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SUSTAINING INNOVATION IN CHALLENGING TIMES
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020

Projects Built with Innovative Construction

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West Kowloon Government Offices

The West Kowloon Government Offices located in Yau Ma Tei represents the new epoch for government office design. The project has a total construction floor area of 98,000 m2 and is comprised of two towers of 15 and 17 stories respectively. With green and sustainable features and open design adopted throughout the project, the project also aims to nurture culture and creativity with the surrounding community. Breaking away from the conventional office design, the project also aims to establish a new model of modern workplace for government offices that fosters staff interaction and well-being. With innovation in mind, the project also adopts a wide variety of innovative construction method including the implementation of BIM and DfMA allowing for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing.

West Kowloon Government Offices

Practising Innovative and Sustainable Construction Methods

Innovative Construction Methods

  • To enhance site safety, BIM was adopted to create and optimise temporary structures i.e. working platform on the Excavation and Lateral Support (ELS) at the basement level
  • To facilitate the selection of a safer and more desirable truck path and construction sequence, BIM allowed for real time construction sequences to be visualised
  • To improve site planning, BIM optimised the use of site space for safe pedestrian paths with railings and convenient vehicular access
  • To identify and tackle logistic issues, 4D scheduling and sequencing was adopted to identify traffic considerations and potential hazards in the vicinity
  • Through the adoption of DfMA, the cooling tower, which would normally block off critical paths near the end of the project during installation, had major components assembled off-site, and thus reduced the on-site installation required
Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

Intelligent 3D model-based process allowed for efficient planning, design, constructing, and managing

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