The Lighthouse - Winter 2013 by ROF Media

Events | Fundraising | Industry News Winter 2013

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In This Issue Features

09 Lighthouse Club Site Safety Professionals Awards & Contractor’s Charity Dinner

Craft Engineers A Reputation MODULAR Challenging As A Company That Can Traditional Construction

Regional Focus Macau

The Macau Construction Market Macau News Bangkok News Bangkok Annual General Meeting and Annual Dinner Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Golf Challenge Bukit Jalil 8 Nov 13 Doha Doha Inaugural Annual Ball Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City News Cambodia Cambodia News Australia Australia News Hong Kong Thought Provoking Evening Raises Funds And Awareness Hilti Ironmen Give Benevolent Fund A Charity Boost Autumn Barbecue at the Kowloon Cricket Club (“KCC”) Monthly Get-togethers Lighthouse Club - Asia Pacific Region Sponsors Regional Forthcoming Events THE LIGHTHOUSE Winter 2013 The Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region Suite 1901-2, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queens Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel : +852 2736 9885 Fax : +852 2687 2252 enquire@lighthouseclub.com.hk Administration Secretary : Ms Elaine Man Published by ROF Media Publisher : Mike Staley Designer : Parnell Chan E : publisher@rofmedia.com T : +852 3150 8988

Executive Committee Chairman Steve Tennant

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Immediate Past Chairman Mike Mclver mikemciver@plus3.com.my

Chairman Elect Wille Kay

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Deputy Chairman John Battersby

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Chairman's Message

Chairman’s Message As the end of the year approaches, it is traditional to wish loved ones, friends, colleagues and acquaintances seasonal greetings. So whether it be Christmas, New Year or Chinese New Year or one or more of the many other major Asian festivals which are celebrated in your household at this time of year, please accept my very best wishes to you and your family. As I am preparing this message I am reflecting upon the effects of Typhoon Haiyan which, as I write, is making landfall upon the Philippines. All of the indications are that Haiyan, or Yolanda as the Typhoon is known in the Philippines, is likely to cause calamitous damage and possible extreme loss of life. As this magazine’s contents show, our regional charities support many cases in the Philippines and it may well be that our charities will be asked to provide additional assistance because of the Typhoon.

Please also remember all of the beneficiaries of our Asia-Pacific regional charities at this time of year. Many Branches of the Lighthouse Club will try to do something special for the benevolent recipients with which they are involved. I invite you to contact your Branch committee to see if there is something that you, with others, can do to spread some seasonal cheer to those who we are assisting. Perhaps it might be helping with a small party for some of the children or some other kind of family activity. Anything that you can do that will help spread some seasonal cheer will, I am sure, be much appreciated. So here’s to 2014 and may the New Year bring you all health and happiness. Steve Tennant Chairman The Lighthouse Club, Asia Pacific Region

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Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Safety Professionals Awards & Contractor’s Charity Dinner

The men and women on the frontlines of worksite safety have enjoyed a richly deserved moment in the spotlight at this year’s Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Safety Professionals Awards and Contractor’s Charity Dinner. With the support of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Council, the event has become the pinnacle of the calendar for the contractors, safety officers and foremen that have contributed the most to saving lives and preventing injuries across the construction industry.

and Health Association, and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Hong Kong Branch.

While this annual event is organised by the Lighthouse Club, it is supported by the construction council, the Society of Registered Safety Officers, Hong Kong Occupational Safety

Illustrating the safety first thinking on the site, the jointventure partners won the HK$1.04 billion contract in May

Winners for a worthwhile cause

The inaugural winners of the Lighthouse Club-Hilti Safe Project Team Awards were the Mass Transit Railway Corp, Bachy-Soletanche-Laing O’Rourke Joint Venture for their work on contract 811A of the Express Rail Link. One of 11 The awards recognise outstanding performance in health segments on the 200 km/h rail link to the mainland’s Beijing and safety, as judged by a panel of 30 construction industry Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, the joint venture partners luminaries. The awards go beyond the work that the are responsible for a 300-metre-long, cut-and-cover tunnel Lighthouse Club has been doing for more than 50 years in to the immediate north of the railway’s West Kowloon supporting the victims of accidents on construction sites and Terminus. With the underground sections of railway lines of ill health. The awards are also central to the construction to Tuen Mun, the airport and Tung Chung adjacent to or council’s work to improve safety standards across the industry. cutting through the site, the deep excavation has not been without its challenges. The proof of the awards’ importance is in their growing popularity. There were more than 500 entries this year – Announcing the winners at the contractor’s evening, Mark the most in the award’s history. About 550 people attended the Divers, chairman of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Safety dinner on September 13, who in turn raised about HK$60,000 Committee, and Andy Lo, vice-president of the Institution for safety-linked charities. Both are new records. The awards’ of Occupational Safety and Health, said the team award expansion into a fourth category is more evidence of their represented the highest standards in safety for an entire popularity. The new category this year was project teams, project, from client to workers. The joint-venture team complementing the traditional awards to recognise foremen, working on contract 811A has adopted what it calls subcontractors and safety professionals. a “mission zero” target throughout across the site.

