to go through the five lower commer- cial floors. By this arrangement the functional and aesthetic needs of the office and shopping floors and the apartments are met.
The structure of the building is of reinforced concrete construction with It is founded on brick panel walls.
caisson piles carried down to solid bedrock. The external surface of the building is a combination of glass mosaic tiles and Italian marbles.
Air Conditioning
The offices and shopping arcades are entirely air-conditioned. Each floor, for air-conditioning purposes, has been divided into nine zones, each zone being complete with its own air- conditioning plant consisting of supply air fans, air filters, cooling battery and in some cases electric heaters. Ther- mostats automatically keep the tem- perature of the various offices and shops constant.
A total of 43 air-conditioning plants are installed and are fed with a chill- ed water supply from a central plant in the basement. This plant com- prises two Hitachi centrifugal ma- chines, each capable of providing 300 tons of air conditioning. The ma- chines are fully automatic and vary the cooling output according to the heat load changes. A third standby machine of 30 tons capacity is also installed.
Contractors
The general contractor was Hsin Chong and Co. Ltd.
Sub-contractors included:
Goddard Engineering Co. Ltd. air conditioning
Standard Refrigeration and En- gineering Co. Ltd. air conditioning equipment
Fuji Transport Industry Co. Ltd. -
lifts and escalators
Gilman and Co. Ltd.
distribution installations
electrical
Shing Hing Co. (Equipment and
Supplies) Ltd. sanitaryware
Duro Industries Ltd.
Wing Heng Trading Co.
marble
iron-
mongery
Petman Ltd.
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shopfronts
Getz Bros. and Co. Inc.
Arm-
strong ceilings
The Tung On Plumbing Co. Ltd.
plumbing
E-Line King Ltd.
waterproofing,
basement
Above: Lift access and shops at ground floor level
Right: Marble-floored lobby at first floor shopping arcade level
Far East Architect & Builder March, 1968
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