So Uk Estate Phase 1 and 2 is a major public housing redevelopment project in Hong Kong, replacing ageing estate buildings with new residential accommodation, community facilities and supporting infrastructure. Completed in the second quarter of 2018, the development delivered more than 3,200 public rental housing flats together with extensive site-wide improvements.
Commissioned and designed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and constructed by Shui On Building Contractors Limited, the project comprised the construction of seven residential blocks (Blocks 1 to 6 and Block 14), providing a total of 3,291 public rental housing flats. The development also included a four-storey podium beneath Block 14 containing retail and social welfare facilities.
Supporting facilities included a single-storey covered car park integrated with a refuse collection point, a seven-storey ancillary facilities block with social welfare facilities, building services rooms and a refuse collection point, and a two-storey estate management office. Additional works included lift towers and footbridges to improve connectivity throughout the estate, as well as the creation of a heritage zone incorporating the preservation and adaptive reuse of abandoned building structures.
The project also involved extensive demolition works as part of the estate’s phased redevelopment. These included the demolition of six residential blocks ranging from eight to 12 storeys, a five-storey car park, a three-storey estate management office, a single-storey assembly hall, a two-storey vocational college, four electrical substations, four pump houses and associated external structures. Additional demolition works included a nine-storey school block, a contractor workshop and ancillary school facilities.
WT was engaged in the fourth quarter of 2011 to provide full quantity surveying services for So Uk Estate Phase 1 and 2. Our role supported both the construction of the new public rental housing development and the extensive demolition works required as part of the estate redevelopment programme. We provided quantity surveying services throughout the delivery of the residential buildings, community facilities, infrastructure and heritage preservation works through to completion in the second quarter of 2018.