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Hong Kong International Airport’s 25th Anniversary
25 years ago today, after a frenzy of construction activity, Hong Kong's International Airport opened at Chek Lap Kok. The night before, Kai Tak airport in the centre of Kowloon City had welcomed its last flights and...
Happy Independence Day
Happy 4th July to all of our US based clients, colleagues and friends.
First Civils Contracts Awarded for Tung Chung MTR Projects
The first civils projects for the next batch of MTR extension projects have been awarded in Hong Kong signalling the start of what promises to be a decades long construction frenzy in the territory. The aggressive expansion programme of expansion will see the railway network grow by 25%.
The (Current) Limitations of AI
There’s been lots of excitable and breathless discussion in recent months about the potential benefits of AI. I’ve heard that it will be used to draft claim notices, compensation events and could upend the commercial...
Qianhai Link Design Contract Awarded
Back in October last year, Hong Kong's Chief Secretary announced six major infrastructure projects in his policy address, signalling that infrastructure development was to be a major driver for Hong Kong's post-COVID...
Ship Canal Water Quality project in Seattle
Good article about the difficulties encountered by Lane Construction by the TBM digging the Ship Canal Water Quality project in Seattle. On completion, the project will prevent stormwater and sewage overflows into the...
Tung Chung signalling contract awarded
The signalling contract for the Tung Chung line has been awarded to Alstom - CASCO joint venture, almost 3 years since the line was announced. This is the first works contract with the civil construction awards due...
MTR signs project agreement for Tung Chung Line Extension
Tung Chung Extension and Airport Railway Overrun Tunnel projects one step closer with the signing of the project agreement between MTR and HK Government. https://lnkd.in/gEs9zEArCredit:...
East Lantau Metropolis
The HK Government has announced more details of the proposed East Lantau Metropolis publishing the proposals for the Kau Yi Chau artificial islands and associated road and rail infrastructure. Simon Wilde and David Feehan dig into the details.
Celebrating CDC 15th Anniversary
February 24th saw Contract Dispute hold their belated 15th anniversary cocktail party at Soho House with a fantastic turnout of clients, colleagues and friends. CDC Director David Feehan described the impromptu...
Thank you to all who attended our 15th anniversary cocktail party
Thank you to all who attended our 15th anniversary cocktail party on Friday. Wonderful to see so many familiar faces - photos to follow! A huge thank you to Betty Liu for organising cdchk@15...
Reflecting on the Year of the Tiger – CDC turns 15
Reflecting on 15 years at the helm of Contract Dispute Consultants and looking ahead to the Year of the Rabbit and another five years!
Hong Kong’s Golden Age of Infrastructure
Delighted to present to the Marsh Asia team at their Away Day earlier this month on the topic of Hong Kong's approaching Golden Age of infrastructure. With the government poised to increase annual infrastructure...
Very cool addition to the Hong Kong skyline
Very cool addition to the Hong Kong skyline coming along well - The Henderson
Nga Yan Yu promoted to Managing Consultant
Contract Dispute Consultants are delighted to announce that Nga Yan Yu has been promoted to Managing Consultant. Nga Yan joined CDC in 2007 having previously worked with CDC Director David Feehan on previous projects...
Wishing you a healthy and prosperous year in 2023
Wishing all of our clients, colleagues and friends in construction a healthy and prosperous Chinese New Year and best wishes for the upcoming Year of the Rabbit. Kung Hei Fat Choi!...
Seasons Greetings 2022
As we close out our 15th year, wishing all of our clients, colleagues and friends, wherever you are in the world, a safe and Merry Christmas.
Hong Kong Infrastructure Pipeline
Hong Kong is entering a 'golden age' of infrastructure development with the government's annual infrastructure spending expected to reach HK$200bn per year. What's planned? Check out our latest...
The Northern Metropolis
The Northern Metropolis is the buzzword in Hong Kong at the moment and a topic we have covered over the last two years - see our last article from February this year looking at rail projects for the development. Hong...
More details of the six Hong Kong infrastructure projects
More details of the six Hong Kong infrastructure projects announced by John Lee in his policy address have emerged. These are all significant and technically challenging projects and add to the huge raft of other...
