FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to the fifth issue of 'Building Surveyors'. Starting

from this issue, a new section called 'Message from Facilities

Management Panel' has been established. Our FM panel will

make use of this new section to com municate with our

m em bers. The Editorial Board would like to take this

opportunity to thank for their contribution.

The Editorial Board is calling for editorial contribution from

our members in the coming publications. If you wish to submit

your article, please contact the editor directly.

Editorial BoardAlan Sin

Terence Lam

Gordon Wong

Wong Kam Wah

Edgar Li

(Editor)

(Member)

(Member)

(Member)

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Joint CPD Event-Building Surveying Division and Junior Organisation

Topic : Village House

Guest Speaker: Mr. David CHAN

Date : 5 May 1999 (Wednesday)

Time : 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m.

Venue : Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, H. K. Polytechnic University, H ung Hom, Kowloon

Places are limited to 200 persons. Reservation form will be mailed to all members shortly.

Press ClippingStarting from January 1999， our Building Surveying Division has provided a press clipping service to all our

members. All news relating to the following nine categories will be kept in our HKIS office. All members are

welcome to make reference to them.

1. Building Construction Sc Structure 6. Project M anagement

2. Buildings Ordinance Sc Administrative Law 7. Demolition, Structural Survey & Assessment

3. Building M aintenance 8. Property M anagement

4. Building Economic 8c Contract Administration 9. Research 8c Development

5. Building Services

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Editor received a letter from Mr. Lewis K.K. HO dated Feb 3， 99 in regard to his com m ent on an inte… ew recap

“Distinguished Building Surveyors，，， which was published in our last issue of newsletter. In the recap，Mr. HO was

in terhew ed by HKU reporters and had p ro h d ed valuable information relating to Mr. Barnabas CHUNG. Mr. HO

felt that the article may no t fully r e je c t his message， and therefore wrote us this letter to express his concern.

3 February 1999

Dear Editor

Disdn加 shed Bu越 ng Surveyors - Mr. Barnabas H.K. Chung

I refer to the captioned article in the December 1998 issue of the Building Suweyors. Thank you for the remarks on Barnabas attributed to me， which largely re jec ted the content of the intewiew I had with the HKU reporters.

I am not comfortable with the tone and the content of the second paragraph in the second colum n of the article. Barnabas opted for early re tirem ent from the Civil Sewice， The Buildings D epartm ent played no part in his decision which I understand are for personal reasons， and he left

und er very amicable circumstances. I am proud to be a staff member of the Buddings D epartm ent， and I am just as proud of my association 〜 t h the HK^S.

I hope you would published my letter in the coming issue of the Building Suweyors to clear up any m isu n d ers ta n d in g .

Thank you， and keep up the good work!

^ o u r s s i n c e r e l y ，

(HO K^ok keung Le〜 s)

紹 沿 S

Communication Network and Job Movement

The Newsletter 'd ll report jo b movements of members. If you 一 sh your jo b movement be published， please fax or e-

mail the details (e.g. nam e， prehous company nam e， new company nam e， telephone no .， fax no. and e-mail address)

to G ordon Wong.

(Fax : 2714 规 8; e-m ail: gs” vong@hkstar.com)

H o n g K o n g B u il d in g S u r v e y o r s C o m m u n ic a t io n N e t w o r k

