Evaluating Construction Methods: New Hotel Redevelopment, Mong Kok

This report discusses various construction methods suitable for the redevelopment of a new hotel in Mong Kok. It examines the benefits of flat slab methods, highlighting its cost-effectiveness and speed, while noting its limitations for brittle partitions. Hybrid concrete construction is presented as a high-speed, high-quality option with moderate costs and reduced damage risk. The report also explores insulating concrete formwork, emphasizing its thermal and sound insulation properties but acknowledging its higher cost and longer construction time. Tunnel form construction is identified as particularly effective for hotels and apartments, offering high quality and speed, although it requires significant capital and is unsuitable for congested sites. The report references various academic sources related to construction waste management, communication, and sustainable building maintenance.

Construction Method
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Redevlopment of new h
otel in Mong Kok

4.2 Adoption of proposed methods
and design solution
• In the redevelopment of new hotel contractor can use different methods of
construction. Benefits of using various methods for client is as follows:
• Benefits of flat slab methods : This method can be useful for hotel as
in this technique easily built slabs are used. This method uses prefabricated
service which make the making of slab easier.
• It is a cost effective method which can help hotel to construct building in
less amount of money. It is a flexible method which facilitates instillation
of frame work easily.
• It requires less amount of time in construction which is the major benefit
of this technique. However this method is not suitable for the brittle
partitions.

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• Hybrid concrete construction : New hotel for its redevelopment can
use this method because it provides high speed in construction. It use
attributes of both panellised and 3D volumetric which provides the
strongest construction .
• This method produces high quality of work. Hotel can make use of this
method because cost of construction using this technique is moderate. Risk
of damage of building also reduces by using this methods in construction.

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• Benefits of insulating concrete formwork method: This
method can be used by hotel in redevelopment as it gives high level of
thermal insulation.
• It produces high level of insulation for sound and noise. Walls made using
this method are strongest and there is no risk of damage in this approach.
• However, this approach requires large amount of time. Cost of
construction is also high in this method.

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• Tunnel form construction method : Tunnel form is very effective
method that can be used by the hotel in redevelopment process.
• This method produces high quality of work and provides speed in
construction process.
• It is the best suitable method for the hotel redevelopment as it is generally
use ion making of hotels, hostels and big apartments.
• It is very efficient method and provides high quality of work.

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• It is the best suitable method for the hotel redevelopment as it is generally
use ion making of hotels, hostels and big apartments. It is very efficient
method and provides high quality of work.
• Capital requirement in this method is high as compared to the previous
methods. However this method is complex because of formwork process
used in this technique.
• It is not suitable for the site which is congested and complex. This
approach can be used by hotel to developed its building.

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