Building Safety Week 2025 promotes building safety

Building Safety Week 2025 promotes building safety 
     Building Safety Week is a major event of the BD’s public education and publicity efforts, featuring an Open Day at the BD Headquarters, West Kowloon Government Offices, this Saturday from 10am to 5.30pm.

     The Open Day will offer a wide range of programmes, including several thematic talks on building safety covering the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme (MWIS), fire safety in buildings, water seepage in buildings, and points to note on interior alteration and addition works in premises. The talks will be conducted in Cantonese in both physical and online modes and are free of charge. Interested persons can visit the BD’s thematic website for more details and registration. 
     The BD will also host an experience-sharing session for industry practitioners in the afternoon on November 12, sharing the key points in the approval of building and structural plans and common issues in the preparation of plans, with a view to enhancing building professionals’ understanding of the important matters to pay attention to when submitting plans for approval, thus facilitating the approval process.
     
     In addition, the BD will hold the Building Safety Symposium on November 14 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as the closing event of Building Safety Week 2025. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Digital Transformation for Safer Building Design, Construction and Maintenance”. Representatives from the building industry, the property management sector, academia and the Government will delve into the application of innovative technologies in optimising building design, building repair and maintenance, and construction site safety management. Together, they will explore innovative solutions to enhance building safety and advance the future development of the industry.Issued at HKT 16:00

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