ACADEMIC

City University S.M. L〇 2788 7683 2788 7612

H K Academy for Performing Arts Nelson S. L. HO 2584 8690 2824 2651

HK Polytechnic University K.K. L〇 2766 5878 2764 5131

HK University Daniel Ho 2859 2128 2559 9457

I FIRMS PROVIDING BS SERVICES

Calibre Consulting Gordon ROBINSON 2861 1689 2596 0297

Chesterton Petty David CONNELL 2377 7004 2317 5533

Colliers Jardine S.K. KWAN 2629 1866 2956 0225

Crafer Dillon Surveyors Ltd. Sean Dillon 2866 6460 28661948

Crow Maunsell Surveyors Malcolm PEARSON 2317 5911 2317 5901

C. Y. Leung Project Services Kenneth CHAN 2507 0507 2147 3859

Danny Kwok & Associates Danny KWOK 9026 5008 2512 8415

David C Lee Surveyors David LEE/ Vincent HO 2802 8336 2802 8270

DCL Daniel LAM/ Kenny KONG 2516 7868 2565 9890

John Y.H. Hsi & Associates John HSI 2311 2389 2525 4407

Jones Lang Wootton Samson CHAN/Kevin CHUNG 2846 5000 29681133

L C Surveyors Eddie LEE/Albert CHAN 2882 7100 2881 5905

Lee Mark & Associates LEE Chun Fat 2827 8222 2827 8773

Multiple Surveyors Benson WONG 2840 1022 2877 2811

Prudential Surveyors International Dennis WONG 2507 8303 2598 6576

Raymond Chan Surveyors Raymond CHAN 2722 7270 2311 3436

Raymond Cheng Property Consultants Raymond CHENG 2610 0626 2610 0779

Samson WONG & Associates Samson WONG 2881 6166 2890 5469

SUV Samson WONG 2577 0503 2890 5469

Spence Robinson Kenneth CHAN 2544 7007 2543 9975

Swire Properties Ben NGAI 2535 1544 2560 2151

TMK & Associates TANG Hau Ki 2377 1970 2377 1625

Vigers Hong Kong Kenny Suen 2377 1234 2377 3166

Wayfoong Property Martin WOODs 2822 7311 2861 2492

Wellgo Archdecor Consultancy David CHAN 2865 3128 2865 3100

DEVELOPERS & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES

Asia Build Ltd Lawrence LAI 2866 1198 2865 3173

Cheung Kong Willie TSE 2526 6911 2845 1641

First Pacific Davies John KIELY/Mark LI 25341688 2805 2540

Goodwill Property Ltd. Kant TSANG 2533 9841 2533 9888

H.K. Land Albert FONG 2842 8157 2845 9226

Harbour City Gary YEUNG 2118 8580 2118 8068

Henderson O.K. LAU 2525 5902 2521 7913

Hong Yip John HO 2828 0810 2827 6300

Kai Shing Gordon LEE 2828 5133 2827 1702

Sino Base Barry TSE 2588 1802 2511 7331

Sun Hung Kai Mike WONG 2832 5221 2838 4085

Swire Properties Jim DALE 2535 1400 2590 7502

GOVERNMENT

Architectural Services Department Alan SIN 2773 2501 2765 8423

Buildings Department Edwin TANG 2626 1502 2626 1764

GPA C.C. LAU 2123 8303 2596 0859

Housing Department Gordon WONG 2761 5066 2714 3328

Urban Services Department 1. R. YOUNGS 2867 5180 2523 5811

PUBLIC COMPANIES

HK Telecom Alan GRANT 28886145 2962 5477

Hospital Authority CHAN Man Wai 2300 6223 2882 4367

Housing Society Augustine CHOW 2839 7608 2882 2432

KCRC Patrick MAN 2688 1262 2688 0314

LDC Chris CHEUNG 2588 2839 2827 0176

MTRC CHAU Sai Hung 2759 7591 2305 4457

Tung Wah Groups of Hospitals Cheuky Cheuk 2859 7753 2548 5710

OTHERS

Andrew Lee KF & Associates Joy LEUNG 2525 0008 2868 5371

Judia Construction Co., Ltd. John CHUNG 2854 0608 2543 3630

McDonald's Terry TANG 2880 7401 2563 1047

Tactful Boris YEUNG 2381 5098 2381 0019

Please notify Gordon Wong of any changes (fax: 2714 3328; e-mail: gsywong@hkstar.com) March 1998

News from Academ ic Institutes & Professional Bodies

The D ep狀如ent of Red Es位te 肪d Cons仕uction The Universi斤 o f Hong Kong

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The Department of Real Estate and Construction (Formerly

the Department of Suwe力ng) of the Universi印 of Hong Kong

o任ered a Wde range of courses for members of the profession

and people who are interested in suwe力ng and related 丘elds.

The following is an account of the most recent development

in the courses administered by the department.

The undergraduate programme BSc (Surveying) has been

offered for 10 years with a cohort of graduates employed in

various Helds. The course sdU adopts and further enhances

its fully in teg ra ted philosophy approach to surveying

educadon. Feed back from employers suggested the approach

is excellent in educating all-round surveyors in providing a

‘one-stop，se〜 ce for clients. Qualiy of students admitted has

been improving ever since which rejects the popularity of

the course. The four main areas i.e. Law，Econom ics，

Construction and M anagem ent covered in lectures are

integrated and developed under the Studio programme， 〜 th

close monitoring and supe…sion from the teaching sta任. The

course has its 丑rst year’s operation under the university-wise

credit po in t system which encourage students to opt for

electives in other faculties. This broadens the exposure and

capabiUties of our graduates further.

The MSc (Construction Pr句ect Management) and MSc (Real

Estate Development) are the m gor graduate taught courses

in the department. The 玎exibili^ of a modular programme

coupled with the option to pursue through full time (one

year) or part-time ( 咖 half days a week for two years) enable

the course to attract calibre from various 行elds. Core modules

of the courses included real estate economics， real estate and

construction management， real estate investment and 丘nance，

real estate and construction business management etc. In

addition students need to prepare a substantial dissertation

of their choice.

