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Thinking out of the Box in Infrastructure Development and Retrofitting ICE HKA Annual Conference 2015 Thinking out of the box in infrastructure development and retrofitting Edited by Edward Chu and Ken Ho Proceedings of the ICE HKA Annual Conference 2015 Thinking out of the box in infrastructure development and retrofitting 24 April 2015 Hong Kong Copyright © 2015 Institution of Civil Engineers Hong Kong Association Room 1606, 16/F Dominion Centre, 43-59 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong t 3153 4181 f 2894 9885 e [email protected] The papers express the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICE or the Organising Committee. Cover photograph (by Raymond HC Ho) Deep excavation of intake structure for Tsuen Wan Drainage Tunnel Organisation Organising Committee Paper Review Panel Chairman Ken Ho Helen Cochrane Vice Chairman Jenny Yeung Francis Kung Secretary Carrie Cheung John Latter Members Alan Cheng Josiah Leung Edward Chu David Sorton Matthew Lai Steve Lau Eugene Wong Sponsors Diamond Sponsor Construction Industry Council Platinum Sponsor Atkins China Limited Gold Sponsor C & H Engineering Company Limited China Geo-Engineering Corporation China Harbour Engineering Company Limited Chun Wo Development Holdings Limited Fugro Geotechnical Services Limited Gammon Construction Limited MTR Corporation Limited Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited Tai Kam Construction Engineering Company Limited The Hongkong Electric Company Limited Silver Sponsor Hsin Chong Construction Company Limited Wan Kei Geotechnical Engineering Company Limited Bronze Sponsor Fuk Shing Engineering Company Limited ii Contents Organisation ii Foreword vi Supporting Organisations vii Reflections on the Conference viii T. Warren Keynote Addresses Re-engineering concrete for resilient and sustainable infrastructure 1 V.C. Li Building resilience in the urban environment: the role of the engineer 17 E.P. Toyne Special Lectures The ties that bind – building a community with innovation in infrastructure development 31 C.S. Wai New town development in Hong Kong: the road to smart growth 37 P.C.M. Li Technical Papers Innovation in underground explosive storage 47 G.D.C. Bridges, D.Y.K. Yip, B.W.L. Siu, C.Y.K. Chan and A.K.M. Kwong Innovative solutions in Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road Project 53 M. Chan, D.S.H. Chan, P.W.H. Ng, Y.W. Leung and L.L. Yue Design consideration for artificial ground freezing for passenger adit construction for the Hong 65 Kong MTR West Island Line Y.Y. Chan, M.J. Swales, W.M. Cheung and K.H. Chu Innovative design idea and low carbon construction – Happy Valley Underground Stormwater 79 Storage Scheme G.S.K. Chou, K.W.N. Ko and K.M. Tung Effective use of high performance steel in construction: innovative design and construction 89 using Q690 steel materials K.F. Chung, G.Q. Li and T.Y. Ma Innovation and sustainability in public housing development 101 A.Y.S. Fung iii Sustainable Midfield Concourse Development at Hong Kong International Airport 112 M.D. Hawley and K.T. Poole Sustainable transport management solutions for mature cities 122 A.F. Kerr, K. Tan and W. Man Temburong Bridge – a new 30km road link for Brunei 131 S. Kite, S. Yip, M. To, N. Hussain and K.K. Chin Calculating the effects of debris impact from first principles 141 N.T.K. Lam Innovative engineering solution for underground sewage infrastructure construction 151 T.H. Lee and I. Askew Application of BIM in civil and infrastructure project 157 C.W.C. Leung, T.M.K. Lai, A.K.M. Kwong and I.W.Y. Chan Innovation and simplification on seismic design and analysis of artificial islands 164 C. Li and W.W. Yang Road to achieving zero carbon emissions 173 G. Li, M. Kam and W.Y. Lo Comparative analysis of technologies and methods for automatic construction of building 181 information models for existing buildings Q.C. Lu and S.H. Lee The use of Building Information Modelling 191 A.D. Mackay and A.W.K. Chan Design of new railway projects – challenges and innovative solutions 201 C. Ngai Turning the myth of high-rise zero carbon buildings into reality: a socio-technical framework 208 of design strategies Y. Ning, W. Pan and Y Zhao Emergency preparedness of disasters for safe and sustainable development 218 W.K. Pun, H.W. Sun and C.F. Yam The intrigue of creative design 231 S.H.R. Sham A Sustainability Construction Scorecard for Hong Kong 244 T.S.K. Tang iv Adelaide's Riverbank Footbridge 252 H. Turner and N. Southward Development of eco-cities through increasing eco-efficiency in urban construction and 264 innovation - energy in cities R.M.H. Yau Innovative installation techniques for PHC piles 280 A.T. Yeung A new approach to determine the polymer content in pre-packed polymer modified mortars 288 H.G. Zhu, P.L. Ng, S.S.P. Bao, I.M.L. Sham and K.T. Wan v Foreword We are delighted to welcome all delegates to the ICE HKA Annual Conference 2015. The theme of the conference is Thinking out of the box in infrastructure development and retrofitting. We have