27 Mar - 2 Apr 2023

• General Specification for Building and Building Services Installation 2022 Edition (posted on 5 Sep 2022)

• CPD Training - Skills Upgrading Series for Green Building Practitioners - (7) Life Cycle Assessment, Ecosystem Management & Climate Change Adaptation (posted on 20 Mar 2023)
  

• The 19th BEAM Affiliate Training and Examination is now open for Registration (posted on 27 Feb 2023)
  

• The 7th BEAM Plus New Buildings Version 2.0 Training and Examination is Now Open for Registration! (posted on 27 Feb 2023)
  

• Use of Fire Retardant Protective Net/Screen/Tarpaulin/Plastic Sheeting on Façade of Building under Construction, Demolition, Repair or Minor Works (NEW)
  

• Monthly Digest for January 2023 (NEW)
  

• Tender Notices - Notice of invitation to submit applications for inclusion to the List of Buildings Department Pre-qualified Consultants (for Year 2023-2024)(posted on 20 Mar 2023)
  

• Circular Letters - Dedicated Processing Units for High-yield Residential Projects and Transitional Housing Projects (posted on 20 Mar 2023)
  

• Codes, design manuals and guidelines - Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Steel 2011 (2023 Edition)(posted on 13 Mar 2023)
  

• Circular Letters - Streamlining Measures for Structural Works (posted on 6 Mar 2023)
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated ADM-19 Building Approval Process (posted on 6 Mar 2023)
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated APP-13 Submission of Certificate of Completion of Building Works, Application for Occupation Permit and Submission of Record Plans and Information (posted on 6 Mar 2023)
  

• Construction Industry Council and Bank of Communications Hong Kong Branch and Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Signed Memorandums of Understanding (NEW)
  

• "Construction Innovation and Technology Fund" Supports the Industry to Adopt "Smart Site Safety System" (posted on 20 Mar 2023)
  

• A Neat and Tidy Way Keeps the Fire Away (posted on 13 Mar 2023)
  

• The upgrade of "Levelling and Setting Out" to designated trade under the RSTCS takes effect from 1 March 2023. Group 2 registration pre-vetting starts now (posted on 6 Mar 2023)
  

• RSTCS Implementing from 1 Mar 2023 the Optimised Registration Requirements for the First 8 Designated Trades and the Transitional Arrangement (posted on 6 Mar 2023)
  

• Webinar on Competition Ordinance (Conducted in English)
  (posted on 16 Jan 2023)

• Appointments to Community Involvement Committee on Greening (posted on 6 Mar 2023)

• Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis holds first meeting (with photos) (posted on 6 Mar 2023)

• Works Technical Circulars - Smart Site Safety System (posted on 6 Mar 2023)

• Green Building Award 2023 is Calling for Nominations (posted on 20 Mar 2023)

• HKIA Feature Article Case Study – Conflict of Interest in Contract Letting (posted on 12 Dec 2022)
  

• Streamlined Requirement on Submission of Ownership and Land Grant Records in Applications made under Lands Department Lands Administration Office Practice Note Nos. 3/2012B, 1/2016, 2/2019, 3/2019, 4/2019, 5/2019, 6/2019, 3/2021, 1/2022 and 6/2022 (NEW)

• Increasing the Levels of Compensation under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, the Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance and the Occupational Deafness (Compensation) Ordinance (NEW)

• Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) Annual Report 2021-2022 (posted on 28 Dec 2022)
  

• ASA Experimental Design Competition 2023: More Than Human [Submission Deadline: 1 Apr 2023]
  

• 2023 UIA Gold Medal & Prizes - Call for Nomination [Submission Deadline: 11 Apr 2023]
  

• Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards 2023 [Extended Deadline: 14 Apr 2023]
  

• 「2023建造業傑出學徒選舉」[Nomination Deadilne: 30 Apr 2023]
  

• HKIOA Acoustics Awards 2023 [Submission Deadline: 1 May 2023]
  

• CIC Webinar on Construction Site Supervision – Occupation Safety and Construction Safety Regulatory Requirements (28 Mar 2023)
  

• CIC Webinar on Artificial Intelligence - How AI Empowers Business Operation Transformation (29 Mar 2023)
  

• CIC Webinar: Hong Kong Construction Common Data Environment Award: Project Category Awardees Sharing (29 Mar 2023)
  

• Construction Safety Training Webinar: Repair, Maintenance, Alteration, Addition (RMAA) – Scaffolding Works Safety and Recent Accidents Review (Replay) (30 Mar 2023)
  

• CIC x HKSTP: ConTech Accelerator - Pitching Session (30 Mar 2023)
  

• HKHS International Conference 2023
  (17 Apr 2023)
  

• Green Deck Professional Forum on the Design, Opportunities and benefits of the proposed green deck at the cross harbour tunnel toll plaza (20 Apr 2023)
  

• Build4Asia 2023 (10 - 12 May 2023)

• 指過渡房屋簡約公屋無解決問題 團體促政府加快建設公屋 / am730 本地 (2023年3月27日)

• 人工島：發展局的「危言聳聽」論，對比房屋局的情理兼備 / 壹時新聞 港聞(2023年3月23日)

• ｜香港建造業新局 人力待開拓提效（下）/ 星島網 港聞 來論 (2023年3月23日)

• 最遲2025年改造170遊樂場 信夠時間   / 明報新聞網 港聞 (2023年3月23日)

• 擬修例填海 當局被批為明日大嶼掃法理障礙 / 東方日報 要聞港聞 (2023年3月22日)

• 簡約公屋僅短暫止痛 避免資源錯配更關鍵 / 香港01 觀點 多聲道 (2023年3月21日)

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