Surveys of all registered slopes within the territory are required by the HKSAR Lands Department, to be undertaken on a 5 year cyclic programme.All water carrying services within 5m of the crest and toe of slopes must be checked for leakage in accordance with the Works Branch Publication “COP on Inspection and Maintenance of Water Carrying Service Affecting Slopes (1996)”.Slopes fall under three areas of responsibility, i.e., government, joint government & private and private.The surveys are required to locate and identify any leakage in any water carrying service that may cause any slope to become unstable and cause possible slope collapse.
The scope of the slope survey covers: |
Utility Detection, Mapping & Tracing Description: Use of cable locator to provide mapping and tracing of power and telecommunication cables and ducting at surface level and compile utility maps in accordance with HKSAR Regulation 406 specifications.The range of equipment used enables our professionally trained staff to locate metallic and non-metallic cabling and cable ducting.
The locations and routing of these utilities are marked on the ground enabling our survey team to plot and provide as-built utility plans in ACAD format. |