selected this theme to showcase the creative solutions involving innovations and new technology by practitioners and academia in tackling the engineering challenges that we are confronted with. The papers cover a wide range of topics including breakthroughs in material science, successful implementation of challenging infrastructure and building projects with major constraints, new visions in masterplanning, insights in enhancing city resilience against natural hazards, etc. The 29 papers included in these proceedings represent a most valuable reference that provides vivid examples of the achievements made by civil engineers in using their ingenuity to solve practical problems. All papers have been peer-reviewed. The target of the Organising Committee was to strive for technical excellence. We believe this goal has been successfully achieved. We are most honoured to have two eminent keynote speakers, namely Professor Victor Li from the University of Michigan and Dr Paul Toyne from the London Sustainable Development Commission, to share their wisdom with us. In addition, we are blessed with a large number of other distinguished speakers and authors, who are all leaders in their respective fields. Special thanks are due to Professor Joseph Lee and Dr Andrew Chan who are our session chairmen, to Tim Warren who is the Chair of Asia Pacific Sub-Committee of ICE International Committee, and to the Organising Committee and Review Panel respectively for all their hard work behind the scene. Ken Ho, JP Chairman, Organising Committee April 2015 vi Supporting Organisations American Society of Civil Engineers, Hong Kong Section Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch) Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (Hong Kong Region) Civil Division, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR Government Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, City University of Hong Kong Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong Development Bureau, HKSAR Government Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Drainage Services Department, HKSAR Government Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR Government Highways Department, HKSAR Government Hong Kong Constructional Metal Structures Association Hong Kong Housing Authority, HKSAR Government Hong Kong Institute of Utility Specialists Hong Kong Institution of Highways and Transportation Joint Structural Division, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and Institution of Structural Engineers Planning Department, HKSAR Government Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors The Chartered Institute of Building (Hong Kong) The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, Hong Kong The Hong Kong Green Building Council The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Transport Department, HKSAR Government Water Supplies Department, HKSAR Government vii ICE HKA Annual Conference 2015 Thinking out of the box in infrastructure development and retrofitting Reflections on the Conference Tim Warren Chair of Asia Pacific Sub-committee of ICE International Committee 1 OVERVIEW As an overseas attendee to this prestigious conference I was surprised at the breadth and interconnectedness of the key points. These were extremely topical for me and were two fold – both technical (which was expected and provided information and insight for life-long learning at an international level) and, as importantly, on Civil Engineers learning to fulfil a social role in the development of modern cities. Specifically this second point came out as: Taking a more holistic review of the value and drivers of modern liveable cities, Raising the role of Civil Engineers professionally - in understanding that the needs of people are the reason for our work and therefore we have a role in shaping and guiding strategic policy and vision to satisfy people’s social needs. Traditionally engineers were thought of as those who provided technical solutions and innovations to improve construction efficiency and effectiveness. This conference showed us: Civil Engineers should again seeksolutions that reach past their projects, to understand the outcomes that they bring and how those outcomes can be focused on improving people’s quality of life, Modern cities, to be successful, must be sustainable and provide an enhanced quality of life, Engineers who both engage in innovation and think about social dynamics will be able to serve their projects and employers much more effectively - neither of these are easy to achieve. That, at a high level, Hong Kong clearly understands the changed drivers for a city to be ‘world class’ was clearly articulated. At a more detailed level the speakers’ themes all touched on the competing issues and ideas that are the challenges of attaining this goal. 2 THOUGHT PIECE I was really caught by two addresses - specifically: Mr C.K. Hon, the Permanent Secretary for Development – in his Opening Address used the quote that “It is dreams that make change”*1.
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