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issue 65

April 2010

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EDITORIAL COmmITTEE

Ellen Lee Catherine Tsui Colin Wade Collin William Jenny Ho Bird Wong Wendy Fung Christina Yang (Co-ordinator)

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Arup Awarded Design of the Taichung Convention Centre Mixed-use Development

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Tolo and Fanling Highways Widening Second Construction Contract Starts, Hong Kong

Arup has been awarded design of the Convention Centre mixed-use development at the Taichung PMIT Park. This new landmark is set to be the first LEED® platinum commercial development in Taiwan – a new sustainability icon for the region.

The 7ha all-in-one complex comprises of a convention centre, service centre, a pair of 150m high hotel/office towers and a retail podium together with the ‘piazza’. Inspired by the mathematical ‘Klein bottle’, the convention centre is highly recognisable with its organic form, a convergence of aesthetic and technical sophistication. With features such as natural ventilation and daylighting, stratification air control, diffuse daylight/black out, and aerodynamic form, this LEED platinum rated convention centre is likely to become the premier convention destination in and around Taichung. Given Taiwan’s seismic activity, the office and hotel towers utilise a ductile reinforced concrete core and special cost-effective, seismic resistant moment frames. The ‘piazza’ in between the buildings will serve as a large outdoor event space for the general public, large enough to accommodate exhibitions,

Arup Awarded Design of the Taichung Convention Centre Mixed-use DevelopmentRaymond Yau, Hong Kong and Antonio Ng, Shanghai

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The idea of sustainability goes beyond conventional boundaries and will contribute to the sustainability of the community in social, cultural and economic terms. With a wide array of amenities designed with optimum flexibility, this development is expected to generate an economic buzz – a ‘Taichung effect’.

Harnessing the various expertise from Hong Kong, Shanghai and London, the multi office/disciplinary collaboration has been true to the Total Design philosophy which manifested in a strong aesthetic, technically refined, sustainably challenging design scheme. End

west of the building, two substantial openings have been designed in the building massing to allow for prevailing wind during summer to reach the sports plaza area while establishing a visual connection with the future residential area beyond. Performance hybrid façades are being designed in response to the different solar angles and orientation as well as prevailing wind directions. As for renewable energy, wind turbine, solar PV and thermal have been adopted into the overall building energy strategy.

With Arup’s Total Design approach, sustainability was embedded from the very beginning and served as one of the major drivers of the design process. Form and location of all the buildings have been carefully considered during the design of the master plan in order to maximise prevailing wind into the ‘piazza’ during summer while minimising during winter and creating a fantastic microclimate. The numerous green roofs can insulate, collect rainwater, reflect solar radiation and serve as landscaping on an urban scale. Appropriate paving materials and proper treatment of the non-green roofs will further help to mitigate the heat island effect. All rainwater will be collected and recycled together with water from taps and

showers in response to the water shortage problems in Taichung. All the beautiful landscaping on site can be maintained without using a single drop of potable water.

Energy efficiency and performance are typically major factors at the heart of most sustainable projects and with this in mind, the overall energy strategy includes various active sustainable design strategies such as ground source heat pumps, wind turbines, PV panels and solar thermal energy, along with numerous passive sustainable design features such as natural ventilation, natural light, thermal mass and performance hybrid building façades. As a result, the anticipated overall energy demand can be reduced by about 48%.

performances, fashion shows and other special events.

Inspired by the natural topography around Taichung, the design of the podium level commercial buildings/service centre as well as the landscaping of the site reflects this unique characteristic and the towers are simply extensions of this concept. Together they form a ‘pixilated landscape’, in harmony with the natural environment. With extensive green roofs, terraces, atria and vegetation, this site will become the largest green commercial hub in the region.

The service centre, which will be the first to be built on site, serves as an exhibition/community centre for the larger park. In response to microclimate considerations for the sports plaza

The development will be a new sustainable icon for Taiwan

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A building with a very challenging shape designed by Takeshi Hosaka Architects, the Hoto Fudo restaurant, opened in January 2010. The restaurant is located at the foot of Mount Fuji, one of the busiest places in Japan. HOTO is one of the famous local foods, a kind of flat wheat noodle with Miso flavoured soup. The restaurant is the fourth branch of Hoto Fudo and the free-form shaped object consisting of four continuous hemispheres symbolises the soft clouds around the summit of Mt Fuji.

In consideration of the regional issues, which include climate, heavy snow and seismic activity, a new type

of structure, the ‘Sandwich RC Shell’, was proposed in order to integrate the unique architectural form and high structural, environmental, and lighting requirements. Arup Japan was responsible for the structural, environmental, fire engineering and site supervision.

The sandwich skin consists of the main RC structure, 100mm thick, sandwiched between a 60mm hard urethane layer for heat insulation and an outer 15mm glass fibre

HOTO FUDO, Tokyo Hitoshi Yonamine, Jin Matsumoto and Kazuma Goto, Tokyo

reinforced concrete (GRC) to prevent cracking and give high durability. This skin improves environmental performance and provides structural strength through the light-weight shell achieving a highly durable structure.

The two storey design achieves 734m² of space with a maximum 7.5m high structure. The shape is developed by applying form-finding analysis in order to reduce strain energy similar to Gaudi’s

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upside-down form. To minimise the complex formwork associated with the shell structure, the solution adopted was a ‘truss wall system pre-fabricated formwork’. Approximately 200 units of 3D formed rebar truss were transported from the factory to site. This construction approach enabled tight tolerances to be achieved on site, reduced the construction period and reduced the complexity of the formwork on site significantly.

The environmental design concept was developed to control the thermal comfort for the restaurant building

and minimise energy consumption. The items listed below have been taken into account to make the restaurant space comfortable throughout the year:

• ‘thermalmass’tostabilisetheinternal surface temperature

• minimalopeningstoprotectfrom direct solar radiation while introducing daylight for lighting

• outerlayerinsulationwithoptimised thickness

• sphericalshapetomaximisevolume and minimise external surface area

• whitepaintedexternalsurfacetoreflect solar radiation

The sandwich skin comprises the main RC structure, sandwiched between a hard urethane layer for insulation and an outer glass fibre reinforced concrete skin

HOTO FUDO has become a new icon around the Mt Fuji area

Mean radiant temperature is stable throughout the year inside the building due to the effect of the ‘thermal mass’ so that a cooling device is not required in summer and only minimal heating is required. The lighting comfort is controlled using daylight and visitors can enjoy their Hoto under the white internal surface

which reflects the daylight entering from outside.

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Harbin is known as the ‘oriental St Petersburg’ with its Russian style architecture and sculptures

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Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. It is the tenth largest city in the mainland, serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications hub in Northeastern China. Called the oriental St Petersburg, the city is most famous for its stunning, picturesque ice sculptures in winter and is considered one of China’s most beautiful cities.

To support the low carbon, eco-city development initiatives by the central government, Harbin has set out its development goals – to become a representative city of Heilongjiang Province, as well as an exemplary model for the country as an innovative city by implementing circular-economy and circular-society concepts.

Qunli New District Sustainable and Low Carbon Indicators Implementation, HarbinJanice Wan and Susan Rao, Shanghai

Harbin’s Qunli New District Management Commission has recently appointed Arup’s Shanghai planning team to formulate a low carbon regulatory performance indicator system and guidelines for a 27km2 project site. Most importantly, this will include Arup’s preparation of relevant low carbon and sustainable lease conditions for inclusion directly into the land lease contracts.

The site is approximately 5km from the city’s CBD and 20km from Harbin

Taiping International Airport. The site and its surroundings are well endowed with ecological resources, including Songhua River to the north and Changling Lake Tourism District to the west. The Pilot Area situated on the eastern edge of the site will reserve about 30ha of land as natural wetlands. Construction works are currently underway for the green areas and water systems. The land formation for the site has already been completed and main roads are

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currently under construction. A number of infrastructure projects such as the Line 3 and Line 6 Metros, and Bus Rapid Transit stage 2 alignments have been planned within the site. These transport facilities will greatly enhance the accessibility and connectivity of the site to the CBD and adjacent developments.

In response to the client’s project brief and overall development goals, Arup has proposed a sustainable strategic framework covering four key aspects: energy; environment; economics; and society. To better meet our client’s needs, on a macro, strategic level, our team has come up with a comprehensive set of low carbon development objectives focusing on energy (energy saving on building materials, use of renewable

energy), water resources, waste, eco-landscape, accessibility of green transport, accessibility of public services/amenities as well as being responsive to the micro-climate conditions.