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2010 and have claimed several MTR Corp safety awards since. The latest award was presented at the rail company’s twice yearly Quality, Safety, Environmental and Stakeholder Engagement Awards held on 26 September, 2013. The Safe Subcontractor Awards section of this year’s awards recognise an outstanding level of safety performance for a company involved in some of the construction industry’s most hazardous activities. The worthy winners were Craft Projects International for their work on roofing Hong Kong’s new sludge treatment plant in Tuen Mun (see page 26). At the time of the project’s contracting phase, the plant was the largest of its kind in the world. When it comes online, the plant will have the capacity to process 2,000 tonnes of de-watered, treated sewage every day once it is complete. The plant’s gull-wing roof makes use of Craft’s aluminiumclad, unitised roofing technique that truly places safety first. Construction of roofing segments took place at ground level and Craft’s system sees smaller units, or cassettes, prefabricated into larger pieces which are then hoisted into place with a tower or mobile crane. Labourers work on the ground, a far safer environment than working on elevated, angled surfaces above worksites more traditional roofing methods. As Craft’s Business Development Director Shane Livermore said, inclined surfaces are considered potentially dangerous and require additional risk control techniques. Craft’s clever construction techniques remove that risk. Other award winners in the Safe Subcontractor Awards section included Koon Fung Engineering, Wah Hing Scaffolding Engineering, Fang Sheung Construction, Chun Wo Foundations, Richwell Engineering and Smart Grand Engineering.

Praise for frontline individuals The judges of this year’s awards felt it was clear that companies were working harder to improve safety standards and that management had dedicated themselves to mitigating safety risks. The standard of this year’s entries had improved. But while top-down leadership to increase the emphasis on safety is important, as any safety professional will tell you, safety begins at an individual level. The highest individual award from the gala dinner went to Gabriel Y.W. So, superintendent, Leighton Contractors (Asia). Mr So was awarded the Chairman’s Award – a rare honour, offered solely at the discretion of Safety Committee Chairman Mark Divers, that recognises an individual who had displayed exemplary safety leadership at the frontline. Mr So is part of the team working on MTR Corporation’s South Island Line. Mr So told Pacific Rim Construction the award was a great honour and due in large part to Leighton’s in-house safety structures. “Our executive general manger and my manager always advise us that safety is the first priority and progress is the second. In my opinion, this is the reason why Leighton does so well in site safety.” “ ‘Strive for Life’ is a set of guidelines developed to assist our staff in eliminating Class-1 risks. For example, when we

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develop a method statement, all of our engineers, supervisors, subcontractors and safety staff discuss how we will proceed. The purpose is to point out any risks as early as possible and work towards their elimination.” The recipient of the LHC Site Safety Professionals Awards was George Au Wai Yan from Hip Hing Construction. Mr Au’s award recognises his hard work as a frontline supervisor who is creating a safe working environment and safe workplace. “I believe this is an incredibly meaningful award. It is a milestone for my career in safety and also a milestone for my company,” he said. The company had adopted a complete approach to safety that each individual had bought into, he said. Mr Au, an industry veteran with upwards of 20 years’ experience, has an engineering background and takes a “problem-solving approach” to safety. “When I joined the company about three years ago, the standard of safety was already unbeliably high. We have a very good good safety culture.”

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The support behind a safer construction industry The Lighthouse Club’s Site Safety Professionals Awards and Contractor’s Charity Dinner celebrates safety achievements at the industry’s grassroots. It is made possible by the collaboration of some of the most influential bodies in Hong Kong’s construction industry. The Hong Kong Construction Industry Council represents a broad cross-section of the construction industry and communicates across the entire sector. The council’s main functions are to forge consensus on long-term strategic issues, to convey the industry’s needs and aspirations to the Hong Kong government, and to offer a communication channel for government to solicit advice. The council has the power to formulate codes of conduct, administer registration and rating schemes, steer forward research and manpower development, facilitate adoption of construction standards, promote good practices and compile performance indicators.

The Lighthouse Club, Hong Kong Branch, is an independent organization that aims to promote fellowship throughout the construction industry. Its IRD registered charity benevolent funds help support the victims of construction accidents and ill-health. By extension, the Club strives to celebrate outstanding health and safety practices in construction. Since 1986, the Lighthouse Club has been a significant force for good in Hong Kong’s construction industry. The Hong Kong Construction industry is going through unprecedented levels of activity. HK$161Billion of activity was recorded last year, with well over 300,000 people directly employed in construction work. Activity levels are expected to peak next year and remain high for several years. Whilst general health and safety standards have improved dramatically in the last 10 to 20 years, Hong Kong still has a relatively high rate of injuries and is struggling to reduce the average of 20 or more people killed each year on construction sites.

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The story of Craft Projects International is the story of a company that could – and did – become of one of Hong Kong’s most adventurous building sub-contractors, specialising in engineered solutions for roofs and wall cladding.

Craft Engineers A Reputation As A Company That Can

Craft has been blazing a sterling reputation in part because of the architectural qualities of its roofing contracts. To label Craft Project’s work as roofing, doesn’t do justice to the company. Craft literally helps Main Contractors build pieces of art; the startling, sweeping, curved architecture dreamed up by Architects and Engineers alike that adorns some of the most iconic buildings through the Asia-Pacific region. “What we’re doing today was hardly even imagined by the industry 15 or 20 years ago,” says Craft Business Development Director Shane Livermore. The “company that could” has grown rapidly from its breakthrough, high-profile contracts at the Hong Kong International Airport in the late 1990s to creating the highlight of Singapore’s Sports Hub complex, a 55,000-capacity, retractable dome over the National Stadium. The arena is nearing completion. One of the biggest roofs ever erected in Singapore, its design sits comfortably alongside the marvels of architecture built in the Lion City over the past five years. All the while, ingenuity has been central to the company’s success. Craft uses its own unitised roofing product, based on a technology developed and refined over the years. The aluminium-clad roofs can be constructed to fit almost any specification. The unitised roofing is typically fabricated on-site – at ground level – before

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being hoisted into position. It’s at once an inherently speedy way to build a roof, a technique that keeps construction programmes on schedule and – significantly – workers safe.

all sites, daily site safety meetings with supervisors and subcontractors alike, all the various people and across each part of the job site. And that has eventually built up a safety culture.”

