Temporary Works Forum

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Why do we need a HK Temporary Works Forum?

Temporary Work is a significant cost element to projects and is usually safety critical.   It represents the biggest single risk in the construction industry and about 60% of deaths in the local industry are related to failure in temporary works.   Despite the high accident rates, there have been continuous failures of temporary works, some leading to fatalities and serious injuries to workers.

In UK, the Temporary Works Forum was established in 2009 and they advocate to raise standards and awareness of proper and good practice in temporary works.   The problems faced by the local industry are similar. There is a general lack of accepted code of practices and standard procedures for temporary works. Much effort has been given to the design of permanent works and their control, but there is an inadequate attention on the temporary works. The problem is further exacerbated with different clients having different requirements and perspective on temporary works.   More importantly, the labourers, whom they are actually building the temporary works and will be affected most in the event of accident, must understand and recognize the need to follow the procedures and good practice in erecting the temporary works.

In 2017, the Hong Kong Temporary Works Forum Limited is also established, which pulls together enthusiastic managers and engineers together to do the same, taking full cognizance of challenges facing the local industry and workforce.   The construction industry, as a whole , should learn from the lessons and improve the construction practice to avoid tragic incident from happening. The objective of the Hong Kong Temporary Works Forum Limited is a zero-accident construction industry.

Why should you join the HK TWf?

The HK TWf encourages open discussion on any matter related to the improvement to the design and practice of temporary works. Our membership is opened to any HK company and individuals within the industry, who share the same belief. We have a strong tie with the UK TWf, which gives us the advantage of leveraging the international best practice on similar issues.

The HK TWf also produces good practice for practitioners to consider using. Members are given full participation in the discussions and derivation of the HK TWf outputs. Our purpose is to share knowledge and therefore, all our publications will be made available free of charge on the HK TWf website.

We organise seminars, training sessions and conferences on subjects relevant to temporary works. Members of the TWf will have priority in joining the seminar and at members’ rate. HK TWf is a non-profit organization and we are grateful with the generous contributions and support by our sponsors. Besides them, we need your participation in order to achieve the common good of HK TWf.

An affordable entrance fee and annual subscription fee will be collected for full members, so as to support the activities and seminar organised by HK-Twf. Your contribution and support is greatly appreciated.

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