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Half-day Seminar – 2 June 2012 (Saturday)

Advanced Technologies and Equipment for Construction of

Transport Infrastructure

Background

The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) is a learned

society concerned specifically with the planning, design, construction, maintenance

and operation of land-based transport systems and infrastructure. It aims to provide a

forum for the exchange of technical information and views on highways and transport

policy; to provide specialist advice to government and other bodies; to make roads

safer for the travelling public; and to encourage training and professional

development to meet today's requirements.

Every year CIHT Hong Kong Branch organises a half-day seminar to provide a

platform for academics, professionals and other interested parties to exchange views

on selected technical topics. Professionals and students from University, Consultant

and Contractor, as well as those related to transport or highway industries, will be

invited.

Theme

Hong Kong has one of the most successful transport systems in the world, with

around 2,000km of highway and 240km of railway. To cope with the growth in

population and economy, the Government have been planning and implementing new

roads/highway as well as passenger railway. During implementation, there are

challenges such as working in confined space or busy life traffic, tight construction

programme, and satisfying the requirement of different stakeholders. To overcome

challenges, contractors make use of different high technology or equipment so that

the projects can be implemented at a quicker pace, at a safer and more

environmentally friendly manner.

The theme of this half-day seminar “Advanced Technologies and Equipment for

Construction of Transport Infrastructure” aims to introduce how contractors

overcome the construction constraints by making use of the latest technologies and

construction plants. This seminar would be useful for both engineers and contractor

to recognize the latest development of the construction technologies and construction

plants and equipments. The speakers will give a brief account on the problems they

are/will be facing and how they implement the construction works with the aids of

various technologies and plants. It is meant to be an interesting and practical seminar

in which project implementers will share their invaluable experience of construction

of major transport infrastructure in Hong Kong and overseas.

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Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, HKU

Date & time: Saturday, 2 June 2012 from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Programme

Time Duration Event

08:30

Registration

09:00 10 mins Welcome Speech

Prof. S C Wong

Vice Chairman CIHT Hong Kong Branch

09:10 15 mins Keynote Address

Ir Dr Raymond Ho, Member of LegCo (Engineering Functional Constituency)

09:25 30 mins Theme 1 – High precision drilling in Urban Areas Mr. Anders Ö stberg, Atlas Copco China / HK Limited

09:55 30 mins Theme 2 –Piling Methods and Equipment for Highway and Railway Projects Dr. Alan Wan, Gammon Construction Limited

10:25 30 mins Theme 3 –Technology and Equipment for Ground Freezing Method

Mr. Tsunekata Watanabe, Seiken Company Limited

10:55 25 mins Tea/Coffee Break

11:20 30 mins Theme 4 –Technology and Equipment for Bridge Construction

Mr. K H Lai, VSL Intrafor HK Limited

11:50 30 mins Theme 5 – Different Tunnel Boring Machines for Varying Ground Conditions Mr. Thorsten Gartner, Herrenknecht Tunnelling Equipment HK Limited

12:20 20 mins Panel Discussion – All speakers

12:40 10 mins Presentation of Souvenir

12:50 10 mins Closing Remarks

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Who should attend:

This seminar will be of interest to practitioners in highways and infrastructure projects including senior

managers, planners, engineering consultants, contractors and students.

Registration Fee: (include tea / coffee / CPD certificate)

General HK$350

Parking

Free Parking label will be available at the Reception Counter.

Deadline: 28 May 2011

Remarks: This seminar can contribute to your Continuous Professional Development Records and CPD

certificate will be available to all participants.

Registration Form

Seminar: Half-day Seminar 2012 by CIHT Hong Kong Branch

Date & time: 2 June 2012 (Saturday), 8:30am to 1:00pm

Name (surname first): Mr /Ms /Ir /Dr ____________________________________________________

Company: _________________________________________________________________________

Contact Tel __________________Fax _____________Email________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________________________________

I have enclosed with this form a crossed cheque No ______________________________ payable to “The

Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation H K B” in the sum of HK$350.

