CPC Merges with EDAW

After 15 years of planning excellence, City Planning Consultants Ltd. (CPC) enters into a new era with its merger with EDAW Ltd. Effective from 1 September 2006 we will continue to serve the HKSAR and the region under the new name of EDAW City Planning Ltd.

EDAW is the world’s largest land and environment-based planning and design firm with a strong presence in mainland China and Southeast Asia. EDAW’s award-winning, professional solutions are based on its unique D.E.E.P. (Design, Economics, Environment and Planning) approach, providing a comprehensive perspective that leverages the site potential for private or public sector developments.

With CPC’s longstanding reputation for quality and the extensive professional expertise of both practices, we will dedicate ourselves to delivering even more integrated and comprehensive planning consultancy services to our clients. The strategic partnership will further strengthen the proven capability of both firms in leading multi-disciplinary projects, and in meeting the growing demand for quality planning, design and management services across the region.

After 15 years of distinguished service, our Managing Director, Iris Tam will be leaving our office, joining the Urban Renewal Authority in September. Derek Sun and Kelvin Law, long serving Directors of CPC, will assume the directorship of EDAW City Planning Ltd. and will continue to lead the practice to excel our professional services on planning studies, urban design, master planning, project management and development consultancy in a wider regional profile. CPC and its staff will also be based out of the EDAW Asia headquarters in Hong Kong which is under the leadership of Andrew Lam, an experienced planner and now EDAW Hong Kong’s Managing Principal.

We are looking forward to the broader opportunities that this will present to our team and to our clients.

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to show our profound gratitude for your support of CPC in the past. We look forward to continuing a successful and valuable relationship that we will share into the future and to introducing our expanded team.

(01.09.2006)

Contract Awarded for an Urban Regeneration Project in Lianyungang

Following our winning entry in the International Competition for the Strategic Development Plan for the Eastern Coastal Area of Lianyungang in late 2005, we together with the Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute are awarded the contract for another challenging planning and design project in Lianyungang – The Regulatory Plan for Zhongshan East Road Southern District. The project aims to regenerate the district and to help enhance the overall image of the emerging Lianyungang Bay Area.

Other bidders include the China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute together with Australia ANZ Group Pty Ltd, etc. (29.03.2006)

CPC Planners passed the first National Examination

4 planners from CPC have passed the national examination in October 2005 held under the Agreement on Reciprocal Recognition of Professional Qualifications between the National Administration Board of Professional Planner System and the Hong Kong Institute of Planners. (29.03.2006)

CPC won the FIRST PRIZE in the International Competition for the Strategic Development Plan of the East Coastal Area in Lianyungang

CPC won the FIRST PRIZE in the International Competition for the Strategic Development Plan of the East Coastal Area in Lianyungang in November 2005.

The competition was organized by the Planning Bureau of the Lianyungang city, Jiangsu Province, which is one of the earliest 14 coastal open cities in China. The study involves the preparation of a development strategy for the 1,000 sq.km. eastern coastal region fronting Yellow Sea to provide a co-ordinated framework for port, industry, tourism, logistics, and urban development in the coming decades. As an integral part of the study, a conceptual urban design proposal was also prepared for the future coastal city centre based on strong, attractive and modern harbour themes.

CPC won in the two rounds of evaluation, including the technical panel as well as the public voting during the public exhibition period, which recorded some 40,000 number of visitors. The Urban Planning and Design Institute of Shenzhen got the second prize. Other participants include Obermeyer (Germany), RTKL (US), Atkins (UK), Nippon Sekkei (Japan), and the Zhejiang Institute of City Planning and Design. (04.01.2006)

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