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IL 9064 RE Memo SMA181 An Incident For Construction of Pipe Pile No. PP96

An incident occurred during the construction of pipe pile PP96 at the URA Redevelopment Project site. During a routine inspection, the drilling of pile PP96 stopped 10.5 meters short of the intended depth when the casing toe and drill bit detached from the steel casing. The contractor was required to investigate the cause of the incident and submit a remedial proposal. They were also reminded of their duty under building regulations to prevent further such occurrences through strengthened site supervision.

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IL 9064 RE Memo SMA181 An Incident For Construction of Pipe Pile No. PP96

An incident occurred during the construction of pipe pile PP96 at the URA Redevelopment Project site. During a routine inspection, the drilling of pile PP96 stopped 10.5 meters short of the intended depth when the casing toe and drill bit detached from the steel casing. The contractor was required to investigate the cause of the incident and submit a remedial proposal. They were also reminded of their duty under building regulations to prevent further such occurrences through strengthened site supervision.

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AECOM +852 3922 9000 tel

20/F, Grand Central Plaza, Tower +852 3922 9797 fax


2,138 Shatin Rural Committee Road,
Shatin, Hong Kong
香港新界沙田鄉事會路 138 號新城市
中央廣場第 2 座 20 樓
Site Memorandum www.aecom.com

Date: 24 April 2019 Ref No.: 60549178/SMA181

To: K.H.Foundations Ltd. (Mr. Andy Fung)

From: Mr. Simon Tso - Resident Engineer

Project: URA Redevelopment Project (H18-SiteA) Peel ST., Gage


St.,& Staveley St., at I.L. 9064, Hong Kong.

Subject: An Incident for Construction of Pipe Pile No. PP96

We refer to a routine inspection at 13:30 today and observed that the pipe pile no. PP96
was drilled down the hole near Gage Street. When the steel casing reached the toe level
at -2.50mPD, the drilling operation could not continue to further go-ahead to the tentative
casing toe level at -13.00mPD. The steel casing was terminated at 10.50m above the
tentative casing toe level. Meanwhile, your foreman explained that the casing toe and drill
bit were detached from the steel casing.

We record the existing condition of pipe pile no. PP96 was listed below:
Casing length: 25.64m (original 30m long and cut top 4.36m)
Casing top level: +23.14mPD
Casing toe level: -2.50mPD
Casing tentative level: -13.00mPD

You are required to investigate the causes of an incident and submit a remedial proposal
for our review.

You are reminded of your duty as registered contractor under Building (Administration)
Regulations 41 and are required to strengthen the site supervision to prevent further
occurrence of the similar incident.

Best regards,

____________________
Simon Tso
R.E.
(For and on behalf of AECOM)

Encl.
This memo shall not constitute any cost and time variation to the Contract.
Distribution
(√)Cheer View Holdings Ltd. Mr. John Yeung, Mr. Thom Ng, Mr. Poon Yiu Wah (email)
(√) Ronald Lu RLP. Mr.Kelvin IP, Mr.Frederick Chan, Mr.Bobby Au Yeung (email)
(√) AECOM . Mr. K.L. Wong, Mr. Dennis Chiu, Mr. Penny Wong (email)
(√)AECOM Cost C Ltd. Ms. Erica Hung, Mr. Staw Wong (email)
Routine Inspection
Date: 24 April 2019
Items observed:

Photo 1: Bird view Photo 2: Drilling of pipe pile no. PP96

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