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This was particularly challenging to CDNIS as the Canadian government has no constitutional jurisdiction over education here in Hong Kong and no financial support is available.

The physical impact/presence of the campus of CDNIS is easy to see and appreciate.

With the completion of the “School-in-the-Sky”, the only remaining unbuilt area of the Site was a small piece of land in the southeast corner.

Back in 1994/95 when the small team of John Crawford, Li Ho-Kin and Neil Johnston were working on the initial design concepts for the campus, a key decision was taken to reinforce the foundation piling at the upper level of the site to enable construction of a building up to 6 floors.

Phase I proved to be tremendously popular for all concerned and CDNIS continued with its growth.

5.4.1 Foundation

The Site is on a slope. This imposed technical challenges and additional costs for the foundation works. Gammon construction (“Gammon”) began the Foundation work in January 1996 and completed it in late July 1996.

In the summer of 1993, it was considered necessary and appropriate to seek help from professional architects with the necessary skills, experience and commitment for the project.

There were original conditions attached to the proposed grant for the Site, which imposed problems for CDNIS.

In the early part of 1993, the Premises Committee, headed by John Crawford, started to search for a suitable site to build a campus for CDNIS.

In February 1998, the government demanded the return of the two bridging premises to be vacated no later than October 1998 for other school tenants.