Renovation and reposition works of hotel rooms at Tower 1 and Tower 2 at the Marina Bay Sands
The total number of rooms delivered is 1,026 rooms and is anticipated to be completed in June 2023.
• Hotel Tower 1: 532 rooms
• Hotel Tower 2: 494 rooms
The works includes construction services of demolition, new construction, finishes, Furniture Fixtures & Equipment (FF&E) removal and installation of new FF&E. This works is operating in a 24-hours live property environment.
The works include 580 rooms of hotel guestrooms, 14 rooms of David Beckham suites, FOH lift lobbies, corridors, and lift car interior from L08 to L38 of the hotel. This works is operating in a 24-hours live property environment.
The works include redesign and refurbishment of the Londoner hotel main gaming floor and high limit area to a whole new theme of modern and contemporary design. Second part of the works is to relocate and fit out of a 12,000 sq. ft. Junket area at Level 1 of the hotel.
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VMH Rooms Conversion includes the fitting-out and renovation works to the Hotel Suites, Lift Lobbies, and Corridors at The Venetian Macao Hotel Resort. And total construction works cover 2,840 nos. of hotel rooms.
The work refers to the implementation of ABWF and fit-out works within The Parisian Hotel Main Casino to the following areas: Level B1: Bus lobby casino entrance escalators void and entrance area of Bus Depot; Level LG: Main casino central escalator void and mid landing; Level 1: Main gaming floor area, high limit slot and table areas inclusive of washrooms, private high limit slot and table rooms inclusive of washrooms, main cage, satellite cage, high limit cage, high limit tea bar, casino screens, any BOH rooms directly within the Casino space, all interface lobbies and main casino central escalator void.
The Works refer to the provision of ABWF, Fit-out, MEP/ ELV and access works in connection with the design, supply, installation, and renovation of the Four Seasons Room Renovation project, which includes 360 numbers of Rooms, Suites, Lift Lobbies and Corridors from Level 6 to Level 19 of Four Seasons Hotel, Macao.
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A warm welcome to all Lighthouse Club members, and all others in our construction industry reading this magazine, wherever you may be. From the UK to the Middle East, from Asia to Australia, and beyond, our wonderful Lighthouse Clubs around the world exist, because of you.
If you are not yet a member, it’s simple to join via our website, www.lighthouseclubintl.com , or via your local Lighthouse Club.
Lighthouse Club International, the umbrella organization that acts as a coordinating body for Lighthouse Club branches held its AGM on 24 June. Lighthouse Club branches had their representatives elected to the Committee and their work now continues for the year ahead. Congratulations to all the new Committee members for the 2023/2024 year! Please liaise with your local Lighthouse Club branch committee members to find out more about the role of Lighthouse Club International and what it means to you for your local and international activities.
The theme for this edition of the magazine is health and safety. This is a subject that is very dear to the Lighthouse Club. One of our core aims is to provide charitable assistance to those in the construction industry that need it. Often those needy people are victims, or the family of victims of construction industry accidents. The calls on charitable assistance would be reduced if there were fewer accidents on construction sites. The root causes of accidents are not always well-understood. The more that the industry can do to tackle root causes, not just the immediate site issues, the more likely we are as an industry to dramatically reduce accident and fatality rates.
The Lighthouse Club continues to support multiple causes for construction industry employees and their families. This includes financial aid to victims of construction industry accidents and their families, educational assistance, and assistance with medical and hospitalisation costs for those without adequate medical insurance. Further assistance is also provided in the form of sponsored days out for the affected families. The work of the charities and the additional support in the form of events and sponsorships is only achievable through the generosity of our members and income generated from the addition of new members. Please contact Lighthouse Club International or your local Lighthouse Club branch to find out more about how you can help.
Construction industry fellowship and networking remains the focus of our Lighthouse Clubs, with charitable activities undertaken where permitted by local jurisdictions. Please enjoy reading this magazine, share it with your industry colleagues, and check out the events advertised on your local branch website and/or our official international website.
A big thank you to all our supporters and contributors and remember – stay safe.
Robert Gordon Chairman, Lighthouse Club International
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Executive Committee:
Chairman
Robert Gordon, robert.gordon@burohappold.com
Immediate Past Chairman
Glenn Haley, glenn.haley@bclplaw.com
Chairman Elect
Jim Chessell, jchessell@bkasiapacific.com
Deputy Chairman
Keith Buckley, keith.buckley@lighthouseclubmacau.com
Secretary Gina Leung, gleung@secretariat-intl.com
Treasurer
Neil Roberts, neilr.lighthouseclub@gmail.com
Membership Secretary
Bert de Munck, bdmunck@gmail.com
Elected Branch Representative:
Australia David Gibson david.gibson@dga-group.com
Yazeed Abdelhadi yazeed_abdelhadi@yahoo.com
Cambodia Kerr Thomson kerr.thomson@covathinking.com
Hong Kong Neil Roberts neilr.lighthouseclub@gmail.com
Steve Tennant stevetennanthongkong@gmail.com
Gina Leung gleung@secretariat-intl.com
Macau Keith Buckley keith.buckley@lighthouseclubmacau.com Carlos Tang carlos.tang@topbuildersgroup.com
Malaysia Pui Mun Teoh teoh@speedbrick.com
Myanmar John Anderson johna@meinhardt.net
Philippines Bert de Munck bdmunck@gmail.com
Singapore Jim Chessell jchessell@bkasiapacific.com
Thailand Gareth Hughes Gareth.hughes@rsmthailand.com John Pollard johnp@meinhardt.net
Vietnam Colin Johnston cjohnston@bkasiapacific.com
United Bill Hill Kingdom bill.hill@lighthouseclub.com
Edward Naylor edward.naylor@naylor.co.uk
Lyndsey Gallagher lyndsey.gallagher@gallagher-group.co.uk
Honorary President and Honorary Life Chairman
John Battersby
Honorary Life Members
Keith Buckley - Macau
Phil Clarke - Macau
Willie Kay - Singapore
Les Leslie - Hong Kong & UK
Nick Longley - Hong Kong & Australia
Bert de Munck - Malaysia & Philippines
Steve Tennant - Hong Kong
Phil Thoburn - Philippines
The Lighthouse Club International AGM was held in June
TBH has ambitious growth plans, with Asia being of key strategic importance to the business. Promoting a senior Director like Trevor to the TBH partnership reaffirms our commitment to the region.
Earlier this month, TBH Director, Trevor Lam, was appointed to the partnership of international project management consultancy TBH, which specialises in high-risk, large-scale and challenging projects.
Armed with over 20 years of experience in Project Planning, Scheduling, Project Controls and Forensic Delay Analysis, Trevor has been leading TBH Asia’s Disputes and Project Planning service offerings. His new role will see him join TBH Asia Director Meiske Sompie in driving TBH’s Asia business forward.
Founded in Australia in 1965, TBH’s end-to-end solutions include Planning & Scheduling, Project Controls, Claims and Dispute Resolution, Project Management, P3M, PMO and Program Management, Risk Management, Cost Management, and Strategic Advisory Services.
Based out of Singapore since 2014, Trevor has worked on large-scale transport infrastructure projects, power plant projects (both renewable and non-renewable), oil & gas projects, mixed-use developments and data centres across Asia, Australia, Greece, the UK and Dubai. His clients have included private developers, owners, main contractors, subcontractors and government agencies.
Specialising in administering time-related claims, either preparing or assessing Extension of Time (EOT) and disruption claims – with the intent of avoiding disputes – Trevor is a testifying Delay Expert in arbitration and Court proceedings on matters across various project types and industry sectors. This appointment builds on TBH’s heritage as an expert in time, with the consultancy partnering with the public and private sectors since 1965 to provide simple solutions to their most complex problems.
Having established a presence in the region in 2008, this appointment is the first in a number of announcements set to take place over the next few months that cement TBH’s longterm ambitions to bolster its growth in the region.
Commenting on his promotion, Trevor Lam said: “I am delighted with the appointment to the TBH partnership. Having spent most of my career at TBH, the culture I have experienced within the business makes it special. We are committed to service excellence, coupled with a nurturing working environment. It makes TBH a truly rewarding place to work.
With continuing strong construction growth anticipated in South East Asia, implementing industry best practices in time management will become increasingly important for all project stakeholders in an increasingly competitive market. Accompanying the increasing volume of construction activity – a considerable portion of which will be in emerging markets – there will invariably be a growing number of construction disputes that parties will unfortunately encounter.
Underpinned by TBH’s extensive depth of experience built over the past 58 years, I am looking forward to helping our clients navigate these delay and disruption disputes. Preferably though, I look forward to supporting my clients in successfully delivering their projects and avoiding disputes, while ensuring they are armed with the necessary knowledge to make bestfor-business decisions.”
Jonathan Jacobs, Managing Director, TBH, said: “TBH has ambitious growth plans, with Asia being of key strategic importance to the business. Promoting a senior Director like Trevor to the TBH partnership reaffirms our commitment to the region.
Trevor was one of the original team members who helped establish TBH’s Asia business. He brings more senior leadership to the team and a wide range of expertise across TBH’s planning & scheduling and claims & disputes service offering.”