Signature:________________________________ Date________________________________

Registration by email to shirley.lau@mvaasia.com or by fax to 2527 8490, then follow by mail together with

cheque and registration form mailing to: The Treasurer of the CIHT Hong Kong Branch

Ir Vincent M H CHAN

c/o MVA HK Ltd

14/F West, Warwick House, Taikoo Place,

979, King’s Road

Quarry Bay

For enquiries, please contact Ms Shirley Lau at 2529 7037

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Half-day Seminar – 2 June 2012 (Saturday)

Advanced Technologies and Equipment for

Construction of Transport Infrastructure

Keynote Speaker: Ir Dr. Raymond Ho Chung-tai, SBS, S.B.St.J., JP

Ir Dr the Hon Raymond Ho Chung-tai, SBS, S.B.St.J., JP has been a Member of the Legislative

Council of the Hong Kong SAR since 1996, currently in his fourth consecutive term representing

the Engineering Functional Constituency. He is also representing Hong Kong as a Deputy to the

Eleventh National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China.

At the Legislative Council, Dr Ho has been for 12 years the Chairman of the Public Works

Subcommittee, responsible for examining and making recommendations to the Finance Committee

on the Government's expenditure proposals for projects in the public works programme and

building projects, and chairman/member of various committees. He is also Board Member of the

Airport Authority, Member of the Commission on Strategic Development, Chairman of the Hong

Kong Trade Development Council Infrastructure Development Advisory Committee, and Chairman

of the Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Plant and Lingao Nuclear Plant Safety Consultative

Committee. He is an Honourary Fellow and Former President of the Hong Kong Institution of

Engineers, Fellow and Council Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences,

Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Honourary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of

Building, and Fellow, International Representative (Asia-Pacific Region), and Former Vice

President of the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Theme 1 – High Precision Drilling in Urban Areas

Synopsis: For construction of underground road or rail tunnels close to existing house, tunnels or

other sensitive objects, blasting will cause vibration which are unpleasant and may lead to safety

concerns. Therefore, to blast in hard competent rock close to sensitive areas, it is necessary to have

very good control on the quantity of the explosives, and on the location where the explosives are

placed. To make each blast efficient and effective, we must have good control on the quantity of

explosives, and how they are distributed in terms spacing and pattern of each of the drill holes.

During the last few years, the quality and precision on drilling rigs attract a lot of attention. To

achieve high precision drilling, computerized drilling rigs are used. The advantage of using this

type of rigs is with high degree of precision in terms of where to drill, verses any previous drills.

During the last years the focus has been on raising the quality and precision on the drilling rigs.

Today, with the computerised and automatic drilling technology, contractors can fully master the

design of drilling patter, navigation or positioning the drill rig, executing of drilling and logging of

the rounds, bringing the precision in tunnelling to a new era.

Keywords: High precision drilling

Speaker: Mr. Anders Ö stberg, Atlas Copco China / HK Limited

Mr Anders Ö stberg have broad experience on civil works. He has worked in both rural and urban

areas of different parts of the world. His experience ranges from being the leader for tendering jobs

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to on-site construction management. In October 2011, Mr Ostberg joined Atlas Copco as a

tunnelling application specialist.

Theme 2 – Piling Methods and Equipment for Highway and Railway Projects

Synopsis : Highway and railway construction projects, unlike land piling, often involve foundation

works of a wide spectrum ranging from diaphragm wall, mini-piles to marine piles. The associated

site condition also varies greatly from spacious sites for depot piling to extremely confined area in

the immediate vicinity of live traffic or operating railway tracks. Given these, works planning often

presents great challenges to foundation contractors, in terms of equipment selection and

construction method, so as to meet works programme while satisfying safety and environmental

objectives. This paper describes the current piling technologies applied in highway and railway

projects. A review of the latest development in piling equipment and techniques will be presented.

Methods and approaches to deal with constructability, site constraints and safety issues will be

discussed and highlighted with case studies.

Keywords: piling, method, equipment, constraints, constructability, safety

Speaker: Ir Dr. Alan Wan, Gammon Construction Limited

Ir Dr Alan Wan is a Senior Project Manager at Gammon Construction Limited. He was educated in the UK

and Canada and has over 15 years of experience working as contractor in the design, construction and project

management of heavy foundation projects. Notable projects undertaken by Ir Dr. Wan include the Hong

Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor, Castle Peak Road Improvement, Central Reclamation Phase III, KCRC

HCC 300 and 301, MTRC Contract TKE 609, WIL 704 and 705, and XRL 811B.

