Visiting Ma Wat Construction Site

 

As part of the site visit programme of the Department of Civil Engineering, the final year students and our faculties visited the construction site in Ma Wat on 22nd November 2008. This project is part of the river training scheme as a solution of the flooding problem of the New Territories in Hong Kong. The site visit provided an opportunity for students to understand the difficulties of construction in rural region, river training scheme and environmental mitigation measures. The engineer, Ir. Lee from the Drainage Service Department of the Government of HKSAR provided a briefing session and organized a tour of the construction site.

Our year-four students and faculty member