After addressing this overarching framework and objectives, particular attention will be given to the Regulatory Control Plan for a 6km2 site. The project team will propose a customised implementation approach and guidelines for the macro performance indicators with a focus on low carbon. In addition, the project team will continue to refine each of the performance indicators and then take them further for technical assessment, simulation and cost-benefit analysis. Finally, the proposed performance indicators will be incorporated into the Regulatory Control Plan and become part of the planning and development conditions for individual land parcels within the

site. Most importantly, relevant low carbon and sustainable performance indicators will be incorporated into the land use rights and sale process through appropriate lease conditions.

Arup’s innovative and scientific approach to regulatory planning is a breakthrough in conventional planning practice in China and has received tremendous support from our client and local government. Our project team plays a crucial role from setting low carbon strategic objectives all the way to its implementation at the statutory planning and land lease process. Our vision is to ensure the concept of low carbon and sustainable development can be effectively implemented in Qunli New District, and also subsequently introduce it to a wider area and even other parts of China. End

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After all the hard work of the past four years on this prestigious and challenging project, the developer has announced that the first phase of the development will be opened on 27 April with the second phase opening this June. Around 1,000 hotel rooms, part of the shopping mall and convention centre, celebrity chef restaurants along with other dining outlets and the casino will be unveiled to the public in the first phase opening. The second phase, which includes the SkyPark, the Event Plaza, more shops and additional restaurants, will open on June 23 as part of the development’s grand opening celebration. Later in the year, the two state-of-the-art theatres will also open to the public staging Disney’s The Lion King and a variety of special events and other famous acts. The iconic Art and Science Museum, conceived around the idea of a lotus flower, is also expected to open at the end of this year and will host a number of international exhibitions.

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In order to achieve the target opening dates, plenty of hard work, both on and off site, are still in progress. Workers are busy on the fitting-out works in the podium and hotel towers while the steel skeleton of the lotus-like Art and Science Museum is taking shape. Almost 80% of the structural works have been completed for the eye-catching SkyPark and trees are being planted on the main deck. Works are also progressing at a steady pace for the Crystal Pavilions and theatres. Our colleagues in Singapore are also working very closely with the local authorities to obtain regulatory approvals for the opening.

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) awarded the development rights to Venetian back in May 2006; however, our involvement on the project goes back to early 2005 when we helped Venetian to be shortlisted by the STB to participate in the second round exercise. We have provided a one-stop shop engineering service to our client and our involvement on the project includes advance works, infrastructure, building structure, civil, geotechnical, traffic, façade, acoustics, fire engineering and

risk management. This project is technically challenging in almost every aspect stretching the limits of engineering and in responding to this challenge, we have adopted new and innovative technologies that are pushing the boundaries of current software and systems. Pulling together our global skills as a design team from four continents required effective communication and we have delivered an outstanding product to meet the Client’s needs. As mentioned previously in related East Asia News articles, Arup, as a firm, is proud to be part of the team for this extraordinary project. End

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Following the lengthy process of detailed design and tender assessment, the second construction contract of the Tolo and Fanling Highways Widening (Contract No. HY/2009/08) was awarded in February to one of Hong Kong’s market-leading infrastructure contractors, Gammon Construction Limited. The contract signing ceremony was held

at the headquarters of the Hong Kong Government’s Highways Department (HyD) on 24 February. Arup was represented by Eric Chan, Koon-yu Leung and June Ng.

The background to the Tolo and Fanling Highways Widening project was previously described in East Asia News Issue 59. This contract is a continuation of the first contract

Tolo and Fanling Highways Widening Second Construction Contract Starts, Hong KongJune Ng, Hong Kong

The project will alleviate traffic congestion in the North New Territories and meet future demand

(HY/2008/09) which commenced in August 2009, and involves the widening of a 3.5km long section between Ma Wo and Tai Hang. The project, which will alleviate traffic congestion in the North New Territories and meet future demand, involves widening the existing dual 3-lane carriageways to dual 4-lane.

Major work in this contract includes construction of nine new vehicular bridges, modification of four existing bridges using jacking and stitching operations, earthworks, roadworks, noise barriers, drainage works, waterworks, landscaping and civil provisions for a traffic control and surveillance system. The construction will last for 40 months and is anticipated to be complete in mid 2013.

In addition to the tight construction programme, there will be the challenge for our site team of coping with the Fung Shui issues of the contract. We anticipate putting in a significant effort to maintain good public relationships with the district councils and local residents in Tai Po. End

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Anita Siu Wins Certificate of Merit in HKIE Innovation Awards for Young Members 2010, Hong Kong

Construction Site Housekeeping Award to Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel Project

Skills and Research Manager, Anita Siu, has won a Certificate of Merit in the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Innovation Awards for Young Members 2010 under Category II – An Innovative Application of Engineering

Anita Siu Wins Certificate of Merit in HKIE Innovation Awards for Young Members 2010, Hong KongEllen Lee, Hong Kong

Theories. The award is designed to recognise the HKIE young members for their creativity through innovative application of engineering knowledge. Anita received the award certificate at the 35th HKIE Annual Dinner on 16 March.

Anita’s winning research project studies the feasibility of implementing the customised apartment concept (letting buyers design their own floor plan and select their fixture style) for high-rise residential buildings in terms of technical, operational and financial feasibility. The project innovatively employs three manufacturing techniques – postponement, template and product configuration system – in the construction process in order to enable customisation.

A key member of the research and development team based in Hong Kong, Anita is responsible for skills development and research project management and she is also working on the start-up of Arup University in East Asia. End

Out of 41 current Drainage Services Department (DSD) sites, the Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel project won The Meritorious Award for civil works contracts (supervised by

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Mark Wallace (2nd from left) receiving the award from DSD Deputy Director Ko Wing-hon on behalf of Arup. Louis Wong (1st from left) and Bernard Cheng (1st from right) also attended the award presentation ceremony

consultants). An award presentation ceremony was held to present the award on 23 February at DSD Headquarters. Mr Lau Ka-keung, JP, Director of DSD, gave a speech on the goal and vision of the award scheme and expressed his gratitude to all contractors and consultants and in-house site supervisory staff for supporting DSD’s effort to keep their sites clean, tidy and hygienic. The award was then presented by Mr Ko Wing-hon, Deputy Director of DSD, to Mark Wallace, the Arup Project Manager for this Contract. End

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Colin Williams (right) receiving the award from Chew Tai-chong, MTR Projects Director

The Lighthouse Club – Safety Leadership AwardsColin Williams, Hong Kong

We are very pleased to announce that the Lighthouse Club has awarded Arup Hong Kong a Certificate of Merit in their Safety Leadership Awards 2010 Recognizing Leadership in Safety – Architect-Consultants Category. The award ceremony was well attended by senior figures in the

industry and took place in the Garden Lounge of the Hong Kong Club in Central on 19 March. The certificate cites our “…strict implementation of the highest standards of engineering risk management throughout the construction process on technically challenging projects”. I was honoured to be asked to collect the

award on behalf of Arup and give my congratulations and commendations to all those responsible for the work which has led to this award.

The Lighthouse Club was started in England in 1956 and was named after Saint Mary’s Lighthouse in Newcastle. Its motto is the Latin expression ‘Aliis cum Humanitate’, which translates as ‘Consideration for Others’. A Benevolent Fund was formed in the early 1960s whose objective is to give financial help to the victims of accident and illness within the industry and to their dependants after a fatal accident.

The objectives of the Club are non-political and it does excellent work promoting construction safety.

During the award ceremony two significant issues were raised by the speakers which must be addressed for the achievement of a safe project and which are of particular relevance to Arup. These are: the value to be obtained from addressing safety during the design stages; and the essential need to keep construction sites tidy. As a recent dog bite accident (which could and should have been avoided had our procedures been followed) reminds us this award is not a cause for complacency. All the guidance and checklists to satisfactorily address these points can be found in our safety handbooks and in sections 18, 19 and 20 and associated forms of the CMS in OvaWord.

This is an excellent start to the year in which we intend to obtain OHSAS18001 certification for

our Hong Kong operations and has been followed up with the first stage assessment of our system by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA) on 15 and 23 March which found our documentation to be in order. The certification audit by HKQAA will be combined with our next continuing assessment visit for ISO9001 and 14001 which will take place in June or July. Safety is everyone’s business and we all have a role to play from the designer, the director who sends staff to different locations to the graduate who must go, so ensure you understand your role and how it might impact on your or other people’s safety and obtain or give the appropriate briefings so that you and your staff know how to keep themselves and their colleagues safe. End

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External Appointment

KO Yeung Re-appointed HKUST Industrial Advisory Committee Member

With his significant industrial experience and outstanding credential in the mechanical engineering profession, East Asia Chief Operating Officer KO Yeung has been re-appointed as an Industrial Advisory Committee Member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The committee will give advice to the department’s teaching and research activities, inform the future trend of the industry and provide comments on the new four-year curriculum which will be implemented in 2012.

