veyors. The Maintenance Division and a small Library and Materials Committee also assisted with comments and advice on materials.
# QUANTITY SURVEYING DIVISION
Chief Quantity Surveyor:
A. F. EVANS, F.R.I.C.S.
2.11. The Division is controlled by the Chief Quantity Surveyor and is divided into groups, supervised by five Senior Quantity Surveyors and staffed by varying numbers of Quantity Surveyors and Assistants with supporting technical staff for checking, 'working-up' and site measurement duties. The Division is responsible for the preparation of estimates, bills of quantities, contract documents and valuations for payment for all Architectural Office building projects including Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing, which, during the year under review, comprised 150 contracts totalling $152.5 million. Of this number, 31 contracts were for major projects totalling $112.6 million. Private quantity surveyors assisted in the preparation of bills of quantities for a further 7 projects totalling $13.9 million.
2.12. Certain sections of the Division were responsible for the checking of some 4,000 accounts for work executed on the maintenance contracts, costing approximately $12 million; the collection of statistical and cost advisory information and the ordering of materials, sanitary fittings, hardware and other items for incorporation into building projects.
# STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION
Chief Structural Engineers:
A. E. CLAASSEN, M.I.Struct.E., A.M.(S.A.)I.C.E. (to 23.8.1965) Au Sik-ling, B.Sc. Lingnan, M.I.Struct.E. (from 24.8.1965)
2.13. This Division, under the control of the Chief Structural Engineer, is subdivided into three groups, each headed by a Senior Structural Engineer, which deals respectively with (a) major works; (b) minor works, alterations and additions; (c) Resettlement and Low Cost Housing. Each group is staffed by varying numbers of Structural Engineers and Assistant Structural Engineers with supporting technical staff.
2.14. The Division is responsible for the structural design of all projects undertaken by the office. This includes maintenance work, the
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