CEE/CSE 50th Anniversary Kick-off Tree Planting Ceremony

Visit to Two Reclamation Sites Using Dredged Sediments and Technical Seminar in Guangdong Province

CEE, HKIE Geotechnical Division, and Guangdong Geotechnical Mechanics and Engineering Society co-organized a technical seminar and site visits to reclamation projects in Nansha (Guangzhou) and Zhuhai on 11 - 12 November 2023. The activity included a seminar session on design and construction techniques of the reclamations by using dredged sediments by the hosts - Guangdong Geotechnical Mechanics and Engineering Society and PolyU, as well as site visits to Guangzhou’s Nansha Port and Shenhua Coal Terminal of Zhuhai Port. The participants are experts from CEDD, main consultants and contractors in Hong Kong, PolyU, and China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Fourth Harbour Engineering Institute Co., Ltd.. Design methods, construction techniques, challenges, and solutions for land reclamations using dredged sediments were discussed.

Prof. Jian-Hua Yin, Chair Professor of CEE, delivered a lecture entitled “A Sustainable Approach to Marine Reclamations, a Field Trial in Hong Kong, and Post-construction Settlement-Strength Prediction-control”. Prof. Zhen-Yu Yin, Professor of CEE, and Dr Andy Y.F. Leung, Associate Head of CEE, presided at the seminar session while Dr Pei-Chen Wu and Dr Kai Liu, Research Assistant Professors of CEE, participated in the organization of this activity.

https://www.polyu.edu.hk/cee/news-and-events/news/2023/20231128_news/