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Geoguides Presentation

The document outlines a top-up course for TCP T3 on GIFW and Building Works with significant geotechnical content, scheduled for April 16, 2025. The course aims to provide essential knowledge on Geoguide 2 and Geoguide 3 for individuals with less than two years of relevant experience. It is targeted at graduate engineers, engineering geologists, and technical inspection supervisors in related fields.

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Geoguides Presentation

The document outlines a top-up course for TCP T3 on GIFW and Building Works with significant geotechnical content, scheduled for April 16, 2025. The course aims to provide essential knowledge on Geoguide 2 and Geoguide 3 for individuals with less than two years of relevant experience. It is targeted at graduate engineers, engineering geologists, and technical inspection supervisors in related fields.

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HKIE Geotechnical Division

Top-up Course for TCP T3 on GIFW and Building Works with Significant Geotechnical Content

Geoguides 2 and 3
Patrick HO
Geotechnical Engineering Office
Civil Engineering and Development Department

16 April, 2025

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Introduction
Speaker: Patrick HO OBJECTIVE
Date: 16 April 2025 To provide the basic knowledge in geotechnical
Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm (2.5 hours) training which is needed for those with less than
2 years of relevant experience being qualified to
ABOUT THIS CLASS be TCP T3 for GIFW and Building Works with
This is the 5th class in the series (Topic 4 of 7) Significant Geotechnical Content in accordance
of “Top-up Course for TCP T3 on GIFW and with Table 8.6 of “Code of Practice for Site
Building Works with Significant Geotechnical Supervision 2009”.
Content”. You will learn about the essential
contents of Geoguide 2 – “Guide to Site TARGET AUDIENCE
Investigation” and Geoguide 3 – “Guide to Rock Graduate engineers, engineering geologists,
and Soil Descriptions”, applications and technical inspection supervisors and engineers
requirements of these two guides. in related professions.

Organiser: HKIE Geotechnical Division

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Hello!
I am Patrick HO,
an engineering geologist with
BSc (Earth Sciences, HKU)
MSc (Applied Geoscience, HKU)
FGS CGeol
I am now working in GEO,
CEDD. You can find me at
pcsho@cedd.gov.hk

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What are Geoguides?
When and why to use them?
How to get them?
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“
A recommended standard of good
practice in Hong Kong

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Other Standards

Hong Kong

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Hierarchy
1st LAW Ordinance and Regulation

Code of Practice, Technical


2nd CODE Memoramdum and Circular

GUIDELINE Technical Guidance Note, Geoguide


3rd and Geospec

4th LOCAL REPORT GEO Reports and GEO Publications

5th REFERENCE Book, Paper and Other Countries’


Codes

6th SELF VIEW Own Knowleage, Experience and


Professional Judgement

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CoP for Site
Supervision 2009
(2024 Edition)
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PNAP 49
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PNRC 46
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Scheduled Area No 1 (Mid-levels Area)

Scheduled Area No. 2


(North-Western Part of the New Territories)

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Scheduled Area No. 3
(Railway Protection Areas)

Scheduled Area No. 4


(Ma On Shan Area)

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Scheduled Area No. 5
(The Sewage Tunnel Protection Areas)

Designated Area of Northshore Lantau

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Free of charge
electronic copy
(in PDF format)
available from the
CEDD website

www.cedd.gov.hk

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Available in English only except for Geoguide 5

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https://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/publications/geo/geoguides/index.html

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