We share project experience and professional insights, highlighting key industry trends with practical information for clients and the industry.
A notice starts a clock. Most of the delay that follows is not inspection time — it is time spent finding documents, arranging access and reaching a decision. Here is what to have ready first.
Most owners meet unauthorised building works at the worst moment — during a sale, a survey or an MBIS inspection. Understanding the categories, and what enforcement priority actually means, changes what you do next.
The Joint Office investigates seepage between flats, but the process is slow and narrower than most expect. Knowing what it will not establish decides whether to wait or instruct privately.
The Minor Works Control System exists so routine work does not need a full submission. It is not a shortcut around approval — it is a lighter route with its own rules, and using it wrongly creates unauthorised works.
Cap. 572 applies fire safety standards to buildings constructed before they existed. For an Owners' Corporation the difficulty is rarely the works themselves — it is scope, cost and getting a decision made in time.
Government departments and large institutions began scoring ESG in tender evaluation around 2022. Two Hong Kong SMEs — a cleaning contractor and Opulence Management — on what changed.
What happens when a Hong Kong building over 30 years old is served an MBIS notice — the inspection scope, the appointment of a Registered Inspector, and how Opulence supports owners through the process.
Why drone-based façade inspection is becoming standard in Hong Kong building management — and how Swift Cruise combines CAD-licensed drones with AI defect analysis for safer, faster surveys.
Hong Kong's new Basic Housing Unit regime sets statutory minimums for subdivided units. Here's what landlords should assess now to avoid a rushed compliance scramble later.
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