Project Briefings

2002 - 3 Primary Schools and 1 Secondary School at Po Kong Village Road, Diamond Hill, Kowloon

Project Description Project Data Commencement
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Completion Date
Project Name & Location
Structural System Design and Construction of Three Primary Schools and a Secondary School at Po Kong Village Road, Diamond Hill, Kowloon

Nature of Services
Structural Consultant & Designer

Architect
Architectural Services Department

Project Particulars

  • The first school village designed by Architectural Services Department and the first awarded Design and Build package for structural system design.  3 standard (2000 Design) 30-classroom primary schools, 1 standard (2000 Design) secondary school with a elevated deck structure, 2 tensioned fabric structures for basketball court and spectator stand of football field, covered walkway in carparking space and landscaping areas.

  • Use of perforated steel girders supporting an aluminum alloy standing seam insulated roof cladding system for the roof of secondary school.

  • Scheduled Area No.5 with a 2m diameter DSD effluent tunnel below ground immediately outside the western site boundary.  The southern end is bounded by a 8.5m wide drainage and water works reserve.  The eastern end of the site extends 5m into the 60m wide Tate’s Cairn Tunnel Protection Zone.

  • Economical foundation design with pad footing combining with total 400nos. of vertical and raking pre-bored rock socketted steel H-piles.

  • Use of Epoxy coated reinforcement bars in structural slabs subjected to continuous exposed environment and low fire hazard areas.

  • Introducing the design and use ‘SUPERSLAB’ semi-precast slab system with 3-dimensional lattice girders and fabricated by computer controlled production system.  The design caters for loading imposed during demoulding, lifting, transportation, storage and construction. The supporting elements and the precast panels together with the insitu topping form a monolithic composite floor construction.

  • Use of cold form steel reinforcement mesh for the precast panels and the lattice girder.

 

Site Area
Over 35,000 sq m

Project Value
HK$400M

 

Commencement Date
17 Nov 2000

Completion Date
Foundation
Jul 2001

Main Contract
Sep 2002

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