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The Lighthouse
Chairman’s Message It is very encouraging to hear about the increase in branch events, not only online but also face-to-face. Australia, for example, will have hosted two Annual Balls by the time you are all reading this, in Brisbane and Perth, and we look forward to reading those reports and seeing the photographs in Q1. The untimely and extremely sad passing of Vincent Connor, staunch and generous supporter and friend of the Club particularly in Hong Kong, was a shock to many. A tribute to Vincent will appear in the Q1 2022 issue but suffice to say that he will be greatly missed. You will have noticed in the previous issue we re-published a terrific feature article that was first run Q3 2020, regarding membership. Membership is of course the life blood of the Lighthouse Club, whether at international or local level. By now, all of you will have received an email requesting you to renew your membership for 2022 and we sincerely hope that you do. Please also encourage your colleagues and others in our industry to join, whether as Individual or Corporate members. With a larger membership we will be able to support more workers and families in need. In addition, we would like to encourage those Hong Kong members of many years standing to consider applying for Life Membership of the branch. Perhaps other branches across the region, who have now been in existence for some years, will consider offering Life Memberships if they do not already. For most of us, this will be our second consecutive “masked” Christmas. I doubt whether any of us will ever become used to wearing face masks. Even after so many months, there are still times when I leave home and then have to rush back to grab a mask, but perhaps at least when the temperature drops they do offer some protection against winter chills! Stay safe, stay well, have a peaceful, joyous and happy festive season and we hope that the New Year will bring some much-needed respite to all. Glenn Haley, Chairman, Lighthouse Club International
About The Lighthouse Club “The Lighthouse” is the magazine of Lighthouse Club International, originally established in 1998 as Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region and superseded in November 2017 by Lighthouse Club International. With its roots in England in 1956, the Hong Kong Branch was formed in 1986. The aims of the Lighthouse Club are to promote good fellowship amongst its members who work in or are associated with the construction industry and to provide charitable assistance to those in need within the construction industry and to their dependents in qualifying cases. In addition to the charitable works of the individual branches of the Lighthouse Club, Lighthouse Club International supports two related Hong Kong based charities which provide charitable assistance internationally. The James Battersby Lighthouse Club Educational Trust which provides assistance for education and training to qualifying young persons in the Asia Pacific Region; The Lighthouse Club International Benevolent Trust which provides assistance to relieving poverty and financial support to persons currently or previously employed in the building and civil engineering and allied trades.
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Contents
In This Issue
Honorary President and Honorary Life Chairman John Battersby Honorary Life Members Bert de Munck – Malaysia Keith Buckley – Macau Les Leslie – Hong Kong & UK Nick Longley – Hong Kong & Australia Phil Clarke - Macau Phil Thoburn – Manila Steve Tennant – Hong Kong Willie Kay – Singapore
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Executive Committee: Chairman Glenn Haley, Glenn.haley@bclplaw.com
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Immediate Past Chairman Rod Noble, Roderick.noble@39essex.com Chairman Elect Robert Gordon. Robert.gordon@burohappold.com Deputy Chairman Keith Buckley, keith.buckley@lighthouseclubmacau.com Secretary Steve Tennant, stevetennanthongkong@gmail.com Treasurer Phil Clarke, phillip.clarke@lighthouseclubmacau.com Membership Secretary Jim Chessell, jchessell@bkasiapacific.com
Elected Branch Representative:
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The 2021 Lap Dog Challenge breaks all the records! Hip Hing’s Women ‘Rising to the Challenge’ Rugby’s Fat Boy 10’s embrace the Lighthouse Club
Australia
Yazeed Abdelhadi yazeed_abdelhadi@yahoo.com Nick Longley Nick.longley@hfw.com
Cambodia
Kerr Thomson kerr.thomson@covathinking.com
Hong Kong
Steve Tennant stevetennanthongkong@gmail.com Janey Rogers jrogers@bkasiapacific.com Neil Roberts neil_roberts@hiphing.com.hk
Macau
Keith Buckley keith.buckley@lighthouseclubmacau.com Phil Clarke phillip.clarke@lighthouseclubmacau.com
Malaysia
Pui Mun Teoh teoh@speedbrick.com
Branch Reports
Myanmar
John Anderson johna@meinhardt.net
Australia
Philippines
Luke Scanlan lukejamesscanlan@gmail.com
Singapore
Jim Chessell jchessell@bkasiapacific.com
Thailand
Gareth Hughes Gareth.hughes@rsmthailand.com
Vietnam
Colin Johnston cjohnston@bkasiapacific.com
Lighthouse Club Macau assists family after tragedy
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20 LHCI confirms three Honorary Life Members 21 UK Lighthouse Club Helpline App Feature – The Transformative Potential of Reuse Projects
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Hong Kong S.A.R, China
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LAP DOG CHALLENGE
2021
Now in its sixth year, The Lap Dog Challenge was run on Saturday 6 November 2021 in Hong Kong at Stanley Ho Sports Institute, Pok Fu Lam. As usual for every previous event, in a week where the temperatures were cool, Saturday arrived and was sunny and hot. For the uninitiated, the event requires previously sane people running laps of an athletic track continuously for five hours. Following the great success of Lap Dog Challenges in previous years, which have raised over HK$5m in total for the LHC Hong Kong Benevolent Fund, the event was run again in the early hours of a Saturday morning. This year we had a record 11 teams fielding a total of 55 runners. They came from BKAsiaPacific, BM Constructions, Bouygues, Commtech, Dragages, Gammon, Hip Hing, Leighton, LHC, TCG (formerly ISG) and WT Partnership. At 7am the hooter was blown and all runners took off laughing and chatting. Some five hours later there wasn’t much laughter happening. Some were still running, many were staggering, when the hooter blew to call a close to proceedings. When the final numbers were tallied a total of 4,078 laps had been completed. That’s 1,631 kilometers ! The event provided the closest results we have ever seen in both the team and solo events. The team event for ‘most laps’ was won by Gammon by 1 lap from Leighton. The ‘male solo’ category was a dead heat between Igor Gal (BM Constructions) and Simon Lok (Gammon) both with 117 laps. The ‘female solo’ category was won, for the second year in succession by Christy Leung (Gammon) with 97 laps by 1 lap from Ava Lee (Commtech).
