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REVIEW REPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR-SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT
 REVIEW REPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
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4. SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
SUPPORT
This section presents the
professional and academic institutions in Hong Kong that can offer
expert advice and technical assistance, tailored to the specific
needs of individual construction sector SMEs, on local environmental
requirements, ISO14001 EMS, and pollution control measures.
Nineteen such organisations have been identified and
as listed in Table 4.1a below. These consist of Government related
organisations (departments, bureaux, statutory bodies and committees),
non-government organizations (NGOs), trade associations, and academic
institutions. Due to differences in the nature, size and mission
of these organizations, the kinds of support that they offer is
diverse. However, their services can be classified into 10 main
groups given as follows:
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| Specific ISO14001 EMS
services |
- 1. Free advisory services
- 2. Training programmes
- 3. Consulting services
- 4. Mentoring programmes
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| General environmental
information |
- 5. Construction related environmental information centres
- 6. Construction best practice information
- 7. Construction waste management competence building
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| Training, technology, business
advice |
- 8. Environmental training (excluding ISO14001-related)
- 9. Pollution control technologies
- 10. SME business management / environmental advice
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Table 4.1a Support Organisations and Their Scope of Services
Government Related Organisations |
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| Construction Industry Training Authority |
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| Construction Industry Waste Reduction Task Force |
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✔ |
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| Environmental Protection Department |
✔ |
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✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Environment, Transport & Works Bureau |
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✔ |
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| Hong Kong Productivity Council |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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✔ |
✔ |
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| Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board |
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✔ |
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| Trade and Industry Department |
✔ |
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✔ |
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✔ |
✔* |
| Note: * Trade Industry Department Support and Consultation
Centre for SMEs (SUCCESS)
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NGOs & Trade Associations |
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| Business Environment Council |
✔ |
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✔ |
✔ |
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✔ |
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| Chartered Institute of Water & Environmental Management (Hong Kong Branch) |
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| Civic Exchange |
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| Construction Industry Institute, Hong Kong |
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| Hong Kong Construction Association |
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✔ |
✔ |
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| Hong Kong Institution of Engineers |
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| Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment |
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Academic Institutions |
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Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of Architecture |
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| City University of Hong Kong Professional Services Limited |
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Civil & Structural Engineering
Department of Building Services Engineering
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Department of Building and Real Estate |
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✔ |
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HK University of Science & Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering |
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University of Hong Kong
Department of Architecture
Department of Real Estate & Construction
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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Contact details (including address, homepage,
telephone and fax numbers) for each of these organisations are
provided in Appendix F.
In addition to these organisations, over 80 local
environmental consultancies in Hong Kong regularly provide services
to the construction sector, addressing areas such as pollution control
(air, water, noise, waste, etc), impact assessments and auditing,
analytical and laboratory services, training and strategy, and ISO14001
EMS development and implementation. Contact details of 87 such consultancies,
and a summary of their core services, are provided in Appendix G
(from the EPD Directory of Environmental Consultants, July 2004).
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