David S.K. Au & Associates Ltd. (DAAL) was established in 1980 and it aims to deliver holistic architectural, engineering and surveying services to the clients. With the unique, multi-disciplinary teams operating under the same roof, all the required experienced manpower resources are readily available for the smooth execution of the projects, under very tight programme.
DAAL has over 250 staff and over 40 years of a one stop Building Design Consultant with extensive experience in Commercial, Institutional, Residential, Special Industrial building developments, involving building plan submission, detailed design approval and statutory site supervision, leading to issue of occupation permit. This key experience has allowed DAAL to win the role of Independent Checking Consultant for the prestigious Third Runway Project at the Hong Kong International Airport.
Signature Projects
Quarantine Camp in Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre
Client: | Architectural Services Department |
Project Role: |
Engineering Design Checker |
Type of MiC: |
Steel |
GFA: | 4, 757 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 3 |
Number of Modules: | 99 |
Number of Units: | 99 |
Project Period: | Feb - Apr 2020 |
MiC Parts: |
Residential Accommodation Units |
Other Project Features: |
Due to COVID-19 outbreak, HKSAR Government proposed to build several temporary quarantine facilities. This project is one of Hong Kong’s pilot cases for MiC and it took around 80 days to design and build three blocks of 3-storey temporary quarantine facilities. |
Joint-user Government Office Building in Area 67, Tseung Kwan O
Client: | Architectural Services Department |
Project Role: |
Full Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services |
Type of MiC: |
Concrete |
GFA: | 68,424 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 26 |
Number of Modules: | 105 |
Number of Units: | 130 |
MiC Parts: |
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Other Project Features: |
HKSAR Government has decided the bureau / departments and the Judiciary in the Wan Chai Government Offices Compound to be relocated in phases to new Joint-user Government Office Building in Area 67, Tseung Kwan O to make way for the development of convention and exhibition facilities, hotel facilities and Grade A office space. |
Ying Wa Module Community
Client: | Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) |
Project Role: | Full Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services |
CFA/GFA: | 4,474 m2 / 3,571 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 4 |
Number of Modules: | 140 |
Number of Units: | 137 |
MiC Parts: | All part of building except separate machine block |
Other Project Features: |
The housing shortage issue is prominent in Hong Kong. Due to delivery timelines, permanent housing cannot address immediate housing demand for general public in need. SoCO believes that the development of modular housing, with reference to foreign and local experience, can be a useable way to provide social housing to alleviate present living and economic difficulties of grassroots. |
A 30-classroom Primary School at Tsuen Wan West Station Development
Client: | Architectural Services Department |
Project Role: | Full Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services (including MiC) |
Type of MiC: | Concrete |
CFA/GFA: | 12,820 m2 / 10,850 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 7 |
Number of Modules: | 33 |
Number of Units: | 120 |
MiC Parts: |
Classroom and Toilet of Typical Floor |
Other Project Features: |
David S.K. Au & Associates Ltd was appointed as the structural sub-consultant to Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Limited (ALKF+) Architects, the lead consultant appointed by the Architectural Services Department for the design and construction of A 30-classroom primary school at Tsuen Wan West, Site TW7 Project, in August 2019. The project site is located at Wing Shun Street and is partially surrounded some existing residential developments. Within and surrounding the site, there are nine registered geotechnical features. Environmental impacts will be a major consideration in the project development. The construction is scheduled to commence in August 2021 and the new school facility will be ready for opening in September 2024. In this project, apart from those general requirements of ArchSD on cost-time effective construction to be satisfied, a new construction method, Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) concept will be adopted for achieving a higher reduction in labour, cost, time and construction waste. |
Elderly's Home at Jat Min Chuen Chung Yuet Lau
Client: |
Hong Kong Housing Society |
Project Role: | Full Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services |
Type of MiC: | Steel |
CFA | 2,733 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 10 |
Number of Modules: | 136 |
Number of Units: | 64 |
MiC Parts: |
Room Units |
Other Project Features: |
Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) is desirous of developing about 70 nos. of Purpose-Built Elderly Flats at Jat Min Chuen to promote more effective and rational use of Public Rental Housing resources and implementing the development project by way of Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) in support of the New Initiative of the Government as promulgated in the Chief Executive’s 2018 Policy Address.
The site covers an area of about 490 m² and occupies the open space bounded by the southern end of the low block of Ming Yiu Lau & the internal approach of the open carpark of the Estate. The proposed units are intended for elderly tenants now living in JMC in under-occupied units. All the new units will be constructed by way of steel-MiC and the remainder in-situ concrete construction. |
FEHD Skylight Market at Tin Sau Road, Tin Shui Wai
Client: | Architectural Services Department/ Food and Environmental Hygiene Department |
Project Role: | Full Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services |
Type of MiC: | Steel |
CFA: | 1,100 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 3 |
Number of Modules: | 40 |
Number of Units: | 40 |
MiC Parts: |
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Other Project Features: |
There is a genuine need for the Government to provide public markets in new town development to serve the local community on district-based. The Chief Executive pledged in the 2017 Policy Address that the Government would make available resources for building a new public market in Tin Shui Wai. Upon completion of the studies on site selection, the Government planned to spare space at the section of Tin Fuk Road outside TSW MTR Station for building a new public market. |
E&M Equipment in a Separate Modular Integrated Construction Unit (emMiC)
Client: |
Construction Industry Council |
Project Role: | Independent Checking Engineer for AP, RSE & RGE issues |
Type of MiC: | Concrete |
CFA/GFA: | 15 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 1 |
Number of Modules: | 1 |
Number of Units: | 1 |
Project Period: | 2019 |
MiC Parts: |
R.C. MiC Module |
Other Project Features: |
Zero Carbon Park has recently conducted a major renovation on the air-conditioning (A/C) system to cater for an increase demand. An innovative cooling & heating method, the emic Stormwater Air-conditioning System was applied. This novel system has integrated seamlessly with the Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) technology that captures the benefits on the construction and operation of the sustainable A/C plant. |
The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association New Headquarters And Youth Hostel Development
Client: | The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association |
Project Role: | Full Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Services |
Type of MiC: | Concrete |
CFA/GFA: | 25,700 m2/ 21,360 m2 |
Number of Floors: | 30 |
Number of Modules: | 565 |
Number of Units: | 565 |
MiC Parts: |
Room Units at youth hostel |
Other Project Features: |
To meet the aspirations of some working youth in having their own living spaces and to unleash the potential of development sites, the Government announced the introduction of the YHS in the 2011-12 Policy Address. Under the YHS, HKGGA will be fully funded by the Government to construct youth hostels on under-utilised sites and, upon completion, operate the youth hostels on a self-financing basis. |