Pressure
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Piling
bored piles
special foundations
underpinning
site investigation
rock drilling and coring
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withstand the typhoon wind condi- tions and the inner row with " glass. The edge of the space between windows all round is lined with acoustic tile. Doorways opening on to the air side from public areas have sound trap lobbies between two rows of doors.
Acoustic tile ceilings have been adopted almost universally through. out the main public spaces and the administrative offices.
The Hong Kong climate and the use of the fixed windows throughout for soundproofing have made it essential for the whole of the build- ing to be air conditioned providing cooling in the hot and heating in the cold seasons. In the summer Hong Kong has temperatures in low nine- ties with relative humidity varying between 80% - 100%, in winter temperatures average around 50°.
Externally finishes requiring a minimum of maintenance will be used.
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Generally the main structural frame is to be finished in the local "Shanghai" plaster which is equivalent of granolithic with the addition of coloured aggregates. It is permanent and does not require painting.
Wall panels below windows of the office block and elsewhere will be faced with terracotta tiles.
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The stair wall, machine. walls and the control tower below windows will have vitreous mosaic tile facing. Mosaic tile will be used on columns of the upper waving bays.
There is a curtain wall facing the S.W. end of the office block which will use "Muroglass" solid infill between the windows. Local stone facing is to be used on the V.I.P. block. Brick panel walls on the N.E. elevation and on one side of the apron piers will be faced with a traditional Chinese grey brick.
Floors of waving bays will use Italian ceramic mosaic tiles in a variety of sizes and colours.
Inside, the ceiling acoustic tiles will have self finish. A washable perforated plastic type with absorbant 'blanket' on top is to be
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used in large areas of the public concourses. Elsewhere a fissured mineral tile will be used.
Floors in public areas and offices will be vinyl plastic tiles. The bag- gage room, customs hall, ramps and all air conditioning plant will use a quarry tile.
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Wall finishes are generally of gypsum plaster except for columns and areas in the public space which will be subject to heavy wear. Here mosaic tiling is to be used. Some walls are lined with plywood or teak boarding in strips.
All the double windows will be galvanized steel and painted. Alum- inium is being used for entrance doors and frames and for partitions and shop fronts concession spaces.
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The air line cubicles, counters and the baggage weighing counters will be framed in aluminium with counter tops and the facing panels finished with a laminated plastic.
For flexibility, interior partitions, with the exception of the corridor partitions, in the office block are all to be removable. A patent type using gypsum board on cardboard has been selected.
The whole of the building will be built on reclaimed ground. The site was formerly divided by an old sea wall. since removed. The area north of the old wall was reclaimed over a period of years but no reclamation was done south of the wall until the Japanese occupation.
Piling for all foundations has already been completed. The Franki cast-in-situ method has been used.
Conventional reinforced concrete construction is to be used through- out the building. The plan is set out on a 20-foot grid and spans are uniformly 20 feet or 40 feet through- out. All roofs will be constructed of hollow concrete tiles between reinforced concrete joists to assist the insulation of the building.
The roof finish is to be asphalt over which are placed pre-cast con- crete five-legged tiles. The legs raise the 12" x 12" tile about 2′′ above the roof finish to allow an air space between the roof and the tile.
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