The Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) is responsible for a wide range
of geotechnical engineering activities related to the safe and economic
utilization and development of land. It is one of seven constituent
offices of the Civil Engineering and Development Department of the
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The GEO is under the direction of the Head of the GEO and is
divided into the Island Branch, Mainland Branch, Planning and
Standards Branch and Landslip Preventive Measures Branch, each
under the direction of a Deputy Head. The operational unit is the
Division, of which there are eleven, each headed by a Chief
Geotechnical Engineer. A Division typically comprises four
Sections composed of one Senior Geotechnical Engineer and three or
more Geotechnical Engineers together with supporting technical and
clerical staff. The functions of the Divisions are described
below:
