Abstract
The stylish new Kennedy Town community swimming pool in Hong Kong was designed and built in two similar phases between 2008 and 2017. It replaced an original pool on the site, which had to be demolished during construction of the new West Island line. Client MTR trialled the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract for the £64 million second phase of the pool to see how it compared with the conventionally procured first phase. This paper describes the tendering, team-building and construction performance of the second phase and shares the lessons learned on NEC contract administration and implementation.
Highlights
Kennedy Town swimming pool was a reprovisioning project designed and constructed by MTR Corporation Limited (MTR) for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
The pool project was constructed in two phases to suit the West Island line works
A significant factor identified during phase 2 was the development during the course of the project of a strong teamwork ethos among the site representatives from the client and contractor. This, it is considered by the project team, had a major influence on the project outcome
Summary
In 2014, MTR decided to trial the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) (NEC, 2013) and selected phase 2 of the pool reprovisioning project for the trial. The NEC ECC form selected for phase 2 was Option A (priced contract with activity schedule) with two amendments covering specific client requirements Construction Company, Limited was selected as the phase 2 contractor in 2014 following the normal competitive tendering process adopted by the client. It was the contractor’s first NEC construction contract as main contractor. Completion was achieved in October 2016, 2·5 weeks ahead of schedule
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