ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Principal Government Architect: C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, J.P., A.R.I.B.A. W. E. LEVIE, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Government Architects:
W. E. LEVIE, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A.
D. W. MCDONALD, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. C. BRAMWELL, Dip.Arch. (Dunelm), A.R.I.B.A. (Acting) J. B. AITKEN, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
GENERAL
4.01. The Architectural Office is responsible for the control of the greater part of the Government building programme. Whilst most of the work is designed and supervised by the staff of the office it is sometimes necessary to engage private architects and quantity surveyors to assist with the programme of work.
4.02. The maintenance of buildings owned by, or leased to, Government, including the routine management of Government-owned property, is the responsibility of the Maintenance Branch of the office.
4.03. Since July 1967 this Office has assumed responsibility for the construction and maintenance of the majority of buildings required for the use of the British Armed Forces and their dependants within the Colony. To deal with the large number of new building projects of this category a fourth Architectural Division, headed by a Chief Architect, was formed during the year. At the same time the structure of the Office Headquarters was reorganized and an additional post of Government Architect was created. This enabled a more logical chain of command to be introduced whereby each Government Architect can control and co-ordinate the work of two Architectural Divisions.
4.04. The Architectural Office staff, which in the year under review numbered 1,241 including 308 minor staff, supplies a fully comprehensive range of skills required for the design and construction of buildings of all types and includes architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, building services engineers and maintenance surveyors, together with subordinate technical staff and outdoor supervisory staff. In addition, the office has its own clerical and accounting sections.
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