Housing Bureau says 23 construction bolts were cut without permission on fourth and fifth floors of project, orders contractor to fix problem
Hong Kong authorities have suspended part of the construction work on a light public housing project after discovering irregularities in some bolts, ordering the contractor to investigate and fix the problem.
The Housing Bureau said on Friday that it found 23 construction bolts had been cut without permission on the fourth and fifth floors of a temporary public housing project in Siu Lam.
A regular inspection by the Architectural Services Department on August 30 had discovered the problem, the bureau added.
The bolts are part of a bracket attached to the concrete wall of the temporary housing, which adopts the “modular integrated construction” (MiC) technique.