The Lighthouse Club International (LHCI) AGM was held on 24 June 2023. LHCI acts as an umbrella and coordinating organisation for other Lighthouse Club branches. Individuals and corporates can join LHCI, and it makes good sense to do so if you or your business works across multiple locations around the world and within which there are Lighthouse Club branches.
At the AGM, reports from the Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary were received. KPMG were appointed as Auditors for the Year 2023. Lighthouse Club branches put forward their nominated Members for election to the Committee for the 2023/2024 year and were duly elected by the Council.
Subsequently and at the first Committee Meeting following the AGM, the following key appointments were confirmed or voted for:
Honorary President - John Battersby, for a 3-year term Chairman – Robert Gordon, continuing for his 2nd year in the role
Immediate Past Chairman – Glenn Haley
Deputy Chairman – Keith Buckley
Chairman-Elect – Jim Chessell
Treasurer – Neil Roberts
Secretary – Gina Leung
Membership Secretary – Bert De Munck
All these roles are undertaken on a voluntary basis and generally involve a lot of hard work. Congratulations to all the Officers for the Association! We also thank Janey Rogers, who stepped down in the year as Secretary due to new work commitments and thank her for all support over the previous years.
Moving forward, we are aligning our September committee meeting with Lighthouse Club Singapore, and our committee meeting in November will be timed for Lighthouse Club Manila’s annual ball. This helps create opportunities for more face-to-face networking between different Lighthouse Club branches. Work also continues on the set up of new branches and encouraging more connectivity and sharing between branches’ Women In Construction groups.
PHIRUM PHAN is a 34-year-old Banner
Construction Worker, living and working in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and in early February he was very badly injured in an horrific on-site accident.
The accident occurred as Phirum was removing seals during the installation of an advertising hoarding. The hoarding was located on the 3rd floor of a townhouse building where Phirum was on site with 2 other workers. Unusually here in Cambodia, when we tried to understand what had happened, they confirmed that they had carried out an exercise, similar to a Take 5 for Safety (seldom done on local construction sites). This is a procedure used to identify health and safety hazards before starting work on a site. The procedure involves stopping whatever task you're undertaking and taking five minutes to assess the hazards, risks and potential harm.
The Take 5 Safety Steps are:
• STOP, step back and THINK
• Identify the hazards
• Assess the level of risk
• Control the hazards
Having checked the area prior to beginning their work to insure there was no live cabling, and electricity wires in the installation area, they proceeded. Unfortunately, as they were about the finish the installation process Phirum was given a massive electrical shock, (we assume there was a hidden live cable in the roof area and attached somehow to the hoarding that had not previously been identified.)
The shock was so huge he fell off the roof area (there was no safety equipment provided), and due to both the electrical shock and the fall, he has had to have to have both legs amputated one below and one above the knee. One of his arms has been badly affected by the electrical shock so he can only use it minimally. Fortunately, his other arm was not affected, which gives him a much more positive outlook for future employment (i.e., retraining as a motorcycle mechanic or
another job where he can work with minimal walking). He has also had extensive burns on his body and developed a stomach infection due to the burns, this then required multiple skin grafts and he continues to need long-term care to ensure all the infection heals properly.
The company he worked for is a medium size local company (but substantial enough in size to be able to offer him decent financial assistance, although it provides no worker insurance that we know of. Their final offer was a paltry USD $500 and thereafter refused to provide anymore assistance, as they believed Phirum was at fault). Phirum’s wife who is a garment worker on minimal wages and is now 7 months pregnant obtained a $6000 loan from a village “bank” (more akin to loan sharks as an official bank refused to offer the family a loan due to their low income), but this is the maximum they will offer her and the extended family are in no financial position to assist. Phirum’s hospital bills amounted to around USD $8000 after 2 only weeks in intensive care, and even though 6 months has now passed since the accident and he is back at home, he requires daily ongoing care for his wounds.
Phirum’s plight was brought to the attention of Lighthouse Club Cambodia (LHCC)by friends of their family (such cases in Cambodia are often never reported as the workers have often very little legal protection and are fearful of repercussions of bringing such cases to the attention of either the police or legal agencies). Phirum was granted much needed financial assistance by the LHCIBT Trustees to which he and his family are extremely grateful.
In Cambodia there is no free hospital assistance, and most hospitals refuse to treat lower income workers unless they have a “backer’ or can produce enough cash up front. His wife told us without the support of the LHCC and the assistance of the LHCIBT Trustees his case would likely not have been taken on by the hospital and Phirum’s future would have remained very bleak. In fact, due to the severity of his injuries he stood a very high chance of losing his life without the medial assistance provided to him. His family would also have been at very high risk of losing their home and land in the province as it was used to secure the “village” loan ,and they had very little hope of being able to pay it back due to the very high interest rate.
Currently, Phirum remains at home and is able to move around his apartment using his arms. His wife continues to work as a garment worker in order to provide an income for the family and they are looking forward to the arrival of their new baby very soon. They remain in good spirits, and we are looking at other agencies who can provide prosthetics for Phirum after his wounds are completely healed. Hopefully by the end of the year.
We believe Phirum’s tragic case highlights the importance of the work the Lighthouse Club does, especially in developing countries such as Cambodia where labour rights and safety, are still issues that continue to need a significant amount of development. The LHCC committee had already been looking at hosting our first Safety Construction Award, and Phirum’s case very much highlights the need for us as the Lighthouse Club to bring safety, and a safe working mindset to the forefront of the construction industry in Cambodia.
Following a fatal-accident free first five months of 2023, two accidents were reported in June. Once again, the Macau Lighthouse Club Benevolent Fund has stepped in to assist the families of the persons below involved in construction accidents.
A serious accident happened on 7 June 2023 at the Macau New Urban Zone A A2 site. A non-resident worker was hit by a dump truck. His pelvis, bladder and rectum were badly injured, and he was in a coma following the injury. The worker underwent surgeries on 8 and 16 June and now remains in ICU.
On 15 June, a fatal accident occurred at the same construction site, where a worker was struck in the head by a bundle of steel bars. The accident took place at around 4pm, and the worker was immediately rushed to the hospital by firefighters who arrived on the scene. Despite their best efforts, the worker was declared dead, and his identity was confirmed to be a 32-yearold male Chinese migrant worker. The worker was assisting
in the lifting of steel bars when he was struck by the bundle, causing bleeding from his left ear and eyes and a laceration on his forehead. This is a very sad case as the wife is pregnant with a one-year-old daughter and has no job.
So far this year the Benevolent Fund has made donations totalling MOP200,000 to the Next of Kin of the deceased or seriously injured workers and also to the wife of a worker injured in 2019 and who remains in a vegetative state in the PRC. It is thanks to the support of members, sponsors etc of Lighthouse Club Macau that these donations can be used to help the families of these unfortunate workers.
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LIGHTHOUSE HONG KONG catches up with Derek Zen, Chairman of Hong Kong born Build King, to talk innovation, health and safety and the future of the city’s building industry.
Text by Elizabeth Dooley
Derek Zen has just returned to a typhoon-soaked Hong Kong from a rainy summer weekend in London where he attended the 2023 NEC Annual Conference organised by ICE.
He’s brought home with him, on behalf of Build King, the annual grand innovation award of NEC contracts for the company’s work on the Sha Tau Kok Sewage Treatment Works (STKSTW) Expansion.
The Expansion Project, which commenced in 2018 and is due for overall completion in the first quarter of 2025, is set to increase the treatment capacity by threefold, from 1,660m3/day at average dry weather to 5,000m3/day to cope with the future development and increasing population of the Sha Tau Kok town area, located in the north-east corner of the planned Northern Metropolis Development in Hong Kong, adjoining Shenzhen City in Mainland China.
Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) construction methods, associated installation of mechanical, electrical and plumbing equipment, as well as modular shoring technology were just some of the construction innovations brought to the project by Build King, resulting in shortened construction periods, better quality control, fewer labour resources, and a reduction in safety hazards.
Asked his thoughts on the importance of innovation Zen says it’s a not just a question of survival: “Labour costs are getting higher and higher, and productivity is going down. If you fail to embrace new
methods you can get marginalised very soon, so we need to find new ways of doing things. We need to use automation to replace traditional methods for welding and so on, and to use online tools for things like the monitoring of settlements which used to be done by surveyors, can now be done in an instant,” he explains.
It's a philosophy that seems to be working well for Zen. Build King’s HK$12 billion contract for the Reclamation and Advance Works for Tung Chung New Town Extension from the Civil Engineering and Development Department, which commenced in December 2017, is the company’s largest project to date.
As the first new town extension project via reclamation since the completion of the last new town development projects in Tseung Kwan O and Tung Chung by reclamation as far back as 2003, the project is also one of the major initiatives under the Governments’ multi-pronged approach to increase land supply in the medium to long-term.
It is set to provide around 49,500 residential flats, around 827,000 square metres of commercial floor space, accommodating a population of about 140,000.
For Build King, the works mainly comprise reclamation of the seabed by a non-dredged method at Tung Chung East (TCE) to form a total of about 130 hectares of land; construction of about 4.9 kilometres of seawalls with eco-shoreline; three drainage box culvert outfalls, three circulation drains and a seawater intake; construction of about a 470 metre long multi-cell drainage box culvert at TCE; provision of infrastructure for Tung Chung Area 58, including construction of a single two-land road with a 270 metre long footpath and associated utility works, complete with associated environmental mitigation measures.
Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel, Road P2
Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel, Road P2
Similarly, Build King won the HK$9.2 billion Hospital Authority contract for the Expansion of United Christian Hospital, which was first established in 1973, and saw the construction of additional blocks as far back as 1999. This project commenced in 2020, the highlights of which include the construction of a new twintower ambulatory block, alongside extension to existing block, an auxiliary E&M building, a tunnel between the new and existing blocks, as well as linkbridges, pedestrian linkages to neighbouring sites, and associated alternation and additional works inside existing blocks, landscaping, utilities diversion and roadworks and a new vehicular stop at Hip Wo Street.
Build King has come a long way since Zen’s father started the family business back in 1971 as a subcontractor. On graduating in 1975, Zen joined Gammon, before joining Build King seven years later, and helping to grow the company gradually from civil engineering subcontractor to main contractor, and branching off into construction, materials and eventually into China.
Today, as a listed company in Hong Kong, most of its projects remain in Hong Kong, with a 60/40 split between civil engineering and building construction covering over 50 active projects in the city employing over 3,000 staff. The company also has its own M&E arm.
“The growth of BIM [or Building Information Modelling] and MiC [Modular Integrated Construction] in Hong Kong has been significant and naturally we want to be a part of this development,” says Zen.
“We are also focusing on digitising our entire internal system, as well as trying to adopt MiC in a more economical way to see if things can be done cheaper than in-situ. I think the industry has a long way to go in adapting innovation technology and this new construction method fully to Hong Kong’s unique construction context, but I think it is the way forward when it starts to reach economy of scale,” he explains.
Of course, safety is always at the top of the list. “Life is extremely important, and from a business point of view nobody wants an accident on site. We treasure all our workers and want to create the safest environment possible. The reality is that the average age of labourers in the city is now 55, with some workers now in their seventies. This is something we cannot ignore,” he admits.
And while the Labour Department has begun to issue penalties to companies not adhering to health and safety regulations, he doesn’t see this as the ultimate solution.
Kowloon East Regional Headquarters and Operational Base cum Ngau Tau Kok Divisional Police Station
The growth of BIM and MiC in Hong Kong has been significant and naturally we want to be a part of this development.
DEREK ZEN - CHAIRMAN, BUILD KING
“What also needed is for all parties to sit down together and drill into what has caused the problem.”
For Zen, while he admits that Build King might be a little bit late to the table when it comes to MiC, he believes that it could be the answer to a greater degree of production quality control, and improvements in construction productivity, safety and sustainability.
By adopting the concept of “factory assembly followed by on-site installation”, MiC should be able to help ease some of the current challenges faced by the local construction industry. Using this method, freestanding integrated modules (completed with finishes, fixtures and fittings) are manufactured and assembled in a factory. By transferring on-site construction processes to a controlled factory environment, most of the works can be substantially completed off-site. The adverse impacts of weather conditions, scarce labour resources and site constraints can all be substantially reduced.
Primary School in Kai Tak
Indeed, Zen points to three Build King MiC projects which commenced last year. They include the design and build contract for a Transitional Housing Project at Wong Tai Sin for Sik Sik Yuen, compromising a 4-storey residential buildings consisting of 227 modular concrete housing units catering to 612 residents in 2 and 3-4 person units; the main contract works for the Facilities Development Project for the Hong Kong Sports Institute in Shatin, comprising 3-storey sports training, sports science and sports medicine and sports residence facilities; and the construction of a 30-classroom, 5-storey primary school block in Sham Shui Po, comprising 169 MiC modules constructed in a factory in Tuen Mun.
“I truly believe that if MiC is introduced gradually to Hong Kong, this will be a big help when it comes to maintaining the safety record of the city,” he concludes.
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Shaw Auditorium
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The Occupational Safety and Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance (the “Amendments”) took effect on 28 April 2023, amending the previous Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap.59) (‘FIUO’) and the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Cap.509) (‘OSHO’) (together, the “OSH Legislation”).
The FIUO imposes general duties on proprietors to ensure safety and health at work of all persons who are employed by them in an industrial undertaking and the OSHO requires employers/ occupiers of the work premises to ensure the safety and health at work of their employees.
The Amendments implement the following key changes:
1. Increasing the maximum penalties for occupational safety and health (‘OSH’) offences committed by any proprietors of industrial undertakings, employers or occupiers of premises known collectively as the “Responsible Persons”.
2. Requiring the court to consider financial information of the Responsible Persons’ business (when convicted on indictment) in determining the amount of fine; and
3.Extending the time limit for the prosecution for offences that are triable summarily. The driver behind the Amendments is to enhance the deterrent effect of the OSH Legislation. The previous penalties imposed under the OSH Legislation have not been amended for over 25 years.
The Amendments now allow prosecutors to not only seek OSH offences to be tried summarily (i.e. in the magistrate’s court) but also, in respect of serious OSH offences, to invoke the various provisions as indicatable offences. If prosecuted as an indictable offence, these prosecutions can be brought to a higher-level court for trial. The Amendments also raise the maximum penalty on summary convictions to HK$3 million and, for convictions on indictment, to HK$10 million.
In addition to the increased fines, for serious offences committed without reasonable excuse, the possible imprisonment term will be raised to 6 months on summary convictions, and 2 years on conviction on indictment.
As regards indictable offences, the Amendments introduce a further significant development which requires a court to have regard to the scale of operation of the Responsible Persons’ business.
If a proprietor of an industrial undertaking is convicted on indictment, the court must order that proprietor give information on the turnover of their business to determine the scale of its operation. The court must consider that information when determining the potential fines imposed for the offence committed. The definition of “turnover” means the pure revenue from business activities carried out in Hong Kong.
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The mendments increase the time limit available for prosecuting summary offences. The previous time limit for prosecution of a summary offence was 6 months. The Amendments have increased this time limit to 9 months beginning on the date on which the offence is committed (this new time limit also applies to indictable offences that are to be tried summarily).
This revision, it is argued, would allow the Labour Department more time to conduct in-depth investigations and provide sufficient evidence to allow the courts to make a determination as to the appropriate penalty on successful conviction.
There has been an improvement over the last decade to the industrial accident rate in Hong Kong. This rate dropped from 51.7 industrial accidents per 1,000 workers in 2000 to 12.4 in 2020.
However, this trend has stalled somewhat in recent years, and it remains the case that Hong Kong needs to further its efforts to ensure that industry safety standards continue to improve. There remain about 20 fatal industrial accidents every year.
In this regard, the Amendments do bring Hong Kong more in line with other developed economies in terms of the higher penalties that can be imposed for work-place accidents and health and safety offences (now exceeding those in Singapore and Ontario, Canada).
That said, until there is time to assess these Amendments in practice, there will be a question mark over the ultimate impact (and deterrent effect) these Amendments will have. The key, always, is how prosecutions are pursued and whether the fines / punishments imposed are fair and just considering all circumstances of the offence.
It also remains to be seen how implementing penalties associated with the turnover of the convicted persons business may work in practice. It could potentially act as a useful deterrent but, equally, if turnover is used as one of the more important metrics in determining fines this could have the unintended consequence
of penalising some companies in the industry that may also be the greatest leaders of change.
The positive track record of any company in improving health and safety outcomes overall and the efforts in driving industry change should also play a part when considering the appropriateness of any penalty. The assessment of an offender’s prior track record in health and safety in determining penalties may, arguably, do more in deterring repeat offenders (in 2020, repeat offenders made up 32% of all convicted OSH offenders).
Of course, legislation and increased penalties must form part of the landscape in industry reform (if such legislation is put intopractice appropriately). However, such changes alone– without other more positive reinforcers – may not produce the continued improvement so desired in the industry.
Ultimately, the construction industry is a people business. Successfully tackling safety issues in the industry will require changes in behaviour.
To do this, government, contractors, developers, architects, individual employees must continue to plan, share information, and pursue a range of initiatives over and above what only legislative punishment (and these recent Amendments) can achieve.
Hong Kong needs to continue to balance the changes that punish and deter offenders with ensuring equal efforts are put into programs that incentivise and reward those who create and support a culture of responsibility in the industry.
HONG KONG needs to ensure equal efforts are put into programs that incentivise and reward those who create and support a culture of responsibility in the industry.
In Hong Kong, the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Cap.509) recently received an update that came into effect on 28 April 2023. The ordinance has a wide coverage and the context here is in relation to construction industry sites. Herewith my personal view, as a consulting engineer, on the changes with respect to the potential for improvements in health and safety related accidents and fatalities.
The purpose of the Ordinance, is stated as follows:
(a) to ensure the safety and health of employees when they are at work;
(b) to prescribe measures that will contribute to making the workplaces of employees safer and healthier for them;
(c) to improve the safety and health standards applicable to certain hazardous processes, plant and substances used or kept in workplaces;
(d) generally to improve the safety and health aspects of working environments of employees.
The key updates that came into effect on 28 April 2023 were to increase the quantum of the fines and imprisonment durations under different offences under the ordinance on conviction.