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The response to the call for sponsorship from Named Sponsors, companies and individuals was again incredible and the event finally raised HK$2,208,342 with proceeds going to The Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Benevolent Fund and The Lighthouse Club International Benevolent Trust. This is by far the largest total raised in the history of the event. The team trophy for ‘Most Sponsorship’ was won by Gammon with HK$799,400 with Leighton once again doing a fantastic job to raise HK$575,550. In recognition of this years’ theme being “Women in Construction”, 10% of all funds raised will go to the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation. Total laps by team are shown below. Rank
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Dragages
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Commtech Asia
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158.4
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WT Partnership
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136.8
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Lighthouse Club all-stars
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132.8
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BM Constructions
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132.0
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BKAsiaPacific
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Hip Hing
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122.0
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Bouygues
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Hip Hing’s Women Rise to the Challenge
Back Row - Ah Cheung Front Row L to R - Kitty, Joanne, Season, Sherry & Chivas
Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd was delighted to once again participate in the Lap Dog Challenge. This year’s event, which adopted a Women in Construction theme, has raised HK$2,207,842 for the Lighthouse Club charities, and the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation. In keeping with the Women in Construction theme, Hip Hing was represented by an all-female team. This was a first for Hip Hing, and it was also the first time an all-female team had participated in the event. This helped push the number of women participating to almost 30% of all runners. Hip Hing’s team comprised Sherry Chan ( 陳錚渝 ) (PQS), Joanne Hon ( 韓敏 ) (BE) , Season Leung ( 梁思辰 ) (ABE), and Kitty Yu ( 余佩詩 ) (ABE), who are all stationed at Hip Hing’s Residential Development at Ap Lei Chau Inland Lot No 136, and Chivas Cheung ( 張芝華 ) (BE) who is a member of Hip Hing’s project team for the Inland Revenue Centre at the Kai Tak Development Area.
The collective efforts of the team exceeded their pre-event target of 300 laps. The idea for the all-female team came from Wong Kin Cheung ( 黃 健祥 ), who led the Hip Hing teams and completed the most laps in the 2018, 2019 and 2020 editions of the Lap Dog Challenge. Site Agent Ah Cheung is also stationed at the Residential Development at Ap Lei Chau with four of the team. Using his knowledge and experience, Ah Cheung developed training schedules, and coached and motivated the team in readiness for the rigours of the Lap Dog Challenge. On race day Ah Cheung also ran with the team to provide further encouragement in the hot weather. Chivas ran the longest distance among the team. She finished a total of 77 laps (30.8km) in 5 hours. This broke Chivas’ personal record as previously the longest distance she had run was 10km. Her spirit of perseverance and endurance was commended by Ah Cheung and she expressed her pride to be in the Hip Hing all-
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female team, “I had been preparing for this competition for over three months. The run required intensive strength and will power. It is really tough, but it is all worth it! I am glad that I made it, but this would not have been achieved without the encouragement from the support team, Ah Cheung and our colleagues. They cheered for us and supported us all the way through.” Neil Roberts, General Manager (Administration) at Hip Hing said “Hip Hing is proud to be represented by an all-female team
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in Lap Dog Challenge 2021, and would like to thank Sherry, Joanne, Season, Kitty and Chivas for stepping up on taking on this challenge. The conditions on the day were tough and I applaud their commitment and determination. Our thanks also go to our Lap Dog Challenge Master Ah Cheung for bringing the team together, coaching and motivating them to achieve their individual and collective goals.”
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Rugby players get down and dirty for Lighthouse Club
Gear-Up Material Ltd was the proud sponsor of the rugby team, "The Dirty Frogs", during the charitable and famous Rugby tournament known as the “Fat Boy 10’s” on the 11 September 2021 at Kings Park, Kowloon. This tournament is very well known in the South-East Asian rugby world and both Andrew Green and Ross Bendix, from the not less famous Pork Bellied Pigs RFC, did a fantastic job pulling out this event in 8 weeks only, due to the challenging pandemic conditions and after the event was cancelled twice in February and May 2021. For this event, and with the help of Richard Poulter from Lighthouse Hong Kong branch, a fund-raising webpage was set up in order to reach a greater audience and collect as much money as we could during the whole month of September. A total sum of HK$ 9,550.00 was collected and immediately settled to the Lighthouse Club account. It is only a small brick in the wall and the team hopes to be able to participate in the 2022 event next year and collect even more funds.