Hong Kong Third Runway Commissioned
Congratulations to AAHK on official commissioning of the new third runway at Hong Kong Airport today, just one element of the massive 3RS programme. Contract Dispute Consultants have been working with contractors...
Happy Thanksgiving 2022
Wishing all of our clients, colleagues and friends, a Happy Thanksgiving!
Tsing Yi Lantau Link Bridges Announced
Our article earlier this month looked at new road connections to Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis, particularly Route 11. Streets Ahead – Hong Kong Major Road Expansion to 2035 The government today announced the missing...
Streets Ahead – Hong Kong Major Road Expansion to 2035
Earlier this year, we looked at the Hong Kong government’s ambitious plans for the development of the northern New Territories into the Northern Metropolis. The plan was recently reiterated during the Policy Address by...
Infrastructure Drive in Forthcoming HK Policy Address
Hong Kong Chief Secretary John Lee to announce big infrastructure drive in forthcoming policy address according to SCMP - 3 rail links, 3 highways - UPDATED for item 6 1. Hong Kong-Shenzhen West Rail Link connecting...
How California’s SFO to LA Bullet Train Went Off the Rails
How California’s SFO to LA Bullet Train Went Off the Rails It's not just during the project construction period that problems can occur, as this article on California's High Speed Rail shows. "Political...
Long Beach International Gateway
Proud to have been involved in this great project which opened to the public two years ago today. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6983335315906138112/
Mid-Autumn Festival Greetings
Wishing all our client, colleagues and friends a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
Interesting development on the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge project in Texas
Interesting development on the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge project in Texas where a threat of removal from the project if design issues were not resolved to the satisfaction of the TxDOT has forced a U-turn from the...
Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport ~ 25 years ago
25 years ago, in July 1997 I was a young site engineer working at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport on the Landside Infrastructure project - recently found a few photos from a rare visit to the terminal building, Ground...
Cathay Pacific freighter passing the Hong Kong Terminal 2 Expansion Project
Cathay Pacific freighter passing the Hong Kong Terminal 2 Expansion project.
Goodbye to the Gerald Desmond: Long Beach’s old bridge is being demolished
Following the completion of Los Angeles’ new Gerald Desmond Bridge (now renamed the Long Beach International Gateway) in 2020, the decommissioning of the old Gerald Desmond Bridge has taken a major step forward with...
Another milestone for the Hong Kong airport expansion
Another milestone for the Hong Kong airport expansion with the first commercialflight touching down on the newly completed third runway this morning. CDC are proud to be assisting contractors on various contracts...
Inside Hong Kong’s Massive Underground Upgrade
Another excellent video from The B1M on Hong Kong infrastructure, this time the Shatin Central Link. A hugely challenging project not without its problems. CDC were engaged on several of the station contracts providing...
Happy Independence Day
Happy 4th of July to all of our clients, colleagues and friends in the USA.
Opening of the East Rail line will make a massive difference to mobility
Opening of the East Rail line will make a massive difference to mobility from Admiralty which will become a complex interchange station for four separate lines. CDC have been involved in several SCL throughout the...
Zaha Hadid’s The Henderson under construction in Admiralty, Hong Kong
Zaha Hadid's The Henderson under construction in Admiralty, Hong Kong last month. This will be a landmark building to rival the adjacent IM Pei's Bank of China and Norman Foster's HSBC Headquarters....
Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge emerges from the fog this morning
Hong Kong's Tsing Ma Bridge emerges from the fog this morning. Hope that Hong Kong will emerge from the fog of COVID shortly - there is a huge raft of infrastructure to deliver....
With the Omicron outbreak raging, construction sites are still working
With the Omicron outbreak raging, construction sites are still working around the clock in Hong Kong. Here's a shot from Zaha Hadid's Murray Road construction site in Admiralty this evening, on reportedly the world's...
Some more great visuals of the deconstruction of the main span of the Champlain Bridge in Montreal
Some more great visuals of the deconstruction of the main span of the Champlain Bridge in Montreal. This operation will soon be repeated on another of our projects, the Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach, California....