Construction Facilities
Construction Facilities
The Division of School Construction and Property Management was set up in August 1998, responsible for the supervision, assessment, compilation, and administration of construction projects and management of property belonging to municipal schools and social work organizations. In line with the Department’s various construction projects, upgrade has been done to improve school facilities and hence the quality of education. We aim to create a diverse, people-oriented educational environment to realize the vision set out in the white paper. The Department aims to effectively reduce the number of students per class and ease the burden of schools of which the enrollment quota has been filled for students to be entitled to a larger learning space. The various construction projects remain in progress. Improve the appearance of school buildings and make an ideal campus environment is the primary objective of a campus upgrade project. We will continue to pursue the goal of creating a safe, comfortable, beautiful and people-oriented campus environment for our younger generation.
● Important Measures
1. Put in place standards for construction of school buildings to improve teaching quality and realize the vision of perpetual management and operation
The standards will govern the following: (1) the percentage of the administrative area and space allocated for special subject classes, classrooms and public service areas in elementary and high schools; (2) space entitlement per student/teacher or percentage of classroom area to total school area. School buildings are evaluated on the basis of 28 facility benchmarks with respect to the existing, exemplary and target conditions. The statistics offer schools a good indication on formulating the space allocation plan for teaching areas and peripheral facilities. The information may also be used to estimate a reasonable construction area and budget to achieve the objectives of total capacity control and perpetual management.
2. Set up standards governing the appraisal of the acquisition of reserved land by new schools for the reference of policy administrators
Through analysis of the relevant regulations and reviews on school establishment standards, conduct an overall review on the demand for and development benefits of reserved school the Department lands according to the actual population of enrolled students and the scope of services. as set up the standards for land utilization evaluation to offer important basis for decision makers with respect to setting up new schools.
3. Process compensation claims for acquisition of school land and demolition costs associated with expansion projects to enable timely acquisition of the school land
Draw out the budget for compensation claims according to the annual plan and formulate a detailed plan on relocation arrangements and social surveys. Make public demolition announcement and set up an inter-division taskforce to oversee the demolition projects including surveys, data collection and documentation, conducting information sessions, audit the relevant documents and household registration data, compile a list of legal or illegal buildings, conduct appraisal, measurement of old buildings and process compensation claims to ensure timely acquisition of the land.
4. Organize professional knowledge seminars for general administrative personnel to effectively improve their job performance
Conduct seminars on the Government Procurement Act to enhance general administrative staffs’ regulatory competency. The Department has completed compilation of the “Construction Procedures Manual” and “General Affairs Manual” to enhance project administrative staffs’ basic knowledge on planning, design, supervision and management procedures pertaining to construction projects.
● Future Prospects
1. Improve school facility and offer a comfortable environment by upgrading old school buildings and renovating selective old facilities. Set aside a generous budget for acquisition of additional facility.
2. Enhance campus safety facilities and create a safe learning environment. Effectively improve safety infrastructure projects of all municipal schools and organizations to ensure campus safety and fully realize the city’s mission of improving public safety.
3. Improve the professional competency of general administrative staffs by offering continuing education programs. Organize regular seminars on construction, procurement and engineering regulations on an annual basis. Effectively carry out the function of the director of schools’ general affairs office to educate base-level employees on the relevant laws and regulations.
4. Strengthen the function of the Joint General Affairs Work Center. Consolidate existing operational mechanism and continue to host regional workshops for general administrative staff. Through experience sharing and passing-down information, schools are more closely related to offer effective support to one another.
5. Continue to put in place new standards, rules and blueprint for new construction or renovation projects for schools and organizations to refer to.
6. Set up a school construction project and property management system to effectively control the basic details of the various construction projects. The database shall store information such as land title registration, construction items and unit price data. Set up standard processing procedures to enable users to obtain the relevant details in a timely manner. Effectively control details of school construction projects while at the same time offering management services.
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