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Appendix 7 Slopes and Retaining Walls2.4 Regular checks of buried water-carrying services• Leakage from buried water-carrying services may not produce visible signs on slopes orretaining walls. Therefore, regular inspection of these services should be carried out.• Any damaged water-carrying services should be repaired without delay.• Checking of buried drains and sewers can be carried out by drainage contractors using anumber of methods, general guidance on which can be found in the leaflet "Advisory Noteon Inspection and Maintenance of Private Drainage and Water Services Affecting Slopes"available from District Offices.2.5 Routine maintenance works• Routine slope maintenance works can be carried out by a general building contractor or aspecialist contractor in site formation works category as. per the advice of building professionals.• A list of registered contractors is available for inspection at District Offices and the <strong>Buildings</strong>Department or from the departments web site at www.info.gov.hk/bd.3 Engineer inspections for maintenance3.1 Scope of the inspections• Although proper routine maintenance of a slope or retaining wall can greatly reduce the riskof a landslip, the slope/retaining wall may still not be sufficiently safe for various reasons,such as inherent design or construction deficiencies, or changes of soil properties that havetaken place in the vicinity. Therefore, an Engineer Inspection should be carried out to assessthe need of maintenance and condition of the slopes/retaining wall from an in-depthprofessional standpoint.• A model brief for the Engineer Inspections for Maintenance has been included in the "Layman'sGuide to Slope Maintenance", which is available from District Offices.Appendix 7
Appendix 7 Slopes and Retaining Walls3.2 Frequency of the inspections• Minimum once every 5 years.• More frequent inspections may be recommended by the original designer of the slope inthe Maintenance Manual.• More frequent inspections may be recommended by the engineer commissioned to carryout the previous inspection.• It may also be requested by those who carry out the Routine Maintenance Inspections ona need basis.3.3 Personnel for the inspections• An Engineer Inspection for Maintenance should be carried out by a geotechnical engineerprofessionally qualified in Hong Kong.• A suitable qualification is Registered Professional Engineer (Geotechnical), information onwhich can be obtained from the Engineers Registration Board. The address is : EngineersRegistration Board, c/o Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 9/F, Island Beverley, 1 GreatGeorge Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.Website ; www.erb.org.hk(Tel: 2895 4446)(Fax: 25777791)Publications Available from the Civil Engineering DepartmentCivil Engineering Department publishes a number of information leaflets, booklets and promotionalmaterials to raise public awareness of slope safety. These include:How to Protect Yourself and Your Family when the Landslip Warning is in ForceKeep Your Slope SafeDon't Carry Out Unauthorized CultivationAdvice to Squatters in Respect of LandslipsTraining Video CD on slope safety problems and common methods of slope maintenanceAppendix 7
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