David S.K. Au & Associates Ltd. (DAAL) was established in 1980 and it aims to deliver holistic architectural, engineering and surveying services to the clients. With the unique, multi-disciplinary teams operating under the same roof, all the required experienced manpower resources are readily available for the smooth execution of the projects, under very tight programme.
DAAL has over 250 staff and over 40 years of a one stop Building Design Consultant with extensive experience in Commercial, Institutional, Residential, Special Industrial building developments, involving building plan submission, detailed design approval and statutory site supervision, leading to issue of occupation permit. This key experience has allowed DAAL to win the role of Independent Checking Consultant for the prestigious Third Runway Project at the Hong Kong International Airport.
| Client: | Architectural Services Department |
| Project Role: | Engineering Design Checker |
| Type of MiC: | Steel |
| GFA: | 4, 757 m2 |
| Number of Floors: | 3 |
| Number of Modules: | 99 |
| Number of Units: | 99 |
| Project Period: | Feb - Apr 2020 |
| MiC Parts: | Residential Accommodation Units |
| Other Project Features: | Due to COVID-19 outbreak, HKSAR Government proposed to build several temporary quarantine facilities. This project is one of Hong Kong’s pilot cases for MiC and it took around 80 days to design and build three blocks of 3-storey temporary quarantine facilities. |
| Client: | Architectural Services Department |
| Project Role: | Full Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services |
| Type of MiC: | Concrete |
| GFA: | 68,424 m2 |
| Number of Floors: | 26 |
| Number of Modules: | 105 |
| Number of Units: | 130 |
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| Other Project Features: | HKSAR Government has decided the bureau / departments and the Judiciary in the Wan Chai Government Offices Compound to be relocated in phases to new Joint-user Government Office Building in Area 67, Tseung Kwan O to make way for the development of convention and exhibition facilities, hotel facilities and Grade A office space. |
| Client: | Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) |
| Project Role: | Full Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services |
| CFA/GFA: | 4,474 m2 / 3,571 m2 |
| Number of Floors: | 4 |
| Number of Modules: | 140 |
| Number of Units: | 137 |
| MiC Parts: | All part of building except separate machine block |
| Other Project Features: | The housing shortage issue is prominent in Hong Kong. Due to delivery timelines, permanent housing cannot address immediate housing demand for general public in need. SoCO believes that the development of modular housing, with reference to foreign and local experience, can be a useable way to provide social housing to alleviate present living and economic difficulties of grassroots. |
