, P9	33 (P8-P16, P21-P44)
Completion (i.e. completed installation of pier head unit)	P11, P23	29 (P11, P13-P16, P21-P44)
Vertical Tendons Stressed	P16, P23	26 (P13, P14, P16, P22-P44)
Grouting Vertical Tendons	P16	25 (P13, P14, P16, P22, P24-P44)
Pier Head Concrete	P14, P26	22 (P14, P24 -P44)

Remarks: Strong wind disruption as notified under Claim No.064 affected the erection works

In-situ Double Blade Column Construction

(a) All in-situ double blade column was completed except P68, P69 and P75.

(b) Progress at this reporting period at P69:

Pier Location	Side	Progress
P69	L	1^st lift in progress
	R	1^st lift in progress

Deck Erection

(a) Setting up of Equipment: 2^nd set of LF1 is installed at P19.

(b) Segment erection in February 2016:

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)*	P93, P94 and P95	58	730
Launching Gantry 2 (LG2)	P33, P34 and P35	92	640
Lifting Frames 1 (LF1) and Hanger Beam (HB)	P19, P20, P71 and P72	31	51
Lifting Frames 3 (LF3)	P49,P50 and P54	40	280
Typical Span SOP	P28, P29, P30 and P55	16	128
Long Span SOP	P73, P76	12	48

* includes crane erection for P109

Remarks: Strong wind disruption and cold weather as notified under Claim No.064 and 067 affected the erection works.

Precast Segment

(a) Segment Casting:

- Production affected by inclement weather: 4.5 days.

- Long span (L/S) segments temporary stored at CCCC4¡¦s Machong yard (A4) were moved to Dong Tai storage yard.

- Transportation of 36 nos. of type D segments from CCCC4 back to CCCC2 in progress for returning the storage area of CCCC4.

- Additional Line 0 for storage for L/S segments is under construction. 5 bays of storage, transverse rail and testing and commissioning of 250T gantry were completed.

- L/S segments of P71 are on barges for temporary storage (total 8 L/S segments were stored on 2 barges).

Item	Number in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Completed (up to 28th of each month)
Segment Cast	87	3405

Remarks: Cumulative no. excludes 7 nos. of damaged segment due to toppled incident at the casting yard.

(b) Off-site Storage:

Area	No. in Off-site Storage
A1	0
A2	212
A3	191
A4	112(L/S) & 20(D)

Delivery for Precast Concrete Elements (by barge)

(a) Precast Deck Segments:

- Number of additional barges engaged in this period: 4.

- Number of deck segment deliveries in this period: 59 trips.

- Cumulative number of deck segment deliveries: 408 trips.

Segment Types	Segment Delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Delivered (up to 28th of each month)
A	144	1019
B	0	2
C	56	130
D	14	75
E	70	752

(b) Precast column units:

- Number of additional barges engaged in this period: 0

- Cumulative number of barges: 1

- Number of column unit delivery trips in this period: 4 trips

- Cumulative number of column unit delivery trips: 52 trips

Unit Types	Number of units delivered in this reporting period	Cumulative No. of Precast Column Delivered (up to 28th of month)
3m	4	33
6m	16	166
PH1	4	38
PH2	2	24

(c) Temporary storage of long span segments:

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

Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits

2.11 The valid environmental licenses and permits were attached in the Monthly EM&A Reports.