There was a great turnout of teams, players, families and members of the public for this charitable event and a lot of promotion around Antoine Nourisson, Director at Gear-Up Materials Ltd and the Lighthouse Club and its charitable work awareness was done Captain of the Dirty Frogs, was very keen to be able to kill two birds before, during and after the event. with one stone using the event to raise awareness for the renowned charity of the Construction industry in Hong Kong as well as At the end of the day a good time was had by all and congratulations enjoying a good day of rugby with family and friends. to The Dirty Frogs for winning the Plate of the tournament.
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Lighthouse Club Macau continues to assist those in need
In terms of construction related fatal accidents 2021 got off to a good start. The first death did not occur until 19 May 2021. However, there were further fatalities on 31 August and 15 September.
Since the issue of the Q3 magazine three more fatal accidents have been recorded, bringing the total number of fatal accidents in Macau in 2021 to seven. On 8 September, a 36 year-old local fit-out worker fell from a ladder while working in the worker’s training center at Sac Pai Van. The worker sustained a brain injury and passed away on 21 October. A donation of MOP70,000 was made to the victim’s wife and family. On 11 October, a local worker fell from the 4th floor of a building, whilst doing repair work on an external wall to a small restaurant. He was found dead at the scene.
The Benevolent Fund made a donation of MOP70,000 to the victim’s wife and son.
On 03 November a 37 yearold mainland formwork / rigger fell from the 13th floor of a hotel construction site in Macau and landed on the 3rd Floor. He was not wearing a safety helmet and was pronounced dead upon arrival in hospital. The Benevolent Fund will be making a donation to the family of the deceased. This year to date the Lighthouse Club Macau Benevolent Fund has made donations of MOP420,000 to the next of kin of workers involved in fatal construction accidents. It is very concerning that all these fatal accidents have occurred as a result of falling from height, on small scale works and where the victims have not taken adequate safety precautions to protect themselves.
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Lighthouse Club International Honours Committee Members
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he Committee met for the final time in 2021 on Friday 5 November, via Teams, as is the way these days. Among the issues discussed was the approval of three new Honorary Life Members, namely Keith Buckley and Phil Clarke from Macau and Bert de Munck from Kuala Lumpur. Both Keith and Phil have spent many years in Macau and seen the Club grow substantially to its sixteenth year in 2021. Both have also served on the Asia Pacific Region Committee before it changed to Lighthouse Club International and, latterly, Keith has been its Deputy Chairman whilst Phil has held the none too enviable position of Treasurer.
Keith Buckley
Phil will be retiring at the end of this year and after a couple of months in Hong Kong he will be heading to Melbourne – where we hope he will get involved with the Club down under. Bert de Munck recently relocated from KL to the Philippines but before doing so he was able to put to bed a project which has been an ongoing objective of his, and the LHC KL committee, in providing loans to students studying engineering and other construction-related courses. With the help of the various Trusts already in place in Hong Kong, the launch of the TARC-Lighthouse Club Student Loan Fund finally came about in May of this year, an article about which was published in the Q2 issue.
Phil Clarke
The hard work, commitment and enthusiasm engendered by all three above make them worthy of recognition and the Constitution of Lighthouse Club International deems it possible for the Committee to make these appointments. Congratulations, Keith, Phil and Bert! Glenn Haley Chairman, Lighthouse Club International November 2021 Bert de Munck
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he Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s free Helpline App has now been upgraded with ‘Sleepstation’, an NHS approved service aimed at improving support with insomnia and poor sleep health. The confidential and clinically proven support is being provided completely free of charge by the charity and is in response to callers to the charity’s 24/7 helpline reporting difficulties with sleeping due to emotional, financial or other physical wellbeing issues. Whilst most of the restrictions relating to Covid-19 have been lifted, many are still struggling with transitioning back to ‘normality’ or dealing with major life changes as a result. This in turn can impact on a good sleep pattern and so the addition of this extra help offers yet another lifeline to those that need it. A good night’s sleep helps us deal with stress, improves resilience and optimises our immune system but with a fifth of all work related illness in construction due to stress, anxiety and depression, it is unsurprising that many are struggling. Sleepstation is a clinically validated sleep improvement programme which looks at all the underlying reasons why people aren’t sleeping. Known as cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi) this approach has been proven to combat even the most severe insomnia and shown to be far superior to pharmaceutical interventions in both short and long-term management of sleep issues in adults of all ages. Dedicated support teams deliver a holistic plan dependant on the issues identified and sleep issues can be improved significantly with just four sessions.
What Sleepstation offers: • An understanding of what is normal and what constitutes sleep deprivation • A personal sleep assessment and expert analysis • Confidential advice and reports • Support from an expert team who offer personal advice. Bill Hill, CEO of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity said, “I am absolutely delighted that we can now offer this invaluable service completely free of charge to our construction community. Simply by accessing our Helpline app, users can avoid lengthy waiting times and access the highest level of support without a GP referral. If someone is being affected by physical, financial or physical wellbeing issues, this too is likely to impact on their sleep, which means they are less likely to be able to cope, and the problem quickly spirals out of control. And as well as affecting mental wellbeing, for our construction workforce who often work with heavy machinery and plant, feeling fatigued could easily result in a serious or fatal accident on site. The addition of Sleepstation is yet another step in helping us achieve our mission that no construction worker or their family is alone in a crisis”. This latest addition to the Helpline App complements the huge variety of wellbeing support and guidance already available, as well as self- assessment tools, coping strategies and referral pathways to access expert advice and support. A built in geolocator means that users can be signposted to support services local to where they live as well as national help centres. Key support areas of the helpline app include:
• Mental Wellbeing; covering anxiety, depression, anger, suicidal thoughts, sleep and building resilience
• Physical Wellbeing; covering aches and pains, nutrition, weight management cancer, alcohol and drug addiction. • Financial Wellbeing; covering budgeting, debt management, tax and legal advice, retirement planning and emergency financial aid.
