Hong Kong’s housing authorities have awarded contracts for the building of three public estates originally under Aggressive Construction Company, a firm linked to five workplace deaths in recent years, to a new contractor.
China Overseas Building Construction was announced as the replacement on Thursday after Aggressive was removed from the government’s registered list of contractors in May due to safety violations, including a 2022 crane collapse that killed three workers.
The Housing Authority, the city’s largest public housing builder, subsequently terminated the three housing contracts originally managed by Aggressive.
The three affected projects are the underground link of the Pak Tin Estate redevelopment phase 10, the development of about 1,000 public housing flats at Tuen Mun Area 29 West, and about 5,200 homes at Tung Chung Area 100.
“The remaining works will be taken up by China Overseas Building Construction Limited,” the Housing Authority said on Thursday, adding the decision was approved by its building committee and tender committee.
In addition to the collapse of a crane tower, Aggressive was also linked to a fatal industrial accident in 2020 at a Kowloon Bay construction site, where a worker was electrocuted.