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Tang Wing-pui, Bill (Group D)

Lee Sui-oi, Ellen (Group H)

Promotions to Grade 8

Ellen joined the firm in 2005. She has extensive experience in communications, public and media relations. Prior to joining Arup, she was the Publications and Public Relations Manager of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. She is currently leading the Graphics team and Knowledge Centre as well as the Communications team. She has helped to establish the communications function for the region and promoted the firm’s profile both internally and externally. East Asia News is one of her many internal accomplishments. Externally, she has been instrumental in enhancing the firm’s reputation through organising different publicity functions and client events. These have included the Drivers of Change events and publicity functions leading to the Beijing Olympics. With this promotion, Ellen will further develop the marketing function for the region.

Bill joined the firm in 2006. He has over 20 years experience in the field of cost and contract management for both civil engineering and building construction works, locally and abroad. He has special knowledge in railway development and the administration of railway construction contracts. He has been involved with the contract procurement works for the Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel, HATS Stage 2, as well as the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (Reclamation) Contract. With this promotion, he will further develop the Contract Management Team which will form the basis for contract administration of all Civil Group contracts in the future.

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Promotions to Grade 7HONg KONg Chan Chi-ming, Maverick (Group A)

Chan Pik-kwan, Elisa (Group H)


Cheung Wai-kwong, Tom (Group G)

Kwok Chun-hai, Kenneth (Group D)

Maverick joined the firm in 1995. He has 20 years experience in managing structural engineering projects both in Hong Kong and overseas. His expertise is in the design of high-rise buildings incorporating wind engineering, structural optimisation, high performance concrete and Building Information Modelling. In addition, he is experienced in designing institutional buildings and railway topside developments. He has been involved with technically challenging projects such as Kowloon Station Package 1 and 4, One Island East and the Beijing National Stadium. With this promotion, his focus will be on capturing railway topside developments both in mainland China and Hong Kong.

Elisa joined the firm in 1994. She is a key member of the Finance Department, responsible for administering company secretarial duties, debt management and credit collection, as well as liaising with building practice and property business on commercial matters relating to financial systems. She is a member of the global debt management task force representing the region to contribute to cash initiatives, and making recommendations on debt management strategy in emerging markets. With this promotion, her focus will be to lead the region’s debt collection/credit control team to assist with new geographies, new clients and businesses on related cash and credit initiatives. She will also be working closely with the building practice and property market and business leaders in analysing trend, to identify weakness areas and target actions for improvement.

Tom joined the firm in 1997. He is experienced in the management, design, study and construction of electrical services for both infrastructure and building projects. He is the electrical leader of sub-teams in Hong Kong, and he supports the development of teams in our Shenzhen and Guangzhou offices. He has been in the leading role for the electrical design of a wide range of projects including Route 8, Shenzhen Western Corridor, Forth Replacement Crossing in the UK and various hotels. With this promotion, Tom will focus on extending the client base and spending effort on project bidding in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Kenneth joined the firm in 1998. He was seconded to Leeds office in 2006 and spent 15 months assisting the river, coastal and infrastructure team. He has extensive experience in a variety of drainage, sewerage and water supply schemes in the UK, Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. He is currently undertaking the project manager role for the Lam Tsuen Valley Sewerage Project. He has been nominated as the water skills network leader for the region and was tasked by the global water link team to assist the Global Water Executives in the development of the Arup water business. With this promotion, he will assist in the development of water skills, raising the profile of water engineering as well as winning new commissions in water engineering and flood risk management.

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Lam Joe-siu, Joseph (Group L)

Sung Wai-hing, Mary (Group E)

Wong Kin-lun, Philip (Group F)

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Joseph joined the firm in 1997. His expertise is in steelwork and high-rise building design. He has been involved with various prestigious projects in Hong Kong and Macau, including Langham Place and Venetian Macau. He is the design leader for Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort in Singapore and he is currently responsible for project management of the Guangzhou East Tower in China. With this promotion, he will lead further developments in steelwork and high-rise building design for the group. He will also assume a training role for young engineers within his group.

Mary joined the firm in 2008. She is an electrical engineer with over 15 years experience specialising in systems engineering. She has experience in signalling, train control, telecommunications, rolling stock and performance and systems integration. She worked for a major railway operator in Hong Kong prior to joining Arup. She has provided specialist advice to the Kwun Tong Line Extension (KTE) and Express Rail Link preliminary design and is now involved in the detailed design of the KTE. With this promotion, she will help to build capability in railway systems, system assurance and railway operations for the region.

Philip joined the firm in 1997. He has gained extensive experience in various types of geotechnical works. In addition, he has acquired project management skills through co-ordinating civil, structural and environmental related works. Recently he has been heavily involved in reclamation and maritime works which included the Venetian development in Macau and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. With this promotion, he will be supporting the group’s business development in Macau.

Tony joined the firm in 2006. He is one of the founding members of the planning team in Shanghai. His expertise lies in integrating masterplanning and urban design with associated strategies to address natural resource consumption and is currently project managing various eco-city projects around China. He is now leading the Shanghai planning team which has more than 20 staff. In his profession, he is very much respected by his peers and key clients and has assisted as expert reviewer for bids in Australia and Singapore. He also took part in Arup PAN programme. With this promotion, he will be developing our planning business further in China.

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HONg KONg Group ATsang Heung-chung, Vincent

Group B siteHong Yee-wai, Tom

Group CLau Ka-hing, RichardMui Lap-wo, Michael

Group D siteHa Yat-wah, HaraHo Kin-yan, AgnesKuo Chiang-tao, EricLai Tin-ho, RonnyMok Sui-lunNgai Moon-keung, BarryTu Ho-yin, HoraceWong Sun-man, NewmanYeung Kiu-ko, Titus

Group ELi Ming-ling, Carina

Group FDeng Ya-ting, TinaJennifer Hambling

Group HKong Wai-kin, SammualYip Shek-lin, Celine

Group JWong Thai, Wayne

BEIjINgGuo Hong-wei, JeffreyNa Qin

SHANgHAI Gong Jing-yingLi JingOu Chun-hung

NewcomersPromotions to Grade 7

Cheung Chi-keung, Penny

Zhang Jianheng, JaneSHENzHEN

Penny joined the Hong Kong office in 2001 and moved to Shanghai in 2006. His key specialty areas include high-rise structural designs, large scale mixed-use developments with deep basements and foundations. He is the Project Manager for the Chongqing Super High-rise project, a multidisciplinary project covering SMEP, fire and building physics and the North Bund Office Tower project in Shanghai. He is one of the key team leaders in the Shanghai structural group. With this promotion, he will play a greater part in the running of the Shanghai structural team, contributing to the business development and administration of the group.

Jane joined the firm in 2005. She is the team leader of the Shenzhen architecture and planning team which currently has 13 staff. She is an architect and has gained both building design and urban design experience on commercial and rail projects. She has been involved in high profile projects such as Taicang masterplanning, Xining City strategic planning, Foshan Culture Complex, as well as Zhuhai Resort Redevelopment projects. With this promotion, she will focus on capturing more business opportunities in masterplanning, project front-end service and offering to clients a total design service through her expertise and good client relationships.

