ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Principal Government Architect:
D. W. MCDONALD, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S.
Government Architects:
C. BRAMWELL, Dip. Arch. (Dunelm), A.R.I.B.A.
J. B. AITKEN, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A.
C. CHATWIN, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. (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, engineers 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.
4.04 The Architectural Office staff, which in the year under review numbered 1,441 including 367 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.
4.05 All work was carried out on contract, and expenditure on new works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $198,249,000. Of this sum, $68,565,000 was spent on Resettlement and Low Cost Housing, $120,421,000 on other Government projects undertaken in this office and $9,263,000 on Government projects undertaken by private architects. The value of work ordered on the Maintenance Contracts amounted to $57,225,000; $4,145,000 was spent on electricity and the cleaning of Government buildings under the control of this office.
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