CONSTRUCTION PLANNING FOR HIGHRISE （建设规划高层）.pdf

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING FOR HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING David C W Kwok Gammon Building Construction (Macau) Ltd Abstract: Buildings are becoming higher and higher nowadays in maximizing land use and investment return. Construction of residential developments are considered as focal point of the construction industry in view of its huge labor contents and turnovers evolved due to its own nature of works and investments involved from the investors. In vestors tend to build everything possible in a small piece of land to increase their return from their investment in the quickest possible manner. Practitioners in the construction industry are looking for different means and methods in enhancing efficiency and meeting requirements from the statutory bodies and the Clients. The purpose of this paper is to look into the considerations required in nowadays construction planning for construction of hi gh-rise residential building. INTRODUCTION A detail construction planning is a pre-requisite element to ensure the project in completing on time, planning and meeting the budget, quality, safety and environmental requirements. This is particular important for success with high-rise residential building construction in view of its repetitiveness and the amount of resources required. The construction of high-rise residential building is in fact a reflection of the set up of a factory, factory production, satisfactory handover the products to the end users and decommissioning, where has provided bread and butter to thousands of family in Hong Kong. Mr. Chris Henrickson has defined construction planning where “involves the choice of technology, the de