Index to Advertisers:
Acme Sanitary Ware Co. Ltd.
American Engineering Corp.
•
Asbestos-Cement Sales Pty. Ltd. (Permac).
HKXIV, SMX
3
HKXII
3
5
HKXVI
5
Fewer empty flats in Hong Kong
Asbestos-Cement Sales Pty. Ltd. (Flexit).
HKV
6
6
Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. of Manila Inc.
28
7
Bolton Gate Ltd.
G. Brady & Co. Ltd.
8
37
9
Builder
Editor: A. G. Barnett
Vol. 5 No. 4 April 1969
News review
Massive HK public works programme
More pavilions for Osaka
Sociological study by Singapore Housing Board
Malaysia to build vocational schools
PWD using computers for flyover design
HK$30 million project by Housing Society World News
New Techniques
British Orient Weddell Ltd.
HKXIV
13
The computer as a design partner
•
Cape Universal Building Products Ltd.. Diethelm & Co. Ltd.
Duro Industries Ltd. (Vermiculite) Duro Industries Ltd. (Raoul Bigazzi) Edgar (S) Ltd.
18
Design
ર
SMVI
HKI
SMX
29
2322
19
Primary school fits police quarters complex
26
50-person lifts will serve biggest low-cost estate Services problem solved at Au Tau estate Bowling centre has longest concrete span
SMIII
Fibrite Fibreglass (S) Ltd. .
Gammon (H.K.) Ltd.
·
Gilman & Co. Ltd.
SMIV
31
HKIII
HKXIII
39
Gray Company
Hyster Company
Inniss & Riddle (China) Ltd. (B.I.C.C.).
Inniss & Riddle (China) Ltd. (Sloan)
International Engineering Ltd. Intrusion Prepakt (F.E.) Ltd. Ishikawajima Koehring Co. Ltd. William Jacks & Co. (M) Berhad .
Jardine Engineering Corp. Ltd. Kotobuki Seating Co. Ltd.
22
41
45
30
47
HKIV
7
+
HKXV
HKXI
12
SMI
46
*
Kubota Ltd. (G-Column)
IBC
•
Kubota Ltd. (PVC Pipes)
IFC
·
Kubota Ltd. (Crane)
11
Liner Concrete Machinery Co. Ltd.
44
Malayan Oxygen Sdn. Bhd.
SMXI
M.E.M. Co. Ltd.
·
Metal Industries Ltd.
M.K. Electric Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Otis Elevator Co..
Peglers Ltd.
25
42
HKVII, SMII
BC
-
HKII
42
Petman Ltd.
HKIX, SMVII
Philips N.V.
Philips Hong Kong Ltd.
2
HKVI
Rheem Hume Ltd.
·
Sekisui Chemicals Co. Ltd.
HKX, SMIX
HKVIII
Stanley Works
44
St. Regis-ACI Pty. Ltd.
38
United Asbestos Cement Sdn. Bhd.
SMV
West's Piling Co. Ltd.
SMVIII
Civil engineering
Laichikok Bay spanned by prestressed road bridge
New products
Materials and equipment
Contractors plant
Plans approved
Contracts awarded
Cover: Hong Kong's longest prestressed road bridge crosses Laichikok Bay, Kow- loon on thirteen 93 ft. spans and fifteen 63 ft. spans. It carries dual 33 ft. wide carriageways to form an essential link in the new low-level coastal road constructed to link the city of Kowloon with the deve loping new towns in the New Territories. The deck is of composite beam-and-slab construction, simply supported on rigid reinforced concrete frames, each consisting of circular columns and an inverted T cap- ing beam. Scott Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners are the consulting engineers.
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