Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport
Students Name/ ID No. : 1. Lee Pin Lit 2. Ng Wei Han 3. Yong Zi Lip 4. Lee Leong Yong 5. Loo Jia Long Lecturer Name : Shervin Motamedi ( M. Sc )
Table of Contents
* Introduction * Design * Construction Stage and Process * Intentions of management or designer * Environmental risk mitigation * Conclusion
Introduction :
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the greatest civil engineering projects and spectacular airport in the world. Starts it serving purpose in July 1998 and sticks to four serving purposes which are Safety, Operational Efficiency, Customer Convenience and Environment leads them to almost 50 times recognition of world’s best airport. HKIA was previously named as Chek Lap Kok Airport .It was built by land reclamation at the island of Chek Lap Kok and as the replacement for old Hong Kong airport, Kai Tak Airport. The construction of HKIA was not about the airport solely but the roads, bridge, tunnel and bridge links to the airport also. Prior to this project, studies had been carried out by Public Works department and Hong Kong Civil Aviation. Their aims were to identify a new suitable airport site and found that airport away from congested city ,the flight path will be routed over the South China Sea instead of the urban area, thus enable the operation of multiple runway at day and night. In order to reduce the noise pollution and disturbance to the citizens, the airport was eventually built on a large artificial land formed between the Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau islands, reclaiming 9.38 km² of the adjacent seabed and this project was believed to be the most expensive airport project. The airport consists of two runways and terminals but in order to allocate more demands of passengers and increase the runway capacity for long term advantages, third runway construction process is currently in progress. The well-planned HKIA is definitely a
Students Name/ ID No. : 1. Lee Pin Lit 2. Ng Wei Han 3. Yong Zi Lip 4. Lee Leong Yong 5. Loo Jia Long Lecturer Name : Shervin Motamedi ( M. Sc )
Table of Contents
* Introduction * Design * Construction Stage and Process * Intentions of management or designer * Environmental risk mitigation * Conclusion
Introduction :
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the greatest civil engineering projects and spectacular airport in the world. Starts it serving purpose in July 1998 and sticks to four serving purposes which are Safety, Operational Efficiency, Customer Convenience and Environment leads them to almost 50 times recognition of world’s best airport. HKIA was previously named as Chek Lap Kok Airport .It was built by land reclamation at the island of Chek Lap Kok and as the replacement for old Hong Kong airport, Kai Tak Airport. The construction of HKIA was not about the airport solely but the roads, bridge, tunnel and bridge links to the airport also. Prior to this project, studies had been carried out by Public Works department and Hong Kong Civil Aviation. Their aims were to identify a new suitable airport site and found that airport away from congested city ,the flight path will be routed over the South China Sea instead of the urban area, thus enable the operation of multiple runway at day and night. In order to reduce the noise pollution and disturbance to the citizens, the airport was eventually built on a large artificial land formed between the Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau islands, reclaiming 9.38 km² of the adjacent seabed and this project was believed to be the most expensive airport project. The airport consists of two runways and terminals but in order to allocate more demands of passengers and increase the runway capacity for long term advantages, third runway construction process is currently in progress. The well-planned HKIA is definitely a
References: Unknown. (2012) [online] Available at: http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/pdf/future/project-profile.pdf. [Accessed: 22 Dec 2012]. Unknown. (2012) Untitled. [e-book] Available at: http://ardent.mit.edu/airports/ASP_exercises/2009%20reports/HKIA%20Umang.pdf. [Accessed: 22 Dec 2012]. Unknown. (2012) Untitled. [e-book] Available at: http://vps.hongkongairport.com/mp2030/consultancy_report/Meindhart_1.pdf. [Accessed: 22 Dec 2012]. Conclusion : The spectacular HKIA is eventually receives their desire outcomes after heavy investment. HKIA is the third busiest international airport now and serves as busiest cargo facilities in the world. To sum up, HKIA clearly demonstrates the long-term vision of the Hong Kong Government and country in the future, being one of the world 's largest and busiest international airports for its unique location, well-equipped facilities and good planning or consideration.