“The difference between us and other roofing contractors in Asia is we prefabricate the unitised roofing on the ground, and either skin them with the standing seam cover on the ground or later in the air. We do that for three main reasons, safety, quality and programme,” says Livermore.

Craft’s unitised roofing system was rightly in the spotlight at the awards. The lateral thinking behind the system turns conventional roofing methods on their head. Instead of having dozens of contractors working at extreme heights and often on potentially dangerous angles, carrying materials, strapped into safety harnesses, Craft has the bulk of its workforce building a roof on the ground.

Safety drives much of what Craft does. So much so that the company has just claimed one of Hong Kong’s most important safety awards at the Construction Safety Awards held as part of the Lighthouse Club’s Annual Contractor’s Dinner in September. The Champion Award for The Lighthouse Club, Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Association Safe Subcontractor Award recognises excellent safety performance in a vital part of the industry, often in the most hazardous activities. That Craft beat scaffolding companies and the builders of foundations to the top award, says a lot about the company’s safety record.

“The guys building our roofs are working pre-engineered jigs, just 300 millimetres off the ground, instead of 36 metres above ground level. Building at ground level means entire sections of roof can be installed with a tower or mobile crane in a matter of minutes, rather than hours and days in a traditional roofing project.” Craft received the award for its work on the Hong Kong government’s Sludge Treatment Facility in the north western New Territories, a joint venture project involving Veolia Water, Leighton and John Holland JV.

“It’s fantastic to win the top safety award. It’s a real credit to our safety team who have helped grow our systems safely on site,” Livermore says.

“Instead of 100 workers up on the roof, 36 metres in the air, we have them on the ground. It’s much safer and there’s far less room for error.

“We have our own safety and environmental policies and the like because we really care about creating a safe working environment. There’s weekly safety meetings on

On the sludge treatment plant, the gull-wing-shaped roof was comprised of hundreds of angular, rectangular unitised roofing sections, each a few metres wide. Craft

Hong Kong Sludge Treatment Facility

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builds safety handrails into the sections’ open edges before they are craned into place. The following prefabricated piece is lifted into position and the seam zipped, ensuring the dangerous open edge is always secured. The sludge treatment facility is part of the city’s efforts to clean-up the Hong Kong sewage network, an ambitious multi-billion dollar project that has been ongoing for most of the past decade. The facility will handle up to 2,000 tonnes of sludge a day pumped in from Hong Kong’s 11 sewage treatment plants. Sludge is the colourful term for the remnants left behind after raw sewage is treated and dewatered. Craft has been on a growth tear, booking sales of HK$1 billion in the past three years. The company’s body of work spans everything from schools to shopping malls, industrial buildings and railway terminals. Iconic works from their portfolio includes re-roofing the Marina Bay Sands casino and resort in Singapore; the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car in Tung Chung; and one of Asia’s biggest exhibition centres, AsiaWorld-Expo at Hong Kong’s airport in 2005. “One advantage in the way we install our roofs is we reduce the time it takes by about a third. As soon as the steelwork is deemed safe, we’re there, installing the roof,” Livermore says. With high-profile projects at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and roofing The Venetian Macao and Wynn Macau casinos behind the company, and Hong Kong’s

sludge plant nearing completion, Craft has turned its ambitions to groundbreaking jobs elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. Work is continuing on the HK$9-billion Midfield Concourse project at the Hong Kong International Airport, where Craft is installing a signature curved roof and skylights. The company will continue to focus its tendering on large, challenging airport, infrastructure and sporting projects throughout the Greater Asia Region. A prime example of this is the Passenger Transfer Building for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The HK$30.4-billion project to span the Pearl River Delta is due to be completed in the second half of 2016. The roof is expected to cover an area equivalent to about 10 soccer fields. Craft are in the hunt for a series of prestigious projects – each one more complex and curved than the next. All you need to know about Craft is this is an innovative company that can.

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MODULAR Challenging Traditional Construction

Looking at cities around the world, we see buildings rise at impressive rates, which might indicate that the construction industry is also on a skyward trajectory. Indeed, relatively recent building methods, such as slip form construction and new materials, such as lightweight concrete, have greatly improved speed and safety. In Australia, as in most developed countries, the housing industry is still considered a relatively traditional, low technology industry with few changes in its structure and processing over the last century. In particular, the building

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of hotels and housing today is both highly unproductive and inefficient. Recent studies show that productivity in the Australian construction industry has largely flat-lined or decreased in the last 30 years, unlike other industries, such as manufacturing, which has continued to improve. The results are that the construction is a largely low profit industry with low levels of productivity. Modular construction systems, together with other types of factory-made buildings, hold the potential to dramatically transform the construction industry landscape around the world. The “industrialisation of construction” - manufacturing buildings in a factory - is a logical evolution for this industry. The benefits of such systems are logical and compelling. Quality, speed, and price – the three pushpull points of any project – all stand to be dramatically improved thanks to factory-built construction. Now, buildings can be built quicker, cheaper and with better

quality than ever before. Modular construction, when it arrives in a big way, will radically shift the current paradigm of the building industry.