The most serious offences can lead to a fine of HK$10,000,000 and imprisonment for 2 years. Will the increases in penalties on conviction help achieve the purpose of the Ordinance? Has an opportunity been missed to update other requirements or add new requirements to the ordinance to help ensure the purpose is achieved? I believe more could have been done.
Deterrence, in the form of severe penalties, can be a good motivator to ensure compliance with the Ordinance. It is worth bearing in mind that since the initial introduction of health and safety legislation, construction industry companies have generally put safety first, often featuring at number one on the agenda of meetings, introduced a raft of policies, documentation, procedures, working practices, inductions, toolbox talks, and innovations to help ensure compliance with the Ordinance, implemented training programs for all levels of construction site employees from the leadership to managers to front-line workers, their supervisory personnel and safety officers; and introduced QA and QC procedures to help ensure continued compliance.
Yet with all these efforts, accidents still occur and fatality rates in HK have remained relatively steady over the past several years.
The HK Labour Department has recorded the following (OSH Statistics Bulletin No.22, published in August 2022):
This averages at about 3,300 accidents and 18 fatalities per year with some variance from year to year. Anecdotally, recent numbers are not showing meaningful improvement. Trends can be drawn from the data, and the data measured can also be queried, but the underlying comment is that there are still significant numbers of injuries and fatalities each year in the construction industry.
Time will tell if the changes to the Cap.509 will, by itself, have any statistically significant impact on the accident and fatality statistics in the construction industry but what is clear is that in the “carrot and stick approach”, the stick is bigger and there’s no change to the carrot! This can be viewed negatively by some in the industry who might have hoped for more practical measures or directives to deal with safety and health.
In “off-the-record” discussions with some contractors in Hong Kong, they do not consider that these changes to the ordinance
will directly impact the accident and fatality rates in the construction industry. The changes to the ordinance deal with punitive measures whereas I would have preferred to see changes or supplements that also deal with root causes of accidents and fatalities, addressing more directly the purpose of the Ordinance.
Root causes can be multiple, involve multiple parties, and be linked to a chain of events, events that may even pre-date tendering for construction. Two root causes worthy of additional attention are 1) safety culture and 2) design, which are not directly dealt with in the Ordinance.
As an example of safety culture: In Hong Kong, I have witnessed and intervened in several instances of workers not using harnesses provided for them when working at height. Given the workers had the right equipment, why did they not use it? Why did they risk their lives so unnecessarily? Where was the supervision? Perhaps this is indicative of gaps in the safety culture but are these incidents isolated or more indicative of a wider issue?
The design of an asset dictates what it is to be built. It starts with a client’s requirements, continues into design development, the way a design is detailed, leading to considerations by the designer (if the
designer is sufficiently experienced) on the construction sequence, the temporary works and the effects of these on the permanent works.
By the time the contractor tenders for construction of the design, certain constraints will have already been fixed that may ultimately influence the contractor’s chosen construction method and the safety and health risks to workers on site. There are many documented cases of design decisions leading to site accidents, structural collapses, injuries and fatalities.
Both these root causes merit further and more detailed discussion as well as proposed solutions. It is also worth asking: Is this Ordinance the right place to deal with these issues?
This has been a short review of the changes to the Ordinance together with some expressed views on potential gaps in the Ordinance. Whilst the increased penalties will undoubtedly have a deterrent effect, their impact on accident and fatality statistics will be hard to directly attribute. I would have preferred for the Ordinance updates to have been coupled with amendments to deal with root causes of accidents and fatalities, not just the post-incident punitive measures.
With a population of about 675,000 and an area of 32.9 km2 , Macau is the most densely populated region in the world. To put this into perspective, Hong Kong covers an area of 1,110 km2 and has a population of more than 7.5 million people. Notwithstanding its small area, Macau boasts significant construction projects, with many of the larger projects being undertaken at the time leading up to and since the handover of the Portuguese colony to the PRC in 1999.
Completed projects include the Macau International Airport, opened in 1995, the 338m high Macau Tower which opened in 2001, the major Las Vegas styled, Integrated Resort (Casino) projects starting in 2004 as a result of the granting of International Gaming Concession licenses, the Sai Van bridge connecting the Macau peninsular with the Island of Taipa in 2004 and the Macau LRT project which opened in 2019 and the Taipa Ferry Terminal which commenced operation in 2017.
Large projects currently under construction include the 4th Macau bridge crossing, which was highlighted in the Q1 edition of the Lighthouse magazine, two LRT extension projects, reclamation projects and the associated building projects. Upcoming large projects include the 9km underground tunnel LRT east line which includes a sea crossing, the Inner Harbour pumping station, and other infrastructure projects.With all this construction come accidents resulting in injuries and fatalities.The local labour force in Macau alone cannot support the volume of construction and so construction projects rely on imported labour quota, and workers coming to Macau from the PRC and other countries to a lesser extent. From a safety aspect this introduces challenges with regard to safety awareness and training.
I remember when I arrived in Macau in 2003, local workers did not like to work on my site because, as I was told, the safety regulations were too stringent. In fact, the safety regulations on site were similar to those enforced in, say Hong Kong and
Singapore. The situation compared to 2003 has greatly improved. Before 1989 there was no law in Macao to provide supervision over the Construction industry. According to the statistics at that time, there were more industrial accidents in the Construction industry than in other industries and those accidents were usually more serious. When the Macao Portuguese government realized this, “The Regulations for Safety and Hygiene in the Construction Industry” were worked out and implemented in 1991. After a period of trial implementation, the Regulations were put into full implementation in order to maintain the safety and health of the builders.
With the construction projects becoming increasingly complicated, with the working environment on the construction sites changing from time to time, and with high mobility of the building workers, the risks of the builders’ safety and health have increased greatly. Since the handover of Macao to the People’s Republic of China in 1999, Macao Special Administrative Region has made greater strides in its development. Greater attention has been paid to the protection of the builders’ lives and health. Effective popularization and education of occupational safety and health has become a must. Therefore, in April 2002, the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region took the initiative in jointly sponsoring a course of “Occupational Safety Card for the Construction Industry” with Macao’s five organizations in the Construction industry (the trade unions and chambers of commerce).
The aim of this course is that through popularization and education as well as the compulsory training, the people who work in the Construction industry, either the employers or employees, are taught to effectively prevent industrial accidents and occupational diseases. The Government of Macao Special Administrative Region also started to revise the regulations concerned and made the course of “Occupational Safety Card for the Construction Industry” a compulsory training program. Its purpose is, through the joint efforts of the government, the main contractors, and the workers, to effectively promote and maintain the occupational safety and health of the building workers.
Recently, in April 2022, the Macau SAR Executive Council has advanced with a new civil construction safety law to better define the duties of the people involved in construction sites as well as the improvement of occupational safety regulations.
The draft bill presents generic principles and rules concerning measures for the protection, management and installations of construction sites and construction sites, machines, devices, tools, equipment and specific works, and the obligation to examine, inspect and draw up plans for work, among other work, to be performed by the designated engineer or designated person, in order to raise the quality of examinations and inspections.
It also improves the inspection and sanctioning regime, proposing that in situations of serious risk on construction sites and construction sites, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) may apply an emergency protection measure ordering the immediate suspension of the work or work.
Breaches of the proposed provisions will constitute administrative offences, and the applicable penalty amounts will be high to increase the deterrent effect of the penalties. In order to reinforce safety management in the execution of works on shipyards and construction sites, the number of senior safety technicians must be increased as the number of workers increases.
The proposed law also expressly regulates the requirements for issuing, renewing and cancelling licenses of construction sites.
The new laws that regulate the health and safety of workers in construction sites have passed the Legislative Assembly (AL).
Although all lawmakers have approved the law in its final reading, some questions were raised about the fact that it allows non-resident workers (TNR) to work as construction safety officers.
The matter was raised by a lawmaker and later justified by the members of the government as a necessary measure with a nonpermanent purpose.
“Employment of non-residents as safety officers is considered exceptional and will be subject to a rigorous approval process,” the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong said, adding that it will only happen when there are no local workers to fill the role.
The number of accidents in construction sites in Macau has been dropping, as well as deaths (8 in 2021 compared to 4 in 2022). Also in decline were the number of accidents causing permanent or longterm disabilities to workers, which sharply declined from 42 in 2021 to 16 cases in 2022.
LIGHTHOUSE CLUB HONG KONG BRANCH
The Hong Kong Branch held its 26th Contractors Dinner and Safety Awards at City Hall on Friday 19 May 2023. After 3 and half years apart and due to the pandemic, it was great to come together again, and we had a full house with 490 guests.
The dinner provided the opportunity for friends in the industry to get together again after so many years apart and with a party atmosphere we welcomed many new faces and new contractors to the event as well as our long-standing and supportive contractors and sponsors.
As well as friendship the event recognizes, commends, and celebrates those in the construction industry who have made outstanding efforts to protect the industry’s workforce and promote safe working practices.
A record number of entries were received for all categories demonstrating the importance of the awardees to the industry. There were 372 entries for the safe supervisor award, 36 for the safety practitioner, 26 for the Project Leader and 39 safe sub-contractor and 43 safe project teams.
