The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) was the proud recipient of the Grand Award in the non-residential category of Quality Building Award (QBA) 2010 for its second expansion.

Completed in April 2009, the second expansion has added almost 20,000 sqm of additional exhibition space to the Centre, increasing the total rentable area to 91,500 sqm. All of this additional space was created by a new, top down structure that linked phase 1 (completed in 1988) and phase 2 (completed in 1997), over the 87 m wide water channel.

The second expansion has made it possible for HKCEC to accommodate growing recurrent exhibitions, and to welcome new ones. Since its completion 14 months ago, already 12 tenancies have used all available purpose-built exhibition space and eight new exhibitions are scheduled in 2010.