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quiring power are automatically switched over to this power supply source. A further storage battery sys- tem supplies uninterrupted power to the operating theatres for the short space of time between main power supply failure and switching over to stand-by supply.
Costs
Phase I:
1. Site investigation, preparation, earthworks and retaining wall
Phase II:
2. Piling
M$
.$ 180,012
..$ 202,588
3. Main building and external works .$5,662,020 4. Mechanical, electrical and other services:
Electrical installations incl. fittings and
communications equipment. .$1,434,788
Hydraulic services
Hospital's front main entrance
cookers, steam-heated boiling pans, gas-fired grillers, deep-fryers, open ranges and ovens.
Special steam-heated storage and servery facilities are provided. Meals prepared in the central kitchen, to- gether with trays, plates and cutlery, are transported in special bulk food trolleys to the various ward kitchens where the meals are dished out on to plates for serving in the wards. The trolleys are equipped with electric heating elements to keep the food hot until it is served in the wards. Plates, cutlery and food containers are return- ed to the central kitchen for washing in an automatic dish-washing machine.
Rotary washing machines in the laundry
.$1,679,500
Air-conditioning
.$1,068,219
Lifts.
.$ 560,460
Boilers
.$ 330,800
Laundry installation
.$ 316,468
Kitchen installation
.$ 160,465
.$ 77,800
.$ 325,729
.$ 409,474
.$ 118,492
.$ 139,960
Sewage Treatment Sterilising equipment X-ray equipment Medical gases Diesel alternators
$6,622,158
$MS13,700,791
Air-conditioning is provided for such essential areas as operating thea- tres and X-ray examination rooms, and some special wards. The total capacity 5. Consultants' fees and supervision .$1,034,013 of the air-conditioning plant is 360 Total building cost. tons of refrigeration. In the condition- ed areas, the air is cooled by chilled water re-circulated from a central air- conditioning plant room at roof level.
The hospital has its own sub-sta- tion equipped with two transformers and, in addition, it has its own 600 hp diesel generating set to provide power for essential requirements in the event of a supply breakdown. This diesel generator starts automatically on sup- ply failure and the essential items re-
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Contractors
Phase I, earthworks and retaining wall - Teh Kim Dar.
Phase II, piling struction (M) Ltd.
Building Con-
Phase III, main contractor Keng Huat Construction Co. Ltd. Sub-Contractors:
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Low
Sing Kong Electrical Co. elec- trical installations.
GEC-AEI - air conditioning.
Low Keng Huat Const'n Co. Ltd in conjunction with Watts & Baker Ltd. and Yat Lye Ltd. – steam and hydrau- lic services.
Alliance (M) Engineering Ltd. - boilers and incinerator.
China Engineers Ltd. - lifts.
Climate Engineering (M) Ltd. – kitchen equipment.
Swedish Trading Co., Malaysia Ltd.
- laundry equipment.
Lindeteves Jacoberg (M) Sdn. Bhd.
- diesel alternator.
Guthrie-Waugh (M) Sdn. Bhd. - sewage treatment plant.
Bestobell Malaysia Ltd. - sterilising
equipment.
Centaur Enterprises
proofing.
Voon Radio Service
tion equipment.
roof water-
communica-
William Jacks & Co. (M) Sdn. Bhd.
- PABX equipment.
Malayan Oxygen Ltd. medical
gases.
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Far East BUILDER, May 1970