As always, the nominations were of a high standard, and we are incredibly grateful for the assistance provided by the panels of judges. This year’s judges included Members of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Branch’s Safety Sub-committee and representatives from the Society of Registered Safety Officers (SRSO), the Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Association (HKOSHA) and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
19 May 2023
Venue: City Hall Maxim's Palace, Central, Hong Kong
Finally, a big thank you to all the guests who generously donated HK$25,300 via the pink helmets at the dinner, with all the money going to The Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Benevolent Fund, to deliver financial support to current or former construction workers and their families who are experiencing hardship caused by sickness/ill health, accidents, or disability.
Hip Hing Engineering Co Ltd
Project name: Micro-Electronics Center
Receiving the site safety practitioner award shows the value of occupational safety, and its benefit to the workers and the project. The knowledge that everyone goes home safe is my proudest achievement when winning this award.
A safety officer typically gains a range of skills and experiences through education, training, and on-the-job experience. Some of the key skills and experiences that a safety officer may have include a wide knowledge of safety regulations, including hazard identification, risk assessment, and control measures, as well as an understanding of safety management systems and processes.
Effective communication skills are also crucial for a safety officer. This includes the ability to communicate safety rules and procedures to workers, as well as the ability to communicate with management and other stakeholders to ensure that safety is a top priority in all aspects of a project or operation. The ability to delivery training on safety requirements to workers is a key skill and also directly influences safety performance on site. A safety officer should also have strong engineering knowledge and analytical skills to identify potential hazards and mitigate them, while assessing risks associated with different activities in the workplace.
Safety planning is crucial for a safety officer as it helps to prevent accidents and injuries in the workplace. A safety plan is a comprehensive document that outlines, through prevention and compliance, the potential hazards in the workplace, identifies
the people at risk, and details the safety measures that will be implemented to control the hazards. It is the responsibility of the safety officer to develop and implement safety plans that are specific to the workplace and the tasks being performed. Safety plans also need to be regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that they remain relevant and effective and safety officers need to understand the construction sequence to coordinate with contractors and subcontractors to ensure that safety measures are implemented consistently throughout the construction process.
By incorporating design for safety principles into the design process, safety officers can help to prevent accidents and injuries before they occur. This approach also reduces the need for costly retrofits and modifications, which can disrupt operations and create additional safety risks. We also need to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation and the adoption of new technologies, such as smart helmets or safety vests, use of AI-powered safety systems, virtual or augmented reality and drone systems, that can contribute to increasing efficiency and enhancing safety performance.
Winning this award gives me the confidence and motivation to continue improving safety on site. It also helps to increase our visibility and credibility within the organisation and I hope serves as inspiration to other safety practitioners to strive for excellence in their own work.
Winning a safety practitioner award can also mean a lot to a construction company. It is a recognition of the company's commitment to promoting safety in their workplace and their efforts to create a culture of safety
Care of Worker, Achieve Zero Accidentwithin their organisation. It can also demonstrate to clients, stakeholders, and the wider community that the company takes safety seriously and is dedicated to ensuring the well-being of its workers. Winning an award can also be used as a marketing tool to differentiate the company from its competitors and demonstrate its commitment to safety. It can help to enhance the company's reputation and increase its credibility within the industry.
Furthermore, winning an award can have a positive impact on employee morale and motivation. It can help to reinforce the importance of safety in the workplace and encourage employees to continue to prioritise safety in their daily work activities. The award can be a significant achievement for a construction company, and it can have a positive impact on various aspects of the company's operations and culture.
As professionals within the construction industry recognition from our peers is so valuable. They understand the difficulties on site, know what matters, so their recognition is always the most persuasive.
The awards also serve as a form of recognition and encouragement for the construction industry to maintain high safety standards on construction sites. These awards can also help to promote a safety culture within the construction industry and inspire others to strive for higher safety standards. If the goal of these awards is to reduce the number of accidents and injuries on construction sites, and to provide a safer and healthier work environment for workers, we have achieved success!
Plan Well Work Safe
LEA CHRISTIAN TEALE
Siemens Energy Limited
Project name: D2 CCGT 630MW (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine) Project, CLP Black Point Power Station, Lung Kwu Tan
As safety officer for Siemens Energy new HK$4.76 billion unit to be constructed and operated in line with the Hong Kong Government’s proposed enhancements to the Air Quality Objectives and Climate Change Strategy, I am proud to have been awarded The Lighthouse Club Site Safety Practitioner Award 2023.
This natural gas source is from the South China Sea, the Second, West-East gas pipeline for the Yancheng gas field near Hainan Island. Project highlights include a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant, the largest single power generating unit in Hong Kong to date, and a state-of-the-art hybrid seawater cooling system. The use of natural gas reduced total emissions despite an 80% increase in electricity demand.
The path to achieving the designation of Safety Practitioner can at times be lonely and arduous. This for me entailed many years of several evening classes during the week after a hard day’s work. When not at class there were also long nights and weekends with only revision books for company. However, putting all this aside the personal satisfaction of making a difference and contributing to the well-being of the site teams vastly outweighs any negatives
that I endured. So, receiving recognition for my efforts is extremely personally satisfying and a very proud moment for myself, my family, and Siemens Energy who supported me throughout this journey unconditionally.
With over 35 years in the construction industry, I have been fortunate enough to work in many countries, climates, and environments, all with very different and diverse safety cultures. This has equipped me with knowledge and practical experience. Construction environments are extremely dynamic, so there is no single perfect formula or potion that fixes all planned or emergent risks.
Teamwork blended with continuous education, training, mentoring, and active monitoring is a strong preventative combination. These should be administered at all stages of any project, throughout its lifecycle, not least the initiating, planning and design, executing, and closing stages.
Also, a key part of my role is to convince all project stakeholders that sometimes it is vital to rethink traditional approaches to safety. This includes investing in creating and fostering psychologically safe environments as well as physical ones.
“Winning and losing are both a part of life” as I am sure we can all relate. What I have learned from losing is you don’t start from the beginning after a loss, you start from experience. Harnessing as well as embracing this enables you to move forward with that learning. I choose to do this, so a thirst for education and a passion for occupational safety combined, equipped me with the tools for the task.For me, winning this award reflects the passion and drive that I have for safety management. It also means that it’s been recognised that I am moving in the right direction, which in turn emboldens and motivates my drive to continue to make a difference in Hong Kong’s construction Safety environment.
Siemens Energy D2 CCGT is a somewhat challenging project. It will be the biggest single power-producing unit in Hong Kong to date, and it also had the added complexity of being a relatively compact and congested site to further complicate areas like planning and logistics. I like to think that I bring a range of successful initiatives that are held at D2 CCGT and have been adopted as standard practice, with more initiatives under further
development such as Personal Choice and Safe Behaviors, and Front-Line Safety Coaching.
Siemens Energy needs to ensure that, during all phases of construction and commissioning, people, the plant, and the site itself are protected at all times, whatever the conditions or challenges. And that’s what we do – to an award-winning level. Winning this award in Hong Kong reinforces the importance of praise, thanks, recognition, and appreciation for a job well done.
For me, the best thing about being recognised by my peers in the industry is just knowing that fellow professionals have seen that I have accomplished something great enough to shine a spotlight on. In turn, this has become a moment of heartfelt gratitude following years of study and then the challenges of the practical application on site.This in turn has reinvigorated me to push on and achieve even bigger and bolder career goals.
I truly believe it helps to inspire other safety leaders to become more aware that their great work too can be recognised and rewarded. It also shows others how that just one person’s contributions are making a difference, inspiring all observers to see what your organisation values and hopefully want to do the same.
MO YUK LUN
Gammon Engineering & Construction Company Limited
Project name: Ho Man Tin Station Property Development Phase 2
As a Construction Project Safety Leader, I am most proud of the safety culture that was developed on my job site at Ho Man Tin Station Property Development Phase 2.The construction industry is inherently dangerous, and it's essential to take every possible precaution to prevent accidents and injuries. Winning the Project Safety Leader Award was a validation of my team's commitment to safety and the effort put into implementing effective safety measures during the project.
I believe that creating a Positive Safety Culture starts with effective leadership. This involved not only implementing effective safety
measures but also challenging trade practices and to identifying innovative technologies to further improve safety within the construction Industry.
One of the most important aspects of creating a culture of safety is to ensure that everyone on the job site is aware of the potential hazards and knows how to work safely. This involves building trust and communication among team members, fostering an environment of open communication, and encouraging workers to
take ownership of their own safety and to look out for the safety of their colleagues.
Throughout the project, I monitored and evaluated the effectiveness of the safety measures that were in place and made adjustments to the safety plan where required. I also worked closely with the project team to identify areas where safety could be improved.
Winning the Project Leader Award was a proud moment for me, as it recognised the importance of safety in the construction industry and the hard work and dedication that my team and I put into creating a culture of safety. It was an affirmation of the positive impact that effective safety leadership can have on a project and reinforced the importance of never compromising safety.
