Kedge Construction actively engages in various domestic engineering projects, leveraging its extensive experience and professional expertise to contribute to diverse construction initiatives. The company has participated in numerous major infrastructure development projects, spanning from transportation hubs to municipal engineering works, while also partnering with government entities on public urban renewal and MRT joint development projects, continuously pursuing innovation and earning widespread recognition and acclaim through exceptional quality and innovative methodologies.
Throughout project execution, Kedge Construction focuses not only on engineering quality but also emphasizes positive social and economic impacts. We actively foster local economic development and remain committed to creating employment opportunities. Furthermore, we continuously work to maintain harmonious relationships with local communities, striving to minimize potential impacts during the construction process and achieve a balanced integration of economic and social benefits.
Bridges serve as critical structural components within the domestic highway network. Current planning predominantly adopts bridge-over-road solutions. To ensure bridge structures fulfill their design objectives and maintain vehicle and pedestrian safety, regular inspection and maintenance operations have become essential daily responsibilities for bridge management authorities. Following inspection, Miaoli County’s Houlong Sea Viewing Bridge and Xihu Creek Bridge were determined to have inadequate flood and seismic resistance capabilities. This reconstruction project simultaneously extends the Bridges’ service life while ensuring both driving safety and comfort.
Road accessibility must be maintained throughout reconstruction to preserve surrounding residents’ daily functions and ensure road user safety
Mitigation Measures
To maintain road accessibility during construction, half-and-half construction with phased detour implementation is necessary
During northbound lane construction, traffic flow is redirected to southbound lanes, and conversely during southbound lane construction, maintaining bidirectional traffic flow with planned detour routes
Construction barriers will be implemented for separation, with traffic management facilities installed in detour sections
Directional signage will be positioned at intersections to guide vehicle flow and achieve effective traffic distribution
The third-phase detour must maintain bidirectional four-lane capacity plus dedicated motorcycle and bicycle lanes. Due to heavy vehicle volume and high speeds on the West Coast Expressway, initial traffic incidents were frequent. Subsequently, enhanced traffic management measures were implemented, including twice-daily road patrols and bi-weekly road maintenance to ensure road user safety!
Mitigation Measures
Beyond standard protective measures including personal protective equipment, safety lifelines, and protective nets, additional construction support measures are implemented to ensure personnel safety
Inter-span access: steel structural work platforms
Lateral movement: temporary steel columns and steel work beams
Steel sheet pile installation using water jet pilot hole construction continuously encountered obstacles, resulting in suboptimal on-site construction productivity
Mitigation Measures
Following team evaluation of three construction methodologies – spiral pilot hole, foundation elevation, and guided open excavation – the spiral drill pilot hole approach demonstrated minimal deviation from the original construction method.
Spiral drill pilot hole assistance reduces installation complexity, thereby improving existing cofferdam construction efficiency. This construction approach does not increase environmental impact on rivers and ecosystems, while enabling obstacle removal during the pilot hole process.
Kedge focuses not only on group building construction but also actively expands into diverse engineering sectors. Through close collaboration with TSMC, the company has undertaken multiple technology facility construction projects, alongside infrastructure development including railway and bridge engineering, exhibition centers, and urban renewal initiatives. This diversified strategic positioning helps ensure sustained growth in engineering project volume over the coming years, securing Kedge’s competitive advantage in future markets.
Technical Term Classroom
Half-and-half construction：
refers to an engineering approach where construction is not conducted comprehensively at once, but rather proceeds through staged, sectional implementation. For instance, during road construction, work may commence on one half while maintaining traffic flow on the other half, then switching to construct the remaining section upon completion. This methodology minimizes impact on traffic flow and surrounding environments, enabling concurrent engineering operations and daily activities.
Kedge undertook the design-build construction project for a semiconductor supplier facility within New Taipei International AI+ Smart Park (New Taipei City Linkou Industrial Zone One), spanning 6.68 hectares. Beyond clean room facilities, the project encompasses offices, research and development centers, and logistics warehouses. The factory design integrates zero-carbon concepts, featuring extensive green infrastructure including rooftop and vertical greening systems, while committed to minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. The project targets LEED Gold and WELL Platinum certifications to achieve sustainable development objectives.
This project encompasses approximately 25,000 tsubo of floor area with primarily RC construction, requiring over 50,000 cubic meters of concrete usage, generating substantial carbon dioxide emission.
Mitigation Measures
The project’s concrete mix design limits total replacement materials such as slag powder and fly ash to no more than 15%, maintaining cement content at 85%.
Kedge Construction actively promotes carbon reduction initiatives, addressing the structural components with highest emission ratios by seeking building materials with lower embodied carbon. The team implemented PLC low-carbon concrete technology, substantially reducing carbon emissions.
Due to structural strength requirements and exceptional floor heights (1F exceeding 10M, 3F exceeding 8M), column reinforcement arrangements became excessively dense and challenging to install. The Linkou region’s susceptibility to weather disruptions significantly impacts on-site construction, with traditional construction methods presenting substantial schedule delay risks.
Mitigation Measures
Implementation of NTC Pre-assembly Construction Method
Considering handover timelines, construction quality, and safety requirements, the team adopted pre-assembled reinforcement cages for columns, replacing traditional rebar binding methods.
Utilizing reinforcement cages pre-fabricated at manufacturing facilities or on-site staging areas, coordinated with project schedules for direct continuation or lap splicing installation.
Since column reinforcement cages are pre-assembled using this methodology, tower crane operations enable continuation during construction phases to complete the building’s primary structural systems.
This approach not only reduces on-site construction duration and labor requirements but also significantly enhances construction quality management capabilities.
Taiwan’s declining birth rate, aging construction workforce, and reduced labor productivity contribute to construction industry labor shortages.
Mitigation Measures
Column reinforcement utilizes NTC pre-assembly methodology, with semi-finished components pre-fabricated at manufacturing facilities or ground-level staging areas. On-site mechanized assembly reduces field personnel requirements through concentrated deployment periods, minimizing schedule impacts.
Formwork systems employ traditional approaches including plywood formwork to enhance reusable system formwork applications, improving formwork productivity and mitigating manpower shortage impacts.
Plywood formwork implementation reduces wall finishing requirements, consequently decreasing cement consumption and masonry construction labor demands.