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BEIjINgSun Yu, MiniWang Lu-pengJi Cheng-gang

SHANgHAIGuo YiLiu Li-gangWu Ze-lingZheng Lu

TOKYOKubo, KaoriHashimoto, Toshiyuki

HONg KONgGroup B siteCheung Wing-kai

Group CLaw Hing-lok, Mitch

Group D siteChan Miu-ling, CathyChan Wai-cheongCheng Man-chun, CalvinHsu Shek-ping, HormonyKam Chi-hungKwok Chi-hang, MichaelKwok Fu-ho, ElvisLau Chi-hangLeung Kin-on, DennisNg Wing-wah, LeoParker, JonathonSchembri, JosephWong Chung-leung, AndyWong Tze-kwongWu Yuet-ngor, IrisYu Po-manYuen Man-ho, Teddy

Group ENg Wai-man, Josephine

Group F siteChau Ka-wai, TonyKong Kai-leong, IvanLiu Man-hing, BillyNg Tung-singShek Chi-fai, JeffreyTam Fung-ming, ViennaWong Tip-pongYau Kan-yu, Curtiss

Group GHo Wai-to, Antony

Group HLee Choi-lin, Cherry

Group KChan Kam-chuen, ThomasPang Sau-han, Charis

Group LChow Man-hon, Matthew

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Wong Kam-chau to Wong Hon-wai

(Hong Kong Group D) on 12 February

Wong Wun-man, Susanna (Hong Kong

Group G) to Lam Fat, Charles on 7 March

Marriages

To Ho Hoi-yan and Kwok Choi-hung

(Hong Kong Group F), a son on 20 February

To Man Yin-fei and Chan Si-wai, Ivan

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To Yuri Mochida and Masanori Mochida (Tokyo), a daughter on 25 February

To Chan See-wing and Cheung Fu-on, Tony (Hong Kong Group D), a son on 6 March

Births

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Call for New Applications of Design and Technical Funding

Blue Ocean Strategy for BS Consultancy Business

Bringing Drivers of Change to the Public

On 4 March, Professor Daniel WT Chan from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Department of Building Services Engineering presented his Optimised Operation and Maintenance Management (OOMM) business strategy to us. More than 80 colleagues from Hong Kong and Beijing offices joined the talk.

To kick off the talk, our Chief Operating Officer KO Yeung first introduced Professor Chan to the audience. Professor Chan then began the talk by explaining the ‘long-tail theory’ and ‘broken window theory’. According to Professor Chan, 75% of the building life cycle cost occurs during the maintenance stage, and only 25% is incurred at the construction (long-tail theory). This ‘maintenance stage’ is the ‘broken window’ in the building services (BS) engineering consultancy; that means, if we overlook this during the BS design, it may lead to major unintended consequences.

Professor Chan therefore developed OOMM, an electronic integrated

building management platform. This tool is developed with the intention of changing the culture of operation and maintenance for BS systems. In this OOMM system, built environmental performance can be verified and continuously managed. The performance data statistics can then be applied to new building designs so as to optimise our current code-based design practice. With data from a real case study, Professor Chan told us that the actual energy consumption could be 80% more than the code-based design value.

The challenge in developing this OOMM system is data management. To perform a complete verification, millions of performance data measurements must be acquired and analysed. It is important to ensure the accountability of the performance data; otherwise errors will be multiplied rendering the analysis unreliable.

In the last part of the talk, Professor Chan demonstrated some modules of the OOMM system to us,

Blue Ocean Strategy for BS Consultancy

BusinessAnita Siu, Hong Kong

including the Data Acquisition System, Equipment Modelling, Cooling Tower Plumb Simulation Programme, and the Document Management.

At the end of the talk, KO reminded the audience that BS engineers should contemplate the entire building life cycle costing, with an aim to optimise the overall energy cost. KO also hinted that change in the industry is coming soon. End

Professor WT Chan presenting his optimised operation and maintenance management business strategy

Chief Operating Officer KO Yeung kicking off the talk

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Our first public Drivers of Change Forum was held on 27 February, on the closing date of the 2009 Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. Unlike our previous client-based Drivers of Change events, participants in this forum ranged from primary school students to university professors.

The forum was held at the Main Pavilion, a temporary architectural ‘Paper-Tube’ structure, at the West

Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, with our landmark Hong Kong Island as a backdrop.

In the Forum, Ricky Tsui and Debra Lam first gave a brief introduction to the Drivers of Change. The participants were then guided to look into 21 Drivers of Change questions set by Anne Carnall; these questions effectively helped the participants move into discussion mode. The three groups of participants then actively joined the discussion and identified the top three critical drivers for the Pearl River Delta Region in energy, water and poverty. We received very good feedback from the participants, and they were very impressed that Arup arranged this

Bringing Drivers of Change

to the PublicAnita Siu, Hong Kong

Drivers of Change is a research-based programme aiming to identify emerging trends and issues and their likely impact on the built environment, our business and our global client. For more information, visit Drivers of Change intranet page.

kind of thought leadership function for the public.

Eight Hong Kong office colleagues, Freda Chu, Debra Lam, Paul Lam, Clara Law, Andrew Mole, Jack Pappin, Ricky Tsui and Young Wong, volunteered to be facilitators for the discussion. A guest facilitator, Mr Lucien Gambarota from Motorwave Group also shared his views in the energy discussion from an industrial perspective.

The Biennale was a cultural event co-organised by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects, the Hong Kong Institute of Planners and the Hong Kong Designers Association. There was a variety of activities in this three-month Biennale: exhibition, discussion forum, showcasing, performance, workshop, lectures and eco-framing. End

Group discussions were held to identify the top three critical drivers for the Pearl River Delta Region

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New applications for Design and Technical Funding (DTF) are invited for the new financial year 2010–2011. Proposals should aim to

(1) Develop our innovative ideas;

(2) Carry out research work;

(3) Consolidate technical learning on recent projects; and

(4) Manage skills networks.

Priorities will be set for those highlighted in the Research Roadmap or otherwise where a clear business case is presented. Application should be made using the online application form on the

Investment in Arup intranet site. Contact Ricky Tsui or Anita Siu for more details.

A) External Collaboration Research and Development (R&D) Collaboration with external partners is strongly encouraged to tap into their expertise and minimise our workload. Those with global content or application will be reviewed by the Global Research Director and those which are East Asia focused will be reviewed by the East Asia Design and Technical Committee (EA DTX).

Call for New Applications of Design and Technical FundingRicky Tsui, Hong Kong

B) Internal R&D Projects These include internal projects with no involvement of external partners. There are four calls a year for those with global content or application. The deadline is Friday 28 May 2010 for applications under Call 2. Those which are EA focused will be reviewed by the EA DTX and endorsed by the EA Board. The deadline for EA Internal R&D projects is Friday 16 April 2010.

C) Project Plus This category of funding can be used to consolidate technical findings of a recent project and applications will be reviewed by the Director of Foresight and Innovation.

D) Skills Network Regional skills network leaders are encouraged to apply for funding to manage individual networks and to organise skills dissemination/sharing activities. These projects will be reviewed by the EA DTX and endorsed by the EA Board. End


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Ryan Sukhram, Senior Security Consultant for Arup and a key member of the London Counter Terrorist team, were invited to Hong Kong to support Mark Hayman and the Hong Kong security team from 8-11 March.

Arup Security (Hong Kong) was invited by HSBC and the Asia Crisis and Security Group (ACSG) to present at a seminar on the topic ‘Mitigating Terrorist Attack: A Design Approach’. The seminar was high profile in nature, and the 60 attendees were all key professionals (and target clients) in the security industry. Several held regional management positions. Ryan’s talk was extremely well received, and the issues discussed, particularly on how much protection is needed, options to achieve it, and

how to manage the risks in an existing premises, sparked lively debate on what is a contentious but significant subject.

Whilst in Hong Kong, Ryan also delivered a similar presentation to 40 members of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Hong Kong chapter. As part of the Arup Security (Hong Kong) internal marketing approach, he also delivered an informative lunch talk, for which he was congratulated on his professional presentation skills.

The visit was also organised in conjunction with Arup University and the skills network with the objective of delivering a one day ‘Introduction to Blast’ course, which was duly held on 9 February, with 20 East Asia staff

Security Consulting Hong Kong: Major Client Functions and Training CourseMark Hayman, Hong Kong

attending. The aim was to introduce the key concepts, with a longer term aim to develop specific analytical skill sets to assist in supporting technical blast reviews, a service that is seen to be gaining interest from regional clients who are concerned about the resilience of their facilities against terrorist attack. End



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In 2009, the Chinese government promoted construction development in Chongqing with emphasis on green construction. The Chongqing Super High-rise was launched in 2008 and is the highest green tower development in western China. Consisting of three towers ranging from 175 to 468m housing ultra grade-A offices, a 5 star hotel and high-grade retail space the development has spectacular views of the Jialing River.

The whole development occupies 56,729m2, has a total gross floor area of 686,420m2 and is divided into three phases. The design started in 2008 and Arup took a Total Design


Cloris Chen, Shanghai

role in the project. Structures, MEP and building physics teams all worked together to contribute to the building sustainability aspects. Phase 1, containing the 256m tall office tower and part of the retail podium, is under construction with target completion in June 2013 and has just been awarded the LEED CS 2.0 Gold label. The highlights of the project, from an environmental aspect, are: its high performance façade; 40% water saving; water source heat pump; and daylight sensors. With all these energy saving strategies, phase 1 achieves a 14.3% energy saving against the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 90.1 Baseline.

