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Kai Tak Community Isolation Facility
To tackle the fifth wave of the epidemic, a number of community isolation facilities (CIFs) have been constructed in Hong Kong with Mainland support. With the construction of these facilities, our capacity to combat the epidemic has been significantly enhanced. Recently, the first batch of the Penny’s Bay Community Isolation Facility, consisting of around 1 000 units, has been handed over for operation. We will continue to take forward at full steam the remaining facilities in Penny’s Bay, as well as the large-scale CIFs adjacent to the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal and in Lok Ma Chau Loop. This time, I have invited frontline colleagues of the Architectural Services Department (ArchSD) to introduce to us the features of Kai Tak CIF, the challenges encountered during construction, and share with us how they feel.
Adopting Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) in the project
Currently under construction, the Kai Tak CIF and the Penny’s Bay CIF are different from the six CIFs that have begun operation recently, which are all one-storey buildings located respectively in Tsing Yi; the former site of the Boxes, San Tin; a site on the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities Island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge; next to Ma Sik Road in Fanling; near Kai Pak Ling Road in Hung Shui Kiu; and in Tam Mei in Yuen Long. Both the CIFs at Kai Tak and Penny’s Bay are built using Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), where most of the parts of the pre-fabricated modules, such as windows, switches, walls, ceilings and floor slabs have been finished in the factory. The modules are then transported to the construction sites for simple assembly and for connection to the water, electricity and sewage systems, effectively reducing construction time.
Completed in two phases in May and June
The Kai Tak CIF is relatively large in scale. With about 3 000 units, the facility is 4-storey tall and installed with lifts. Other ancillary facilities, such as stairs, corridors and roofs, are also pre-fabricated and then transported to the construction site for assembly. Technical Secretary of the ArchSD, Miss LAW Mei-sze, Michelle, shares with us that the habitable units at Kai Tak have been built up to the fourth floor. Electrical and mechanical connection and commissioning processes are also underway. The facility will be completed in two phases in May and June. The project team is working hard for an early completion to strengthen Hong Kong’s ability to combat the epidemic and enhance our isolation capacity.
Miss Michelle LAW says that the biggest challenge is that they have to build the facility from scratch and complete it within a very short time. The planning and layout of the entire facility and its ancillary facilities have to comply with legislative requirements, and also cater to the requirements of the future operator. A lot of co-ordination is involved. While further detail developing the design, the team has to provide construction details according to the works progress, so that design, fabrication and construction work can be conducted simultaneously.