order to compromise between the extremely urgent demand for hos- pital accommodation and the very limited architectural and quantity surveying staff available, a decision was made to let the contract before preparation of the bills of quantities could be completed. Sufficient draw- ings and information were available at this time to enable a section of the building (the West half of the main spine), equivalent to about one sixth of the whole, to be measured as firm quantities and tenders were invited on the basis of resulting bill. a provisional sum being included for the remainder of the work for which bills of quantities were to be prepar ed progressively during the course of construction. The contract, amount- ing to $30 million (£1.875,000) therefore became a measurement contract with the initial bill on which tenders were based forming the schedule of prices. While the end may in this instance have justified
means. experience has shown that this is not to be recommended as regular practice.
Other contracts amounting to $5 million (£330.000) were subsequent- ly placed for the construction of duty rooms and 46 flats for senior staff, with completion dates approximating to that for the hospital.
The main building itself, support- ed on 1576 piles, contains some two and a half million cubic feet of con- crete reinforced with four and a half thousand tons of steel. 2,500 win- dows equal to an area of three acres, 4,500 doors, 26 miles of service pipes and four and a half miles of cor- ridors and stairs.
Included in the main hospital building contract are the Animal House and Menial Staff Block with barrack type accommodation for 110 amahs and 150 coolies.
The general contractor was Fook Lee and Co. Sub-contractors and suppliers included: —-
PLUMBING: Lee Yu Kee Ltd, ELECTRICAL WORK: Winsome Co. Ltd.
LIFTS: Mitsubishi).
PAINTS: Duro Paint Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Armourkote, Duro primers. enamels, undercoats. oil bound
China Engineers Ltd.
THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER
▲ Main kitchen - cooking area (Chinese (food).
distempers and varnishes, Vitrakote. Opalette, Galvakote. Metaphos, Duro- seal. Durotone, Durocrete).
TELEPHONES: H.K. Telephone Co. Ltd. (A.T.E. London, Equip ment).
BROADCASTING. X-RAY, VEN TILATION FANS: British General Electric Co. Ltd.
AIR-CONDITIONING: Interna- tional Engineering Ltd. (Carrier.)
STERILISING EQUIPMENT: Danby and Hance Ltd. (Allen and Hanbury).
STEEL WINDOWS: Dodwell and Co. Ltd. (Crittall).
ROOF ASPHALT: ducts Ltd.
Precast Pro-
P. V. C. TILES: Hope and Co. Ltd. (Holmsund).
RADIOLOGY EQUIPMENT: Bri- tish General Electric Co. Ltd. (Wat- son); Jebson and Co. (Siemens).
LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT: Swe- dish Trading Co. Ltd. (Calor).
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT: Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co. Ltd.
Benham's).
MEDICAL GASES: H.K. Oxygen and Acetylene Co. Ltd. (British Oxygen).
GAS SUPPLY: H.K. and China Gas Co. Ltd.
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ALUMINIUM GRILLES AND PARTITIONS: H.K. Aluminium Ltd. (Kawneer).
BETATRON: Ed. A. Keller and Co. Ltd. (Brown Bovers),
SITE FORMATION: Wing Lee Construction Co.
BASEMENT Hung Yue and Co.
EXCAVATION:
MAIN PILING: Gammon (H.K.)
Ltd.
SUBSIDIARY PILING: Pressure Piling Co. (H.K.) Ltd.
BASEMENT CONSTRUCTION: Wan Hin and Co. Ltd.
QUAR. Trading
PAINTS (NURSING TERS): Holland-China Company Ltd. (Pammastic).
SANITARY FIXTURES: Deacon and Co. Ltd. (Peglers. Twyfords').
CURTAIN TRACK. DOOR CHECKS: Shewan. Tomes (Equip- ment) Ltd. (New Champion. Trico).
-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Invaluable assistance in prepar. ing this article was received from the H.K. Government Information Services, and both the Architec- tural Office and the Crown Lands and Survey Office of the Public Works Department.
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