Quality Building Award 2022 winners announced

Winners of the Quality Building Award 2022 (QBA 2022) were announced at its Award Presentation Ceremony on Friday at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, with Bernadette LINN Hon-ho, JP, Secretary for Development, Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government as its Guest of Honor. InnoCell won two accolades including the supreme Quality Excellence Award, and the Grand Award for Hong Kong Residential (Single Building) category, recognizing its true embodiment of QBA 2022’s theme of Smart, Sustainable, Superior.

At the ceremony, Cr TANG Chi Wang, Organizing Committee Chairman of QBA 2022, thanked LINN and Jury Panel Chairman, YU Po Mei, Clarice, JP, Director of Buildings, Buildings Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government for their support, and offered his congratulations to the award winners.

“Jointly-organised by nine leading professional institutions and organisations of the property and construction sector in Hong Kong, the biennial Quality Building Award is like the Oscars to our industry. It recognises the extraordinary efforts behind the design and construction of quality buildings. Now in its 11th edition, our winners have demonstrated each element in the award’s theme of Smart | Sustainable | Superior. Although the pandemic has wreaked havoc in Hong Kong and the world in the past three years, our industry has risen to the challenge and proactively engaged pioneering technologies in design and construction in order to minimize the pandemic’s impact. With so many large-scale infrastructures on the horizons and projects are expected to be in full swing, we must work together to tackle issues like soaring costs and manpower shortages. In the face of difficulties, I am confident that industry players will maintain their professionalism and innovation mindset to build for a better Hong Kong,” Cr Tang said.

QBA has been celebrating the achievement and contribution of property developers, consultants and contractors as well as various industry stakeholders. Their foresight, dedication to breakthrough and grasp of different technologies have enabled quality works in residential and non-residential projects, renovation and revitalisation work, as well as those in non-local markets.

The participating projects were entered into seven award categories. After months of stringently assessment by the jury panel comprising 15 industry leaders, the top honor went to InnoCell at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park in Tai Po. By deploying the modular integrated construction method and leveraging state-of-the-art smart technology provision, tenants are able to enjoy a comfortable living environment and top-notch leisure facilities. It strikes a chord with the smart innovative theme of the Award, making it the winner of the supreme Quality Excellence Award and the Grand Award for Hong Kong Residential (Single Building) category.

In light of changing community requirement on buildings and technological advancements, the Temporary Building category was introduced. Merit accolade was presented to Nam Cheong 220 and Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to Caverns – Site Preparation and Access Tunnel Construction.

Furthermore, QBA 2022 noted the Hong Kong SAR Government’s advocation of Construction 2.0 and its policy direction in sustainable development by presenting two special awards: the Innovative Project Award for the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre, as well as the Sustainable Development Award for Central Market which sets an example in balancing the goals of conservation and revitalization to attract the public’s attention and consumption. Both projects have adopted the modular integrated construction method.

Other Grand Award winning projects at QBA 2022 include: Wetland Seasons Park and Disciplined Services Quarters for Fire Services Department at Pak Shing Kok, Tseung Kwan O for the Hong Kong Residential (Multiple Buildings) category.