Overhaul Requirements for Major Construction Plant
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Overhaul Requirements for Major Construction Plant
Presentation by SQS/PS 30 October 2013
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Overhaul Requirements for Major Construction Plant
Why is overhaul required? • Accident rates in HA sites are considerably
lower than the industry average • Continual improvement is always welcome • New overhaul requirements are part of
holistic control which includes also enhanced technical assessment guidelines and revised PASS, PilingPASS and DemolitionPASS
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Holistic Control
Technical Submissions
in tenders
Scheduled Overhaul of major plant
PASS
Better PASS scores may enhance success of future tenders
Encourage contractors to propose newer plant in
tenders Less breakdowns leading
to better PASS scores Post-cont Pre-cont
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Overhaul Requirements for Major Construction Plant
What plant are controlled?
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What plant are controlled?
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Cross reference to “Code of Practice for Safe Use of Mobile Cranes” (published by Labour Department)
= Mobile Crane (excluding Crawler Crane) = Truck-mounted Crane
(irrespective of position of installation on truck)
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What is “overhaul age”? • "Overhaul age" means the age at or beyond which
overhaul maintenance is required at least in accordance with the specified overhaul procedures including the Checklists of Critical Parts for Overhaul Maintenance of the respective types of major construction plant
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What are “self-owned” plant? • “Self-owned” plant = plant owned by the Contractor
or by the Contractor’s parent, sister or subsidiary company for the exclusive use of the Contractor.
• In case the Contractor sublets part of the Works and the sub-contractor is on the appropriate Category of Housing Authority List of Piling Contractors, then “self-owned” plant include plant owned by the sub-contractor
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What are the requirements? • Overhaul at specified intervals in addition to
compliance with all other statutory and contractual obligations
• Maintenance required by manufacturers must also be followed
• Detailed checklists in specification must be followed • Checklists are attached to Certificates of Overhaul • Contractor should keep all records
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Who inspects and certifies overhauls? • “Competent Examiner” is a registered professional engineer
registered under Engineers Registration Ordinance and defined under HK Ordinance Cap. 59I, 59J and 59AC
• Cap. 59I = Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations • Cap. 59J = Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting
Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations • Cap. 59AC = Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Suspended
Working Platforms) Regulation • Currently, two disciplines are eligible: Mechanical Engineering
and Marine & Naval Architecture
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Which plant is exempted? • Tower cranes already installed on HA Sites on 6
August 2013 (the date of implementation of the overhaul requirements); and
• Gondolas already installed on HA Sites on 6 August 2013
• To avoid disruption to progress
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Which plant has grace period? • Mobile crane (excluding crawler crane) • To ease hardship due to short-term limited capacity
of overhaul facilities • 18 months from 6 August 2013 • Within the grace period, submitting LALG-F3 instead
of Certificates of Overhaul is permitted • Acceptable LALG-F3 should be issued not earlier than
8 May 2013
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Which plant has alternative arrangements? • Truck-mounted crane : contractors have 2 options
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Provide Certificate of Overhaul for
the truck-mounted crane on all trucks entering HA sites
Provide and operate alternative lifting
appliances for offloading/uploading
from and onto such trucks
OR
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Overhaul Requirements for Major Construction Plant
(1) Site Staff / Safety Officer • Ensure all controlled plant has Certificate of
Overhaul; • Verify Certificate of Overhaul matches plant; • Keep record of plant ages and bring up for
action when overhaul is due.
Duties of contract team members
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(2) Plant owner/Contractor • Hire workshop to perform overhaul; • Pay for overhaul and certification; • May appropriately coincide overhaul with
regular maintenance; • Verify eligibility of Competent Examiner; • Provide alternative lifting facilities to assist
uncertified truck-mounted cranes.
Duties of contract team members
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(3) CM / CMR • Approve entry of plant taking into account the
evidences on compliance with overhaul requirements;
• Approve the alternative lifting facilities to assist uncertified truck-mounted cranes.
Duties of contract team members
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Thank you!