香港建築師學會、香港工程師學會、香港園境師學會及香港測量師學會（下合稱「四學會」）作為建造業主要持份者之一，對於近日接連發生的工地意外事件深感遺憾及高度關注，對因意外導致受傷及死亡的工友和其家屬致以深切慰問。鑑於近期意外率呈現上升趨勢，四學會呼籲會員確實採用和執行安全設計、管理及施工，在任何情況下，以確保安全為第一考慮因素。
建造業是香港重要產業之一，長久以來支持着香港的繁榮安定發展。經過多年努力，工地意外率已大幅下降（註：由1990年每千工人374宗，下降至2022年的29宗）。惟意外率近年呈現「平頂狀態」，未能再進一步大幅度下降，而且嚴重及造成人命傷亡的事故近期屢有發生。
即使根據現行法規，四學會的相關有效會員証可被視為等同持有「建造業安全訓練證明書」（又稱平安咭或綠咭），而現行規章亦有要求會員每年須參與若干可持續專業進修培訓，但為進一步加強工地安全管理，四學會要求會員如日常工作須進入工地，日後必須每年主動聲明已完成若干時數的安全進修，作為續牌條件。有關措施將在相關學會完成修改申請續牌程序後盡早落實。
工地安全，人人有責。四學會呼籲所有持份者，不論業主、顧問、承建商，管理人員以至前線監工及工人，在日常設計、施工及工地管理層面，均應以生命為重，將安全作業放在首位，並以達致工地零意外為目標。
香港建築師學會
香港工程師學會
香港園境師學會
香港測量師學會
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二○二三年十二月二十八日
香港建築師學會
電話：2511 6323
香港工程師學會
電話：2895 4446
香港園境師學會
電話：2896 2833
香港測量師學會
電話：2526 3679
As one of the major stakeholders in the construction industry, The Hong Kong Institute of Architects, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects and The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (hereafter “the four institutions”) deeply regret and are highly concerned about the recent series of successive construction site accidents. The four institutions extend their deepest sympathy to the workers who lost their lives or were injured in these accidents, as well as to their families. In view of the recent upward trend in accident rates, the four institutions urge their members to adopt and implement Design for Safety, safety management, and safe working exactingly, regarding safety assurance as their number one consideration under all circumstances.
The construction industry is one of Hong Kong's important industries and has long supported the city’s prosperity and stable development. Through years of effort, the accident rate at construction sites has decreased substantially (Note: from 374 cases per thousand workers in 1990 to 29 cases in 2022). In recent years, however, the rate has reached a plateau, unable yet to achieve further significant reductions. Moreover, serious incidents, and those which caused damage to human lives or the loss thereof, have become recurrent recently.
Even though holding the four institutions’ relevant valid membership cards can be considered, under the current legislation, as equivalent to holding the Construction Industry Safety Training Certificate (also known as “Safety Card” or “Green Card”), and even if the current constitutions of the four institutions require their members to undertake certain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) annually, the four institutions will request their members, if the latter’s daily work requires entry into construction sites, to annually declare the completion of certain hours of CPD safety training of their own accord as a condition for membership renewal. This is to further strengthen the safety management of construction sites. The measure will be rolled out as soon as the concerned professional institutions have completed amending their respective procedures for membership renewal application.
Site safety is everyone's responsibility. The four institutions appeal to all the stakeholders, whether they are property owners, consultants, contractors, management personnel, or frontline supervisors and workers, to give weight to lives, prioritise safe operation, and set “Zero Accident” at sites as their goal on the daily level of design, works, and site management.
The joint signatories being:
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects
The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
28 December 2023
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Email：hkiasec@hkia.org.hk
Tel：2511 6323
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Email：corpcom@hkie.org.hk
Tel：2895 4446
The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects
Email：secretariat@hkila.com
Tel：2896 2833
The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
Email：media@hkis.org.hk
Tel：2526 3679