Modular construction systems Modular construction systems (or factory-made buildings) are prefabricated buildings consisting of component parts or modules, built in a factory and delivered to site via shipping and truck and assembled on-site using a crane and onsite labour (Modular Building Institute 2013). The most comprehensive type of factory-made buildings are volumetric modules. Also known as “near complete” modules, they are typically around 95% complete at the factory, requiring very little on-site work, and can be trucked virtually complete from factories around the country or by ship from overseas manufacturing centres, such as China, Vietnam or Thailand. Volumetric modules are made of self-supporting steel boxes, incorporate all living and working areas and are finished to any required specification, including doors, windows, full bathroom, kitchen and laundry, plumbing and electrical. Exteriors are clad in a range of options including steel, alucabond, timber panels, or aesthetic articulation elements. Volumetric modules come in a range of sizes – from standard ISO shipping container dimensions (2.4m wide), through to larger flat bay truck sized modules (up to 3.4m wide) being the maximum width allowable under non-escorted truck travel; up to the oversized modules (over 3.4m wide), where transportation on trucks require special road clearances and escorts.

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Benefits of modular construction Factory-made buildings promise substantial benefits as compared to the traditional methods of construction. Its proponents claim it is the new logical frontier of construction methodology. The standout benefit is the tremendous cost and time savings in this method. There are also social and environmental benefits. Financial factors - Time is money. And the speed of construction is perhaps the most important benefit of modular construction. Volumetric modules are built inside large factories which allow repetition and specialisation of the different trades, speeding the process and reducing waste. The process is also not weather dependent. A short delivery program reduces land holding costs, on-site works, time and labour costs. Productivity using modular construction is greatly increased and further productivity gains are achieved by scaling up operations, factory automation, and use of off-shore manufacturing centres. Fully specified, volumetric modules can made in six weeks and if pre-designed, in less than four weeks. Social factors - Modular construction is safer, with manufacturing and assembling on a production line using less machinery and men, in a controlled safe environment. Because modular units are replicated, they can be built accurately by workers skilled at different tasks, further reducing error and accidents. Units are made of a strong steel skeleton, which protects the occupants and is

Modular Hotels, Houses, Apartments and Remote Accommodation Globally, there is small but growing group of successful modular hotel projects. This is harbinger of the future. Modular hotel projects include Citizen M (UK, Europe), and Premier Inn (UK). Typically modular hotels are built with a conventional podium on which modular “rooms” are stacked. Modular can also be used for lift cores. Volumetric modular is ideally suited to hotels for a number of reasons. A hotel room is typically 40m2, and can easily be produced in simple modules of between 3.4 and up to 4.5 meters wide. Hotel rooms are the same, allowing for a consistency of offer and efficiencies in

stackable over multiple levels, and reusable or recyclable. At a more macro level, industry experts claim that modular and other off-site manufacturing can help flatten out the “boom bust” nature of the construction industry and enable labour to be organised in a more efficient less volatile nature. This benefits economically impoverished regions where manufacturing can take place considerable distances from the markets it serves. Environmental factors - Factory-made buildings enable environmentally sustainable solutions to be developed in a holistic manner. With the same plans being repeated, records of the exact quantity of materials can be established, minimising materials, waste, and energy consumption in the process. Re-use of building modules or frames after their current role and recycling of materials or modules are all achievable using a modular construction system. Manufacturing principles, such as “Just in Time” supply chain management, lean production systems, BIM (Building Information Management) systems and concurrent engineering and design, achieve higher quality outcome and better control, and higher levels of consistency. The accuracy of the assembly ensures there are fewer physical gaps in the units, delivering better acoustic and energy-saving outcomes. Once the modules are on-site, quick installation means less site disturbances to surrounding neighbourhoods and the environment. Better quality construction extends building life cycles and operating costs.

cleaning, linen, furnishing etc, and thereby very well suited to be manufactured in modular where the efficiencies of replication are brought to bear. Like hotels, the rapid, replicable and cost-effective nature of modular also lends itself well to apartment buildings. Modules are self-supporting up to 8 stories, and so are a cost-effective for medium rise buildings. The quick timing of product to market is essential in the apartment sector to reduce financial exposure to the developer, given the lag time in converting to sales and settlement of funds. Finally, remote accommodation, including mining camps and townships, are one of the best examples of the growing

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Developing economies face a different challenge – labour is affordable and plentiful, but often lacking requisite skills. Again, modular construction can assist by delivering near-complete buildings to site. These can be dovetailed with local labour programs, where local work-forces can be trained up to assist in the project by doing site-preparation work, some local content elements, installation, commissioning etc.

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The Macau Construction Market Keith Buckley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Director Hsin Chong Engineering Macau Limited Macau Macau is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong. Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta across from Hong Kong to the east, bordered by Guangdong Province to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east and south. The territory's economy is heavily dependent on gambling and tourism. The information which follows gives a brief overview of Macau, the construction market and challenges as well as some information related to doing business in Macau.

The second boom started in 2012. Six major integrated gaming resorts are under construction in Cotai. This represents a build out of 11,500 hotel rooms in developments having a GFA of more than 32 million square feet!

Population and employment

In addition there are Government and social infrastructure projects currently in progress, including the Macau Light Railway Transit (LRT) system, a new Ferry Terminal to serve Hong Kong and the Pearl Delta, Education projects (University of Macau campus), infrastructure for the Hong Kong -Macau-Zhuhai Bridge, Public Housing projects as well as Environmental projects.

Macau has a population of 590,000 and an unemployment rate of 1.9%. In comparison Hong Kong has a population of 7,173,900 and an unemployment rate of 3.5%.

The peak of construction in Macau will happen throughout 2014 and 2015, The shortage of skilled labour and construction professionals will worsen.

Comparing visitor arrivals and length of stay Macau has 28,100,000 visitors annually staying 1.55 nights, whereas Hong Kong has 48,615,113 visitors annually staying 3.5 nights.