The postgraduate conversion programme jointly organised

by the departm en t and the School of Professional and

Continuing Education (SPACE) was 丘rsto任eredin 1996. The

programmes are spedaUy designed as postgraduate pathways，

directed at non-cognate (non-surveying-related) degree

holders who wish to a postgraduate qualification which

provides a fully exem pting award from the HKISBRICS

Quanti矽 Surveying and General Practice Dihsions. Through

an intensive program m e graduates are equ ipped with

su迅 d e n t knowledge and techniques for them to undertake

the required training through employment and sit for the

Assessment of Professional Competence of the respective

discipline. The programme is offered each year with an

option for full time (12 months) or part-time (24 months)

mode.

The departm ent offers facilities for the registration and

supervision of candidates for the research degrees of M.Phil,

and Ph.D. These degrees can be undertaken on a full-time

or part-dme basis. FuU-dme students may be granted Hnandal

assistance through the studentship scheme. The department

has the capabm印 to supervise research degrees across a wide

range of areas associated with real estate and construction，

particularly those related to law，planning， economics and

management.

In ad d itio n ， the d epartm en t also collaborate with the

Universe印 of Greenwich and University of Bath， UK o任ering

MSc in Construction Management， MSc in Real Estate and

MSc in Facilities Management， MSc in Occupational Safety

and H ealth by d istance learn ing . These courses are

administered by SPACE and have become popular amongst

professionals. This is due to the built-in 玎exibiliy in distance

learning mode and the various intake time th roughou t

t h e y e 过 r.

Following the long-term planning of the government of the

H⑵ AR on improving the education level of the people of

H ong Kong， the dem and for h igher degree places will

continue to rise. General enquiries on courses shall be

directed to the department at telephone no. 2859 2146 or

SPACE at telephone no. 2975 5717.

Message from Facilities M anagement Panel

OUTSOURCING - THE WAY TO SUCCESS!?

By Nelson HO, Estate Manager, The Hong Kong Academy for

Performing Arts

Nowadays, many organisations are referring to ‘outsourcing’ as a universal solution to all cost cutting and efficiency enhancing programmes. However, the actual meaning and application of outsourcing is seldom investigated.

Outsourcing is one of the strategic level approaches to deal with non-core functions of an organisation in the context of facilities management. This involves the rethinking of the entire business process and operation. In order to focus resources in core functions, it is a logical deduction to streamline the non-core functions through contracting out to external agencies whereby expertise could be introduced. In fact, outsourcing simply means to employ the external resources, be its external contractors or external personnel. In utilising external resources, there is no limit on the size or extent of the external agencies. Contracting out a cleaning or security function of an organisation is one of the simplest form of outsourcing, corporatising a government department or entrusting the management and operation of universities to the University Councils are the more extensive form of outsourcing.

With the key concept of outsourcing by tapping in external expertise， it is envisaged that more effective and efficient operation of the non core functions should be achieved, thus allowing the top management to concentrate effort and resource on the core functions for excel of the organisation. Therefore, a successful outsourcing exercise should be a pro­active ‘quality Sc cost，- based evaluation process and not just with cost cutting and risk transferring motives.

To educate the correct understanding of outsourcing, it always takes time. However, some useful tips fo r successful implementation of outsourcing can be shared.

Strategy formulation:

• To establish the primary objective of the outsourcing exercise.

• To u n d e r s ta n d and a p p re c ia te th e long te rm commitment nature of outsourcing.

• To formulate an innovative and quality transitioning for outsourcing agency and employees.

• To p rom ote the co llabora tion a t ti tu d e between employees and outsource agency to support continue successful partnership.

• Identify potential outsourcing areas for cost 8c quality based evaluation.

Agency Selection:

• Identify key characteristics and prioritise for selection of outsource agencies.

• Locate a service provider that cared for their employees and committed to prosper with the organisation in a long run.

• Look for agencies with com pensa tion packages comparable to existing in-house establishment to reduce turnover Sc staffing instability.

• Scrutinise successful track record of service agencies in similar environment.

• Evaluate p ro p o sed cost re d u c t io n with quality improvement.

Service Level Partnering Agreement:

• Formulate a statement for service provided with the outsource agency, users and employees.

• Establish detailed explanation of how the service will be implemented and measured.

• Define clearly the com m unication channels and methods for dispute resolution.

• Signatures of the responsible individuals to signify commitment.