The free Construction Industry Helpline mobile App for Android and iOS is available to download now.
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Shougang No. 3 Blast-Furnace Museum Beijing, China
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Regifting. from obsolescent to repurposed, ageing infrastructure offers the potential to add new cultural distinction.
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Located at the northwest end of Shougang Park in Beijing, the project is a museum transformed from the No. 3 Blast Furnace of Chinese state-owned steel company Shougang Group.
The furnace was built in 1958 and halted production in the runup to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Covering a total construction area of 18,425 square metres, the project primarily consists of the blast furnace itself, an auxiliary building and an underwater garage, all of which are considered one of the best industrial relics preserved for public viewing. The Shougang No. 3 Blast-Furnace Museum, which stands adjacent to the Yongding River against the Shiling Mountain backdrop, has the highest density of ironmaking equipment dating back to the start of China’s industrial construction industry a century ago. A few core elements are woven into the project design. Foremostly, it aims to retain the authenticity of heritage at the original site of the
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blast furnace. Secondly, new functions are added in a way to enable the steel structure to blend in with the current context. Above all, the museum is built to pay homage to the development of China’s industrial history, by exhibiting the equipment and facilities used while the blast furnace was still in operation. True to the design intent, the refurbished setting maintains a rusty appearance to reflect the vicissitudes of the site’s transition in time. This requires showing the ageing elements at the blast furnace area, including the rust layer, the dust and the stains. Reportedly, the low surface treatment of the substrate and transparent matt requirements brought great difficulties to the development of the coating. It was necessary to overcome a series of technical problems, such as coating adhesion, corrosion resistance, weather resistance, gloss and duration. Some parts of the blast furnace are turned into sightseeing areas, including the casting house platform, canopy platform, hot-blast stove platform and rooftop platform. A 9.7-metre-high platform is mainly used as a display area for a large number of crafts, equipment and devices that remain from the production period. At these spots, visitors can interact with the setting of heritage assets and be transported back in time to witness the country’s early struggles with industrialisation, the hardship experienced by the pioneers and the bumpy process of technological growth in the steel industry. Although ancillary buildings and new facilities have been established on the site, they are laid out harmoniously alongside the old structures. The use of volume and landscaped architecture is minimised to avoid undermining the old industrial style. Occupying an area of 31,380 square meters, the underwater garage under the blast furnace structure is repurposed into a large carpark with 900 lots for the parking convenience of visitors who drive to the museum.
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Other attractions like the Underwater Exhibition Hall, Wall of Honour and Pillar of Honour were also built to enrich the spatial experience. The Underwater Exhibition Hall is a circular sunken space built next to Xiuchi Lake to showcase a variety of artwork. The Wall of Honour is the first spatial installation that comes into view as visitors walk down the evacuation space. No less captivating is the Pillar of Honour, which is wrapped in red perforated plates and where a LED screen displays the names of furnace workers in a show of respect to their contribution. On the eastern bank of the Xiuchi, three auxiliary buildings were added, including facilities like lecture halls, exhibition areas, retail outlets and restaurants. Those spaces allow more possibilities for the citizens to relax, interact and enjoy the heritage site, while reflecting on the country’s industrial past.
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Fuzhou Ronshine Cangxia Parcel
Fuzhou, China
The project is located in Cangxia Block, Taijiang District, Fuzhou City, close to Zhongting Street and Jiangbin West Avenue. Cangxia is a very important part of the core axis running through Fuzhou's historical and cultural architecture showcase. There are still many ancient buildings listed as high-level cultural relics in the area, which need to be preserved in situ, so moving them to a centralised location is not feasible.
Characterised by high-density mixed land use, the project promotes building protection and rejuvenation. Instead of large areas defined by zoning, there is a mix of residential, commercial and cultural developments. People in modern-day Cangxia can admire the beauty of preserved old buildings in the open-air museum and take part in various activities to experience the living ambience and excitement there. Once a prosperous trading port, Cangxia has witnessed a remarkable makeover of its historic buildings for “adaptive reuse.” The project aims to foment a unique “sense of place” by creating a dynamic and personalised urban space. For a few centuries, Cangxia’s street network has evolved bottomup, matched by an expanding spatial system and scale that promote the locale’s vitality.
The project’s highlights include: 1) Enhanced street network
Inheriting the original spatial morphology, the project provides for more smaller-scale alleys to structurally enhance the street network. This has enriched the spatial adaptability for commercial activities and helped the area grow in prosperity. 2) “Collage city”
As a former trading port, Cangxia welcomed settlers of various cultural backgrounds and social classes centuries ago. Their different lifestyles have increased the spatial diversity, in which different spectacles of local life are integrated into a flourishing community. Reflecting the needs of a heterogenous population, Cangxi’s spatial form has also diversified.
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Courtyard houses, which are traditionally the official residences of civil servants, are interspersed with school buildings, warehouses, shops, churches and other architectures that collage into a colourful and thriving community scene. 3) Symbiotic spatial relationships
Drawing on Cangxia’s rich history, the project uses a collaging approach to fashion a symbiotic relationship between old and new architectural spaces. The project sets its sights not just on building modern blocks or preserving the historic reserves but on facilitating a spatial integration of the two, so that Cangxia can look back on the past with pride and participates in building the future.
