The construction of Kai Tak Sports Park is delayed by one year, and the contractor does not need to compensate the civil affairs bureau certificate: the delay cannot be foreseen

The Kai Tak Sports Park, which was originally scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2023, has been delayed due to the impact of the epidemic. Only the public sports grounds can be completed by the end of next year. The main stadium and the indoor gymnasium are respectively expected to be completed by the end of 2024. It can only be activated at the end of the half year and the middle of the year.

When the Kai Tak Sports Park broke ground in 2019, the government had stated that if there was a delay in the construction, the contractor would have to pay liquidated damages of $4.3 million per day.

The Home Affairs Bureau replied today that the delay of the construction project due to the knock-on effect of the epidemic is an unforeseeable situation of both parties to the contract, and it is not the responsibility of the contractor itself, so there is no liquidated damages involved.

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The knock-on effect of the epidemic affects the delivery of building materials to the Civil Affairs Bureau: non-contractor responsibility

A spokesman for the Home Affairs Bureau pointed out that the Kai Tak Sports Park project started in February 2019, but since the beginning of 2020, the project has been seriously affected by the new crown epidemic in Hong Kong, the Mainland and many parts of the world, and various delays caused by the epidemic This has a knock-on effect, affecting the production and delivery of various building materials, as well as the progress of the project.

The spokesman said that the change in the completion date of the construction project was mainly due to the influence of various factors arising from the epidemic, which was a situation that neither party to the contract could have foreseen, and was not the responsibility of the contractor itself, so it did not involve liquidated damages.

The first large-scale prefabricated structure on the main stadium of Kai Tak Sports Park.

(Photo from the Government News Network)

The main stadium is the most affected and will be postponed to the end of the second half of 2024

The spokesman also mentioned that during the project, the main stadium was the most severely affected because it involved a large number of overseas-produced components.

The engineering team has implemented a number of measures, including deploying additional resources, using more sea transportation, and reorganizing the construction sequence to minimize the impact.

At present, only the public sports grounds are expected to be completed by the end of next year, while the main stadium and the indoor gymnasium will be opened in the second half of 2024 and the middle of the year respectively.

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