Schedule
Planning: Seven linked blocks with
through access on every floor. Centralised passenger lifts.
blocks
two
19/21 domestic blocks stepped to
floors height.
Five
floors,
12-13
Foundations: 30 in. diameter cast- in-situ, bored piles for all blocks except "C".
Lengths varied from 8ft. to 86ft. Total length 19,020 ft.
60 in. caissons, heavily reinforced were used for Block "CTM“.
Lengths varied from 39ft.--70ft. Total length 2,366 ft. Structure: Cast-in-situ reinforced concrete cross walls at 13ft.-4in. crs. or 15ft. crs. 4in. thick con- crete floor slabs with 12in. deep beams.
Finishes: Internal Flats: painted
unplastered concrete
cement render floors.
walls,
Public space: unpainted concrete walls fair-faced, clear- finished brick-work, colour- ed granolithic floor. 6in. x 6in. ceramic tiles to heavy
wear areas.
External
without finish.
Exposed concrete
Toilet walls; permanent colour
chip.
Timing: Commencement of general
contract: November 2, 1964. Commencement of tenancies of first block: September 1, 1967. Commencement of tenancies of last block: March, 15, 1968.
Site Area: 5.598 acres
No. of flats: 2,054
Site density: 2,314 persons/acre.
Site coverage: 26.8 per cent. Ancillary provisions:
Eight shops
Kerosene store
Estate office
Two transformer houses
(at roof level) Kindergaten (120 places)
Library
Community centre
Basketball court
Ballcourt
Children's playground
Soft drink stall
Carparking provision: 1:50 flats. Lifts: (Passenger) 6 nos. 4,000 lb. (26 persons) x 200 f.p.m. serving G. 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20th floors. (Refuse) I no. 1,500 lb. x 200 f.p.m.
The general contractor was Good- man Corporation (E & B) Ltd. Piling was carried our by Gammon (H.K.) Ltd.
Sub-contractors included:
Electrical: British General Electric
Co., Ltd.
Lifts:
Hitachi Elevator Engineer- ing Co., (H.K.) Ltd.
Fire Services: Yue Sang Engineer-
ing Ltd.
Louvres:
Welfare Co.
Glazed doors: Hong Kong Metal Window Mfg. Co.
doors:
Canton
Steel panel w.c. Metal Window Co. Aluminium toilet louvres and glazing under shells: Honest Trading Co.
Colour chip to external walls: Loxley & Co.
Acoustic spray to ceilings of roof shells and office: Duro Industries, I.td.
Cost Breakdown
Estimated final construction cost of building HK$19,492,000.
Cost of land HK$1,549,019. Cubic content of building 10,323,800 cu. ft.
Gross area of building 1,038,000
Building cost per ft. cube HK$1.89.
Site formation
($661,406)
cost
per sq.
foot
Building HK$17.50.
Building Cost Breakdown
IIK$
51.05 per person
126.72 per person
137.39 per person
541.32 per person
286.38 per person
44.69 per person
Piling ($1,641,740) Substructure
($1,780,000) Superstructure
($7,013,400) Finishing & estate office
($3,710,400) Lifts ($579,000) Electrical ($389,000) Windows & glazed
30.02 per person
metal doors ($606,900) incl. glass Plumbing and drainage ($859.500) Roof building
46.84 per person
66.34 per person
($278,600)
11.50 per person
Building cost per person HK$1,- 504.48.
External works
($516,500)
39.87 per person
sq. ft.
Plan area of building 65,412 sq. ft.
Block D seen from west
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Far East BUILDER, April 1968.