HEADQUARTERS
Director of Public Works:
A. M. J. WRIGHT, C.M.G., J.P., A.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.C.S. Director of Engineering Development:
J. J. ROBSON, J.P., M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E. G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E. (Acting) Director of Building Development:
G. P. NORTON, J.P., A.R.I.B.A.
Secretary:
A. K. SUFFIAD, M.B.E.
Technical Secretary:
G. C. SEWARD, B.Sc. (Estate Management) (Lond.), F.A.I., F.I.Arb., A.R.I.C.S.
GENERAL
2.01. Headquarters is kept as small as possible, with the Director of Public Works in overall control, assisted by the Director of Engineering Development and the Director of Building Development. These two officers exercise a general control over the appropriate engineering and building sub-departments shown in the organization chart on page viii. The Director of Water Supplies and the Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey do not form part of the Headquarters establishment but exercise control from within their respective sub-departments. In support of the Directorate there is a professional and executive staff within Headquarters whose duties are detailed below.
2.02. The Departmental Secretary is responsible for all establishment matters arising in the Department and for executive and clerical services generally. He is assisted in Headquarters by a Deputy Secretary, two Assistant Secretaries and appropriate clerical staff.
2.03. The Technical Secretary is a professional officer seconded from one of the sub-departments for a period usually of 12 to 18 months. The present occupant of the post is an Estate Surveyor from the Crown Lands & Survey Office but previous incumbents have included Civil Engineers and a Building Surveyor. His duties are administrative and range from that of personal assistant to the Director of Public Works to public relations work in connection with visits to public works projects by individuals and societies such as are listed in the Visitors section of the previous chapter.
2.04. Financial and accounting matters are the concern of a Senior Treasury Accountant. This officer, who is seconded from the Treasury