Resilient cities need robust infrastructure in response to inner-city flood risks due to climate change.\u00a0As an integral component of Hong Kong\u2019s urban flood prevention master plan, the Lai Chi Kok\u00a0Drainage Tunnel is part of the overall flood control strategy for West Kowloon.<\/p>\n
The Lai Chi Kok Drainage Tunnel (LCKDT) project reinforces the flood protection capability in\u00a0Northwest Kowloon, Hong Kong. The contract began on site in 2008 and included the building of a\u00a01.2-kilometer (0.75-miles) main branch, a 2.5-kilometer (1.55-miles) branch tunnel, six intakes, a\u00a0stilling basin and an outfall.<\/p>\n
AECOM was responsible for detailed design, preparation of\u00a0prequalification and tender documents, construction supervision, and contract management for the\u00a0project.<\/p>\n
Designed to withstand rainstorms with a return period of one in 50 years, the LCKDT project is one\u00a0of the major strategic flood prevention schemes for the region implemented by the Drainage\u00a0Services Department of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The new\u00a0tunnel lessens the burden on existing urban area drainage systems by first intercepting surface\u00a0runoff from the rural upstream catchment via a number of intakes to a branch tunnel. The flow then\u00a0bypasses busiest residential districts of Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok, through\u00a0hard rock and mixed ground conditions, and running close to existing water mains and sensitive\u00a0structures a main tunnel about 45 meters (147 feet) below ground and is finally discharged to\u00a0Victoria Harbour through a riser outfall.<\/p>\n
As a key component of and jointly with other components of Hong Kong\u2019s urban flood control\u00a0drainage system, the project is collectively recognized by the 12th Jeme Tien Yow Award, China\u2019s\u00a0highest recognition of engineering excellence, in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3866,"template":"","tags":[],"city":[151],"class_list":["post-21082","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","city-hong-kong"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/21082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/21082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21082"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/benelux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=21082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}