P.O.

Box 100, Ma On Shan Post Office, New Territories

Phone: +852 91208024 E-mail: [email protected]

Advanced Technovation Limited, established in 2006, specialises in providing engineering

consulting and professional development services. In professional development, it publishes
technical publications, and organises Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses,
technical seminars, symposia and conferences. These CPD courses, seminars, symposia and
conferences may be used for partial fulfilment of the training requirements for graduate
engineers, enhancement of technical capability for young engineers, or updating of technical
knowledge for experienced engineers. Details of the upcoming course on Design and
Construction of Large-diameter Bored Piles in Hong Kong are as follows:

Title: Design and Construction of Large-diameter Bored Piles in Hong Kong

Instructor: Ir Dr. Albert T. Yeung
Language: Cantonese (with technical terms and materials in English)
Date: Monday, 13th January 2020 (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
Venue: Crystal Ballroom, 2nd Floor, The Cityview (城景國際), 23 Waterloo Road,
Yaumatei, Kowloon (MTR Yau Ma Tei Station Exit 2A)
Cost: $1,850 (include coffee breaks, buffet lunch, course notes and attendance
certificate)
Early bird discount: $1,650 for registration completed on or before 6th January 2020
Payment: (1) A deposit to "Advanced Technovation Limited" at HSBC Account
No. 400-304267-001 and get a receipt;
(2) FPS 3116993 and take a screen capture; or
(3) An e-cheque payable to "Advanced Technovation Limited"
Registration: (1) register online at adv-technovation.com and submit the image of the
receipt or screen capture, or an e-cheque; or
(2) fill in the reply slip and email the completed reply slip with the receipt,
screen capture, or e-cheque to [email protected]
Applicants will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. All accepted
registration will be confirmed by e-mail within 48 hours of application.

Questions: Please contact Ms. Iris Luk at [email protected]

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Course Description
This popular CPD course has been continuously updated to include recent
developments in Hong Kong and Macau. The design of large-diameter bored piles appears to
be relatively simple as the allowable bearing capacity and resistance to lateral earth pressure
are limited by the presumptive values stated in Code of Practice for Foundations and related
government publications. However, many common design errors occur from a practical
viewpoint, rendering construction very difficult, if not impossible. Moreover, there are also
new requirements stipulated in the Code of Practice for Foundations 2017. The design
component of the CPD course has thus been substantially updated for Hong Kong practice.
There are many practical problems confronting geotechnical engineers and
contractors on site during the construction of large-diameter bored piles. This one-day
continuing professional development (CPD) short course is developed to illustrate to
engineers who are interested in geotechnical engineering some practical aspects in the design
and construction of large-diameter bored piles in Hong Kong including:
 Types and definitions of large-diameter bored piles
 Design philosophy of bored piles
 Design requirements of the Code of Practice for Foundations 2017
 Common design errors from a practical viewpoint
 Detailed construction procedures of large-diameter bored piles
 Construction equipment for large-diameter bored pile
 Integrity testing of large-diameter bored piles and remedial measures
 Difficulties in large-diameter bored pile construction
 Pitfalls in site supervision for large-diameter bored pile construction
 Full-scale load tests for large-diameter bored piles
More than 600 slides on various aspects of large-diameter bored pile construction in
Hong Kong and Macau will be shown for illustration and detailed discussion.

The Instructor
Ir Dr. Albert T. YEUNG is on the civil engineering faculty of The University of
Hong Kong (HKU). He is also an Adjunct Professor of Taiyuan University of Technology (太
原理工大學) under the International 100 Talents Scheme of Shanxi Province, China. He is a
Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), a Fellow of the Institution of
Civil Engineers of U.K. (FICE), and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
(FHKIE). He is also a member of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering.
He received his BSc(Eng)(Hon) in civil engineering from HKU with first class honors, MS
and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of
Professor James K. Mitchell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer of Hong Kong in civil,
environmental and geotechnical disciplines (RPE), a Chartered Engineer of U.K. (CEng), and
a Registered Professional Engineer of Texas (PE).