Phase 2 and Phase 3 are under design development and are targeting the LEED CS 2009 Gold and will make more emphasis on green aspects. The whole project is expected to be complete by 2018.

This is another achievement for our sustainable design business

in western China. Coming up is the Chongqing Tiandi project which is to be accomplished with LEED CS Gold within this year. As well as these, there are two projects, Raffles City and Central Plaza in Chengdu which are to be certified with LEED.

Currently, Arup is involved in over 50 LEED Certification projects in East Asia, among them are the Nokia China Campus in Beijing taking the lead achieving LEED-NC v2.2 Gold Label in 2008, while Samsung Zero Energy House gained the highest LEED rating label – Platinum last year. More projects are at the certification stage and are expected to be awarded soon. End

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Global PechaKucha Night for Haiti,

TokyoYukiyo Kikuchi, Tokyo

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 by Klein Dytham architecture ( http://www.klein-dytham.com/ ) as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of conversation (‘chit chat’), it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds and now the event is happening in over 270 cities around the world.

On 20 February, the PechaKucha event was held all around the world with a video link-up and a live presentation.

All the PechaKucha Night cities were connected by a 24-hour presentation WAVE that started simultaneously in Tokyo where PechaKucha Night was first conceived, and in the most easterly city in New Zealand.

It then moved west crossing all times zones and cultures city by city.

The PechaKucha WAVE finally came ashore in San Francisco, where Architecture for Humanity (AFH) is headquartered.

This year, in response to the earthquake in Haiti, the global PechaKucha family came together with AFH to lend a hand in rebuilding Haiti where, in a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed.

“The fact is more people died in Haiti than in the 12 countries affected by the ‘04 Tsunami. Oh, and rainy season begins in a week. So this natural disaster IS a big deal and it’s going to get rough.”

Cameron Sinclair, Founder and eternal optimist @ Architecture for Humanity.

Arup Japan was requested by Klein Dytham Architecture to present ‘what engineers can do for humanitarian activities’ for this event.

Jin Sasaki, standing in for Yumi Kaminao, introduced Arup and Arup Cause projects with several images and Yukiyo Kikuchi presented her experience of Arup Cause building shelters in Bangladesh in response to a cyclone disaster.

The presentation also covered how we could communicate and exchange information globally through Arup news and skills networks.

Arup Japan concluded their presentation with a message that architects and engineers could contribute more for disaster responses by mastering their expertise.

All in all, this event was a tremendous success across the world, very heart warming to see all the people coming together for such a noble cause.

It illustrated the power of innovative minds, creative passion and, most of all, sharing ideas for change and sustainability.

Pechakucha website: http://pecha-kucha.org End

This year, the global PechaKucha family came together to lend a hand in rebuilding Haiti

Jin Sasaki introducing Arup and Arup Cause projects

Yukiyo Kikuchi presenting her

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Urban Resilience Workshop, Hong Kong

Debra Lam, Hong Kong

A workshop was held in Hong Kong on 2 and 3 March to bring together the significant body of work being undertaken within Arup on urban resilience to climate change in the UK, Australasia and East Asia. The purpose was to develop a common methodology and coherent service offering that can be marketed in various countries.

The workshop started with a morning of presentations by the different participants describing their related climate change projects.

Cathy Crawley presented a few projects with the Australian local and national governments; Alan Kwok presented work on Wuhan’s water infrastructure resilience; Stephen Cook presented thinking on UK resilience and work with local authorities; Slavis Poczebutas spoke about building Ninh Thuan’s climate resilient network; and Jo da Silva and Sam Kernaghan presented their work on the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network.

The rest of the workshop focused on the rapid resilience methodology and addressing climate change impacts and urban vulnerabilities in different cities.

Funding to combat these issues has increased substantially, especially from international organisations, such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. Arup will be in a prime position to capture these opportunities with this type of thinking and service offering.

The workshop combined activities

Jo da Silva presenting Arup’s work on the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network

from the Design and Technical Fund investment in rapid resilience and investment by the global infrastructure practice in cities and infrastructure climate adaptation. Further information can be obtained from the core working group: Stephen Cook, Cathy Crawley, Jo da Silva, Sam Kernaghan, Alan Kwok, Debra Lam, Slavis Poczebutas and Wilfred Lau who kindly hosted the meeting. Trevor Ng, Ken Kwok, Hamlyn Kuong and Mark Swift also attended the meeting to provide specific sectoral perspectives. End

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HKIE Annual Dinner, Hong Kong

Value Management Workshop for Cross District Community Cultural Centre in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

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BuilTech Data Centre Conference,

Hong KongMichael Tomordy, Hong Kong

Michael Tomordy and Mark Hayman gave presentations on ‘Standards in Data Centre Design’ and ‘Data Centre Risk and Security considerations’ respectively at a leading data centre conference in Hong Kong.

There are many standards in data centre design that can be used as a reference, however, other drivers including corporate internal standards, financial regulators/compliance and government ‘green’ initiatives can often be of more importance. Equally, when designing and operating a data centre a balance between technology, process and people is required, with the people aspects often not being sufficiently considered.

The data centre market is growing rapidly in both Hong Kong and regionally with both end-client organisations and service providers building more data centres as demand outpaces supply. The event was attended by a large number of end-client organisations and provided a good opportunity to introduce our capabilities and meet both current and potential future clients. End

Arup’s Socio Technical System Approach for Data Centres

Mark Hayman presenting on ‘Data Centre Risk and Security Considerations’

Michael Tomordy presenting on ‘Standards in Data Centre Design’


Green Cities International Forum 2010,

Putrajaya, Malaysia Tony Chan, Shanghai

On 24 July 2009, the Malaysian Government launched the National Green Technology Policy with the aim of enhancing its environmental sustainability by reducing its carbon footprint and has predicated it on four primary pillars: energy; environment; economy; and social perspective. In line with this policy is a Green Technology Roadmap, in which the government has agreed to make Putrajaya and Cyberjaya, near Kuala Lumpur the pioneers of a Green Technology City. The government acknowledges that cities and townships must be designed with consideration of environmental, social and economic impact, and must be inhabited by people dedicated to minimising use of resources (energy, water and materials) and reducing waste, air and water pollution. In response to this, on 23 and 24 February, the Malaysian Institute of Planners together with Putrajaya Corporation organised Malaysia’s first ever city-wide conference on

making cities in Malaysia ‘Green’, as well as looking forward and preparing a roadmap with an action plan for implementation.

Tony Chan – Planning, Shanghai – was invited to speak on lessons Arup has learnt through current and past projects as well as trends relating to sustainability currently faced in China which may be applicable to Malaysia. His presentation analysed the growth trends and challenges due to resource consumption in China and Malaysia today including urbanisation, demographics, environmental degradation, energy use and climate change. Tony also highlighted efforts currently underway by the team relating to the implementation of low carbon plans, as well as the importance of incorporating sustainability targets and indicators into statutory plans. Arup’s integrated approach, and our sustainability tools available to

meet these challenges were also highlighted.

The two-day conference was attended by over 1,000 policy makers, senior executives and other participants from Malaysia and around the region. Other speakers, from the World Bank, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and locally also shared valuable insights on sustainability issues. End

Tony Chan from the Shanghai planning team was invited to speak on lessons Arup learned and sustainability trends in China

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HKIE Annual Dinner, Hong Kong

Ellen Lee, Hong Kong

The 35th Annual Dinner of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 16 March. More than 800 members and guests, including over 30 Arup staff and guests, gathered to have a delightful night. Among the honourable guests were: Wong Yan-lun, Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Government; Philemon Choi, General Secretary of Breakthrough; Xu Kuangdi, President of the Chinese

Academy of Engineering; and Mrs Carrie Lam, Secretary for Development of the Hong Kong Government.

In the capacity of HKIE President, Group Deputy Chairman Andrew Chan delivered an inspiring speech at the dinner, focusing on ‘sustainability’ and ‘professionalism’. Andrew reiterated that engineers can play a key role in creating a sustainable and resilient Hong Kong in terms of infrastructure, economy and society. He also pointed out that engineers should take credit for our professionalism and take responsibility for placing quality firmly at the heart of what we do.

Various awards were presented in recognition of significant achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Among these awards, Anita Siu, Arup Skills and Research Manager, won a Certificate of Merit in the HKIE Innovation Awards for Young Members 2010 under Category II – An Innovative Application of Engineering Theories. Please refer to the related article in the Awards section for more details. End

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UK-Ningbo Industry Design and Energy Efficiency Seminar, NingboGary Wong, Hong Kong

Gary Wong introducing various sustainabilityroadmaps for industrial and manufacturing plants

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Arup Industrial Consulting was invited by the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to speak at the UK-Ningbo Industry Design and Energy Efficiency Seminar in January. Matthew Chan and Gary Wong of the Hong Kong office represented the science and industry business and delivered a talk entitled ‘Sustainability Roadmap for Corporations in China’.