The ability to inspire and motivate team members as well as in-depth knowledge of safety regulations and industry standards are essential when it comes to being a great Construction Project Safety Leader. Effective communication and conflict resolution skills are also key to ensure that everyone is working towards the same objectives. In addition, a strong focus on safety and risk management is critical to ensure that workers are protected and that the project is delivered on time and within budget. Every project leader should have experience in project management and be able to manage project budgets, timelines, and resources effectively.
Winning this award means a lot to me, both personally and professionally. It's a recognition of my whole team’s work and also a validation of the importance of safety in the construction industry and a reminder that we should never compromise on safety in the pursuit of project success.
It is an honor to be recognised by my peers in the construction industry, who understand the challenges and complexities of the industry and can appreciate the effort and dedication required to achieve success.
Winning this award has also provided motivation to continue to prioritize safety on future projects and to build on the success of this project. It has
reinforced the importance of effective safety leadership and the positive impact that it can have on a project. Winning the Construction Project Safety Leader Award is a proud moment for me, and I am grateful for the recognition of the hard work and dedication that my team and I have put into this project. It is also a proud moment for our company and reinforces our commitment to safety and excellence in the construction industry. Winning this award is also validation of the hard work and dedication that our team puts into project and reinforces the importance of safety in the workplace. I hope it will inspire our employees to continue to prioritize safety on future projects and to strive for excellence in all aspects of their work.
I strongly believe that project leader awards can provide motivation for construction professionals to continue to strive for excellence in safety. Recognising and rewarding individuals who have demonstrated leadership in promoting safety practices can help to create a culture of safety within the industry. It can also encourage others to adopt safer practices and strive for excellence in their own work.
In addition, these awards provide positive reinforcement for those who have made significant contributions to safety, which can be a powerful motivator to continue their efforts. Overall, these awards can be an important tool for promoting safety and motivating construction professionals to prioritise safety in their work.
CIC Site Visit to Ho Man Tin Project
Safety Promotion on site
TAM KA HING GARY
Gammon Engineering & Construction
Company Limited
Project name: Ho Man Tin Station Property
Development Phase 2
To be a successful construction site foreman you need to have a strong safety mindset, combined with technical knowledge, management and leadership skills. A good construction site foreman must also have a deep understanding of all aspects of the technical aspects of the construction process, including knowledge of the method statement, risk assessment and safe working procedures.
He or she should also be able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, including managing budgets, timelines, resource allocation and most importantly, safety.
Strong leadership and communication skills are also vital. A construction site foreman must be able to lead and motivate a team of workers. This includes delegating tasks, providing guidance and support, and resolving conflicts and being able to communicate effectively with workers, clients, and other stakeholders by giving clear instructions, providing feedback, and resolving issues.
One of the most important talents required for this job is the ability to think on your feet and make quick decisions. Construction sites can be unpredictable, and problems can arise at any time. A good construction site foreman must be able to evaluate situations quickly, identify potential solutions, and implement
them effectively. They must also be able to adapt to changing circumstances and make decisions that keep the project on track while ensuring the safety of everyone involved.
Winning this award is a significant achievement and a great honor. Being able to prioritize safety and ensure that everyone on site is following the proper safety protocols is a critical aspect of construction work, and winning a safety award can be a testament to my commitment to ensuring a safe and healthy work environment for everyone involved. Winning this award is also testament to the company’s commitment to excellence.
When a foreman wins an award, it reflects positively on the entire team that worked on the project. This can create a sense of pride and accomplishment among the workers, which can lead to increased productivity and job satisfaction. Winning a safety award also demonstrates the company's commitment to ensuring a safe and healthy work environment for its employees. This can help to attract and retain top talent, as workers are more likely to choose a company that prioritises their safety and well-being.
Being recognised by peers in the construction industry is also an incredibly rewarding experience for a construction site foreman. One of the best things about this recognition is that it is coming from people who understand the challenges and complexities of the job. Peers in the industry know firsthand how demanding and high-pressure the work can be, and to be recognised by them can be a great validation of the foreman's skills and abilities.
Additionally, being recognised by peers in the industry can provide opportunities for networking and professional development. It can open doors to new business opportunities, collaborations, and partnerships. It can also provide access to industry events, conferences, and training programs that can help the foreman to stay up to date with the latest trends and best safe practices in the industry.
Moreover, receiving recognition from peers for safety performance can be particularly meaningful. It demonstrates that the foreman is not only able to manage the project effectively but is also able to prioritise safety and ensure that everyone on site is following the proper safety protocols. This can create a sense of pride and accomplishment, as safety is a critical aspect of construction work that can have a significant impact on the well-being of workers and the success of the project.
I believe that these awards provide motivation for all construction professionals to keep striving for excellence in their work, especially in terms of safety. When someone is recognised for their achievements, it can inspire others in the industry to push themselves to do better and to aim for similar recognition.
Moreover, awards can serve as a form of positive reinforcement, which can be a powerful motivator. When someone receives an award for their work, it can make them feel valued, appreciated, and respected. This can create a sense of pride and satisfaction that can help to boost their motivation and morale, and encourages them to continue to work hard and strive for excellence.
Most importantly, the Safe Foreman Award can help to promote a culture of safety in the construction industry. When a foreman is recognised for their safety performance, it can demonstrate to others in the industry that safety is a top priority and should be taken seriously. This can encourage other construction professionals to prioritise safety in their own work and to adopt best practices that can help to prevent accidents and injuries on the job site.
Project name: T2 Expansion Works
(Contract 3508)
The LHCHK Contractor’s Dinner and Safety Awards are definitely important for promoting safety in the construction industry. That we could meet the high safety standard of AA, I feel honoured for my colleagues who participated in this project. Plus Gammon also completed the re-propping and dismantling ten thousand tons of steel.
Having more communication with the safety department and front line foreman before work commenced was invaluable. Meanwhile, subcontractors should take the responsibility of providing safety knowledge and awareness to the workers.
Receiving this prestigious award, everyone on my team feels honoured! They appreciate being recognised for their hard work and moving forward will certainly pay more attention to promoting safety precautions aimed at developing better safety awareness in the industry.
Winning this award will help to increase the credibility of our company. Although Commanding View Engineering Company Ltd. has been operating for many years in this industry, and always puts safety as a priority, this award is a great addition to our achievements on safety precautions and the whole team feels very encouraged by this recognition. It will inspire us to keep up the good work in the following months ahead.
The most accreditable thing of our company is that it is peopleoriented and pays attention close to safety. Our management team took all reasonable safety precautions to adhere to the principle of prevention focus and reducing occupational hazards.
I am worried that it is still not enough though. It is because it seems that most contractors are more concerned about cost management and the profitability of the tender price, so that the standards of site safety and safety culture may be neglected. However, from my point of view, we should never lose sight of the importance of all safety issues. This award may not be able to motivate all construction professionals to keep striving towards higher standards of safety,
but I think the award gives a great acknowledgement to those who deserve all the credit and who were a driving force to achieve a meaningful culture of safety. Nothing is more important to us than making sure people arrive home safely at the end of each shift!
WAI MING M&E LTD
Project name: Tseung Kwan O- Lam Tin Tunnel
It was a harsh working environment set against a tight timeline for the Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel Project. For several months 24 hours per day, around 500 electrical and mechanical workers crowded into the tunnel area, some working day shifts and others night shifts. I have no doubt that the top management were feeling the stress when it came to progress of the project, but we still recognised that the health and safety of everyone involved, including subcontractor staff was paramount.
By providing encouragement, sponsorship, and extra resources to fulfil their psychological and basic needs, we managed to eliminate the chances of risk on site. And with safety as our top priority, and our award for the Safe Subcontractor Award, we have shown that we managed to implement sufficient control measures to minimize the risk of any accident occurring.
As a Subcontractor a high level of management commitment is essential to provide a harmonious working place. There seems to be a common belief in Hong Kong’s construction industry that all safety responsibility should only be carried by the main contractor’s safety team.
But we beg to differ. Under us, subcontractor managers recognise that safety is the top priority, and they will invest time to on safety
activities, on following safety procedures and the instruction of safety officers so as to bring the message to frontline workers to raise their safety awareness. And although progress may be slow, without safety we may not be able to return home after work.
We are proud to receive this Safety Subcontractor Award. It means that our team successfully meets the safety requirements and that we are able to design our operations and certify that our safety and health management system is appropriate.
I believe most staff and workers are satisfied about the provision of safety management and welfare facilities in the Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel Project. It’s also an encouragement to our company that a well-designed and effectively implemented management system could lead us on the road to sustainability.
Also, by winning the Safe Subcontractor Award we have provided a positive image of our company which may have influence over the safety initiatives among the Hong Kong construction industry as a whole. Just concentrating on productivity can cost a lot more in the long run. Our company managers who made efforts to improve labour and site working conditions, to promote safety and health, to give back to the community and take a stand on socioeconomic issues can play a major role in strengthening our company's brand.
Public concerns aroused by the recent fatal industrial accidents are driving investors to shift their lenses toward safe production. For us the best thing about being recognised by our peers in industry is that it opens access to invest in maintaining the safety and health of workers which can promote a stronger brand identify, while enabling us to demonstrate our values and.
I believe that providing comprehensive safe production practices can influence investment decisions and enable investment in our company that can offers a sustainable future with a low risk profile.