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Beloit College Powerhouse Chicago, USA
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The United States has retired 318 or 60% of its old coal-burning power plants. Amid the growing green trend, ageing energy infrastructure are rendered obsolete and converted to new uses. An example is the Beloit College Powerhouse, where the student union venue is transformed from a coal-fired plant. Located along Rock River, adjacent to the college campus and close to Beloit downtown, the Powerhouse project combines an assemblage of historic buildings that made up the Blackhawk Generating Station (constructed between 1908– 1947), with a newly-built field house.
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The design retains architectural features of the original structure with a display of the industrial equipment from the plant, while incorporating new sustainability elements and gathering spaces that encourage students to mingle with each other and the larger Beloit community. The project makes strategic interventions within the existing structure, using what is already there to create new spaces for recreation, collaboration and study in celebration of the building’s legacy. A three-lane track suspended from the original roof structure is built for running and walking. Even the original equipment was refurbished to meet the building’s modern needs. Coal pulverisers have been converted into a seating area. Intake pipes from the river become a design feature and painted green. Coal bunkers were refurbished and the additional amenities include a coffee shop, student lounges, club rooms and a conference centre. Overhauling the century-old structure brought challenges to efficient energy use but are resolved now. New insulation regulates heat flow in the historic portions of the building, while the polycarbonate façade of the new field house provides advanced thermal insulation and abundant natural light. In addition, a radiant panel and slab system harnesses energy from Rock River for the Powerhouse’s heating and cooling needs and to maintain good indoor air quality, while minimising energy use. The Beloit College Powerhouse has been enlivened with recreational facilities to create a space catering to students’ health and wellness needs. Recreational and athletic facilities are housed in the same space to encourage different users to interact more for a stronger cohesion within the student body. A new pedestrian bridge and publicly accessible elevator connect the Beloit College campus, which sits on a hill. Forming these new links between town, campus and river, the former power plant is now promoting a more vibrant community life encompassing the college.
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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC Calls for the Acceleration of Digitization Schneider Electric kicked off its Innovation Summit Hong Kong 2021 on 11 November, with a call to accelerate digitalization for a more sustainable future. Innovation Hub in Hong Kong. It combines immersive and interactive experiences with world-class facilities, giving visitors an in-depth, tailored exploratory demonstration of the latest innovations and philosophy. President of Schneider Electric Hong Kong, Jonathan Chiu, said: “Like the pandemic, climate change is a global crisis affecting all of us, in every country, business, and community. Sustainability will soon be one of the most important sources of competitive advantage for the majority of companies.” Jonathan Chi- President, Schneider Electric Hong Kong
A leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, the announcement was supported by the results of a decarbonization perception survey conducted ahead of the summit, which found that 60% of respondents use digital solutions to help their companies optimize energy efficiency and achieve their decarbonisation goals.
Chiu added that digitization has already allowed many organizations to react and transform effectively and enabled some to thrive in an uncertain business environment. Digital technologies and innovations have already changed how we work and live together, he said. “They can also positively change our impact on the environment and drive sustainable recovery and growth to create more efficient, resilient and sustainable businesses.”
Addressing Climate Challenges
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As part of the Innovation Summit World Tour 2021, Innovation Summit Hong Kong 2021 brought together numerous industry leaders who discussed ways to harness digital technologies to address common climate challenges and turn net-zero ambitions into reality.
Schneider Electric has highlighted its long-standing commitment to sustainability, efficiency, digitization and innovation by transforming its 232 square metre Hong Kong Innovation Hub into an immersive and interactive digital experience.
The event helped customers, partners and industry stakeholders understand how to take the all-important next steps towards making innovative changes and achieving their business and environmental goals.
