The Hong Kong Temple

The Church was most serious about the Temple’s design and quality; and a team comprising Chief Architect / Chief Engineer/ Project Manager were sent from their US headquarters to Hong Kong to select the local consultants.

In the first week, the team interviewed the large International consultants, and none was successful.  M&P was among a list of local consultants scheduled for the second week.  (The team came to Hong Kong with a view that in Asia, only Japan could reach the Temple’s M&E standards, and so was not optimistic about the second week.)

During M&P’s interview, we explained our expertise in Combined Services Co-ordination Design and answered two questions on program control and cost control.  Without further ado, M&P was engaged, and before we had the chance to indicate our consultancy fee.

Exclusive Designs and Standards

The Church literally demanded the best of the best for the Temple.  The consultancy team introduced many new designs and achieved extra-ordinary standards through this exclusive project.   For example:

• The whole building was served by a Dual Duct system, which was a first in Hong Kong.
• Many of the Temple’s areas were not accessible to ordinary maintenance personnels, and so major M&E equipment had to be located outside these areas. (e.g. The whole building was served by large AHU’s located at basement and roof only.)
• The air-conditioning system adopted Class III fans with equipment life over 200,000 working hours (i.e. 12 hours per day for 45 years).  No equipment suppliers in Hong Kong could meet this standard, and so they had to be procured from a specialist supplier.