Project Conception

Chapter 1 of the Project Administration Handbook for Civil Engineering Works (thereafter call "the Handbook") says the need for a project must be established in the first place and it normally starts from an idea - a response to a problem or an opportunity.

The project department should identify and avoid environment problems, especially in project conceptual stage, by maintaining a close liaison with Environmental Protection Department during the whole project lifecycle.

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To facilitate progress in later stage of a project life cycle, a project proponent is advised to rigorously identify environmental impacts arising from a project and apply the cardinal principle of EIA, viz, avoidance-minimization-mitigation.

In light that the public very often want to understand the need, justification and alternatives of a project, these considerations should be recorded and presented with justifications in the project development history.

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