Equipped with world-class facilities, the hub enables customers, partners and other stakeholders to discover latest technologies and innovations powered by EcoStruxure™. The hub also showcases solutions for buildings, data centres, infrastructure, industries and homes through in-depth, tailored solutions such as:
Schneider Electric also showcased its commitment to sustainability, • Sustainability Wall – a multimedia showcase of Schneider Electric's long term commitment to sustainability efficiency, digitization and innovation with a newly revamped
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• Immersive Room – a giant projection wall that presents the diverse possibilities of Schneider Electric's digital solutions, and offers real-world examples of customers achieving successful digital transformations
• Control Center – a three-screen control center for real-time monitoring of EcoStruxure solutions implemented onsite, along with live chat with the team around the world
• Product Showroom – a Schneider Electric product
showroom where customers and partners can simulate the functionality of a variety of solutions in EcoStruxure architectures for Homes, Buildings, Industry, Retail, Power and Grid, together with EVlink chargers
Being part of the solution through digital disruption As part of its ambition of driving sustainable innovation and building net zero pathways, Schneider Electric helps customers in many sectors to innovate and move to open, interoperable, digital,
Steven Lee- Director, Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric Hong Kong
and simplified systems and smarter ways of doing business and is unveiling digital innovation enhancements for carbon abatement in buildings, data centres and retail industry. EcoStruxure Resource Advisor – envisions a better energy and sustainability landscape With the volume of resource data continuing to increase, data management and the transition to digital are critical steps
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in climate action as businesses seek ways to operate more cleanly and efficiently. EcoStruxure Resource Advisor enables companies collecting and aggregating cross-enterprise energy and sustainability data. That includes electricity, water, gas, steam and waste in a single platform for invoicing, energy procurement, reporting and more. Together with Schneider Electric’s unique consulting expertise in energy and sustainability, the solution transforms data into actionable intelligence. Users can also uncover hidden opportunities in the resource data, facilitate collaboration and communications and prioritize projects for sustainable management based on the platform’s data and analytics capabilities. Given the critical need to achieve energy efficiency and sustainability, Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure for Building platform, including EcoStruxure Resource Advisor, has been deployed by a leading property developer to manage more than 20 properties across Hong Kong and Mainland China. It offers the company a way to collect data on each property’s energy performance from a facility management perspective and identify and deal with pain points to reduce energy usage, and track and optimize performance to achieve sustainability. EcoStruxure for Retail Integrated Management Platform – drives growth, achieves operational and energy efficiency, and improves customer satisfaction To cope with increasing expectations from millennial customers, retailers need a single platform to monitor and keep track of the health of all stores and systems. With the EcoStruxure for Retail solution, retailers can ensure that
mission critical retail systems are always up and running, with reliable and efficient tools providing 24/7 monitoring. It simplifies the complexity of multi-site operations while preventing inventory loss and downtime, ensuring energy efficiency and an exceptional shopping experience. EcoStruxure Workplace Advisor – reshapes smart workplaces with optimized use of space, improved comfort and wellbeing, and enhanced productivity Advances in digital technologies and IoT enabled devices are empowering companies to reshape the smart workplace. Constantly analyzing data from IoT sensors and systems allows them to proactively address office inefficiencies. For example, a global professional services and consulting firm wanted to build a smart workplace with enhanced space efficiency. The firm has implemented Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Workplace Advisor and installed over 2,500 sensors across multiple floors in its building. This has helped the firm create a dynamic workplace that optimizes space and enhances occupant productivity and well-being. The platform can also seamlessly integrate with the firm’s own employee communications app, which provides real-time updates on the workplace environment. EcoStruxure IT Expert – simplifies edge infrastructure management While the convergence of 5G and edge data centres allows a level of accessibility to data that has never been seen before, managing edge infrastructure has been a challenge due to the complexity of dealing with remote sites and a lack of onsite personnel.
Kelvin Li- Director of Strategy and Business Development, Schneider Electric Hong Kong
The open, vendor-agnostic and interoperable data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution, EcoStruxure IT Expert, harnesses data generated from any distributed IT to centrally-managed environment, delivering intelligent
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benchmarking, data-driven decisionmaking and increased visibility, and ensuring mission-critical resiliency by remote monitoring. EcoStruxure IT Advisor with Cooling Optimize – optimizes resource usage and reduces energy consumption With increasing demand of data centres capacity and rising energy use in cooling system, operators are looking for ways to optimize capacity and asset management and reduce energy loads. EcoStruxure IT Advisor is a planning and modeling tool that enables data centre operators to reduce operating expenses and maximize uptime by optimizing capacity, analyzing business impact, and automating workflows. Cooling Optimize is an AI-based, closed-loop control system that automatically and continuously adjusts airflow to stabilize server inlet temps in a way that balances the need for cooling with the lowest possible energy use. It allows facility managers with control over desired temperatures and visibility into thermal conditions. The application has successfully achieved a more than 70% reduction in cooling energy consumption in data center.
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Manila Calling!
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he Philippines entered Covid lockdowns in March 2020. These lockdowns have severely restricted all movements and social events within Manila, including the closure of many entertainment and dining venues, and placed strict limits on public meetings. Business activities of many of our member companies have also been affected with some businesses closing and others forced to radically downsize. Many people have spent much of the past 20 months working from home. Some of our expatriate members have left the Philippines, and others have been unable to return to the Philippines if they were not already here when the lockdowns started. Even for remaining members, the Lighthouse Club Manila has had to severely curtail social activities, with no events held in 2020 after the implementation of lockdowns, and only 2 small informal outdoor events, attended to full permitted capacity, were able to take place in July and November of 2021. The Manila Board of Trustees have continued with regular board meetings throughout the lockdowns, mostly via Zoom, but also were able to hold several in-person meetings when the restrictions allowed. Lighthouse Club Manila’s main charitable activity is support of scholars under APR and JBET scholarships. We currently have 31 students; 15 under JBET (5 university level, 10 grade and high school) and 16 under APR (15 university and 1 grade school). One student, Eugene Ariola, is graduating from his 4-year course BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering in November this year.
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Lockdowns have severely disrupted education in the Philippines. Not only have children and youth younger than 18 years of age been banned from accessing any public spaces at all (effective house arrest), the Government also stopped all face-toface schooling, only allowing online and/or remote classes via paper work modules.
Twenty months in, as of November 2021, and face-to-face schooling is yet to resume, although the government is currently beginning trials for return to schooling. In a country which does not have reliable or even universal internet access, and where many people do not have and cannot afford electronic devices, many students have lost their access to quality education. LHCM has worked to support our scholars to continue their studies despite these challenges. This has involved close coordination with our students on their study status and requirements, and provision of laptops for remote study to all of our university students and tablets issued to our grade and high school students (24 gadgets). Allowances to assist with payment of internet connections was also provided. We commend all of our students for their persistence and dedication to complete their studies in the face of such conditions. As of early November 2021, restriction levels have been substantially reduced, and children have finally been allowed into public areas the week starting 8 November 2021. If the current conditions continue, LHCM will be holding a Christmas Party where finally members and their families will be able to catch up. We are looking forward to invigorating our club in the New Year as we move forward to continue supporting our scholars.