The seminar was opened by Deputy Secretary-General Chen Bingrong, who gave an overview of the recent development of Ningbo City and he was followed by the British Consul-General of Shanghai, Ms Carma Elliot, who gave a very warm welcome to the attendees and speakers, which included more than 60 executive delegates from the industrial sector in Ningbo City.

Ningbo is an old industrial city and it was found from Mr Chen that Ningbo is planning to redevelop its industry in the near future, which is why UKTI chose Ningbo as the venue. Environment is a hot topic these days

but it seems that the Ningbo industry is a sustainability laggard.

As the first speaker and the only international consultant at the event, our topic on implementing sustainability in the corporate environment provided a good overall framework to the rest of the topics of the event such as energy efficient HVAC design by IMI, energy-using product directive by Intertek, product design and development by JDMA and green procurement by Tesco. All speakers presented their commitment to build a greener tomorrow meeting the main theme of the seminar – Developing Low Carbon Solutions.

We introduced various roadmaps and examples for achieving energy efficiency and low carbon industrial and manufacturing plant with the aim of reducing operational costs on existing plant. We also provided an update on international trends on energy efficient designs for new factories. End


Value Management Workshop for Cross District Community Cultural Centre in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong Alice Chow and Elise Chan, Hong Kong

The first value management workshop for the Cross District Community Cultural Centre (CDCCC) in Lower Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong was held at the Park Lane Hotel on 1 February.

Arup was engaged to provide multi-disciplinary engineering services and value management. Arup programme and project management team was the facilitator to conduct the value

Delegates working together on issue evaluation

management workshop for the project. A total of 56 participants including delegates from the Hong Kong Government’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and the Architectural Services Department (ArchSD) with other related government departments along with the project consultant team attended the workshop.

This workshop coincided with the project’s concept design stage and provided an opportunity for the project team and different stakeholders to work together to look for improvements across all aspects of the project. The project addresses the acute shortage of venues and aims to house well-equipped performing arts facilities catering for lyrical, theatrical, music and dance performances.

Arup value managers (Alice Chow and Elise Chan) and co-facilitators (Patrick Yung, Lares Chan, Angela Ngai, Henry Chan and Benny Ng) led the workshop using a mixture of breakout and group work enabling delegates to understand more about

the project and be able to express their views on its perceptions with the aim of adding value to different aspects without sacrificing the original design objectives.

A pre-workshop review with LCSD, ArchSD and the consultant team was carried out to identify the list of values including various costs, design and operation concerns for value analysis by using the pair-wise comparison technique. The results of surveys were consolidated in the form of a matrix identifying the relative importance of the project values.

Project constraints were also addressed during the workshop.

All delegates were encouraged to consider alternatives which might benefit the project, which might lead to the constraints identified being reviewed.

Adopting the function analysis system technique, the value management team divided the delegates into six groups to identify the functions to be performed by the project. The functions identified were then consolidated for the project team’s consideration.

The workshop also served as a platform to identify project issues (either threats or opportunities) that could affect the project outcome values.

Issues were categorised in various aspects including stakeholders, community, design, time, costs and users concerns and there were over 400 issues identified for prioritisation. Finally they were narrowed down to 17 for further discussion. At the end, an action plan was developed for implementation.

With all the delegates’ active participation, the workshop was successful and positive feedback was received.

It was noted that after this workshop, senior management meetings between LCSD, ArchSD and the project team were called to address issues identified in the workshop and confirming several major project objectives for the consultant team to pursue at the design development stage. A value management workshop is a useful tool and particularly worthwhile when a project is at the outline proposal and planning stage. Subsequent workshops will be arranged at the scheme and detailed design stages focusing on capital and life cycle cost, performance and project value. End

(Left to right) Winsome Chow from LCSD and Elise Chan and Alice Chow from Arup identifying project issues

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Raul Manlapig, Manila

The formal grand opening of the new Manila office was held on 11 March and was celebrated with a cocktail party for our clients.

The event was attended by our East Asia Chairman LM Lui and board

members Wilfred Lau and Fergal Whyte. Also present during the event were regional business leaders Colin Clinton, Alice Chow, Mark Wallace, Ian Taylor and Sam Tsoi.

The proceedings were started by Raul and immediately followed by an inspiring speech from LM highlighting the humble beginnings of the Manila office leading up to its position today which brought applause and praise from the guests. Raul followed this

with a toast for prosperity and continued success of the firm and best wishes to its clients.

Special thanks go to Ellen Lee and her team for their efforts in ensuring that everything was well planned and organised, which greatly contributed to the success of the entire event.

The office and its staff wish to thank the directors and business leaders who took time out from their busy schedules to lend their support. End

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Chairman’s Speech at the

Whenever I am visiting a city, I always try to make head way for signature buildings. This is not only out of my own professional interest, but also because buildings mirror a city’s heritage and hope. A reflection of the Philippines’ rich history, the architecture here is a mix of historic and modern styles. In the recent urbanisation process, Manila, like many other metropoli, is seeking to reshape its identity through designing and building something really ‘Manila’ in the global context.

At Arup, we are proud to have been playing a significant role in shaping better cities, helping them offer better lives and boost presence on the world stage. Recently, our work for the 2008 Olympic venues and the urban infrastructure in Beijing has reaffirmed our reputation for delivering innovative and sustainable solutions that can reinvent the cityscape and the urban matrix. This is also what we are striving to do in Manila. Arup established its Manila office in 1991, and since then we have participated in

many of the most premium buildings and infrastructure projects in the city, ranging from Navotas Power Station, one of our first major projects in the Philippines, to St Francis Shangri-la Place, the tallest residential complex in this city, and Manila Water projects, one which surely will have a far reaching influence on people’s quality of life here.

Today, our Manila office has developed from a small practice specialised in high-rise seismic engineering to a multi-disciplinary team with over 50 local professionals providing structural, civil, MEP as well as other specialist services. Moving to this new office shows our continued commitment to this market and reinforces our confidence in the growth of our operation in the Philippines. Through this office, we will continue to expand our portfolio

throughout the country, from tall

buildings to water, transport and urban

planning. Drawing upon the firm’s

global expertise, the Manila office

will leverage its local understanding

to serve the needs of the local market.

We are looking forward to working

with you, visionary decision-makers

and distinguished professionals, to

make Manila a better place to live, to

work and to play, leaving an enjoyable

legacy to future generations.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you

for joining us this evening celebrating

the grand opening of our new

Manila office.

LM Lui

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The Hong Kong office held its annual Spring Dinner at the Sha Tin Racecourse Clubhouse on 2 March. More than 100 senior staff gathered to celebrate our success in the past year and wish an auspicious start to the Year of the Tiger.

The night was kicked off by an

Spring Dinner, Hong KongEllen Lee, Hong Kong

opening speech from our East Asia Chairman LM Lui. He briefly reviewed our business, welcomed new members to the East Asia family and introduced office expansions and our geographic growth in the region.

This was followed by a grand sit-down Chinese banquet, during which

toasts were made, hugs were shared and everyone was jolly. The annual event provided a good opportunity for office and group leaders and senior site staff to mingle and network in a relaxed environment while enjoying the meal and drinks. End

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Growing from Challenge:

Hong Kong Urban Planning and Design Team

Ellen Lee and Christina Yang, Hong Kong

In this issue, we speak to some major members from the Hong Kong urban planning and design team. One of the youngest teams in East Asia, they have secured a series of high profile projects since its establishment in September 2008. From Lau Fau Shan rural township enhancement in Hong Kong to Ninh Thuan development strategy in Vietnam, the team is reaching out from its hometown to other parts of the region. Here is the story.

“It’s all about providing viable integrated urbanism solutions involving cross-disciplinary experts to clients,” recalls Wilfred Lau, East Asia Management Consulting Practice Leader, who is spearheading the development of planning in East Asia. The region began to offer planning services five years ago, drawing upon expertise from different offices. As the work nature requires much interaction between the project team, there was an increasing awareness of difficulty to do different parts of the work in various locations while creating the synergy. Therefore to have a team in Hong Kong – the largest East Asia office with the widest skill base – became a natural solution.

