Unqualified Reports from Exhibition Sites Contractor’s Uncorrected Excavation and Construction of To Kwa Wan Station Not Followed by Maps

A number of stations on the MTR SCL have been exposed for problems. The MTR submitted information to the government yesterday, exposing that the MTR station and To Kwa Wan station were not constructed in accordance with plans. MTR stations in two incidents None of the personnel reported by mechanism. During the excavation work of the Convention and Exhibition Station contractor, the I-steel support wall was not installed in accordance with the plan. The MTR resident site staff issued a “failure report” to the contractor and still allowed the contractor to continue the excavation. The delay was issued after more than one month.” The amendment report was submitted after the failure report. The MTR staff did not report to the management and the government. The MTR Corporation considered the practice unsatisfactory and apologized for the incident. [Related news release A8]

As for the incidents involving the removal of reinforcing bars from the Tokawan Bay wall, the MTR discovered that a supervising engineer had discovered that the steel bars were removed in April this year. However, the management only learned of the incident two weeks ago. The MTR recognizes that the notification mechanism needs improvement (see also draft).

Not enough horizontal I-beam support installed

During the excavation of the Sha Tin Line Convention and Exhibition Station, the contractor did not install enough horizontal I-bars to support the vertical wall in accordance with the plan. The MTR yesterday submitted written information to the government to confirm the incident. The MTR Corporation stated that it was involved in the construction of the former Wanchai Pier Public Transport Interchange site. The contractor had to dig down the lobby, the upper platform and the lower platform, and five layers of I-iron had to be installed to support the continuous wall (see photo). . When the resident resident of the MTR station visited the site in May, it was discovered that the contractor “Leighton-CSC Joint Construction” did not install the fifth-floor I-shaped iron and drilled a few meters more downwards, which was inconsistent with the plans and construction plans. On the 10th, it issued the first “non-conformity report” to the contractor and requested the contractor to submit a repair plan.

MTR resident site personnel did not stop mining

After the contractor received the non-conformity report, he had not submitted the amendment plan according to the requirements of the MTR. Instead, he continued to dig in the nearby area. The MTR resident site personnel did not stop. As of this month, the resident staff of the MTR station found that the contractor had not newly installed the fifth-floor I-beam within the scope of the new excavation of the contractor. The depth of excavation also exceeded the plan. On the 11th of this month, he again issued a “non-conformity report” to the contractor. . The contractor finally submitted a repair plan to the MTR on the 19th of this month.

Ms. Huang Weiming, Director of MTR Engineering, said that after the MTR resident site staff issued the “Fail Report”, they did not request the contractor to stop the excavation. The incident was only handled by the management staff of the MTR site and was not reported to the management. The MTR was not The incident was notified to the government. He explained that the staff of the MTR frontline had monitored the safety of the continuous wall through the equipment and had been discussing with the contractor verbal amendments. As a result, the contractor was not prevented from digging and the incident was not reported. He stressed that the relevant practices are not ideal. They believe that front-line employees are not sufficiently sensitive. The MTR notification mechanism must be improved and apologize for the incident.