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Australia have the Ball! (or two!)
Brisbane On 23 September, our Brisbane branch ran a Panel Discussion which was held at Holding Redlich offices in Brisbane and livestreamed to a national audience.
Barrister – Level 27 Chambers (Mr Angus O Brien) Solicitor – Holding Redlich (Ms Andrea Wilson, Associate) Lead Assistant Quantum Expert – Secretariat (Ms Charmy Patel) Facilitator – Secretariat (Mr Gerard Saunders)
The event was sponsored by Secretariat and the topic was "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". What does it take for a highly effective Junior Upcoming- Brisbane have their Annual Ball and final event for Counsel, a Lawyer supporting their Partner, or Lead Assistant the year on 13 November and are expecting to have around 200 Expert to be able to take on the lead role? The Sorcerer’s Apprentice! attendees. The event sponsors are Secretariat, DTS Builders, Halliant and Asset Landscapes. The The panel included the below and they discussed their experiences Ball will be held at Emporium Hotel, of assisting those taking the lead role in matters of construction Southbank and the event is cramarbitration and litigation. The panel shared their experience of packed with entertainment including dealing with technically and professionally demanding work in a a band, casino tables, a wine wall, raffle high- pressure environment, where working to rigid timeframes is prizes and a photobooth- we look often a significant challenge to their respective deliverables. forward to sharing the photos with you next year.
Melbourne One of our committee members, Robert Johnson (Senior Associate at Team 2 Architects) is currently busy training for the "Nike Melbourne Marathon" in a bid to raise funds for The Lighthouse Club! On Sunday 12 December, Rob will be taking part in Melbourne's premier running festival and has already raised almost AU$1000. Rob has been involved in the Lighthouse Club for many years now and his commitment to raising funds and awareness of the charity is second to none. Thank you Rob and we will be with you every step of the way! Link to donate and register to join: https://melbmara2021.grassrootz.com/lighthouse-clubaustralia Melbourne recently ran a webinar via Microsoft Teams where they heard Danny Benjamin, Delivery Director MRPV and Kiri Parr discuss the future of collaborative contracting. The webinar was moderated by Sarah Adams of Augusta Ventures and had a fantastic turn-out.
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Perth Perth had a fantastic in-person Networking Event at "The Shore" in Yagen Square which was kindly sponsored by FTI Consulting on 23 September and are now busy preparing for their Annual Ball on Friday 26 November. The Perth Ball will be held at the Astral Ballroom and has Gold Sponsorship from TBH, Herbert Smith Freehills and Driver Trett.
Sydney Our Sydney branch have had a very tough few months due to Covid-19 "lock down" so they are extremely excited to be closing out 2021 with a face-to-face gathering at their favourite networking spot, The Customs House Bar in Sydney. The event will be cosponsored by Clyde & Co and RPS and it will be a great way to enjoy some freedom and catch-up before the festive season. David Gibson heads up our Sydney branch and you can expect a busy 2022 with many CPD events already planned. Thanks, David, for all your efforts this year.
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Women in Construction Kampai! 乾杯
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he Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Women in Construction group organised a sake tasting night on 4 November 2021. It was led by a Kikisake-Shi (a master of sake) who enlightened us about how to enjoy sake according to personal preference, market condition, culture, and tradition. Ria Lam, a passionate lover of sake quit her job and went to Japan to study about sake. After three months of hard work in a sake brewery, she started to study for international Kikisake-Shi certification. Finally, this enthusiastic SSIcertified sake sommelier started her own business in Hong Kong, “Sake Nommunication”, which means communicating the pleasures of having sake. Other than conducting sake tasting workshops, they select fresh and high-quality Japanese sake which is delivered directly from Japan every month. First of all, Ria shared her experience in Japan with us followed by a presentation about sake and how to select good sake at a restaurant.
It was interesting to know “sake” refers generally to alcohol in Japan. If you go to a restaurant in Japan and ask for “sake”, it means you are asking for any alcoholic drink. The actual word for Japanese traditional alcohol made from fermented rice is “Nihonshu” 日本酒. Also, did you know, the fresher the sake is the better it tastes?
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We tried three different types of sake - Daiginjo, Junmai Ginjo, and Junmai. Daiginjo was sweet and fruity while Junmai had a rich full body with an intense, slightly acidic flavour. Junmai Ginjo was light and fruity, somewhat between Daiginjo and Junmai. We tasted them with salt, lemon, and soy sauce. Salt and lemon paired better with Daiginjo and Junmai Ginjo; Junmai is better paired with soy sauce. There was a ‘test your knowledge’ questionnaire session by Sake Nommunication and winners were delighted with the gifts they received. Finally, we enjoyed sake with Sushi and crisps. It was a delightful night and we are looking forward to our next event By Damithri Melagoda
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Hong Kong Bittersweet October Get-together
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he October get-together was held in what is now known as Delaney’s but was formerly the Canny Man, basement bar of the Wharney Guang Dong Hotel on Lockhart Road. Being a slightly smaller venue, and in a basement, the room filled up quickly and there were around a total of 80-100 attendees by the time it seemed capacity was reached. In the absence of Richard Poulter, Hong Kong Branch Secretary, Patrick Daley introduced the sponsors, Atlas Industries, and CEO Sam Houston gave a short welcome to everybody. Patrick then handed over the microphone to Tim Hallworth and Nicholas Turner of Pinsent Masons who gave brief tributes and a toast to Vincent Connor, ex-Committee Member of Hong Kong Branch and, of course, Senior Partner at Pinsent Masons. A full tribute to Vincent will appear in the Q1 2022 issue of “The Lighthouse”.