Key issues for Macau Construction Projects

Market overview Macau is experiencing its 2nd construction boom in 10 years. The first boom was as a result of the cessation of the gaming monopoly in 2002 and the subsequent granting of gaming concessions and in particular to Las Vegas based developers and saw the first phase of the development of the Cotai Strip. Ten years ago the Cotai Strip was a causeway between the islands of Coloane and Taipa (hence Cotai), with marshland on both sides of the causeway. Today it is home to five integrated resorts. Refer to the photos â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then (2004) and now (2012).

The key construction challenges in Macau are access to materials (e.g. concrete, steel), availability of plant and equipment, limited specialist contractors in the market and competition for engineering / project management staff. However the biggest issue will be availability of skilled and unskilled labour. The Macau construction labour force is inadequate to service the construction market in boom times and importation of foreign workers, mostly for PRC and Hong Kong is required but is a highly political issue in Macau. Macau is therefore dependant on a government allocated imported labour quota system. There is evidence of wage increases, well in excess of inflation.

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Regulatory Framework

Author’s Profile

The regulatory environment for working individual firms working in Macau, centres around Business Registration – Commercial and Tax, and licensing / registration with the Public Works Department.

Keith Buckley is a Director of Hsin Chong Engineering Macau Limited and for the past 10 years has been Executive Project Director for Hsin Chong’s Construction Management projects in Macau all of which are related to development of the Cotai Strip, in Macau. Keith has more than 40 years construction experience and has lived and worked on construction projects in UK, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and has also been involved in projects in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives, Thailand and Vietnam. For the past two years he has been the chairman of Lighthouse Club of Macau.

For projects, the main concerns are project approvals, construction licences and operational licensing. Legal Framework The legal framework in Macau is based on Civil law code based system. The official languages are Chinese and Portuguese (not English). All legislation (including technical codes) is in both languages. Correspondence with Government is usually in Portuguese

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Macau News Renewal of memberships progressed well during 2013 and increased year on year. Currently LCM has 85 Corporate Nominees (from 18 Companies) and 85 Ordinary Memberships – a total of 170 paid-up members. We have enjoyed several social events in recent months. Monthly socials were held in August, September and October at “R” Bar in City of Dreams and at Café Deco, Venetian Macau Resort Hotel in November. All functions were sponsored and we are now inviting sponsors for 2014, hoping that we will have the same success as this year. A ‘Night at the Races’, will be held on 22 November 2013, at the Macau Jockey Club. Seven companies have reserved tables and around seventy people will attend. Preparations are now in hand for the 2014 annual dinner planned to be held in April.

Monthly Socials The Monthly Social on 14 August was sponsored by Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company Ltd and represented by Sam Woo. The turnout was around 60. The Monthly Social on11 September was sponsored by Fosroc, also at “R” Bar. Turnout was good and as usual attendees were treated to drinks and a variety of snacks. The waiter service was efficient and much appreciated.

The Monthly Social on 16 October was sponsored by Jardine Lloyd Thompson, represented by Steve Abbott, at “R” bar. Turnout was around 70 and two Macau Grand Prix tickets were put into a lucky draw the proceeds of which will go to the LCM Benevolent Fund. The Grand Prix event is celebrating the 60th anniversary this year. The Monthly Social on 13 November was sponsored by Pinsent Masons represented by Nicholas Turner and Vincent Clayton and was held at Café Deco. There was a very good turnout with many new faces appearing. Two Macau Grand Prix tickets, which will be held from 14 to 17 November, were put into a lucky draw the proceeds of which will go to the LCM Benevolent Fund. Website : www.lighthouseclubmacau.com The website is regularly updated. Members and visitors are encouraged to visit the Lighthouse Club Macau website for the calendar of future events and to browse the gallery of LCM social events. Sponsors :

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Bangkok News The Lighthouse Club Bangkok concentrates its efforts on raising funds through its monthly meetings, its monthly late lunch meetings and its monthly golf tournaments to support teachers provided by Father Joe Maier of the Human Development Foundation and the Mercy Centre to its fourth school (Prakkasamai School) which is a Bamboo School erected in the Samut Prakan province and educates children of families working on nearby construction sites. THB 483,234 has been donated to Human Development Foundation by the Lighthouse Club so far this year. This year we organized a rugby dinner event featuring former Irish and British Lions Captain Fergus Slattery and former Welsh Captain Mile “Spikey” Watkins. The proceeds of this function were used to assist Mr. Cedric Carr and his family. Cedric was a former Bangkok based construction specialist who contracted motor neuron diseases and had to be repatriated to a hospital in the UK in May 2013. Sadly Cedric passed away on 6 November 2013. THB 520,000 was raised to assist him.

Our event Sponsors for this year were: • RSM Advisory (Thailand) Limited • Designers Bathware (Asia) Co.,Ltd. • Studor Ventech Limited • Radcon (Thailand) Co., Ltd. • Thai Bauer Co., Ltd. • PSM Fareast & World PM • ThyssenKrupp Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd. • Sika (Thailand) Ltd. • Smythe Partners PTE Ltd. • Marantelli Partners • Archetype • Bazi • Comin-Asia • Soda/Choice Interiors • Teasco • Steven.J.Leach • Baker Tilly 1

1 Fergus Slattery (left) and Mike Watkins (right) in the Lighthouse Club Bangkok British and Irish Lions Rugby Dinner on 5th June 2013 at JW Marriott Sukhumvit. 2 Gareth Hughes, Managing Director of RSM Advisor (Thailand) Limited making a speech in the Lighthouse Club Networking Event at Clubhouse Bar and Grill on 18th November 2013.

