accumulated experience and technical background built up by the Authority and its technical staff was always readily available to any developer.
In addition, by the publication of type plans, building and planning standards and unit costs in the Authority's annual reports, articles in the technical and lay press. participation by staff in the activities of professional societies and by the free access to projects under construc- tion and completed, the building industry and its allied professions had been made aware of the Authority's example.
The response to this was only fair, said Mr. Firth. Private enterprise had tended in the past to provide large flats for the more wealthy section of the community or tenement accommodation likely to be subdivided into cubicles and sublet, rather than for occupation by a single family.
As a result of good housing, thoughtful design and satisfactory financing on the part of the Authority, private enterprise was tending to build smaller flats for sale by instalments to purchasers of moderate, though not low
means.
PIPELINE UNDER HARBOUR
A WATER main of 42 in. diameter is to be laid across Hong Kong harbour to convey water from the Plover Cove fresh water lake scheme to heavily populated areas on Hong Kong Island.
The pipeline, connected to a 54-in. main which will lead to the Lion Rock service reservoirs, will be laid from Tai Wan Bay near the Kowloon Docks to Shu Kuk Street in North Point. Part of a system of pipe- lines. it will be constructed by joining lengths of steel pipes in a trench to be dredged in the seabed. The trench will be nearly 5.000 ft. long.
About 100,000 cu. yd. of material will have to be dredged from the bottom of the harbour to depths of up to 85 ft. To protect the pipeline from damage during typhoons, it will be surrounded in reinforced concrete and covered with 10 ft. of earth.
Specialist contractors will soon be invited to tender for the work which is expected to start in early November. It will take about five months to complete.
TUNNEL CONTROL CENTRE
THE Lion Rock Tunnel, which will provide a new main trunk route for motor traffic through the less congested areas of Kowloon to Sha Tin and other parts of the New Territories, is expected to be completed in the latter half of next year. The tunnel will also bring piped water from the treatment works at Sha Tin to Kowloon.
In order to enable engineers of the Hong Kong Public Works Department to exercise direct and full control over all phases of the tunnel operation, an ad- ministration building will be constructed shortly for use as a control centre for the entire project.
Apart from control equipment, the building will contain an accounts office, a first aid room, a staff rest room, garages with recovery and breakdown vehicles, public conveniences and a public information kiosk.
At the same time, a toll plaza will be built about 300 yards from the Sha Tin portal of the tunnel. This con- sists of six toll-collecting booths to cover seven traffic lanes, three of which can be reversed to suit peak traffic flow. Construction of the building and toll plaza will
start next month.
BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
Ten weeks' work-44 flats
am-build an Ten week to cleven-state rock of 44 two bed room Bets from ground floor level. --this the record set by Wales (London) at Bramley Hill, Croy- do The company claims it is the fastest time in Britain. Con- struction started on August 16 and finished on Sunday, October M.
site, and the importance of the high speed project was explained. The boost to the morale of the building workers involved was described by Mr Wates as fan. used, each comprising four er
foreman and each tastie." Two erection teams were tors and a equipped with a G75 tower cran
Mr Michael E. Wates, a group "Our director, said yesterday: th-week target is less than one- Wates third of the time normally taken for a block this size." issued a challenge to their men to build this block within the stipulated time and the challenge was accepted.
Briefing meetings were held on
Manufactured by
BABCOCK
Licensed and designed by
WEITZ
This block is one of 13 Wate are building for Croydon on on tracts totaffing £14 millione: Fac tory-made concrete - component were used at Bramley Hill, an more than 140 different types pre-cast units were inananaest on each floor m
aid fixed the
From the 'GUARDIAN' 9th November 1966
TOWER CRANES
SPEED BUILDING
-CUT COSTS
BRITISH-BUILT AND MARKETED by
TWENTY-TWO plans for new buildings of all types in Hong BABCOCK & WILCOX (OPERATIONS) LTD
Kowloon and the New Territories were approved by the Building Authority in June as compared with 42 in the preceding month and 65 in the corresponding month last
year.
During the same month, 103 completed buildings were certified for occupation. Of these, 18 were buildings for domestic purposes. 26 for non-domestic purposes and 59 for combined domestic and non-domestic use.
Manufacturing Division, Dalmuir, Clydebank, Scotland. Clydebank 1841. LONDON: Construction Equipment Dept., 165 Great Dover St., S.E.1 HOP 5500 MALAYSIA: Jardine Waugh Organisation * Singapore, Kuala
Lumpur, Kuching, Jesselton.
THAILAND: Jardine Waugh Organisation, Bangkok. HONG KONG: Jardine Engineering Corporation.
• Cranes in stock, erection and service facilities locally available.
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