For discussion PWSC(97-98)34
on 4 June 1997
ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
HEAD 703 - BUILDINGS
Government Offices - Intra-governmental services
62KA - Provision of permanent facilities to Government Dockyard on Stonecutters Island
Members are invited to recommend to Finance Committee the upgrading of 62KA to Category A at an estimated cost of $250 million in money-of-the-day prices for the provision of permanent facilities to the Government DockyardService Tamer Base, on Stonecutters Island.
PROBLEM
The Her Majesty Service (HMS) Tamar Base on Stonecutters Island will be handed over to Government on 30 June 1997 and will become part of the Government Dockyard (GDY). We need to convert the vacated facilities permanent facilities to the Government Dockyard(GDY) at Her Majesty Service Tamer Base, Stonecutters Island into permanent facilities suitable for use by the Marine Department (MD), the Customs & Excise Department (C&ED) and the Civil Engineering Department (CED).
PROPOSAL
2. The Director of Architectural Services (D Arch S), with the support of the Secretary for Economic Services and the Director of Marine (D of M), proposes to upgrade 62KA to Category A at an estimated cost of $250 million in money-of-the-day (MOD) prices for the provision of permanent facilities to the GDY on Stonecutters Island.
PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE
3. The scope of the project comprises -
- modifying the vacated workshops and stores to accommodate the Nautical Training School Division and workshops of MD;
- altering existing administration offices to meet the requirements of C&ED;
- constructing a new building to accommodateion for the Government New Construction Section andother temporary offices of MDthe requirements of and CED;
- reinstating the seawall at the existing slipway;
- modifying the mooring facilities for the berthing of vessels;
- modifying the existing security fencing and guardhouses; and
- upgrading the ground surfaces of the GDY to permanent concrete paving.
JUSTIFICATION
4. The present facilities at the GDY at Stonecutters Island are inadequate to meet the increasing demands of a modern and expanding government fleet. We have completed the first two phases of improvement works to the new GDY under a phased improvement programme 1. We need to proceed with the remaining improvement works under 62KA at the HMS Tamar Base when it is handed over to Government on 30 June 1997 to become part of the GDY. The works mainly include modification works to the vacated facilities to make it suitable for the requirements of the user departments, namely, MD, C&ED and CED.
1 In June 1993, Finance Committee (FC) approved the upgrading of phase 1 of 47AP to Cateory A as 48AP AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $125 million in money-of-the-day (MOD) prices. FC approved the upgrading of phase 2 of 47AP to Category A as 57AP at an estimated cost of $ 25.5 million in MOD prices in June 1994. 48AP and 57AP were completed in April 1995 and May 1996 respectively. The remaining works, phase 3 and phase 4 of the GDY development, will be carried out under 47AP and 62KA respectively.
Marine Department
5. D of M requires accommodation for the Government New Construction Section and the Nautical Training School Division because their present accommodation on the east side of the Tamar basin will be handed over to the Peoples Liberation Army in July 1997. In addition, we need to reprovision the existing MD workshops and storerooms at the old GDY at Canton Road because they will have to be vacated from Canton Road soon. We will also carry out major marine works to improve mooring safety and to increase berthing capacity on the dockyard.
Customs & Excise Department
6. The Marine Enforcement Division of, C&ED located at the old GDY at Canton Road in Yau Ma Tei has to be relocated to Stonecutters Island because the marine access which is essential for berthing and related customs enforcement activities at sea has been blocked by the West Kowloon Reclamation. We need to modify the existing premises at HMS Tamar Base for C&ED to provide office accommodation and marine access for berthing for the use of C&ED.
Civil Engineering Department
7. The Technical Services and Survey divisions of CED have to be relocated because the marine access at its present depot in Causeway Bay will be affected by planned works nearby. We will relocate these offices to the GDY which provides marine frontage essential for the diving and marine surveying teams of CED.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
8. We estimate the capital cost of the project to be $250 million in MOD prices (see paragraph 9 below), made up as follows -
|
$ million
|
|
|---|
|
(a) Piling
|
2.2
|
|
|
(b) Building
|
56.2
|
|
|
(c) Marine work
|
19.0
|
|
|
(d) Building services
|
59.2
|
|
|
(e) Drainage and external works
|
31.2
|
|
|
(f) Furniture and equipment
|
6.0
|
|
|
(g) Consultants fee
|
9.2
|
|
|
(h) Contingencies
|
16.7
_____
|
|
Sub-total
|
199.7
|
(at December
1996 prices) |
|
(i) Inflation allowance
|
50.3
_____
|
|
Total
|
250.0
_____
|
(in MOD prices) |
A breakdown by man months of the estimate for consultants fees is at the Enclosure.