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Before his return to Hong Kong in 1998, he was on the civil engineering faculty of
Northeastern University in Boston and Texas A&M University in College Station of the
United States for a total of more than 7 years. He was also a Research Assistant Engineer of
Texas Transportation Institute for 8 years. After his return to Hong Kong, he served as Chief
Engineer of Binnie Black & Veatch Hong Kong Limited (a subsidiary of Black & Veatch of
Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.A.), and Assistant Secretary for Financial Services and the
Treasury of the Hong Kong HKSAR Government before his return to academia in 2003.
He is the Immediate Past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Asian Civil
Engineering Coordinating Council which is composed of 13 civil engineering member
societies worldwide. He is also the Immediate Past Chair of the ASCE Region 10
(International Region) Assembly. He is serving on the Editorial Board of Geomechanics and
Geoengineering: An International Journal and The Open Waste Management Journal. He is
serving on the Board of Directors of the International Press-in Association and the Centre for
Pavement Excellence Asia Pacific Limited. He is an external member of the Construction
Programme Board of the Vocational Training Council. He is an External Examiner of The
Open University of Hong Kong, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, the Hong Kong
Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi), and the Technological and Higher Education
Institute of Hong Kong. He is serving on Election Committee (Engineering Subsector), and
the Appeal Tribunal Panel Section 45 of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123) of the
Development Bureau, both of the HKSAR Government. He is serving as a member of the
Electoral College of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the 13th National
People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (香港特別行政區第十三屆全國人民代
表大會選舉會議成員). Moreover, he has been serving as an engineering consultant to many
government departments, consultants, contractors and lawyers in Hong Kong and Macau.
Moreover, he has been serving as an Expert Witness in the High Court, District Courts, and
Magistrates of Hong Kong and arbitration tribunals. Recently, he is serving as an
Independent Structural Engineering Expert for the Commission of Inquiry into the
Diaphragm Wall and Platform Slab Construction Works at the Hung Hom Station Extension
under the Shatin to Central Link Project.
He has more than two hundred publications to his credit. His notable awards include
the IPA Research Grant Awards of the International Press-in Association 2008, 2012 and
2014; Best Presentation Award of the 1st International Conference on Utility Management
and Safety, Hong Kong, 2009; the 1st Prize of Civil Engineering Papers of the Year Award
2008 of HKIE; the Peter H.K. Chan Award 2001 for the Best Environmental Paper of HKIE;
the Samuel Arnold Greeley Award 1999 of ASCE; the Arthur Casagrande Professional
Development Award 1996 of ASCE; the Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award 1994 of the
American Society for Engineering Education; the Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Select Young Faculty Award 1993; the Kumagai Prize 1994 of HKIE; among many others.

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Course Schedule
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Introduction
Types and definitions of bored piles
Legal, contractual and practical design considerations of
bored piles
Step-by-step construction procedures of bored piles
Design of large-diameter bored piles in Hong Kong
Common design problems from a practical viewpoint
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Predrilling
Installation of temporary casing including the
telescoping method for bored pile construction
Excavation in soil and rock for bored piles
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Buffet lunch (included)
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Installation of permanent casing for bored piles
Installation of reinforcement cages and accessories
Concreting of bored piles
Use of bentonite in bored pile construction
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Coffee break
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Potential construction problems
Post-construction integrity testing of bored piles
 Sonic logging
 Interface coring
 Proof coring
Remediation of soft toes
Pitfalls in site supervision
Full-scale load tests for large-diameter bored piles
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Discussions and distribution of certificates

Recent Continuing Professional Development Courses,

Seminars, Symposia and Conferences
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and design to codes of practice " by Ir Professor J.S. Kuang = 4th December 2019
"Seismic resistant structures: Analysis and design. I. Seismology and seismic response of
structures and buildings" by Ir Professor J.S. Kuang = 2nd December 2019
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Mr. Raymond Wong – 13th November 2019

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Mr. Peter Wu, Miss Annie Cheng and Mr. David Fung – 26th August 2019
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by Ir Dr. Albert T. Yeung – 24th July 2019
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laws" by Ir C.F. Lam - 12th June 2019
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– 15th March 2019
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18th February 2019
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buildings and design to codes of practice" by Ir Professor J.S. Kuang – 21st January 2019
"Seismic resistant structures: Analysis and design. I. Seismology and seismic response of
structures and buildings" by Ir Professor J.S. Kuang – 18th January 2019

Publications by Advanced Technovation Limited

Feng, X., and Yue, Z.Q. (2016). Editors. Proc., International Geotechnics Symposium cum
International Meeting of CSRME 14th Biennial National Congress. Advanced
Technovation Limited, Hong Kong.
澳門工程師學會 (2012). 第六屆粵港澳可持續發展研討會(澳門)論文集. Advanced
Technovation Limited, Hong Kong.
Kwan, A.K.H., Wong, K., and Choi, P.Y. (2011). Editors. The 2nd International Conference
on Utility Management and Safety. Advanced Technovation Limited, Hong Kong.
鄭在仁、王如龍 (2010). 基地調查手冊. 澳門岩土工程協會. Advanced Technovation
Limited, Hong Kong.
Wong, K., and Allen, R.J. (2009). Code of Practice for Conduct Condition Evaluation Using
CCTV in Hong Kong, 4th Edition. Advanced Technovation Limited, Hong Kong.
Kwan, A.K.H. (2009). Editor. The 1st International Conference on Utility Management and
Safety. Advanced Technovation Limited, Hong Kong.
Yeung, A.T., and Lo, I.M.C. (2008). Editors. Environmental Geotechnology and Global
Sustainable Development 2008. Advanced Technovation Limited, Hong Kong.
Yin, J.-H., Li, X.S., Yeung, A.T., and Desai, C.S. (2007). Editors. Constitutive Modelling –
Development, Implementation, Evaluation, and Application. Advanced Technovation
Limited, Hong Kong.