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Seminar on Recent Developments in Project Management in Hong Kong Some Recent Advances in Project Management from a Public Sector Perspective MAK Chai-kwong Highways Department May 2006 A Brief Recap – Highway’s Experience Project Management – New Challenges Project Management – the Public Sector Response 1 A Brief Recap – Highway’s Experience A Brief Recap – Highway’s Experience HK’s railway development The New Airport and the ACP Projects The Cross Harbour Tunnel – HK’s first BOT project 2 Shenzhen LOW Lo Wu LMC Lok Ma Chau Sheung Shui Shekou SHS FAN SHEUNG SHUI to LOK MA CHAU SPUR LINE Tai Po Yuen Long TIS LOP TWO YUL TAP KSR WEST RAIL (PHASE I) LEO MOS HEO SIH UNI New Territories Ma On CHG Shan FOT Tuen Mun TUM Sha Tin RAC SHM Tsuen Wan SHT CIO TSW SKS TWH TAW STT MA ON SHAN TWW TAW RAILLINK KWH TSY KWF LAK WTS MEF KOT DIH LCK LOF CSW Tseung SKM CHH YAO Kwan O SSP MTR KOB POA PRE MKK NAC TSEUNG KWAN O PEB NTK HAH OLY CLK MOK KWT EXTENSION Kowloon LAT YMT TIK KOW HUH TKO JOR YAT WKPT ETS TST TKS FOH HOK NOP QUB SHW SWH TUC TAK CEN TIH PENNY'S BAY CAB SKW HFC Tung Chung ADM WAC RAIL LINK TSIM SHA TSUI EXTENSION Lantau Island Hong Kong Island CHW RDS 1994 - HONG KONG’s NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS 1994 1995 1996 19971998 1999 2000 20012002 2003 2004 2005 Conceptualization Proposal West Rail Technical Studies & Detailed Design (Phase I) Authorization Construction Conceptualization MTR Proposal Technical Studies & Detailed Design Tseung Kwan O Authorization Extension Construction Conceptualization Feasibility Studies Ma On Shan Proposal & Detailed Design Rail Authorization Construction Conceptualization Feasibility Studies KCR Proposal & Detailed Design Tsim Sha Tsui Authorization Extension Construction Conceptualization Feasibility Studies Sheung Shui- Proposal & Detailed Design Lok Ma Chau Authorization Spur Line Construction Conceptualization & Feasibility Studies Penny's Bay Proposal & Detailed Design Authorization Rail Link Construction RDS 1994 - PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME 3 The Airport Core Projects (ACP) Construction of the Tsing Ma Bridge and the Kap Shui Mun Bridge 4 Cross Harbour Tunnel – launching immersed tube unit 5 Cross Harbour Tunnel – portal construction Cross Harbour Tunnel – opened Aug 1972 6 Project Management - New Challenges Project Management : New Challenges Project delivery issues 7 8 Project Management : New Challenges Project delivery issues Up keeping of our infrastructure The KCR East Rail Train Under-frame Problems 9 The KCR East Rail Train Under-frame Problems Project Management : New Challenges Project delivery issues Up keeping of our infrastructure Cross boundary issues 10 內伶仃島 淇澳島 Neilingding Dao 屯門 Qi’ao Dao Tuen Mun 金鼎 Jinding 珠江 北大嶼山公路 唐家 港珠澳大橋 Tangjia ZHUJIANG KOU 連接路 -香港段 North Lantau Hong Kong - Zhuhai Highway Connection -Macao Bridge - Hong Kong Section 赤鱲角 Chek Lap Kok 珠海 港珠澳大橋-珠江段 大蠔 Tai Ho ZHUHAI Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao 東涌 Bridge - Zhujiang Section Tung Chung 沙螺灣 Sha Lo 鱟殼灣 前山 Wan Hau Hok Qianshan 石灣 Wan 大澳 San Shek Tai O Wan 拱北 Gongbei 大 南屏 嶼 Nanping 海 峽 灣仔 澳門 L Wanzai A 香 MACAO N 港 T 特 A H 別 U KS 行 C A 政 氹仔 H R 區 Taipa A Bo 界 N un N da E ry Details to be L 路環 橫琴 Coloane determined Hengqin 港珠澳大橋 Hong Kong - Zhuhai – Macao Bridge (HZMB) 11 Project Management : New Challenges Project delivery issues Up keeping of our infrastructure Cross boundary issues Changes in public aspiration Alignment of the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line 12 Reclamation Projects in Central and Wan Chai Central Reclamation, Phase I Wan Chai Reclamation, Phase I Central Reclamation, Wan Chai Development, Phase III Phase II (under review) (under construction) Central Reclamation, Trunk Road Phase II Project Management – the Public Sector Response 13 Project Management – the Public Sector Response Full Project Life Planning Project Implementation Approaches Asset Management Cross Boundary Coordination 1) Conceptualization and strategic planning 2) Project definition and detailed planning Conventional Public 3) Project initiation, funding and authorization Sector Project 4) Design, construction and commissioning 5) Operation, management and maintenance Maintenance PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS 14 1) Conceptualization and strategic planning 2) Project definition and detailed planning 3) Project initiation, funding and authorization Full Project Life Management 4) Design, construction and commissioning 5) Operation, management and maintenance PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS Full Project Life Management PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS 15 Some Guidelines for the Development of Major Infrastructure Projects based on the experience from the implementation of the ACP • Selecting the Most Appropriate Institutional Entity of Delivery • Check and Balance • Programme Management • Managing the Transition from Construction to Operation • Risk Assessment and Contingency Plan Selecting the Most Appropriate Institutional Entity of Delivery • Careful thought be given