“Entering the business is more than business,” adds Wilfred, “it’s also about practicing what we preach.” As a key player in the built environment, Arup always tries to help local people improve their quality of life. “It is an effective way to live our philosophy and stretch our influence by bringing our integrated approach to implement sustainable urban development,” he says.

Excel from the beginningHowever, it is never easy for a new team to set a foothold in the market. Theresa Yeung was the first to join, and took up the challenge to build up the team and its reputation in the industry. Theresa described those early days as ‘crazy’: “When we submitted the first two proposals, we were still a very small team, and had to work day and night; [we] even sacrificed the Chinese New Year holidays.”

With all these efforts and the successful bidding strategy, the team won three out of four significant projects from the Hong Kong Planning Department within a year – enhancement of Lau Fau Shan rural township, planning of Sha Tau Kok rural township, and planning and design of the Lok Ma Chau Loop. For Lau Fau Shan and Sha Tau Kok proposals, the team beat its competitors by 9 and 10 technical points

(Front row) Theresa Yeung, Slavis Poczebutas, Sincere Kan, Paddy Ng, Man-sze Lau(Back row) Tracy Wong, Garfield Chan, Gary Ng, Wilfred Lau, Voon-hoong Lay, Karmin Tong, Sylvie Nguyen, Esther Au-Yeung

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Theresa Yeung presenting the planning and design concepts in a public forum

Wilfred Lau presenting to the President of Vietnam

respectively – an unusual leading edge in the industry. Then came the Ninh Thuan project in Vietnam.

“All these opportunities may have come by chance or luck”, reflects Wilfred, “but there’s no success without commitment.”

Man-sze Lau, who worked in the UK and Dubai for many years before joining Arup in Hong Kong thinks it was the passion and dedication that fuelled the team to rise up to the challenge and capture the opportunities. “We urban designers are all idealists in a way that we feel our work can really make a difference to society,” she says.

Design for local needs and social concernsWhen asked about the uniqueness of their work, Theresa sums up as “adding real value to the client, the community and its people.”

Rather than simply delivering what the client brief states, the team sometimes challenges the client to find out what they actually want and how they want to implement the project, and then gives them a different point of view. “Clients often find this quite refreshing and beneficial for the project,” says Slavis Poczebutas, who worked with the London urban design team before he was transferred to Hong Kong about one year ago.

Social dimension, human scale and local context are at the heart of the team’s solutions. Unlike conventional masterplanning that focuses on land-use, the team always looks into the social asset – the skills people have and how they can contribute to build their own community. The Sha Tau Kok project is just a case in point. The team designed a set of cards to interview the villagers on the skills

they can offer and what represents their own culture. “So our proposal aims not only to develop cultural tourism, but also to restore civic pride and boost cultural identity of the local community”, says Theresa.

“One thing important is that we understand the local condition and introduce innovative thinking and latest technologies in a manner that is acceptable to the local culture,” says Wilfred. Slavis agrees that localisation is essential: “Looking into the uniqueness of the area and tailor-making each proposal requires a lot of effort, but on the other hand it’s the beauty of the project as well.”

Make innovative ideas workable and attractiveThe team understands that great ideas are not enough; they should also ensure that the ideas are implementable and get them across in an attractive way. To Arup, a firm with strong engineering background, the workability may already integrate into our DNA, but how to communicate our ideas to the layman may still be a challenge.

Arupians often tend to present from an engineer’s perspective, which

may not be what the layman wants. Whereas, urban planning and design needs to speak to ordinary people, so the team blends planning with architectural design and graphic design to make their presentation concise, clear and attractive. Paddy Ng, a graphic designer, plays an important role in this respect. “I have to understand the entire story, and help the team deliver the ideas and concept in an efficient way,” says Paddy.

The team also refines their message to meet the needs of the client and the changing market. Take the concept of sustainability for an example. Many planners put emphasis on environmental protection, but the team interprets and prioritises it as

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‘economically viable, socially beneficial, and environmentally responsible’. “When we put it in this way, the client immediately says ‘ah, yeah, this is what we want,’” says Wilfred.

Cross and push the boundariesA reflection of the cross-disciplinary nature of their work, the team members have diverse skills and experience. Apart from design and planning, some members also have academic backgrounds in economics, biology, geology, energy and sustainability. They contribute from and step out of their own specialised fields to achieve collaborative excellence.

Paddy is a graphic designer, but his work is never confined to graphic design. He is engaged in the whole process and participates in brainstorming and discussion. This makes sure that he views the whole picture and he can contribute his expertise to make the ideas tangible and beautiful. Paddy is currently taking a programme in arts and design education and has a special interest in designing for social concerns. This inspired him to develop the card set used in the Sha Tau Kok project for public consultation. “In the team, we have lots of collaboration between different backgrounds, which is quite exciting,” says Paddy.

For members like Man-sze and Slavis who have extensive overseas experience, they often bring in different ideas, especially lessons and mistakes taken from other projects and countries. “Sometimes the situation is rather complex and totally different in the West and East, and we need to see it from different angles,” says Slavis.

With such diverse backgrounds, the team members often have different opinions and sometimes ‘fight’ each other. As the team leader, Theresa sees it healthy and constructive: “This helps us think out of the box, to create the synergy and push the boundaries. In this way, we often come up with better solutions.”

Man-sze also appreciates the open atmosphere in the team, where everyone is equally treated as part of the team, and is encouraged to express himself and contribute in whatever way he can. “We have a strong team spirit which I think is quite unusual,” she says.

Look aheadAfter 19 months, they have grown into a team of 12 and are expanding

into other territories. Looking into the future, Wilfred describes the coming year as ‘a year of consolidation’ – consolidating both their business and skills. The team sees lots of opportunities in southern Asia and southern China with the further integration of the Pan Pearl River Delta Region.

With the rapid growth, the team expects to enhance their social skills and bring the people-oriented approach to other parts of the region. Policy advisory is a new area they are exploring to have a greater influence in the field.

The team is also looking for facilities that can better serve the nature of their work. “A studio or a corner that can facilitate creative flow and team discussion will be very helpful,” says Slavis. He thinks the Hong Kong office may learn from London to have magnetic walls for the urban design team to hang up their drawings, show their work in progress and exchange ideas in a more flexible manner.

“As an engineering consultant, Arup is already a partner of choice”, says Wilfred, “In future, we hope Arup can also be a first in mind name in terms of urban planning and design.” End

Slavis Poczebutas with local kids on a site visit in Vietnam

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Corporate Report 2009

Existing buildings survival strategies guide – UK

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PFI Healthcare

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Program and Project Management Delivering Contemporary Learning

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Photography for Asia ProjectsThe Knowledge Centre has for some time been providing professional photography for Asia projects to capture milestones, record progress and document completed views. Selected images are uploaded onto the Photo Library Image Base (IBase) with image details under relevant project headings for Arup global imagery sharing. We have recently been shooting the Shanghai Expo pavilions and the tall St Francis Shangri-la Place project in Manila. To contribute toward centralising Arup images in one image base, please send your project images to us with project and copyright details.

Chinese Codes Follow-Up ReportThe quarterly is now available on the Intranet under the East Asia Region section. The Knowledge Centre provides a service to keep the list as up-to-date as possible, and

Five Selected New Project Photos:

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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong, China, 29-30 October 2009

10x10/3: 100 Architects, 10 Critics

Biodiversity for Low and Zero Carbon Buildings: a Technical Guide for New Build

Asia Beyond Growth: Urbanisation in the World’s Fastest-changing Continent

Bridginess: More of the Civil Engineering Life

Selected New Publications in March:

17 items on the latest list have been added, amended or withdrawn in this update. All technical staff members require reference to these updated codes in their work on the Mainland to ensure that they use the most current codes. If you have additional codes to be edited into the list, please inform your group reporter.

Coaching Session UpdateThe second session on Topic 2 − Retrieving Full Text Documents Online was held on 24 March and the third session has also been filled. If you wish to attend the last additional session, please register with Iris Sin by email: [email protected] as soon as possible.

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On 1 February, Japan Quality Assurance Organisation (JQA) delivered the ISO 14001 certificate to the Tokyo office following the successful result from the two-stage assessment carried out on 6 November and 16 and 17 December 2009.

The Tokyo office EMS Committee, which was tasked with driving the initiative of developing and implementing the EMS, was established in the summer of 2008 when Colin Williams visited us for the initial briefing. Although it took us a little more than a year and half to get there, our target was to achieve this status by the end of the financial year 2009/10 and so we are pleased to have successfully accomplished the mission.