Orientation and Training:

• Provide experienced staff to coach initial orientation 8c training for new outsourcing partners.

• Provide continuous on-site training for procedures and policies of the organisation as well as particular skills applicable to the organisation.

• Require outsourcing p a r tn e r to provide external certified training in the specific outsource areas.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Carry out various level surveys on service level for comparison with the SLPA.

• Require report from outsourcing agencies to report s ta tu s , serv ice level ac h ie v em e n ts 8c a reas o f improvement.

• Assign responsible staff to carry out visual inspection and execute evaluation studies.

With these simple tips, the process of outsourcing can be guided in a correct approach. However, it would largely depend on the culture, understanding and initial objectives of individual organisation to im p lem en t a successful outsourcing exercise.

Feature

BUILDING SURVEYORS PROFILE 1998By Kenneth Chan, Chairman of BSD

The total number of building surveyors as at the end of 1998

stood at 454 which is an increase of about 5% over the same

period in 1997. The various governm ent departm ents,

including Buildings Department, H ousing Department,

Architectural Services Department, Government Property

Agency, Home Affairs Bureau, Home Affairs Department,

Works Bureau and Licensing A uthority em ployed 233

qualified building surveyors which accounted for 51% of the

total HKIS building surveying membership. This was slightly

up from the 50% reported last year. The growth rate in this

sector was 7%. A negative growth rate of 12% was recorded

in the surveying practices sector. There was a loss of 10

qualified building surveyors from this sector. Down from 84

to 74. Due to this decline the surveying practices sector was

only employing 16% of all qualified building surveyors. Down

from the 19% achieved in 1997. Other areas of major decline

in employment of qualified building surveyors were in the

property management and construction sectors. The rate of

decline was 52% and 42% respectively. However, the total

num bers of qualified build ing surveyors working with

developers were increased by 55% from 40 in 1997 to 62 in

1998. There were 36 numbers of developers who employed

building surveyors of which 11 num bers only employed

graduates. The numbers of building surveyors employed in

public corporations, such as LDC, MTRC, KCRC, etc. were

also up by 36% from 14 in 1997 to 19 in 1998. These are

illustrated in Table 1.

Surveying firms are employing just more than one third of

the BS graduates which is basically in pace with growth in

g rad u a te s . T he nu m b ers o f g rad u a te s em ployed in

Government and universities has also declined. Developers,

p u b lic c o rp o ra t io n s , m a n a g e m e n t co m p an ie s and

architectural firms have taken in proportionately more

graduates. Construction companies’ intake of graduates has

also slowed down. These are illustrated in Table 2.

Table 1 - Employment of Professional Building Surveyors in Hong Kong

Employers 1997 1998 Growth

/D ecline

Government 刀7 50% 51% 7%

Surveying Firms 利 挪 74 -12%

Developers 40 9% 62 鳩 55%

Others 15 3% 20 4%

Public Corporations 14 19 4%

Universities 13 14 3%

Management Companies 23 5% 11 2% -52%

Architectura l Firms 8 2% 8 2% 0%

Construction Companies 12 7 2% 42%

Hospitals 8 2% 6 7% ■25%

Total 攸 5%

Table 2 - Employment of Graduate Building Surveyors in Hong Kong

Employers 1997 1998 Grow th

/D ecline

Government 79% 61 J5% -5%

Surveying Firms 111 141 34% 27%

Developers 邻 11% 50 32%

Others 32 10% 29 796 -9%

Public Corporations 12 4% 27 6% 725%

Universities 8 2% 5 1%

Management Companies 29 9% 43 10% 傷

Architectura l Firms 14 4% 31 7%

Construction Companies 25 7% 29 7% 麻

Hospitals 1 0% - 0% -100%

Total 辦 25%

It has been observed that there are currently over 170 firms

or organizations that are employing building surveyors. This

is up from the numbers of 150 in 1997. There are now 18

num bers (14 in 1997) of these organizations that are

employing more than 10 building surveyors. 71% of the

professional associates and 38% of the graduates are

employed in these organizations which account for 56% of

all those em ployed. 102 nu m b ers o f all firm s and

organizations employ only 1 building surveyor and 62 of

which employ qualified building surveyors. There were a

total of 68 organizations employing 84 graduates that do not

have qualified building surveyors. This almost doubles the

num bers of 42 noted in 1997 represen ting half of the

numbers of new graduates admitted into the Institute. It

means that these graduates (20% of the total numbers of

graduates) are not directly supervised by qualified building

surveyors. It is also noted that there are 20 numbers of

students members of the Institute who has not reported their

employers.

The overall employment pattern of all building surveyors is

provided in Table 3.