9. Subject to approval, we will phase the expenditure as follows -
|
Year
|
$ million
(Dec 1996)
|
Price
adjustment
factor
|
$ million
(MOD)
|
|---|
|
1997 - 98
|
1.6
|
1.06750
|
1.7 |
|
1998 - 99
|
81.3
|
1.16358
|
94.6 |
|
1999 - 2000
|
81.0
|
1.26830
|
102.7 |
|
2000 - 01
|
23.8
|
1.38244
|
32.9 |
|
2001 - 02
|
12.0
_____
|
1.50686
|
18.1
_____
|
|
199.7
_____
|
|
250.0
_____ |
10. We have derived the MOD estimates on the basis of the Governments forecast of trend and labour construction prices for the period 1997 to 2002. We will tender the works under a fixed price lump-sum contract because we can clearly define the scope of works in advance, leaving little room for uncertainty.
11. We estimate the additional annually recurrent cost of the project to be $18.4 million.
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
12. We consulted the Sham Shui Po District Board in December 1995. Members had no objections to the project.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
13. The Director of Environmental Protection completed a Preliminary Environmental Review for this project in January 1996 and completed a further review in June 1996. He concluded that the potential for the project to create adverse impacts on the environment would be limited. Therefore, no Environmental Impact Assessment would be required. We will control noise, dust and site run-off nuisances during construction by implementing the recommended pollution control measures in the relevant contracts.
LAND ACQUISITION
14. The project does not require land acquisition.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
15. To tie in with the construction programme of the Western Harbour Crossing / West Kowloon Expressway, we completed the reprovisioning of the previous GDY at Yau Ma Tei to Stonecutters Island in April 1995 under 366CL 2 "West Kowloon Reclamation, northern area, phase I" on a like-for-like basis.
2 In July 1992, fc approved 366CL at an estimated cost of $530 million in MOD prices to reprovision the GDY at Yau Mei Tei to Stonecutters Island.
16. We upgraded 62KA to Category B in September 1996. We engaged consultants at an estimated cost of $8.98 million for carrying out the detailed design and preparing tender documents for the project. We charged this amount to the block allocation Subhead 3100GX "pProject feasibility studies, minor investigations and consultancy fees for items in Category D of the Public Works Programme".
17. A related paper, PWSC(97-98)35, for the upgrading of 47AP, "Improvements to Government Dockyard - remaining works" to Category A is also submitted for Members approval at this meeting. We plan to commence the work for 47AP and 62KA in January 1998 for completion in November 1999.
Economic Services Branch
May 1997
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Enclosure to PWSC(97-98)34
62KA - Provision of permanent facilities to Government Dockyard on Stonecutters Island
Details of Consultants' Fees
Breakdown of estimates for consultants' fees
|
Consultants' staff cost
|
|
Estimated
man
month
|
Average
MPS
salary
point
|
Multiplier
factor
|
Estimated
fee
($million)
|
|---|
|
(I) Quantity surveying discipline
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Contract administration
|
Professional
Technical
|
13.1
19.7
|
40
16
|
3
3
|
2.17
1.10
____
|
|
|
|
|
Sub-total
|
3.27 |
|
(II) Architectural discipline
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Contract administration
|
Professional
Technical
|
12.0
14.5
|
40
16
|
3
3
|
2.00
0.81
_____
|
|
Sub-total
|
2.81 |
|
(III) Building services discipline
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Contract administration
|
Professional
Technical
|
6.1
10.4
|
40
16
|
3
3
|
1.01
0.58
_____ |
|
Sub-total
|
1.59 |
|
(IV) Structural engineering discipline
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Contract administration
|
Professional
Technical
|
5.5
10.2
|
40
16
|
3
3
|
0.91
0.57
_____ |
|
Sub-total
|
1.48
_____ |
|
Total
|
9.15 |
|
Say
|
9.2 |
Notes:
- A multiplier factor of 3 is applied to the average MPS point to arrive at the full staff costs including the consultants overhead and profit, as the staff will be employed in the consultants offices. (At 1.4.96, MPS pt. 40 = $55,390 p.m. and MPS pt. 16 = $18,595 p.m.).
- The figures given above are based on estimates prepared by the Director of Architectural Services. We will only know the actual man months and actual fees when we have selected the consultant.
(LL228)
Last Updated on 16 August 1999