As EMS Manager and on behalf of the office leadership, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the

staff for their assistance and co-operation to date. My special thanks go to the EMS Committee members, namely Kaori Kubo, Miki Takeda, Junko Adachi, Takayuki Morihata, Hirotaka Ogihara, Sachie Takaoka, Izumi Takayama, Takehiko Miura, Yutaka Misawa, and Haruko Miyajima, as well as Ray Shand, my predecessor (now in Singapore), who rose to the challenge in the first place and laid the foundation.

We are now entering the next phase where we will be operating the EMS in a meaningful manner, and addressing the fact that the firm’s Sustainability Policy now embraces the EMS. We can contribute more widely to the sustainability agenda, not only as a business operator but also as a valued advisor to our clients’ businesses. End

Tokyo Office Successfully Certified for ISO 14001Arata Oguri, Tokyo

Tokyo office leader Shigeru Hikone (right) receiving the ISO 14001 certificate

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When undertaking work for clients who are based outside of our home country, it is important to understand the difficulties we may face in enforcing payment if the client is unwilling to pay us.

We were recently asked to advise about the enforceability of a payment obligation against a client based in another country. In that case our contract stated that disputes would be decided by our home courts. However, if we obtained a successful judgment would we be able to enforce it overseas?

The enforceability of judgments abroad will depend on whether the country in question has a treaty

Enforceability of Judgments Overseas

Peter Wong, Hong Kong

agreement in place with the country that has issued the judgment.

Where there is no such treaty in place, the client’s national law will apply and in order to enforce our contract we would need to commence fresh proceedings in that country’s courts.

This can be problematic as there will be differences in the legal and court systems and in some cases, such as this one, there may be a lack of judicial independence and even judicial corruption.

In this case, the relevant country had no treaty agreement in place. The costs and ineffectiveness of the local legal system essentially meant we had no legal means by which to pursue the client for the outstanding payment.

Thus, it is important to obtain upfront payment and maintain positive cash flow for projects outside our home country, particularly in countries where we have limited knowledge on the legal system.

For more on payment issues please see guidance on getting paid. End

The article features Arup’s innovative approach to planning Changxindian Low Carbon Community in Beijing. A sustainability framework was used to minimise greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impact, and a series of quantitative performance indicators were developed to compare the proposed masterplan with the conventional city development mode. Arup also prepared a set of low carbon zoning codes for the project as a whole and individual land sites that would be used as planning conditions for development as well as technical basis for development control. This was the first time that the low carbon zoning codes of energy, water and waste parameters were experimented to be incorporated as part of China’s statutory planning system.

Hardcopy available from the Knowledge Centre

Arup in the Media

Arup is featured in this article discussing the challenges of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. As tunnelling consultant of the 26km underground route, Arup will be employing various tunnelling methods including drill and blast, and cut and over.


Beijing Changxindian Low Carbon CommunityUrbanism and Architecture, February

Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail LinkNew Civil Engineer, 25 February

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Arup Director Rory McGowan is interviewed in the latest issue of Mark Magazine. He discusses the lessons learned from the CCTV Tower, his initial reaction when seeing the project for the first time in OMA’s office back in 2002, and the collaborative partnership with the China Ministry of Construction which has influenced how the decision-making process is conducted in China. Rory also reflects on his time with Arup, and projects such as Kansai International Airport (‘a feat of engineering’), and the Shenzhen Exchange Building (‘a floating box’).


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Rory McGowan Reflects on the CCTV TowerMark Magazine, February/March

Arup Director and Fellow Cecil Balmond has had his work exhibited in Tokyo for the last three months. Element begins with an exploration of how nature can be turned into complex geometry, and then demonstrates to the viewer how complex geometry can be translated into the built environment; Cecil’s work H_edge and Danzer are exhibited. The final part of the exhibition is a glimpse at Cecil’s work with renowned architects, and the fullest example of how studies in nature, fractals and algorithms can free up architectural form.

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Cecil Balmond: Elements*Wallpaper Magazine, March

Arup Director Naeem Hussain is interviewed in a feature on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Naeem discusses Arup’s detailed design of the three cable-stayed bridges and connecting viaducts, and addresses the exhaustive measures that Arup took to ensure that the Chinese White Dolphins would be protected, including the design of the bridges and the route itself which has minimal impact on the estuary flow. He also discusses how environmental considerations and the tempestuous weather of the Pearl River Delta Region influenced the decision to use off-site prefabrication, and elucidates Arup’s design objective. Naeem says, “one of the things we wanted to do was to have visual continuity between all three bridges, although we still wanted there to be a slight visual distinction between all three”.


Naeem Hussain on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge New Civil Engineer, 25 February

Arup’s work on Admiralty Station for the new Shatin-Central Link has been covered in the New Civil Engineer. The article explains the scope of services for Admiralty on Hong Kong Island. With two new lines to add to the existing station already serving the Tsuen Wan Line and Island Line, the extension – which includes both the Shatin-Central Line and the new South Island Line (East) – will be a challenge as current operations must not be affected. Upon completion, Admiralty will become the busiest MTR interchange.


Shatin-Central LinkNew Civil Engineer, 25 February


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Rory is the feature of an interview with the Financial Times. In it, he discusses how working in China reiterated his belief that successful engineering comes from honest discussions and true collaboration, and how firms in Beijing share a common design language because most principals in these firms studied abroad. Rory also delves into his past and reflects on successful working partnership, his first voluntary project in Cameroon and opines that the human side of engineering will keep him returning to communities who need it.

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Rory McGowan: Cultural Cornucopia Financial Times, 13 March

Arup is mentioned in an article discussing the material composition of the two monopole towers of Stonecutters Bridge. The article details how our detailed design arrived at the conclusion that the bridge would use high-strength duplex stainless steel which would withstand the hot, humid climate of Hong Kong and ensure the bridge a life of 120 years.

http://steelguru.com

Stonecutters Bridge: the TowersSteel Guru, 14 March

The article features the Singapore Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo. Themed ‘Urban Symphony’, the pavilion is designed to showcase Singapore’s harmonious achievement of culture, progress and sustainability. The building resembles a musical box incorporating an orchestra of elements into its design – water fountains, the interplay of sounds and visuals, and the mélange of roof garden flora. The pavilion employs various sustainable designs to keep the temperature down with using minimum air conditioning. Arup provided structural, M&E, façade, environmentally sustainable design, acoustics and audiovisual services to this spectacular centrepiece.

Shanghai World Expo: Singapore PavilionMy Paper, 9 March

Arup’s sustainable design engineering has been featured in an article on the Shanghai International Cruise Terminal. This terminal employs a double-skinned façade that allows air to circulate in the summer and provides insulation in the winter; the welcome atrium also takes advantage of natural daylight which is harnessed by louvred skylights. An innovative heat rejection system into the Huangpu River is adopted, the first for a commercial development in Shanghai; and the canopies are covered in photovoltaic membranes that can harvest enough energy to light the outdoor public spaces.

http://www.inhabitat.com

Sustainable Design: Shanghai International Cruise TerminalInhabitat, 12 March

Article Download ©Wisers Information Ltd, My Paper, 9 March

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The article features the Multi-media Building, home to the School of Creative Media for the City University of Hong Kong. The unusual crystal-shaped building was formed by a combination of regular and irregular spaces, creating an inspiring environment for creativity. The nine-story complex comprises multi-purpose theatres, sound stage labs, classrooms, academic offices research labs, exhibition and event spaces, landscaped roof gardens and other amenities. Arup provided civil, structural, MEP consultancy for the project.


‘Crystal School’ – CityU’s Multi-media BuildingFuturArc, 2010 Q2

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Arup Director Fergal Whyte is interviewed to share his views on the qualities required for individuals to grab job opportunities in the current infrastructure boom. Fergal says since many of these projects are multidisciplinary in nature, employees need to be good at working as part of the team, and good communication skills and awareness of what’s going on are essential. He notes also the importance of good qualifications, strong project experience, the ability to continue learning and a real passion for the work.

Article Download © Wisers Information Ltd, South China Morning Post, 20 March

Fergal Whyte Analyses Qualities Needed in the Infrastructure BoomSouth China Morning Post, 20 March

Assistant Urban Planner Wu Wen-ying from the Shanghai office is quoted in this article which summarises the GreenBuild China Conference 2009 in Shanghai. The conference brought together stakeholders and key players from a wide range of sectors including the government, building and construction, urban planning, property development, green building materials and technology as well as end-users. Wen-ying thinks the conference “gives a whole new understanding of green buildings”.


GreenBuild China 2009, ShanghaiFuturArc 2010 Q2


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