at the early stage to how a project is to be delivered. • Comparison between basic choices – such as designating a Government department, commissioning a statutory organization or involving a private enterprise through certain franchise or form of agreement • Need to consider commercial viability of the project if private sector is involved – the business case of the project 16 Hong Kong BOT Tunnel Projects Work Time for Actual Operation Fran- Expiry of Projects commenced completion time start chise franchise (month) period (years) Cross Harbour 9-1969 47 36 8-1972 30 9-1999 Tunnel Eastern Cross 8-1986 42 37.5 9-1989 30 8-2016 Harbour Tunnel Tate’s Cairn 7-1988 37 34 6-1991 30 7-2018 Tunnel Western Harbour 8-1993 48 44 4-1997 30 8-2023 Crossing Route 3 (Country 5-1995 38 36 5-1998 30 5-2025 Park Section) Implementation of Railway Projects HKSAR Government Railway Corporation Project Agreement Railway Development Planning Proposal Project Definition Detailed Planning &Design Project Initiation Contract Administration Authorization Construction & Commissioning Interface Coordination COMPLETION 17 Check and Balance • Clear demarcation of responsibility and authority • Out-sourcing project management to avoid “over control” • Ongoing reviews during the design and construction stages • Early involvement of the operation team or the users and formal handing over of systems to the operation team • Confirming readiness all around Programme Management • Use of well-defined critical milestones as “project decision points” • A master programme for overview and tracking of progress • Critical item reporting • Matching the construction programme with the commissioning programme 18 Managing the Transition from Construction to Operaion • Transitional activities such as testing, commissioning, training and trail runs should form part of the master programme • Ample time allowed for each phase of activities • Any compression of the timetable should be critically reviewed by both the project team and the operation team • Overall charge by an officer with suitable experience with professional support Risk Assessment and Contingency Plan • Operation Team should consider an overall risk assessment • There should be in place comprehensive contingency plans, prepared in consultation with all concerned parties and fully tried out, to deal with unexpected situations • Particular attention be given to the possible “snowballing” effects of relatively minor problems. 19 Asset Value 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 The ConceptofAssetManagement 0 0 7 14 21 28 33 41 48 55 Years 62 69 76 83 90 97 104 20 Vertical Flexural Mode of Tsing Ma Bridge Lateral Flexural Mode of Tsing Ma Bridge 21 Wind & Structural Health Monitoring Systems for the Stonecutters Bridge WIM The function of the systems is to collect and analyse 4E performance data of the bridge in order to3E assess the 2E health condition of the bridge, and establish1E an East appropriate maintenance strategy forTower the bridge Anemometer（風速儀 ） Accelerometer & Seismometer（加速儀／地震儀 ） Temperature Sensor（溫度儀 ） Strain Gauge（應變儀 ） WIM GPS Rover Station（衛星定位站 ） Displacement Transducer（位栘測量計 ） Barometer, Rain Gauge,（ 氣壓計，雨量計， West Hygrometer 濕度計） Tower 1W Corrosion Sensor（銹蝕測量儀 ） 2W 3W Digital Video Camera（數碼錄像機 ） 4W WIM Weigh-In-Motion System （車軸量重儀 ） The SWC and the HZM Bridge – Progress and the Next Step 22 Shenzhen Western Corridor 香港 HONG KONG 蛇口 SHEKOU Shenzhen Western Corridor SWC (SZ Portion) SWC (HK Portion) 1.6 km 3.2 km 鰲 磡 石 Boundary Control Facilities at Ngau Hom Dongjiaotou Shek New Reclamation Area 香 香 B 港 B 港 o o 特 特 H H 蛇口 u 蛇口 u 鰲 磡 沙 K K n n 別 別 S d Shekou S Shekou d Ngau Hom 行 行 a A a A r r Sha R R 政 政 y y o o 區 東 角 頭 區 f f 界 Dongjiaotou 界 23 The North Alignment Option (the Preferred Option) Tai Ho Kei Tau Kok Possible alignments : Scenic Road Chun Wan Road Tung Chung Kwo Lo Wan Direct Connection Kei Tau Kok Connection with the North-Lantau Highway 24 The Next Steps 1. To plan for the institutional and procurement arrangement 2. To coordinate the cross boundary interface 3. To manage problems arising from different standards and practices of Hong Kong and the Mainland 4. To build consensus and seek support from the community Concluding Remarks 25 Concluding Remarks Consensus Building The Notion of Sustainable Development Reclamation Projects in Central and Wan Chai Central Reclamation, Phase I Wan Chai Reclamation, Phase I Central Reclamation, Wan Chai Development, Phase III Phase II (under review) (under construction) Central Reclamation, Trunk Road Phase II 26 Protection of the Harbour Ordinance Section 3 provides: The harbour is to be protected and preserved as a special public asset and a natural heritage of Hong Kong people, and for that purpose there shall be a presumption against reclamation in the harbour. 1) All public officers and public bodies shall have regard to the principle stated in subsection (1) for guidance in the exercise of any powers vested in them. Court of Final Appeal Judgment on Draft Wan Chai North OZP (Jan 2004) “Public needs would of course be community needs.
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