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  • 生命第一 安全訊息 (熱帶氣旋)

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    Dear member,

     

    The Society has received the information of captioned subject from CIC.  Please refer to below email for detail.

    致：

    建造安全專責委員會及各小組委員會成員

     

    由於熱帶氣旋迫近，建造業議會就此向各持份者發放以下安全訊息。煩請  閣下在合適情況下，將以下訊息轉發給 貴會會員 / 機構相關人員及業界其他持份者，謝謝。

     

    各建築工地/保養維修工程的負責人須特別留意工地的安全狀況，尤其是外牆棚架、吊船及起重機械包括塔式起重機(天秤)和流動式起重機等的結構及使用的安全狀況，並採取以下措施，以免危害工友及公眾安全。

     

    一、關於颱風來臨前的預防措施

     

    1.     建築工地內架設的棚架應處於良好及穩固狀況，須有足夠的連牆器、繫件、頂杆、斜杆、托架〔或稱“狗臂架”〕，以及把棚架上的塑膠帆布拆除，以穩固棚架 ；

    2.     不可將鬆散物料放置在或靠近任何棚架，或靠近地盤外圍；

    3.     所有圍街板、臨時結構及鬆散的物件須被綁好、固定或將其拆卸，須有足夠的沙包以備堵塞遭損毀的缺口，以防泥石流湧出建築工地影響公眾地方；

    4.     應依照建築工地的塔式起重機(天秤)製造商的操作手冊以及因應工地周邊環境，作出適當的防風措施，例如將旋轉固定制放開(即保持在“鬆秤”狀態，並須確保空迴時不會有撞擊結構物或電纜的危害)，使擺臂自由擺動並應將吊運車放置在最小半徑內，吊鈎升至最高位置，以減低所承受的風力 ；

    5.     應將流動式起重機械的吊鈎升至最高位置，並將吊臂縮至最短及放至最低的位置，以減低所承受的風力；

    6.     颱風來臨前地下室或挖掘範圍應加強擋土支撐，並增置沙包，以防止雨水灌入，並清除有飛落之虞的土石或物件；

    7.     從事外牆工作人員應停止有關工作，並應依照製造商的操作手冊，將吊船收回地面或指定位置及加以穩固；

    8.     切斷所有不必要電源及加強對露天臨時電力供應箱的保護，以防用電設備損壞而造成觸電危險；

    9.     僱主應採取適當應變措施，並提供安全設備及個人防護裝備，如安全帽、防水安全靴、雨衣等，以確保必要當值人員的安全；

    10.   當八號颱風訊號懸掛前，應將建築工地關閉，而所有工作應暫停進行，並疏散所有工友。

     

    二、關於颱風吹襲後的預防措施

     

    1.     颱風訊號除下後，承造商必須巡視建築工地所有區域，如有任何損毀，需立即維修，確保建築工地回復安全狀況後，方可正常運作；

    2.     棚架在使用前須由合資格人士重新檢查，及確定處於安全狀態方可使用，及作有關紀錄；

    3.     恢復正常工作前，須確保所有已受颱風影響的起重機械處於穩固的安全狀態，並須由合資格人員檢驗及作詳細紀錄，經測試確定操作正常及安全後，方可使用；

    4.     颱風過後，挖掘工程範圍應由合資格人士檢驗臨時結構及泥土情況，確保穩固後方可繼續相關工序，並檢測用電設備，以避免觸電。

     

    以上只列出安全重點，詳細內容請參閱 《工廠及工業經營規例》、《建築地盤(安全) 規例》，勞工處發出的 《惡劣天氣下的工作安全指南》，《颱風及暴雨警告下的工作守則》，《竹棚架工作安全守則》，《安全使用和操作吊船工作守則》 ，《金屬棚架工作安全守則 》，《安全使用塔式起重機工作守則》，《安全使用流動式起重機工作守則》。

     

    相關連結：

    香港天文台

    http://www.hko.gov.hk

     

    行業發展－建造安全

    建造業議會

  • [Institute of Transport Studies] Distinguished Transport Lecture by Professor Chao-Yang WANG on 9 De

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    Dear Member,

     

    The Society has received the captioned webinar information from Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong.  Details can be found as shown below.

    Message from Institute of Transport Studies

    Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2022 – The Transport Decarbonisation Series

    LECTURE TITLE
    Heat-Tolerant Batteries for Electric Vehicles (Click here for the poster)

    SPEAKER
    Professor Chao-Yang WANG
    Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC)
    The Pennsylvania State University

    DATE AND TIME
    9th December, 2022 10:30-11:30am (Hong Kong Time)
    8th December, 2022, 09:30-10:30pm (Eastern Standard Time)

    REGISTRATION
    FREE of charge
    Register via the link below Or by email to hkits@hku.hk
    Confirmation emails will be sent to participants.
    For registration, please visit: https://www.institute-of-transport-studies.hku.hk/event-details/dtls20221209/form    

    ORGANISED BY
    Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong

    ABSTRACT
    Mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) for decarbonization is presently hindered by battery safety, high cost, and low utilization of critical raw materials. Today’s lithium ion batteries (LiBs), originated from application to man-portable electronics, are not designed to exhibit safety, lifetime and operational robustness required of machine-like applications like EVs. For example, thermal runaway in LiBs with highly volatile and flammable electrolytes caused General Motors’ vehicle recall of $1.8B loss in 2021. Same batteries also experience severe degradation in surging air temperatures and will not survive hot summers. In this talk, I will present the development of heat-tolerant batteries for stable operation at elevated temperatures, much enhanced safety, and greatly simplified thermal management, paving the way to transport decarbonization. Profoundly, this development unveils a new design paradigm for EV batteries without having to trade-off among energy, power, safety, lifetime, and cost.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKER
    Dr. Chao-Yang Wang is William E. Diefenderfer Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Chemical and Materials Science & Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He has 220+ journal publications and an H-index of 110. He holds over 140 patents and has published two books, “Battery Systems Engineering” by Wiley and “Modeling and Diagnostics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells” by Springer. Dr. Wang is known for his innovations in batteries and fuel cells; particularly for the cross-disciplinary understanding of transport and electrochemistry in fuel cells and for pioneering a new battery paradigm with modulatable interfaces. The all-climate battery (ACB) he invented was adopted by 2022 Winter Olympics as well as commercialized by several carmakers. His latest inventions on fast charging batteries (FCB) and heat-tolerant batteries (HTB) also received widespread attention in industries. He is a fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the recipient of many awards, including the inaugural Research Excellency Award in Fuel Cells from International Association of Hydrogen Energy (IAHE). Dr. Wang’s expertise covers the transport, materials, manufacturing and modeling of batteries and fuel cells.

    ABOUT THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    The Institute of Transport Studies, HKU was established in 2003. It is a university centre that seeks to identify research programmes as mission-oriented activities and not by traditional academic disciplines alone. As an exemplary interdisciplinary research group, the Institute is having 29 Institute Fellows, all being academic staff at the Professional level, from the Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine. Apart from hosting the Distinguished Transport Lecture series, international workshops and other seminars, the Institute has co-organized the International Conference on Smart Mobility and Logistics in Future Cities with the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics in Hong Kong and the Transport Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.