The Hong Kong SAR Government has picked consulting firm AECOM and Halcrow China to deliver the San Tin Technopole City, part of the city’s 610 hectare Northern Metropolis development.

AECOM will provide design, project supervision, site formation, engineering infrastructure works, landscaping works, and environmental monitoring and mitigation measures. The San Tin Technopole city is designed to support innovation and technology development, housing, community and commercial facilities, and key infrastructure.

AECOM Halcrow joint venture’s scope includes design review, detailed design, tendering and construction supervision of the 250 hectare San Tin Technopole. This includes site formation, engineering infrastructure works, landscaping works, and environmental monitoring and mitigation measures works at the area.

With the theme of “International Innovation and Technology New City”, the Northern Metropolis is designed to become Hong Kong’s new technology engine, integrating quality living, industries, and culture and leisure.

Sited near Shenzhen’s Innovation and Technology Zone in Huangang and Futian, the San Tin Technopole city plays a central role in the extensive development of the Northern Metropolis. It is strategically positioned as a hub for clustered I&T development and is intended to become a new community for healthy and sustainable living. The project will adopt an integrated low carbon infrastructure system, taking into consideration waste management, energy efficiency, water management, smart and sustainable mobility, and urban planning and design to help achieve carbon neutrality before 2050. Digital strategies such as BIM and Digital Twins will also be deployed to improve project outcomes.

The development of the San Tin Technopole will be executed in two phases, and is expected to welcome its first residents in 2031. Upon completion, it will provide around 54,000 new housing units.

“We’re pleased to extend our decades-long client relationship with the HKSAR Government and broaden our role on the Northern Metropolis through this transformative city-building project,” said Ian Chung, chief executive of AECOM’s Asia region. “Our unrivalled expertise in urban development and multidisciplinary capabilities across planning and engineering position us to craft a thriving, sustainable community that drives innovation and technological advances.”