Theme 3 – Technology and Equipment for Ground Freezing Method

Synopsis: These two sections of the CWB will be constructed by traditional cut-and-cover method,

top-down in part after the bare minimum allowable reclamation and ELS diaphragm wall

construction. While this paper will talk about the construction methods of the above major

activities under the particular site and contract limitation such as maintaining the existing public

marine traffic and complying with all statutory environmental requirements, it will also touch on

the re-provisioning of existing facilities along the shoreline such as cooling water system, drainage

outfall which forms a great challenge to the planning and execution of the project.

Speaker: Mr. Tsunekata Watanabe, Seiken Company Limited and Mr. Ricky Wong,

Sanshin Corporation

Mr. Watanabe joined Seiken Co. in 1972 and is now a general manager with the company. His

main expertise is ground freezing and he has worked in Japan and Taiwan for famous projects, one

of those is the Tokyo bay crossing expressway.

Mr. Ricky K. N. Wong is from Hong Kong and has joined Sanshin Corporation since 1991. Mr.

Wong has worked on projects in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand and is now

responsible for the company’s business in the Southeast Asia.

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Theme 4 – Technology and Equipment for Bridge Construction

Synopsis: “Precast Segmental Bridge” construction is nowadays the most common method

adopted in the construction of multiple span concrete structures for roads and railways. The

technique of precasting concrete box girders in short segments by the “match casting” method and

transporting them to site to be lifted into position is well established and offers many benefits. This

paper presents different techniques of erecting segments by the “balanced cantilever” or “span by

span” method. For the balanced cantilever method, the segments are joined on either side of the

pier in a symmetrical operation supported by either a self-launching overhead gantry, deck mounted

lifting frames or by cranes. For the span by span method, all segments for one span are supported

by either an overhead or underslung gantry or alternatively by a ground supported system, and

joined together in one operation to make a complete span.

Keywords: precast segmental, balanced cantilever, span by span, launching gantry, lifting frame

Speaker: Mr Christian Venetz and Mr. K H Lai, VSL Intrafor HK Limited

Mr Christian Venetz is a Design Manager of VSL Hong Kong Limited and holds a regional role as

Technical Officer of North Asia reporting to VSL Technical Committee. Mr Venetz is a competent

designer in pre-stressed and reinforced concrete as well as steel and has over twenty years of

experience in the building and civil construction sectors in Switzerland and Asia. His field of

expertise covers the design of both permanent and temporary structures. Mr Venetz has worked on

many key infrastructure projects in Hong Kong, often in partnership with consultants and other

contractors.

Mr K H Lai is the Director and General Manager of VSL Hong Kong Limited. He has worked in

post-tensioning and related engineering fields for over 20 years and has been involved in various

building and civil projects in Hong Kong.

Theme 5 – Different Tunnel Boring Machines for Varying Ground Conditions

Synopsis : In the past 20 years, the tunneling projects around the region became more and more

sophisticated. Technology for Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) has been developed to make tunnel

construction possible today, which were not in the past. TBMs facilitate safe and reliable tunneling

methods. They also enhance planning reliability and better compliance of construction accuracy

and costs.

Keywords: Different Types of TBMs (EPB Shield, Mixshield, Single shield, Double shield and

Gripper)

Speaker: Mr. Thorsten Gartner, Herrenknecht Tunnelling Equipment HK Limited

Mr. Thorsten Gärtner was born in 1972 in Nagold Germany. He was a surveyor apprentice with

Government before he graduated from FH Mainz University with a degree in Civil Engineering in

year 2000. Thereafter he joined Herrenknecht. He started his career as a project engineer in the

Field Service, working in different project sites in the Netherland, Hong Kong, Austria, Switzerland,

Australia and California USA. In 2005, he was appointed as the on-site Manger in Singapore,

responsible for the circle line metro project. From year 2009, he was appointed as the Country

Manager of Herrenknecht in Hong Kong.

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Supported By HKU and Civil Engineering Society, ENS, HKUSU

Sponsored By:

AECOM Asia Company Limited

Atlas Copco China / Hong Kong Limited

Build King Holdings Limited

Chun Wo Development Holdings Limited

Crown Motors Limited

Gammon Construction Limited

Gammon Nishimatsu WIL Joint Venture

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited

Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited

Mannings (Asia) Consultants Ltd.

MTR Corporation Limited

MVA Hong Kong Limited

Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited

Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Limited

URS/Scott Wilson Limited

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Half-day Seminar 2012 – Advanced Technologies and Equipment for Construction of

Transportation Infrastructure