• Dubliner Irish Pub • Harrow International School • MBMG International Co., Ltd. • The Lighthouse Club of Bangkok • ACH Management Co., Ltd • Epicure Catering Co., Ltd. Bronze Sponsor • UniGroup Worldwide UTS Bronze Sponsor • JW Marriot Bangkok • JW Marriott Hotel Khaolak • Raja Fashions • Michael Gilbert • Les Miles • Fergus Slattery • Mike “Spikey” Watkins • Joe Calzaghe World Champion Boxer

3 This year's Meinhardt Cup was contested between the Lighthouse Club and Bags/Sags golfers at the Burapha golf club, Chonburi on August 10 to support construction workers’ children through building schools and paying for teachers. 4 A monthly Lighthouse Networking Night was held on Wednesday, 10 of July at the clubhouse Bar and Grill. Our Members and Non members enjoyed the food and atmosphere of the night and will continue support us in every LHC events.

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Annual General Meeting and Annual Dinner

The Lighthouse Club Kuala Lumpur (“LHC KL”) has held its AGM and Annual Dinner on the 3 October in Canton Fare in Bukit Damansara. During this meeting a new committee has been elected: President - John Arkinstall Vice President - Gareth Lewis Secretary - Bert de Munck Treasurer - Ravendran Rasalingam Committee members - Ong HT, Tan Swee Im, Anthony Edwards, Mike McIver. The new committee would like to give special mention and thanks to Mike McIver who has been the president for LHC KL for the last 2 years and happily stays as a Committee member active for LHC KL and Hugh Murray who has been Hon Secretary for LHC KL for an impressive 10 years! Financial status 2012 LHC KL has continued to generate a surplus in the past Financial Year and holds in cash and Fixed deposit RM133k. New Committee The new committee held its first Committee Meeting on 23 October 2013 and has identified a number of initiatives to increase income and more cost effectively sponsor beneficiaries for education and training.

Membership Membership is slowly increasing; there are many “guests” who regularly attend the Social Events and need to be convinced of the benefits of becoming individual or corporate members. Over twenty new members signed up for 2014 on the November get together. Planned Events to April 2014 • Technical Talk – March 2014 • Guinness Anchor tavern/factory visit April 2014 Golf Challenge A Golf Challenge open to members and non-members has been organised on Friday 8 November 2013 at Bukit Jalil Golf Club and teams will compete for the Plus Three Challenge Cup with generous prizes from a number of sponsors.

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Sponsorship LHC KL are sponsoring a new bursary student at a local university for four (4) years which was presented during the annual MBAM Open House and Buka Pasa dinner at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. Mount Kinabalu 2014 LHC KL has made initial enquiries with a local tour provider/facilitator for the Mount Kinabalu ascend. The tour provider mentioned that the climbs are substantially booked up to June 2014 and there is a two tier pricing structure – one for Malaysians and one for Foreigners. Example From the webpage http://www. mountkinabalu.com/packages, 2013 rates: Tour ABK-MK02VIP Code Package 3D2N Mount Kinabalu Climb & Kinabalu Park Stay (Premier & Private Heated Room) GROUP SIZE 2 PAX 4 – 10 PAX

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Kuala Lumpur Golf Challenge Bukit Jalil 8 Nov 13 The venue chosen for the first time for this year’s Lighthouse Club Golf Challenge, was Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort located opposite the impressive Commonwealth Games Stadium which some players decided to visit en route, making their journey a little longer than the normal half an hour from Kuala Lumpur, subject to no traffic accidents or congestion on the LDP highway. According to the Resort’s webpage, it is: “Sprawled over a 165-acre site in the midst of lush tropical greenery and enveloped by scenic view, it is certainly an unforgettable sight. the impressive 18-hole golf course designed by renowned Australian designer, Max Wexler that offers an engaging challenge which keeps you coming back for more.” Despite heavy overnight rainstorms, which cleared by 7am, and no doubt the reluctance of some employers to allow time off from their busy schedules on a Friday, seven flights of players including some lady golfers braved the conditions to participate and support Lighthouse Club KL fundraising. Players were presented on registration with a small goody bag, consisting of a tube of balls, set of tees and cap kindly provided by sponsors. The course unfortunately was in poor condition, and a couple of par 4 holes were closed for renovation with some temporary par three’s as replacements, so although there were 18 holes, it played to only par 68. Even so this proved a challenge to the majority of the players to record scores below/in the 90’s. The team competition was played as a modified System 36 Stableford with the best three scores counting for the team prize; individual prizes were for lowest gross, runner up and novelty prizes for NTP on two holes, longest drive and most golf played. The team prize consisted of a magnificent replica Claret Jug for each player. SCOTT FARRELL as winner of the lowest gross kindly recycled the prize as a lucky draw. A three course western lunch was served at the Oasis restaurant accompanied by plenty of Tiger beer and red or white wine thanks to the generosity of sponsors which was followed by the prize giving and more fluid replacement. Rather than have a lucky draw, everyone was able to take back a bottle to maintain fluid balance. Lighthouse Club KL would like to thank all the sponsors for their valuable contributions to make this an enjoyable and

successful event and of course to all the players. We hope both sponsors and players will continue to support the club’s events in the future. The sponsors, prizes and results are set out in the next page.