I also believe winning this award will encourage construction professionals in Hong Kong to raise safety standards. I see it as positive reinforcement, to encourage such behaviour by receiving such an award from one of the most recognised charitable organisations dedicated to safety in the industry. If every manager can see the benefits of such recognition, I believe the safety culture could be enhanced and this will have a positive effect on all construction sites in Hong Kong.
GAMMON CONSTRUCTION LTD
Project name: Lyric Theatre Complex
Receiving the Safe Project Team Award is an important recognition of the efforts of our client, project team and sub-contractors. It is a solid acknowledgment of our strong one-team spirit and positive safety culture. Strong team dynamics are crucial for effective collaboration among team members.
We believe that good communication is vital in ensuring that every member of the team understands safety procedures and protocols. When team members communicate effectively, they can share information, provide feedback, and ensure that everyone is on the same page with regards to safety. That is why regular briefings, meetings and workshops are conducted on our site.
Our team members trust each other to prioritise safety when working together. This trust is built on a foundation of mutual respect, open communication, and a shared commitment to safety. We also hold each other accountable for safety. Everyone takes responsibility for actions and recognises the impact that their actions have on the safety of others. We work together effectively to identify safety hazards, develop solutions to mitigate risks, and implement safety protocols that keep everyone safe.
Of course, building and managing a safety team that contains members from different disciplines is challenging, but we believe collaboration between team members is the key to success. By nurturing a strong safety culture and building team dynamics,
everyone works together closely towards a common safety goal. Good team dynamics rely on effective communication. It is important to establish clear channels of communication to ensure that everyone is on the same page regarding safety standards, procedures, protocols, and practices.
We also need to ensure that every teammate knows what is expected of them and how their contributions fit into the larger safety picture, so it is essential to define their roles and responsibilities clearly. This can help to minimise confusion and ensure the safety management system runs smoothly and effectively.
Safety procedures and best practices are constantly evolving, so it is important to encourage continuous learning among team members.
It is also important to be adaptable in the face of changing circumstances such as new safety regulations or unexpected safety hazards.
Providing opportunities for training and sharing can help to keep team members up to date on the latest safety trends and practices. It is also important to encourage teammates to share their knowledge and experiences with each other. And while different team members may have different ideas and approaches to safety, it is essential to be flexible and open-minded to new ideas. Encouraging feedback and being open to new approaches can help to build a strong and effective safety team.
Winning this award is a significant recognition for the long collaboration of the team. It is also a great boost to the morale of our teammates and will increase our motivation to maintain or even further uplift the safety standards on site. It could also inspire the team to continue to innovate and implement new safety practices to improve safety performance as well.
Winning this award is also a significant achievement and is a testament to our company's commitment to safety and excellence in the construction industry. It is an excellent way to gain recognition for our efforts in promoting safety in the workplace and demonstrates our commitment to the health and wellbeing of workers.
Being recognised by our peers in the construction industry shows that we are respected by others in the industry and that our work meets or even exceeds industry standards. It is also a great source of motivation that inspires us to continue to work hard and strive for further excellence in improving the culture of site safety. This motivation can lead to more innovative and creative solutions to the challenges and problems faced in the industry.
The Lighthouse Club Contractors' Safety Award is a great way to recognise the hard work and dedication of construction professionals towards promoting safety in the workplace. It shows that efforts have been acknowledged and appreciated, which can help to boost morale and motivation and provide positive reinforcement for all construction professionals who have worked so hard to promote safety in their workplaces.
It also highlights the importance of safety culture in the minds of construction professionals and encourages them to continue to prioritise safety in their work, while providing opportunities for networking with other industry leaders and safety experts and setting a high standard for site safety and safety culture that construction professionals can aspire to.
SITE SAFETY PRACTITIONER AWARD
Joint Champion
Lea Christian Teale, Siemens Energy Limited
Ng Chun Yin, Hip Hing Engineering Co Ltd
Silver Award
Tsang Tsz Yan, Gammon Construction Ltd
Bronze Award
Chung Cheuk Fung, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
Highly Commended
Chan Yin Chi, Vibro (HK) Ltd
Cheung Ka Ching, Gammon Construction Ltd
Chow Hiu Lam, Gammon Construction (Entasis Ltd)
Fung Cheuk Hei, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
Kwan Ming Yin, China Road and Bridge Corporation
Poon Wing Kin, Build King-Kum Shing Joint Venture
Tang Wai Keung, Chun Wo JV
Yu Kin Wai Rex, Hip Hing Engineering Co Ltd
PROJECT LEADER AWARD
Champion Mo Yuk Lun, Gammon Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
Chairman's Award Young Leader
Tang Kai Yiu, CR Construction Co Ltd
Silver Award
Chung Chin Wai, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
Bronze Award
Cheng Yiu Man, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
Chow Terry Tai Lit , China State Construction Engineering (HK) Ltd
Highly Commended
Fung Tak Kim, Gammon Construction Ltd
Wong Chung Yuen, CR Construction Co Ltd
Yuen Man Dick迪, Gammon Construction Ltd
SAFE FOREMAN AWARD
Champion
Tam Ka Hing Gary, Gammon Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
Runner Up
Chow Ka Man, Yee Fai Construction
Yip Kam Lam, Gammon Construction Ltd
Lam Cheuk Hei, Vibro (HK) Ltd
Ma Kit Chi, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
Certificate of Merit
Lai Ka Kin, Sino Land Company Limited
Lee Kam Lung, Build King-Richwell Engineering Joint Venture
Sham Yuk Kwan, Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited
Yeung Kai Tung, Alchmex International Co Ltd
Yip Sum Chung, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
SAFE SME SUBCONTRACTOR AWARD
Gold Award
Commanding View Engineering Co Ltd , T2 Expansion Works (Contract 3508)
Silver Award
Junefair Engineering Co Ltd, Ho Man Tin Package Two Property Development
Bronze Award
Yee Hop Engineering Co Ltd, The Sai Sha Road Widening Works and all Associated Facilities and Services for the Comprehensive Development at Shap Sz Heung, Sai Kung
Highly Commended
Ho Leung Engineering Co Ltd, East Kowloon Cultural Centre
SAFE LARGE SUBCONTRACTOR AWARD
Gold Award
Wai Ming M&E Ltd, Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel
Silver Award
AluHouse Company Limited, Transitional Housing Project for Luen Yan Street, Tsuen Wan
Bronze Award
Yongnam Engineering (HK) Ltd, Proposed Residential Development at LRT Tin Wing Stop, Lot No. TSWTL23, Tin Shui Wai
Highly Commended
Entasis Ltd, T2 Expansion Works (Contract 3508)
Gammon E&M Ltd, L2 - Lyric Theatre Complex and Extended Basement
SAFE PROJECT TEAM AWARD
Gold Award
Lyric Theatre Complex, Gammon Construction Ltd
Chairman's Award
Design, Construction and Operation of the Kai Tak Sports Park, Hip Hing Engineering Co Ltd
Silver Award
Construction of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre, Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited
Bronze Award
Proposed Residential Development at LRT Tin Wing Stop, Lot No. TSWTL23 Tin Shui Wai, N.T., Yee Fai Construction Co Ltd
Proposed Residential Development at TKOTL 70RP, Phase 11, Lohas Park, Tseung Kwan O, Gammon Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
Highly Commended
Contract 3801 APM and BHS Tunnels on Existing Airport Island, China State Construction Engineering (HK) Ltd
The Innovation Building at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, CR Construction Co Ltd
The Sai Sha Road Widening Works and all Associated Facilities and Services for the Comprehensive Development at Shap Sz Heung, Sai Kung, Sanfeild-Gammon Constuction JV Co Ltd
University of Wollongong College Hong Kong - Tai Wai Campus, Blue Stone Management / TCG Construction Co Ltd
SILVER AWARD Tsang Tsz Yan, Gammon Construction Ltd
BRONZE AWARD Chung Cheuk Fung, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
CHAIRMAN'S AWARD YOUNG LEADER Tang Kai Yiu , CR Construction Co Ltd
BRONZE AWARD Cheng Yiu Man, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
SILVER AWARD Chung Chin Wai, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
Clockwise from left
RUNNERS UP
Chow Ka Man
Yee Fai Construction
Yip Kam Lam Gammon Construction Ltd, Lam Cheuk Hei Vibro (HK) Ltd
Ma Kit Chi Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd
Clockwise from left
CHAIRMAN'S AWARD
Design, Construction and Operation of the Kai Tak Sports Park Hip Hing Engineering Co Ltd
SILVER AWARD
Construction of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited
BRONZE AWARD
Proposed Residential Development at LRT Tin Wing Stop, Lot No. TSWTL23
Tin Shui Wai, N.T.
Yee Fai Construction Co Ltd
Proposed Residential Development at TKOTL 70RP, Phase 11, Lohas Park, Tseung
Kwan O 11
Gammon Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
SILVER AWARD Junefair Engineering Co Ltd
BRONZE AWARD Yee Hop Engineering Co Ltd
SILVER AWARD AluHouse Technology (GD) Co Ltd
Gold Membership:
Silver Membership:
Bronze Membership:
Membership of Lighthouse Club International is available by contacting the Membership Secretary at info@lighthouseclubintl.com.
