# APPENDIX R
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Kai Tak Airport-Runway Extension
Taxiway Modifications Kai Tak Airport Runway Grooving Trials, Hong Kong Airport... Airport Tunnel Road from Kwun Tong to To Kwa Wan Road/Kowloon City Road (Part)... Shek Wu Hui Pilot sewage Treatment Plant Hydrological surveys in Tolo and Victoria Harbours
Messrs. Scott, Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners.
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Messrs. J. D. & D. M. Watson.
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# APPENDIX S
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
GENERAL STATISTICS
Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories Total (A) Drainage Works Carried Out New drains laid (ft.) 3,460 325 3,785 (B) Production in Government Quarries Mainland Island Total Total Crushed Stone (Tons) 1965-66 84,650 69,886 154,536 1966-67 86,291 50,969 137,260 1967-68 33,579 25,092 58,671 1968-69 64,855 47,816 112,671 1969-70 81,750 49,249 136,999 Mainland Island Total Bitumen-coated Material (Tons) 1965-66 81,050 29,947 121,411 1966-67 86,845 30,623 116,792 1967-68 68,774 32,624 99,397 1968-69 67,633 ... 100,257 1969-70 58,792 29,754 88,546(C) Materials Testing Laboratory
Physical tests on soil and building materials carried out during the year totalled 98,221 and comprised the following:
Tests for compressive strength of concrete cubes... 64,784 Tests on physical properties of cement 1,640 Aggregate gradings and other tests 2,243 Tests on steel and other metals 15,238 Tests on bitumen and bituminous products 4,324 Soil tests 7,191 Pipe tests 644 Miscellaneous tests 2,157