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SPONSORS, PRIZES AND RESULTS PRIZES

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Claret Jug replicas + tube P3 balls each

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Team Winners 102 Pts

SCOTT FARRELL; ROSS HOUSTON ; DUNCAN CAMERON; CHRISTION WOODS

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TAN SWEE IM; P.Y. HO & TAI

Lowest Gross - 84; recycled as Lucky Draw

SCOTT FARRELL ; Lucky Draw winner LIM LING LING

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Doha Inaugural Annual Ball This long awaited event was held on the 10 October in the RADISSON BLU Hotel in Doha, with over 350 attendees everyone had a great time. Apart from the usual traffic problems, everyone arrived in good spirits to an evening of ‘free-flow’ drinks and humour. The Guest speaker and Master of ceremonies for the evening was Rhodri Williams, the rugby pundit from Al Jazeera Broadcasting. Stephen Heath gave the President’s speech which included a showing of a video from the UK Lighthouse Club, explaining who and what the Lighthouse Club is all about. As usual there was a bit of banter about our friends in the Construction Industry that we call Quantity Surveyors and Lawyers. The evening was kindly sponsored by VSL, COINS, QBI Consultants and Clyde and Co.

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Presidents Speech Olga Karimova and husband. Rhodri Williams KEO Table: Malcolm Hamilton; Darrel Strobel with wife Ann Strobel & Aaron Booth Stephen Heath, Tim Mitchell & Steve Davison The Organiser and Social Secretary Fraser Rae and Gordon Jack. VSL Table The President’s Speech – Work in progress!

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Ho Chi Minh City News With the recent enlargement of the committee the Ho Chi Minh City Lighthouse Club is going from strength to strength. One of the recent regular meetings (held at the Red Bar on the second Thursday of each month), hosted by Turner International, attracted a crowd of some 150. Amongst other recent sponsors have been FDC, Unicons, Saigon Casa, Geomatics Consultants International and Adeas, all welcoming large crowds with a good mix of Vietnamese and expats. All the tables are now reserved for the Christmas Dinner being held on 29 November at the Lotte Legend Hotel. The event has attracted a number of prominent sponsors and a good selection of raffle prizes. Charity work is expanding and with the support of Saigon Children’s Charity, five students are being sponsored to study university and college courses in construction related subjects.

Bùi Văn An will study Mechanical Engineering; Nguyễn Đức Lợi, Construction Techniques; Mai Hồng Khanh, Mechanical Engineering Technology; Tô Bá Điền will follow a course in Construction Techniques Technology and Ms Lê Thu Hương will pursue a course in Interior Design. Amongst other initiatives, plans are well in hand to help increase awareness of best practices in safety on construction sites throughout the city. The Ho Chi Minh City committee is looking forward to 2014 with a number of plans to make the club even bigger and better. Ho Chi Minh City Alan Murray, Vice Chairman

Cambodia News Our October event was held on the 22nd at L’Orchidee Restaurant in Phnom Penh. At the time of writing we don’t have a sponsor for November but are hopeful that one of our member associations will step up to the plate. Once again, we’ve had some changes in the Committee with Colin and Janey Rogers giving up their roles late August to relocate to Myanmar. Bryce Gaboury took over as Chairman and Victoria Logan as Secretary. However, the move to Myanmar was called off at the eleventh hour so the Rogers took a break to the UK returning to Phnom Penh late October and have resumed their positions with the Lighthouse Club. Bryce is relocating to Kenya for a month so we are losing a very important and committed member of the Club who has been instrumental in sourcing our two candidates for the James Battersby Lighthouse Club Educational Trust Fund. On behalf of the Committee and Members we would like to extend our heartfelt

gratitude to Bryce for his efforts and for stepping into the Chairman’s role and we look forward to seeing him again on his return to Cambodia. It is hoped that there will be a joint December event with the support of the Cambodian Construction Association but this is yet to be confirmed. One event which has been confirmed is the quarterly meeting of the Regional Committee who will once again be joining us here in Phnom Penh in January. We must have done something right last January for them to be returning so we look forward to welcoming them all again. We would like to wish all clubs and members of Lighthouse in the Asia-Pacific region a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Prosperous New Year.

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Australia News In the short time since our last report, we’ve only had an October get together in the various States which combine to make the Australian, Down Under Club (‘DUC’). In our last report, in order to help those readers who are unfamiliar with Australia, we gave a short DUC geography lesson which we supplemented with some associated facts on our immense country. We also moved away from a Brisbane centric report to something which gave a flavour of our progress in each of the States where we now have an active presence. For this issue, although each State will get a mention, we have decided to showcase our blossoming activities in Perth. Perth (Western Australia). We’ve had an exciting start on the West coast. Following a few ad hoc meetings, the official inaugural get together was held in August 2013. The first event and subsequent get togethers have seen encouraging numbers in attendance and the mood has been uniformly optimistic.

Many Perth-based construction professionals have worked overseas in countries where the Lighthouse Club has a strong presence. This exposure to (and experience of) the Club’s commendable work in other countries has led to a number of offers from members to help us develop our presence in Perth. We aim to convert these offers into something more tangible over the coming months. In the meantime, the current Perth committee has been working hard to push for greater awareness of the DUC in Western Australia and to ensure the tremendous initial support we have received so far is built upon in order to ensure our city is a shining light in the overall development of the DUC. Here’s to an exciting few months! The November event will be held at 5.30pm Thursday 5 December 2013 in ‘Rubix Bar’ at the Ibis Hotel on Murray Street. Brisbane (Queensland). Many thanks to our October sponsors, Holding Redlich, for contributing

to yet another successful event and thanks to Driver Trett for agreeing to sponsor our November get together. Our December event will be sponsored by an organisation named Santa Claus. Next gettogether at: ‘Pav Bar’, Stamford Plaza Hotel, Edward Street, Brisbane, on Thursday 21 November 2013. Melbourne (Victoria). We are very pleased to announce that Carmen Prosenik and Mike Cox have formed a new and dynamic team in Melbourne. At the time of writing, they are organising events to close out 2013. More importantly, they have some big ideas which will help the DUC develop a strong presence in Melbourne for 2014. Sydney (New South Wales). Although it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to hold a get-together in the Opera House this year, we will get there in 2014. In the meantime, monthly get-togethers are now firmly established for the third Thursday each month. The Bar, Sir Stamford, at Circular Quay, 93 Macquarie Street, Thursday 21 November 2013. www.lighthouseclubaus.org