Apart from this muted moment of respect, the evening was very much in line with most gatherings and we expect that Vincent would have undoubtedly approved. The Mein Host at Delaney’s, Noel, kept ensuring people’s glasses were filled and the snacks also flowed, which helped the alcohol consumption! The Wan Chai location meant a few old faces turning up, those who haven’t been able to make it up the hill in Lai Kwai Fong, but there was also a healthy turnout of both young and lady members. The November get-together also took place in Lockhart Road, at Wanchai Stadium and December’s gathering will be back at Rula Live where DJ Bryce might be persuaded to don some fluffy antlers and play some seasonal favourites! We shall report in the New Year…
THE SOCIETY OF CONSTRUCTION LAW wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous and Happy 2022!
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The Burning Man Festival is an event focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance held annually in the western United States. The name of the event comes from its culminating ceremony: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night of Burning Man, which is the Saturday evening before Labour Day.
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The event has been located since 1991 at Black Rock City in north western Nevada, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert about 100 miles (160 km) northnortheast of Reno. As outlined by Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey in 2004, the event is guided by ten principles: radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical selfreliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy. For the 2019 event eight artists/builders/ architects were invited to design the centre piece where the Man is situated. The winners were eventually chosen and their design was selected with the judging panel acutely aware of what the event’s co-founder, Larry Harvey, would have thought of it. Harvey, having passed away in 2018, was always involved in the annual design. However, the following piece was written for one of the other entries and it just happened to catch the eye of “The Lighthouse” publisher. It has been slightly edited and it is up to you, the reader, to determine how “tongue in cheek” the designers were being when they wrote it!
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“The rich and lyrical symbolism of Metamorphoses is the theme for this year’s Burning Man event in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, USA. For the first time, the Organisers established an invited design competition of eight artists, to submit proposals for the Man Base Pavilion. This pavilion is located at the geographic centre of Black Rock City and is the symbolic and cultural focus of the event. It is both iconic and a continuation/ explanation of the event’s narrative. For many, metamorphosis begins with a journey. In the realm of humankind, most journeys begin with a destination. There is a fixed plan, a schedule, an itinerary and we move at a logical pace. If history has taught us anything, it is that true change and transformation follows a path of mystery and ambiguity, as such, it will most certainly not follow a linear path, and the outcome can be intensely unpredictable. This design suggests an experience symbolising the nature of Metamorphoses, that allows us to celebrate those who have made that journey, and those who are about to embark. It begins the moment you step onto the Playa, where across that dusty plain, you see a strange structure. The Man is hard to make out and when the dust finally clears, you realise atop this strange structure is indeed The Man, but he appears to be in some sort of golden cage. The cage represents the internal and external forces that prevent us from reaching our potential. You can also see what appears to be a globe and a dramatic pair of wings. From a distance it’s hard to know what this means, it looks vaguely sculptural, lyrical, perhaps poetic. What you first encounter is a village of eight workshops that surround both sides of The Man. Here you feel a connection, community, and so you stay for a while and enjoy their gifts, but eventually you decide to move on. This year the Man Base is not symmetrical, the energy favours the South side where you encounter two heroic wings. These wings are not exactly the pure form of a butterfly, there is ambiguity, it could be a bird, or a flying fish, or the wings of Icarus, the symbol of Man’s arrogance. Under the sheltering curves of these wings are shady gathering spaces designed for social comfort. On the West side, you encounter a performance in a space created by the arc of the wings. On the North side, you enter a courtyard, and as the South side portrayed a strong and dynamic drama, the North side opens up. The wings almost touch the ground, and slowly, gracefully, spread themselves, gently supporting the earth.
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are more stairs, more levels, seven rooms in total, seven different artists telling a story of Metamorphoses. The last flight is a tall ship’s ladder, which gives you pause, and time to reflect.
Between the wings there is a grand staircase, that ascends into a vibrant and immense blue globe that seems to symbolise the earth. This grand stair is defined by two large arms, which seem to be holding up the globe. Captivated, you notice the fingers of these hands have transformed into branches thick with iridescent green leaves. Your mind tries to unravel the symbolism you have encountered; you wonder if these hands allude to a re-greening of the earth, a hope for a better planet. At the top of the stairs, you enter the big blue sphere and encounter a large room. The light in this room is filtered and soft, high above the Playa there is a wind that cools you. In the centre of the room is a strange sculpture, an amazing artwork portraying transformation. Beyond that, there
This adventure has taken a bit more effort than you thought, the tales of transformation are swirling in your head: where are you in your life? Where are you going? Why are you here? Just one more flight to discover the crescendo of this experience. So up you go, up into the blinding sunlight, up to the legs of the man, and that cage. You step up onto a platform and are now at the highest point. Here you stand alone with the view, and wonder, is that it, did I climb all this way, to stand with the Man towering over you, alone. You look down, to start your journey back, and there is a small mirrored shape inlaid in the platform you are standing on, the shape of a human heart. If you get down on your knees and look intensely into that heart, you can imagine that you see the whole universe.”
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