Table 3 - Employment of all class of Building Surveyors in Hong Kong

Employers 1997 1998 Growth

/D ecline

Government 37% 5%

Surveying Finns 25% 215 25% 10%

Developers 鳩 112 桃

Others 47 6% 49 例 4%

Public Corporations 26 3% 妨 5% 77%

Universities 21 3% 19 2% -10%

Management Companies 52 7% 54 6% 4%

Architectura l Firms 22 3% 划 6% 77%

Construction Companies 3 7 5% 36 4%

Hospitals 9 1% 6 1% -洲

Total 76» &70

Update

A BRIEF SUMMARY TO PRACTIC NOTE

ISSUED FROM 1 JANUARY 1999 TO 15

MARCH 1999

By Alan SIN

PRACTICE NOTE FOR AP AND RSE-BUILDINGS

DEPARTMENT

50 Prestressed Ground Anchors in Building WorksThis revision January 1999

The appendix of this practice note has been amended.

An Annex to the Appendix A showing the Corrigendum

1/98 (May) and Corrigendum 2/98 (September) issued

by GEO is incorporated in order to clarify the method

of extraction of water-soluble ions and the method of

calculation of the soluble ion contents. AP/RSE are

therefore requested to take these into account when

undertaking work in the monitoring of prestressed

ground anchors.

115 Legislation and Publications Affecting the Building IndustryThis revision February 1999

This practice note has incorporated an updated list of

laws and other publications. Some of the laws have been

renamed, e.g. The name of Chapter 40， Crown Leases

Ordinance, has been amended as Government Leases

Ordinance. Other new publications, such as the three

newly issued Codes of Practice for Energy Efficiency of

Air Conditioning Installations, Electrical Installations

and Lighting Installations, have also been mentioned.

229 Exclusion of Floor Areas for Recreational UseFirst Issue January 1999

This practice note gives guidance on the requirements

and conditions for considering and granting of

modification for exclusion of floor areas for recreational

use as stipulated in para. 21 of PNAP 116. A list of

recreational facilities which are commonly accepted for

exclusion from GFA calculations is also appended.

Commercial areas such as dining and catering facilities

are not qualified for such exclusion.

RECENT PUBLICATIONBy Edgar Li

Construction Standard Used in Hong Kong (3rd edition, Dec 1998)

The first edition of this document was published in June 1993.

This third edition is to include the construction standards

used in the major quasi-government organisations and public

utility companies such as the Airport Authority Hong Kong,

MTRC, Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd, Hong Kong

Electric Company Ltd and Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd.

Available for sale at Government Publications CentreAuthor: Construction Standards Committee of the Construction

Advisory Board, Works Bureau

G uidelines on Energy Efficiency o f Air Conditioning Installations (Feb 1999)

This handbook of guidelines is a supplement document to

the Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Air Conditioning

In s ta l la t io n s 1998. I t p ro v id es g u id a n c e n o te s on

re c o m m e n d e d p rac tic e s fo r energy effic iency and

conservation on the design, installation，commissioning,

operation and maintenance of air conditioning installations.

Available for the sale at Government Publications Centre

Author: Electrical and Mechanical Services Department

Guidelines on Energy Efficiency of Lighting Installations (1998)

As a supplement to the Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency

of Lighting Installations, the objective of this handbook of

guidelines is to enable a better efficiency in energy use of

the designed installations. It also provides some guidelines

in other areas not included in the lighting code especially

regarding maintenance and operational aspects for facilities

management.

Available for sale at Government Publications Centre

Author: Electrical and Mechanical Services Department

Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Electrical Installations (1998)

This Code sets out the minimum requirements for energy

efficient electrical installations. It specifies four design aspects

for energy efficiency including (1) power distribution in

buildings; (2) utilisation of power; (3) power quality; and (4)

metering and monitoring facilities.

Available for sale at Government Publications Centre

Author: Electrical and Mechanical Services Department

Geoguide 5: Guide to Slope Maintenance (Revised edition, Sept 98)

This Geoguide gives guidance on good engineering practice

for the maintenance of man-made slopes and retaining walls.

This second ed ition of the docum ent is to clarify the

requirem ents on the engineer in perform ing a review of

previous Stability Assessment.

Available for sale at Government Publications Centre Author: Geotechnical Engineering Office

Editorial Contributions"Building Surveyors" encourages article queries and submission. Article submissions should include both hard (printed) copy and

a diskette in word format. Contributors should contact the editor, Mr. Alan Sin at Tel. 2773 2607 or Fax. 2765 7153

The office of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Suite 510, Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong

Tel: 2526 3679 Fax: 2868 4612

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