Corporate memberships are available at the following levels:
Benefits include:
• Corporate logo feature in “The Lighthouse” quarterly magazine
• Logo displayed at all events organized by Lighthouse Club International and local branch events where nominees are based
• Advertising discounts
Individual membership is also available.
Six months after the lifting of Covid related restrictions in Macau, which were in place for nearly 3 years, life in Macau has quickly returned to normal and the economy is bouncing back. New Construction projects are being announced and the outlook is positive. Our social events calendar is in full swing.
The April monthly function event was held on 12 April at Ritz Carlton Bar, sponsored by our long time, loyal Lighthouse Club supporters, Tong Lei Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. Around 80 guests attended the event. The company was introduced by Project Director Ronald Chan and they were kind enough to donate lucky draw prizes as well.
The monthly event in May was held on Wednesday, 10 May at the Sheraton Hotel, Sala Pool Deck. The event was sponsored by a new Sponsor, ZEKO Group. The weather was perfect for our first outdoor event of the year. More than 100 guests attended. ZEKO director and Lighthouse Club Macau committee member, Jason Li, introduced his company. ZEKO Group also provided 12 bottles of whisky for the Lucky Draw. We also had some people attending from Hong Kong, and we will welcome them to future events.
The June Function was planned to be held on the Sheraton Hotel, Sala Pool Deck, sponsored by Circle Engineering Company Limited. However due to the uncertain weather conditions on the day, the event was moved inside to the Sheraton, Tianshan ballroom. Nevertheless, we had another great evening with around 90 guests attending.
Lighthouse Macau’s 18th Annual Dinner was held in D’ouro restaurant at the Roosevelt Hotel on Friday 30 June. Around 180 people joined the event.
Lighthouse Club Chairman, Keith Buckley, gave a short welcome speech and thanked the generous dinner sponsors and donors of 25 lucky draw prizes which included Hotel room vouchers and meal and cash vouchers.
Gold Sponsors:
• Circle Engineering Co Ltd
• Genyield Construction Co Ltd
• Junpam Engineering Co Ltd
• Min Da Construction & Engineering Co Ltd
• San Fong Seng Group
• Tong Lei Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
• Top Builders Group Ltd
Silver Sponsors:
• Guarforce Engineering Consultant Ltd
Bronze Sponsors:
• New Cheong Kong Engineering Co. Ltd
• Securitas Security Services (Macau) Ltd
• Zeko Group
The dinner raised raised MOP104,000 for the Lighthouse Club Benevolent Fund and a great time was had by all those who attended
In June, the Australian Chapter held their Annual General Meeting. The Lighthouse Club Australia is participating as a supporting organisation for the Australian Arbitration Week, being held from 9 to 13 October 2023 in Perth, Australia. The Calendar of Events for AAW2023, with 40 events currently scheduled including the lead event of the week, the ACICA & Ciarb Australia International Arbitration Conference. View the Calendar here: https://lnkd.in/dUxuRqa.
The Lighthouse Club is planning a national seminar (Perth, Melbourne and Sydney) during the Australian Arbitration Week on 12 October 2023, covering the topic of “What’s Next Hot tubbing witnesses of fact and costs of arbitration – drive for greater efficiency” (https://manage.wix.com/dashboard/e0f263e7147e-4215-adba-dd3f80b15298/events/event/53f78fd6-3cae47f3-a1ff-ce4cbc468778/overview?referralInfo=events).
The Queensland Chapter has enjoyed another two great events since our last magazine release. In March, Ranbury Management Group, a long-standing corporate sponsor in Queensland, sponsored and hosted a fantastic event in celebration of International Women’s Day. We heard from Alison Sherry and Sue Ritchie around their career journey to date and how they #embraceequity which was the theme of 2023 International Women’s day. Thank you Ranbury and to all our attendees for joining us for another fun-filled Lighthouse Club Australia event.
In May, the QLD Chapter gathered again in Brisbane CBD for a great turn-out and really fun networking event. We couldn’t have held the event without our May sponsor, Workforce Success. With the sponsorship and donations on the night, we raised over $600 which will go towards our deserving beneficiaries. Well done to Justin Lawrence for picking up the prize for the event!
Our Victorian chapter had a number of great events this quarter and is planning some more for the rest of the year. 23 March: Networking event sponsored by HFW and Mbb Consulting, 27 April: Networking event sponsored by Pinsent Masons and CCi, 20 June: Technical Similar. An excellent presentation on changes to the Unfair Contract Terms regime by Megan Calder and Ben McLeod, followed by a great networking night. Our host sponsor was Piper Alderman and our industry sponsor was BWA TierOne Consult. We have events lined up for the rest of the year as well. Our next one is planned on 18 July 2023 (https://www.lighthouseclubaus. org/events/melbourne-networking-night) and is generously sponsored by HWL Ebsworth Lawyers and CCi.
Our Western Australia Chapter enjoyed a fantastic Golf Day on 1 June 2023 which was sponsored by Capital Consulting International (CCi, A Rimkus Company). Prize Sponsors and Prize winners below.
1st Prize: Sponsor- FTI Consulting, Winner- Allan Fett and Vlada Lemaic, Nearest to Pin: Sponsor- Ad Hoc Contracts & Commercial Advisory, Winner- Vlada Lemaic, Longest drive: Sponsor- Oakwood Consulting, Winner- Connie Curtin
The Lighthouse Club Hong Kong (LHCHK) Mentorship Program was launched on 31 March 2023. The evening kicked off with a brief introduction of the program, followed by an ice-breaking game that allowed the mentors and mentees to introduce themselves and get to know each other. A total of twelve pairs of mentor and mentees were set.
Our members come from various professions in the construction industry, including architects, engineers, contractors, quantity surveyors, and lawyers etc. They specialize in their own fields while sharing a common construction background. With this resourceful pool of knowledge, they can offer much assistance to younger members. Additionally, they can also learn from newly graduated members about the latest trends from the academic world.
The program aims to guide student and young members of LHCHK in their career development and growth, offer advice on specific professions, help them understand industry trends, and assist the younger generation in making work-related decisions. At the same time, we hope to encourage their involvement and engagement in LHCHK.
The program carefully pairs mentors and mentees on a oneto-one basis, taking into consideration their professional
fields and backgrounds. A questionnaire was sent out to all members seeking their interest in becoming a mentor or mentee, understanding their objectives and preferences in terms of what they hope to achieve from this program. Mentors and mentees are expected to meet up regularly to discuss the mentee’s progress.
We express our gratitude to all mentors and mentees who have participated so far and wish them success in their upcoming mentorship journey.
What makes the Lighthouse Club Mentorship Program special?
Recently Hong Kong Rehabilitation and Performance training Centre, Joint Dynamics, hosted a Men’s health event at their Central location on Hong Kong Island.
The event is part of the regular 'Inside Scoop' series organized and hosted by Joint Dynamics co-founder Andrew Cox with the theme of this evening being Men’s health. There were three informative, practical, and entertaining presentations on aspects of Men’s health from physical, mental, and emotional health perspective, culminating in a Q & A and fun filled, animated auction to which The Lighthouse Club was the beneficiary.
The night was educational, interactive, and collaborative with companies such as Bremont watches, Mindful Wingchun, Brutal Buddha, Argyle Black – Selected-By, Clarence Restaurant Hong Kong – a concept by Chef
Olivier Elzer all donating prizes and their time and energy for the Joint Dynamics Inside scoop event. The event raised over $10,000 for the Lighthouse Club, and was heralded a success in also advancing the much needed conversation, and community for Men’s Health.
Check out Joint Dynamics at their website here www.jointdynamics.com.hk or on their social media platforms @jointdynamics OR drop in (if you are in Hong Kong) and chat to them about personal training, physiotherapy, psychology, massage therapy, corporate programs and regular events.
On the 23 May 2023 the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Women in Construction Group invited the lovely Alex Fraser, Founding Director of Alex Fraser Limited, to be our speaker as part of our continuing Empowering Women series of seminars.
Alex has an expansive breadth of expertise having worked in the construction industry for over thirty years, predominantly in Hong Kong. Coming from an architectural background she is passionate about design in all its formats and has enjoyed considerable success in tackling a range of diverse projects, not only in Hong Kong but also around the South East Asia region. During the hour-long seminar, Alex talked about her experience of running a boutique-style practice in architecture and interior
design. She shared with the audience the pros and cons of being your own boss and particularly being a woman in construction. She explained the hands-on experience required as someone who has worked her way up to taking on multiple designs through the full process from inception to completion.
Alex covered a variety of her current projects, explaining how crossing the various sectors in design keeps her concepts fresh and avoids repetition. She delighted us by sharing her anecdotes on building villas in Sri Lanka and Thailand as well as insights into her construction experience in both of these countries. She also provided some excellent advice and information on working together with statutory bodies, other than the BD (Buildings Department), such as FEHD (Food and Environmental Hygiene Department) and DLO (District Lands Office), at grass roots level. Finally, she offered up some alternative ways in which to meet your clients’ needs which were both intuitive and thoughtprovoking. We would like to thank Alex for being our guest and everyone else who attended for their support. We look forward to seeing you all at the next seminar!
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