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Thought Provoking Evening Raises Funds And Awareness The Lighthouse Club HK Annual Dinner 2013 was held in the Chancellor Room of the HKCEC on Friday 8 November, 2013. The successful event was attended by 230 people and raised nearly HK$70,000 on the night. MC, Richard Poulter, introduced special guests including Mr. Enoch Lam, JP of Development Bureau, Mr. James Blake and Mr. Christopher To of Construction Industry Council, Mr. T. C. Chu of Hip Hing Construction, Mr. Rod Hockin of MTRC and our guest speaker for the evening Ir Thomas Ho, President of Hong Kong Construction Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taiwan Wheels 2014â&#x20AC;?, a relay cycling race and tour planned for March 2014 was also introduced. (Please see flyer for further details). Two bumper cheques were presented to the Lighthouse Club HK. One from the HKCIC Demonstration Projects Initiative which has now run its course with surplus sponsorship funds donated to the LHC HK Benevolent Fund. Mr. T. C. Chu, Managing Director, Hip Hing and Mr Rod Hockin, Chief Project Advisor, MTRC, presented the cheque on stage to Hugh Wu and John Battersby representing the Lighthouse Club HK. Three Hilti HK employees took part in a gruelling Iron Man competition in Taiwan and raised HK$50,000 for the LHC HK Benevolent Fund. Two of the competitors, Gary Tse and Michael Leung together with the Hilti HK Managing Director, Mr. Gavin Gui, presented the cheque. Following a mad dash around the room, female volunteers filled their pink helmets with very kindly donated cash which raised HK$69,600.

Richard Poulter introduced the guest speaker, Ir Thomas Ho who gave a thought provoking speech about the state of safety in the construction industry, both globally and here in Hong Kong. The shocking statistics created a â&#x20AC;&#x153;you could hear a pin dropâ&#x20AC;? atmosphere in the room. John Battersby replied on behalf of the Lighthouse Club HK and provided an informative rundown of Lighthouse Club events including details of some of the more poignant cases which have been supported and also gave a tribute to the late Derek Smyth for his contributions to the Lighthouse Club HK. The food, beverages and service offered by HKCEC was once again excellent. Diners retired at around 11.15pm and those with sufficient energy headed to Wanchai.

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Hilti Ironmen Give Benevolent Fund A Charity Boost True industry leaders are not born but made. And what makes them lead their rivals is their ability to constantly challenge themselves and help those in need. Both are linked as they shape the industry and help it tackle today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. These are the reasons why Hilti employees Michael Leung, Joe Tam and Gary Tse swam, rode and ran at the gruelling Ironman 70.3 Taiwan Competition. Their determination and can-do spirit helped to spur a charitable drive within Hilti that saw many donating to the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Benevolent Fund. Held at Taiwan’s southern-most beach town Kenting, the competition saw the trio of fitness enthusiasts take on a field of global athletes on a 113.1km challenge. Michael swam 1.9km across the crystal blue waters; Joe continued Hilti’s charge with a 90.1km blistering bike ride around Taiwan’s mountainous terrain; and Gary kept the team’s spirits burning

as he ran 21.1 km to the finishing lines. At every stage, they were cheered on by their team mates and friends, giving them the extra endurance to complete a worldwide effort. Hilti Hong Kong employees cheered every metre of their achievement with their wallets and their hearts. As Gary touched the finishing line, capping the team’s stellar effort, donations from Hilti (HK) Ltd. and Hilti (Asia) Ltd. reached HK$50,000. Every dollar donated offered hope to the needy in our construction industry who are served by the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Benevolent Fund. For Michael, who is the Head of Macau, Hilti (Hong Kong) Ltd, the experience was both a personal and charitable triumph. “Besides achieving my personal best, it’s meaningful to contribute to charity as well. I am looking forward to another exciting charity race in the near future,” he said.

As Hilti looks to the future together, we will be well prepared to face the challenges that it brings, and help others to overcome them as well. As an industry leader, it is our commitment.

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Autumn Barbecue at the Kowloon Cricket Club (“KCC”) Dave Parkin

The first Autumn Barbecue that Lighthouse Club has held in many years took place on 19 October. The Kowloon Cricket Club in Jordan provided an excellent poolside setting for a delicious barbecue Buffet. No one was tempted to take a dip in the KCC’s beautiful pool which was probably sensible given the amount of food and drink consumed. Entertainment was provided by Paul & Kel, a very professional guitar duo who performed very popular music enjoyed by everyone. A special thanks also to Leighton Contractors for their contribution to the evening and very generous contribution for drinks from the bar. All in all a very pleasant

evening with good food, good music in an excellent location, enjoyed by all 45 who attended. Thank you to all who contributed to our charity collection on the night, we raised $2,900 which

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Monthly Get-togethers Dave Parkin The Get-togethers held on the 1st Friday of each month continue to be very popular with the attendance reaching as high as 226. Our regular venue, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Insidersâ&#x20AC;? in Wanchai, has proved to be very popular for both Members and Sponsors who are providing generous sponsorships. The events provide an excellent opportunity for fellowship, networking and promotions. We are now looking to complete our schedule of sponsors for 2014 and bookings are being taken up quickly. A big thank you to all Members and Sponsors who make these Fridays a great success. Look out for the Christmas Get-together on 6 December.

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